Cookies Policy
East Dunbartonshire Association for Mental Health (EDAMH)
Last updated: 28 October 2026
1. About this Cookie Policy
East Dunbartonshire Association for Mental Health (EDAMH) respects your privacy and is committed to being transparent about how information is collected when you visit our website.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies are, how we use them, what information they may collect and how you can manage your preferences.
This policy applies to our website at https://edamh.org.uk/.
EDAMH is a Scottish charity and company limited by guarantee. Our details are:
- Organisation: East Dunbartonshire Association for Mental Health (EDAMH)
- Registered charity number: SC029675
- Company number: 201746
- Address: Suite 7, Enterprise House, Strathkelvin Place, Kirkintilloch, G66 1XQ
- Telephone: 0141 955 3040
- Email: info@edamh.org.uk
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website may store on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit it. They can help a website operate, remember your preferences or provide information about how the website is used.
We may also use similar technologies, such as scripts, tracking pixels and local storage, which can store information on or access information from your device.
These technologies can collect information such as your device or browser type, approximate location derived from your internet connection, pages visited, time spent on pages and interactions with website features. The information collected depends on the technologies in use.
Some information collected through cookies or similar technologies may constitute personal data when it identifies you or can reasonably be linked to you or your device.
3. Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies and similar technologies only where we have an appropriate legal basis to do so. Depending on the technologies implemented on our website, they may be used for the following purposes.
Strictly necessary technologies
These technologies are required to provide a service you have requested or to enable essential website functions.
For example, they may be used to maintain security, support essential website functionality or remember your cookie preferences.
Where a technology meets the applicable legal exemption for strictly necessary use, we may use it without consent. We do not treat a technology as strictly necessary simply because it is useful to us or makes the website easier to manage.
Analytics and performance technologies
We may use analytics tools, including Google Analytics if enabled, to understand how visitors use our website.
Analytics information can help us understand which pages are visited, how people navigate the website, whether visitors encounter errors and how we can improve the information and services we provide.
Where these technologies require consent, they will only be activated after you have given valid consent through our cookie preference mechanism.
Other technologies
Our website may incorporate third-party content or services, such as embedded media, maps, social media features or other external services.
These services may use cookies or similar technologies if they are enabled on the website. Where applicable, we will explain their purpose and obtain any required consent before they are activated.
We will update this policy if the technologies or purposes used on our website change.
4. Cookies used on our website
The cookies and similar technologies used on our website may change as the website is updated. We aim to provide an accurate list of the technologies in use, their providers, purposes and retention periods.
The table below must reflect the results of our current website cookie audit.
| Name | Length | Issuer | Used For |
| cookie_notice_accepted | 1 month (or until cleared) | EDAMH | Used to remember your cookie preferences. |
| _ga | 2 Years (or until cleared) | Used to distinguish users | |
| _gid | 24 Hours (or until cleared) | Used to distinguish users | |
| _gat_gtag | 1 Minute (or until cleared) | Used to throttle requests to Google |
5. Your cookie choices
You should be able to make an informed choice about non-essential cookies and similar technologies.
When you first visit our website, our cookie preference mechanism will explain the available choices.
Where consent is required, you can:
- Accept optional cookies: Give consent to the relevant non-essential categories.
- Reject optional cookies: Decline technologies that are not necessary and for which you have not given consent.
- Customise your preferences: Choose between the categories made available by our website, where this option is provided.
Accepting optional cookies is not a condition of accessing the general content of our website unless a particular feature genuinely requires the relevant technology.
We will not set or access information through technologies requiring consent before you have provided valid consent. Choosing to reject optional cookies should be as straightforward as choosing to accept them.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the cookie settings facility on our website, where available. Your updated choices will apply to future use of the relevant technologies, subject to the time needed for the website to implement those choices.
If you clear your browser cookies, use a different browser or access our website on another device, you may need to make your choices again.
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, blocking all cookies may affect some website functions. Browser controls alone may not prevent all forms of storage or access technology from operating, so please use our cookie settings facility as well.
6. Google Analytics
Google Analytics is enabled on our website, we use it to understand website traffic and usage and to improve our website.
Google Analytics processes information such as:
- Pages viewed and interactions with website content.
- Approximate visit times and session information.
- Browser, device and technical information.
- Referring websites and navigation information.
- Online identifiers and information used to distinguish visits or users.
The exact information collected depends on the version of Google Analytics, the settings we use and any additional features enabled.
Google may process information in accordance with its own terms and privacy information. Details are available through Google’s Privacy Policy.
Where our use of Google Analytics involves technologies for which consent is required, we will obtain that consent before activating them. If you reject or withdraw consent, we will stop using the relevant consent-dependent technologies for your device, subject to the technical implementation of your choice.
You can also read about Google’s available controls at Google’s privacy and terms information.
We will not claim that analytics information is anonymous or that no personal data is processed unless we have verified that this is accurate for our actual configuration.
7. Third-party services
Some features on our website may be supplied by organisations other than EDAMH. Where such services are enabled, they may collect information through their own cookies or similar technologies.
The providers, purposes and technologies used will be identified in our cookie settings or cookie table where applicable.
Third-party providers operate under their own privacy and data handling arrangements. We encourage you to review their privacy information when using those services.
EDAMH will assess whether third-party technologies require consent before they are loaded and will take appropriate steps to prevent consent-dependent technologies from operating before valid consent has been given.
8. How we protect your privacy
We aim to collect only the information needed for the purposes described in this policy.
We will configure cookies and similar technologies appropriately, limit their use to their stated purposes and apply suitable safeguards to information processed through them.
Where information collected through cookies constitutes personal data, we will handle it in accordance with applicable data protection law and our Privacy Policy.
We will not use cookies to collect information about your mental health or other sensitive matters for unrelated advertising or tracking purposes.
If you choose to contact EDAMH, make a referral or use another service through our website, additional information may be processed for that purpose. Please refer to our Privacy Policy for further details about how personal information is handled.
9. How long do cookies last?
Cookies may be session cookies, which are normally deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
The retention period depends on the cookie, its purpose and the provider’s configuration.
We aim to ensure that the duration of each cookie is appropriate for its purpose and that the information in our cookie table reflects the actual settings used on our website.
Where consent is required, we will also review consent validity and renewal arrangements to ensure that visitors can make informed choices when our use of cookies changes or when renewed consent is necessary.
10. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy when our website, the technologies we use or applicable legal requirements change.
The latest version will be published on our website with its revision date.
If we introduce new technologies or change the purposes for which existing technologies are used, we will review whether additional information, changes to our cookie settings or fresh consent are required.
11. Contact us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how EDAMH uses cookies and similar technologies, please contact us:
East Dunbartonshire Association for Mental Health (EDAMH)
Suite 7, Enterprise House
Strathkelvin Place
Kirkintilloch
G66 1XQ
Telephone: 0141 955 3040
Email: info@edamh.org.uk
You can also read our Privacy Policy for further information about how we handle personal information.