1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners. Cookies are not programs and cannot harm your device.
2. How We Use Cookies
The Pakistan Medical Lab Professionals Association (PMLPA) uses cookies for several important reasons:
- Essential Website Operation: To enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Website Performance and Analytics: To understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This data helps us improve the structure and content of our site.
- Functionality: To remember choices you make (such as your preferred language) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Payment Processing: Our secure payment gateway, Stripe, uses cookies to process your membership fee transactions safely and efficiently. These cookies are essential for the payment page to function.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
| Type of Cookie | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary Cookies | These are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, services like the membership registration form cannot be provided. | Session management, load balancing. |
| Performance / Analytics Cookies | These collect information about how you use our website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. All of the information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous. It is only used to improve how the website functions. | Google Analytics (_ga, _gid). |
| Functionality Cookies | These allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. | Remembering your login details or language preference if such features are implemented in the future. |
| Third-Party Cookies | These are set by services that appear on our pages, such as our payment processor, Stripe. They are used to enable secure payment processing. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies. | Stripe (_stripe_mid, _stripe_sid). |
4. Your Control Over Cookies
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, limiting or disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
You can typically find these controls in your browser’s “Options,” “Tools,” or “Preferences” menu. You may also consult your browser’s “Help” function for more information.
Here are links to managing cookies for popular browsers:
To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you can download and install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our services. We will post any changes on this page and update the “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
- Through our Website: Contact Us
- Via Email: info@pmlpa.org.pk