Find Care Compare

    Cookie Policy

    Effective Date: 02 August 2025 • Last Updated: 11 October 2026

    This Cookie Policy explains how Find Care Compare ("we", "our", "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website https://findcarecompare.com. It applies to all visitors in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).

    1. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?

    Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. This policy also covers similar technologies that store information in your browser, such as local storage and session storage, which we use in the same way and for the same purposes.

    2. What We Use

    a. Strictly Necessary

    These are essential for the website to work and do not require consent under PECR.

    • fcc_cookie_consent_v1 (local storage): your cookie choice, so we do not ask again. Kept until you clear it or change your choice.
    • Sign-in tokens for patient and provider accounts (local storage): keep you signed in. Removed when you sign out.
    • Form memory for the length of your visit (session storage): for example the details you entered in a phone number request, so you are not asked twice. Cleared when you close the tab.
    • A pharmacy click reference (local storage): on our weight-loss and hair-loss pages, a random reference used only so that one visit to a pharmacy is counted once for billing. It holds no information about you and is never joined to your browsing.

    b. Analytics

    Only with your consent. Until you accept analytics in the banner, nothing in this category is set or loaded, and nothing about your visit is sent to Google or kept in our own usage record.

    • Google Analytics 4 (cookies beginning _ga): loaded only after you accept. Tells us which pages are visited and from what kind of device. IP addresses are anonymised, Google Signals is not enabled, no advertising or personalisation cookies are set, and analytics data is not shared with Google for advertising or ads personalisation. Google keeps the data for two months.
    • fcc_session_id (session storage): a random identifier, created only after you accept, that links the searches and clicks of one visit in our own usage record on our own servers. Cleared when you close the tab, and removed if you later reject analytics. The record it links to is deleted after 12 months.

    c. Maps

    Results pages can show a Google Map of providers. The map, and any cookies Google sets with it, load only when you choose to show it.

    d. Third-Party Content

    Where you continue to a provider's own booking system or a pharmacy's website, that site sets its own cookies under its own policy, which we do not control.

    3. Managing Your Choice

    When you first visit, the cookie banner lets you:

    • Accept analytics
    • Reject analytics
    • Choose in the preferences panel

    You can change or withdraw your choice at any time by clicking "Cookie Settings" at the bottom of the page. Rejecting after accepting stops analytics immediately and removes the fcc_session_id identifier.

    You can also delete or block cookies and local storage in your browser settings. Blocking the strictly necessary items may stop parts of the site, such as signing in, from working.

    4. Legal Basis

    • Strictly necessary items are exempt from consent under PECR because the site cannot provide what you asked for without them.
    • Analytics and maps are set only with your consent.

    5. Updates to This Policy

    We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in the law or how we use cookies. Any changes will be posted here with an updated "Last Updated" date.

    6. Contact Us

    If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy, please contact us:

    Find Care Compare
    Email: hello@findcarecompare.com
    Website: https://findcarecompare.com