Effective Date: September 14, 2026
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how TheMedSector (“we”, “us”, or “our”) uses them on https://themedsector.com (the “Website”), and your choices regarding cookie management.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used by website owners to make websites work more efficiently, improve user experience, and provide reporting information.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze our website traffic, and serve relevant advertisements in the future. The cookies used on our Website fall into the following categories:
- Essential/Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are vital for the basic operation of our Website, such as enabling secure log-ins or page navigation. The Website cannot function properly without these.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: We use these cookies (such as Google Analytics) to collect information about how visitors interact with our Website. This data helps us understand which pages are popular, how users move around the site, and if they encounter errors. All data collected is aggregated and anonymous.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your language or regional preferences) to provide a more personalized experience.
- Targeting and Advertising Cookies: As we integrate promotional capabilities, these cookies may be placed by third-party advertising networks (such as Google AdSense). They track your browsing habits to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to your personal medical or health research interests.
3. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, trusted third-party services may also place cookies on your device through our site. For example, embedded external resources (like video players or social media share buttons) and analytics platforms use their own tracking parameters. We do not have direct control over these third-party cookies.
4. Your Choices: Managing and Disabling Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can modify your browser settings to decline them if you prefer.
- To manage cookies in Google Chrome, go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Third-party cookies.
- To manage cookies in Mozilla Firefox, go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
- To manage cookies in Apple Safari, go to Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies.
Please note that if you choose to disable or block cookies, some features and pages of TheMedSector may not function as intended or lose partial accessibility.
This page provides comprehensive information about how we use cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience, improve website performance, and deliver personalized content. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our site. They help us understand how visitors interact with our website, allowing us to offer a smoother and more efficient user experience. In the table below, you will find detailed information about each type of cookie we use, their purpose, and how long they remain on your device. We are committed to respecting your privacy and providing transparency about the data we collect through cookies. For more information on how we handle your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Essential
Essential cookies enable basic functions and are necessary for the proper function of the website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| wpconsent_preferences | This cookie is used to store the user’s cookie consent preferences. | 30 days |
Comments
These cookies are needed for adding comments on this website.
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| comment_author | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_email | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
| comment_author_url | Used to track the user across multiple sessions. | Session |
Statistics
Statistics cookies collect information anonymously. This information helps us understand how visitors use our website.
Clarity
Clarity is a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.Learn more
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| ANONCHK | Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn’t use ANID and so this is always set to 0. | Session |
| CLID | Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. | 12 months |
| _clsk | Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording. | 12 months |
| _clck | Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID. | 12 months |
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a powerful tool that tracks and analyzes website traffic for informed marketing decisions.Learn more
| Name | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _gac_ | Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together. | 90 days |
| __utma | ID used to identify users and sessions | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmt | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests | 10 minutes |
| __utmb | Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 30 minutes after last activity |
| __utmc | Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session. | End of session (browser) |
| __utmz | Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server | 6 months after last activity |
| __utmv | Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server. | 2 years after last activity |
| __utmx | Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test. | 18 months |
| _ga | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gali | Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked | 30 seconds |
| _ga_ | ID used to identify users | 2 years |
| _gid | ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity | 24 hours |
| _gat | Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager | 1 minute |
5. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for legal and operational reasons. Please revisit this page regularly to stay informed about our use of tracking technologies.