Cookies policy

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) defines a cookie as “a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are used by many websites and can do a number of things e.g. remembering your preferences, recording what you have put in your shopping basket, and counting the number of people looking at a website.”

On 26 May 2012, new European law relating to use of web cookies came into force in the UK that will affect most web sites.  The rules on cookies are covered by The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 and ICO is responsible for enforcing these new rules.

Cookies set by Imperial College AHSC

Imperial College AHSC does not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you, track your behaviour or share information with 3rd parties from the web site.

Most cookies set by the AHSC are temporary, or session, cookies and they are removed from your browser when your session ends. You do not need to take any action to remove them. Some of these cookies are essential in providing the services you are requesting from us during the session so when they are disabled parts of the web site may stop working. We therefore encourage you to accept the cookies we serve. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our or any other website, you can do this through your Browser settings.

Cookies set by 3rd parties

We use 3rd party services like Google Analytics who set cookies to collect information about website users and usage patterns – this information is helpful to plan and maintain the service. Most of these cookies are not essential for providing the services your request from us and can be blocked.

Sharing information via social network sites

The website may have links embedded into pages to popular social networks (e.g. twitter.com, bbc.co.uk, flickr.com, facebook.com). Cookies generated by those sites are outside of the AHSC’s control and may change without notice. When you share a page or link those sites may set cookies on your device or browser and can also make information about you publicly available or stored elsewhere. If you would like more information about privacy and the cookies used by these services, as well as information on how to opt-out, please visit their websites.

Clearing or restricting cookies

If you like keeping your browsing private, you may wish to clear history and cookies after the session. You can do so by using the browser, device settings or 3rd party tools.

You may also wish to check and set any devices or browsers to restrict or block cookies by default for all or selected web sites only. You can manage cookie usage through your browser settings. Mobile devices may have their own settings and you may need to refer to vendor manuals. Please note that disabling or restricting cookies may impact some parts of the AHSC website and they will stop working.

You can obtain more details of our cookies policy here

Contact us

For queries regarding privacy, use of cookies or other information please contact the privacy team at Imperial College London at privacy@imperial.ac.uk or write to the address below:

Privacy, ICT,

Level 4, Sherfield Building,

Imperial College London,

London SW7 2AZ