Gunasheela Fertility Centre
Cookie Privacy Policy
Version 1.0
Effective Date: September 3, 2026
1. Cookie Policy
Gunasheela Fertility Centre uses cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to our website:
‘Essential’ cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access our website or take certain actions on our website.
‘Non-essential’ cookies and other technologies are only placed on your computer or device if you have consented to us doing so.
You consent to us placing non-essential cookies on your computer or device by continuing to use our website with your browser settings set to accept cookies.
For information on the difference between essential and non-essential cookies, see the section below entitled About Cookies.
For information on how you consent and how you can withdraw your consent to us placing non-essential cookies and other technologies on your computer or device, see the section below entitled How to Accept or Reject Cookies.
2. About Cookies
2.1 What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files sent by a website’s server to a web browser, processor memory or hard drive and stored there.
They can be used for a range of different purposes, such as customizing a website for particular users, helping a user navigate a website, improving the user’s website experience, and storing the user’s preferences and login information.
Based on their function and purpose, cookies are grouped into:
- Essential and non-essential cookies
- Session and persistent cookies
- Profiling cookies
- First-party and third-party cookies.
2.2 Essential and Non-Essential Cookies
Cookies can be classified as either essential or non-essential.
Essential Cookies
These are cookies that are either:
- Used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or
- Strictly necessary to provide an online service, such as our website or a service on our website, which you have requested.
Essential cookies cannot be disabled when using the Website’s features.
Non-Essential Cookies
These are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyze your behavior on a website (“analytical” cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (“advertising” cookies).
These cookies may allow procedures based on several steps, such as subsequent pages during a contact request, track user preferences in relation to Website content and functionalities, and record the user’s choice in relation to accepting cookies from the Website.
These cookies are used for statistical purposes only, to collect aggregate data, and do not allow the identification of the user.
Analytics cookies can also be third-party cookies, such as Google Analytics cookies, for which users should refer to the corresponding owner’s privacy policy.
2.3 Session and Persistent Cookies
Cookies can be classified as either session or persistent, depending on how long they last after they are placed on your browser.
Session Cookies:
Session cookies last for as long as you keep your browser open. They expire when you close your browser.
Persistent Cookies:
Persistent cookies expire at a fixed point in time or if you manually delete them from your browser, whichever occurs first.
2.4 Profiling Cookies
Profiling cookies have the purpose of providing a better user experience on the Website by suggesting content that corresponds to the user’s preferences selected during navigation, based on viewed content and other user-related parameters.
Users can choose to disable individual cookies of the Website by selecting the appropriate settings on their browser.
In this case, users might not be able to use all features of the Website.
2.5 First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies can be classified as first-party or third-party.
First-Party Cookies:
These are cookies placed on your device by our website domain.
Third-Party Cookies:
The Website uses external features or contains links to external websites for the purpose of providing better integration with third-party websites of common use and a better social experience within the Website, such as Facebook and Google sharing buttons.
These features and links may require the use of third-party cookies, for which users should refer to the corresponding owner’s privacy policy.
2.6 Cookies Used on Our Website
The following cookies are identified in the Cookie Policy:
| Cookie | Type | Party | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_ga | Non-essential (analytical) | First party | Persistent — 2 years | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users on a website to generate statistical information about their use of the website |
_gat | Non-essential (functional) | First party | Session | Google Analytics cookie used to throttle the number of requests received by users |
_gid | Non-essential (functional) | First party | 24 hours | Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users on a website to generate statistical information about their use of the website |
gac_<property-id> | Non-essential (functional) | First party | 90 days | Google Analytics cookie used to track campaign-related information for the user |
These cookie details are listed in the supplied Cookie Privacy Policy.
3. How to Accept or Reject Cookies
There are a number of different ways in which you can accept or reject some or all cookies. Some of the main methods of doing so are described below.
You are welcome to block the use of some or all the cookies we use on our website. However, please be aware that doing so may impair our website and its functionality or may even render some or all of it unusable.
You should also be aware that clearing all cookies from your browser will also delete any cookies that are storing your preferences, for example, whether you have accepted cookies on a website or any cookies that are blocking other cookies.
4. Changing Your Browser Settings
You can accept or reject some or all cookies, for example by blocking all third-party cookies, by adjusting your browser settings.
If you do not know how to do this, the following links provide information about changing browser settings for commonly used browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Apple Safari
Some browsers, such as Chrome and Firefox, allow you to change your settings to browse in “incognito” mode, limiting the amount of data placed on your machine and automatically deleting any persistent cookies placed on your device when you finish your browsing session.
There are also many third-party applications which you can add to your browser to block or manage cookies.
5. Opt-Out of Third Parties’ Use of Cookies
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics browser add-on.
You can also visit Google’s Ads Settings to opt out of Google’s use of cookies.
You can choose to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
6. Clearing Existing Cookies
To clear cookies that have previously been placed on your browser, you should select the option to clear your browsing history and ensure that the option to delete or clear cookies is included when you do so.
7. Our Contact Details
If you have any concerns, you can contact our Grievance Officer at: