Cookie Policy
Last updated: 24 August 2026
Review date: 24 August 2027
This Cookie Policy explains how Village Dental and Implant Practice Limited uses cookies and similar technologies on www.thevillagedentalpractice.co.uk.
It should be read alongside our Website Privacy Notice.
Who we are
Village Dental and Implant Practice Limited
Company number: 13809722
Trading as:
Main practice: 26 Station Road, Ainsdale, Southport, PR8 3HS
Hygiene practice: 2 Fairfield Road, Ainsdale, Southport, PR8 3LH
Telephone: 01704 573466
Email: enquiries@thevillagedentalpractice.co.uk
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies can help a website function correctly, remember your preferences, understand how the website is being used and improve the visitor experience.
Similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, scripts or local storage, may perform comparable functions. References to cookies in this policy include these similar technologies where applicable.
First-party and third-party cookies
First-party cookies are set directly by our website.
Third-party cookies are set by another organisation whose services or content are used on our website. This may include services providing analytics, embedded content, security features or cookie-consent controls.
Third-party providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy information.
Session and persistent cookies
Session cookies normally expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
The duration of each cookie currently in use is shown in the CookieYes preference centre.
How we manage cookies
We use CookieYes to display our cookie banner and preference centre and to record and respect the choices visitors make.
When you first visit our website, you can:
Necessary cookies are always active where they are required for the website, its security or the consent controls to function.
Non-essential cookies should not be stored on your device unless you choose to enable the relevant category.
CookieYes may use a cookie or similar storage to remember your consent preferences. This is considered necessary because the website needs to remember and respect the choices you have made.
Types of cookies used on our website
Necessary cookies
Necessary cookies support essential website functions. These may include:
These cookies cannot normally be disabled through our preference centre because the website or consent controls may not function properly without them.
Necessary cookies are not used for advertising.
Functional cookies
Functional cookies support additional website features and services.
They may be used to remember preferences or enable features provided by another service. If you do not allow these cookies, some website functions may not operate as intended.
Functional cookies are only used where you have made the required choice.
Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use the website.
They may collect information such as:
We use this information to understand general website use and identify possible improvements.
Analytics cookies are only used where you have given consent.
Performance cookies
Performance cookies help us understand and improve the performance of the website.
They may provide information about page loading, website responsiveness and technical performance.
Performance cookies are only used where you have given consent.
Advertisement cookies
Advertisement cookies may be used to provide content or advertising based on a visitor’s interests or to measure the effectiveness of advertising activity.
They may be placed by us or by third-party advertising providers.
Advertisement cookies are only used where you have given consent.
Uncategorised cookies
Uncategorised cookies are cookies that are still being investigated and have not yet been allocated to a specific category.
We treat uncategorised cookies as non-essential unless we have confirmed that a legal exemption applies. They should therefore remain blocked unless the visitor has made the required choice.
We regularly review uncategorised cookies so that their purpose and correct category can be identified.
Details of individual cookies
The current list of cookies detected on our website is available through the CookieYes preference centre.
For each cookie, the preference centre should provide:
You can view this information by selecting Cookie Settings on our website and opening the relevant cookie category.
The cookie list may change when website services are added, removed or updated. The CookieYes list is reviewed and updated following website scans.
Our legal basis for using cookies
Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, we do not need consent for cookies that are strictly necessary to provide a service requested by the visitor or to support essential website functions.
Where cookies are not strictly necessary or another legal exemption does not apply, we ask for consent before they are stored or accessed.
Where information collected through cookies is personal information, it is also handled in accordance with UK data protection law and our Website Privacy Notice.
How to change or withdraw your consent
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time.
Select Cookie Settings on our website to reopen the CookieYes preference centre. You can then enable or disable the available non-essential categories.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before your consent was withdrawn.
You can also delete or block cookies using your browser settings. However, blocking all cookies may affect the operation of the website and may prevent it from remembering your cookie preferences.
Instructions for managing cookies are normally available through your browser’s privacy or security settings.
Embedded content and external websites
Our website may include links to external websites or content provided by other organisations.
External providers may set cookies when you interact with their content or visit their websites. We do not control cookies set directly by independent external websites.
You should read the cookie and privacy information provided by those organisations before enabling or interacting with their services.
Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this policy when:
The current version and update date will be displayed at the top of this page.
Questions about our use of cookies
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use information collected through the website, please contact:
Joanne Rimmer
Data Protection Lead
Village Dental and Implant Practice Limited
26 Station Road
Ainsdale
Southport
PR8 3HS
Telephone: 01704 573466
Email: enquiries@thevillagedentalpractice.co.uk
Please mark emails for the attention of the Data Protection Lead.
You can also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Website: Make a complaint to the ICO