Cookie Policy

North Carolina Medical Board cookie use policy on https://www.ncmedboard.org (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.

What are cookies

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

How the North Carolina Medical Board uses cookies

When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • To enable certain functions of the Service
  • To provide analytics
  • To store your preferences

We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we use different types of cookies to run the Service:

Strictly Necessary cookies

These cookies are required in order for the website to work properly. If you do not allow these cookies, some parts of the website may not work properly, such as logging in, submitting forms, and other standard website behavior. The only way to disable these cookies is via your browser settings, described below.

Functionality cookies

These cookies help personalize content and functionality, including remembering changes a user has made to parts of the website that they can customize. These cookies are optional and simply make the website friendlier to use and add functionality without requiring registration.

Performance cookies

These cookies allow us measure how visitors use our website, which pages are popular, and what our traffic sources are. This helps us improve how our website works and make it easier for all visitors to find what they are looking for. The information is aggregated and anonymous, and cannot be used to identify you. If you do not allow these cookies, we will be unable to use your visits to our website to help make improvements.

Targeting cookies

These cookies are usually placed by third-party advertising networks, which may use information about your website visits to develop a profile of your interests. This information may be shared with other advertisers and/or websites to deliver more relevant advertising to you across multiple websites. We do not display any ads or set any targeting cookies.

Third-party cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party services that set their own cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. Examples are Vimeo, YouTube, Facebook, etc.

What are your choices regarding cookies

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.

Where can you find more information about cookies

You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites: