Cookies Policy

UMC Victoria Hospital ("us", "we", or "our") uses cookies on our website https://uganda.umchospitals.com/ (the "Service"). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.

Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

Data Collected by UMC Victoria Hospital

At its websites, UMC Victoria Hospital collects Personal Data and aggregate information that users voluntarily provide there, or by the implementation of cookies (as explained in the next section).

Definition and usage of cookies

A "cookie" is a small piece of information that is stored on your device (such as your computer) and which records the way that you use a website so that, when you revisit that website, it allows UMC Victoria Hospital to provide tailored options based on the information that has been collected from your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyse traffic and, in some cases, for providing you with tailored advertising and marketing.

Following are the broad categories of cookies:

• Essential cookies
  These cookies make the UMC Victoria Hospital website operation work and therefore they cannot be turned off or rejected. These cookies do not gather any information about you and do not have the ability to remember how you have used our website;
• Performance cookies
  UMC Victoria Hospital uses these cookies to help in the analysis on how its website is used and to improve its performance. For example, UMC Victoria Hospital uses them to understand where visitors to the UMC Victoria Hospital site are based, how many people visit the website, and which sections of the website are the most used;
• Functionality Cookies
  These cookies allow UMC Victoria Hospital website to remember if you have previously visited UMC Victoria Hospital site or the choices you made to provide a more personalised online experience.
• Third-Party cookies
  These are only installed if the user accepts the cookies. They collect information from their device and perform tasks that analyse behaviour and collect other information, such as demographics. These cookies may be used to provide you with personalised advertising.

Third Party Marketing Cookies and Social Advertising

UMC Victoria Hospital has relationships with online advertisers and social media networks. These partners use cookies and similar technologies for marketing purposes and may serve you with targeted advertising about UMC Victoria Hospital services while you are on their website or mobile applications, at our request and only with your consent. You can choose to decline the Third-Party Cookies that enable this type of marketing at any time by not accepting the cookies when visiting UMC Victoria Hospital websites. We encourage you to learn more about how companies use advertising on social media and how to adjust your marketing preferences by checking their privacy statement and opt-out options.

Some of the cookies, but not all of them, that we use on our website are: Google, Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, Cloudflare, etc.

How to manage cookies

Our Performance, Functionality, and Third-Party cookies are not strictly necessary for our website to work but will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit our website, and some features of the site may not work as intended. Most internet browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies; however, you can decide at any time what type of cookies you want to accept. You can change the settings on your browser to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent to your device.

Use of cookies and how to control and delete cookies

If you want to restrict or block the cookies that are set by this website, you can do this through your browser settings. Restricting cookies may change the way the website functions. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, click here.