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Cookie Policy

This cookie policy applies to all College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand websites, platforms, and mobile applications (“College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Platforms”). You may access and change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the ‘cookie settings’ button in the Manage my cookies section of this policy. 

What are cookies? 

College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (also referred to as the “College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand”, “we” or “us“) uses cookies on the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Platforms. A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are created when your browser loads a particular website. The website sends information to the browser which then creates a text file. Every time the user goes back to the same website, the browser retrieves and sends this file to the website’s server. Find out more about the use of cookies on www.allaboutcookies.org.  

We also use other forms of technology (such as web beacons and, in apps, software development kits (usually referred to as SDKs) which serve a similar purpose to cookies and which allow us to monitor and improve our platforms and email communications. When we talk about cookies in this Cookie Policy, this term includes these similar technologies. If you would like more information about our privacy practices, please consult our Privacy Policy

Web Beacons / Gifs

We may from time to time employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons), that help us better manage content on our College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Platforms by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on our College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Platforms and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.  

Third Party Cookies 

When you visit certain sections of our College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Platforms, third parties may place cookies on your computer’s browser and/or make use of web beacons to collect information. This information may include things such as your use of the website or mobile application, device and browser information and ad data. The information generated by the cookies and web beacons about your use of the website is transmitted to those third parties. You should review the privacy and cookie policies of these services to find out how these third parties use cookies. 

What cookies do we use and what information do they collect? 

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes: 

Strictly Necessary Cookies 

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. 

Cookie Subgroup 

Cookies 

Cookies used 

portal.cicm.org.au

PHPSESSID

Wordpress_test_cookie

Wp-settings-12822

Wp-settings-time-12822

First Party 

elearning.cicm.org.au

members.cicm.org.au

MoodleSession 

ci_session

First Party

First Party

Performance Cookies 

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance. 

Cookie Subgroup 

Cookies 

Cookies used 

cicm.org.au

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_clsk
_ga
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_gat
_gid
_gat_gtag_UA_XXXXXXXX_X

First Party 

 

Functional Cookies 

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly. 

Cookie Subgroup 

Cookies 

Cookies used 

NIL

NIL

NIL

 

Targeting Cookies 

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. 

Cookie Subgroup

Cookies

Cookies used

www.google.com

_GRECAPTCHA

NID

Third Party

www.google-analytics.com

ar_debug

Third Party

c.bing.com

MR

SRM_B

SRM_I

SRM_M

Third Party

Clarity.ms

MUID

Third Party

c.clarity.ms

ANONCHK

MR

SM

Third Party

www.clarity.ms

CLID

Third Party

Bing.com

ABDEF

ACL

ACLUSR

BFB

BFBFB

MMCASM

MUID

OID

OIDI

OIDR

OIDST

SRCHD

SRCHHPGUSR

SRCHUID

SRCHUSR

USRLOC

_RwBf

mapc

 

Third Party

 

Social Media Cookies

These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with your friends and networks. They can track your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools. 

Cookie Subgroup

Cookies

Cookies used

NIL

NIL NIL

 

Cookie Lifespan

Cookies can last on a user’s browser till the time it is set to expire and typically last from seconds to years. The cookie expiration or cookie duration is generally set by the domain or third party that drops the cookies. There are 2 types of cookies that may be deployed: Session cookies and persistent cookies.  

Session cookies 

These cookies are temporary and expire once you close your browser (or once your session ends). 

Persistent cookies 

This category encompasses all cookies that remain on your hard drive until you erase them, or your browser does, depending on the cookie’s expiration date. All persistent cookies have an expiration date written into their code, but their duration can vary. They are used to remember a user and their preferences on a website.  

Manage my cookies 

Cookie Settings

Contact us 

If you have any questions or concerns about how we process your data, please contact us via email at [email protected]

 

Related Policies 

College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand Privacy Policy 

 

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