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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 11 October 2026

Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. This page lists the cookies used on this website, what each one does, and how you can control them. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information more generally.

1. Cookies and browser storage on this website

The website itself does not need cookies to work, and our own code does not store personal information in your browser. The cookies and browser storage below are set by the services we use.

Cookie	Set by	What it does	How long
_ga	Google Analytics	Tells one visitor apart from another so visits can be counted.	2 years
_ga_BR0QJ3MMBL	Google Analytics	Keeps track of the current visit for analytics.	2 years
_gcl_au	Google Ads	Links a click on one of our Google advertisements to a later call, message or enquiry.	90 days
_gcl_ls (browser storage)	Google Ads	Keeps the same advertisement-click information in your browser storage instead of a cookie.	Until you clear browser storage
__cf_bm	Cloudflare	Helps tell people apart from automated traffic. Set only when Cloudflare checks a visit.	30 minutes
cf_clearance	Cloudflare	Remembers that your browser passed a security check, so you are not checked again.	Short-lived

2. Embedded Google Maps

Our Contact and About pages show the clinic on an embedded Google Map. When the map loads, Google may set its own cookies under its own privacy policy. If you prefer, you can find us by searching for Dr C Dental Clinic on Google Maps directly.

3. How to control cookies

Browser settings. Every major browser lets you block cookies or delete the ones already stored. The website still works if you block all of them.
Google Analytics. Install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Google advertising. Turn off personalised advertising in Google My Ad Center.

Google explains how it uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.