Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

WHAT IS THIS POLICY?

This policy explains how LGC Clinical Diagnostics place, use and manage cookies on our website lgcclinicaldiagnostics.com. We use a minimal number of cookies on our website and review our cookie settings frequently to ensure all cookies are still relevant and necessary.

When you first landed on this website, a cookie notice appeared. This banner explains what cookies are on the website and allows you to choose to accept or reject cookies that require your consent. You can update your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie notice on our website. 

Please see our Privacy Policy for more information about how we collect, store, manage and protect your personal data. 

WHAT ARE COOKIES? 

A cookie is a small text file that’s placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. We, and some of our affiliates and third-party service providers, may use a few different types of cookies. Some are persistent cookies (cookies that remain on your hard drive for an extended period of time) and some are session ID cookies (cookies that expire when you close your browser). 

WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?

They help us to operate our websites and services, enhance and customise your experience across our websites and services, perform analytics and deliver advertising and marketing that’s relevant to you.  

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE USED? 

Cookies on this website are categorised as strictly necessary, performance, targeting or unclassified cookies. On the lgcclinicaldiagnostics.com website, you have the ability to accept or refuse the following cookies via the cookie banner: 

  • Strictly Necessary: These cookies are technically necessary to enable a website to work. You cannot opt-out of these cookies because the website will not work without them.

  • Functional: These cookies allow the website to remember choices visitors make (such as their username, language or the region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember parts of web pages that visitors can customise. They may also be used to provide services visitors have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track browsing activity on other websites.

  • Performance: Performance cookies allow us to see how well our website is performing. The information that is collected is aggregated and anonymous and is only used to help understand how the website works. Those cookies cannot be used to directly identify a certain visitor. If you do not wish to have these cookies enabled, you can use the cookie banner to refuse them.

  • Targeting: Targeting cookies are used to identify visitors between different websites. Those cookies may be used by companies to build a profile of visitor interests or show relevant ads on other websites. If you do not wish to have these cookies enabled, you can use the cookie banner to refuse them.

  • Unclassified: Unclassified cookies are cookies that do not belong to any other category. If you do not wish to have these cookies enabled, you can use the cookie banner to refuse them.

Our cookies are:

Strictly Necessary
NameProvider / DomainExpiryDescription
_GRECAPTCHAwww.google.com6 monthsGoogle reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.
__cfruid.hs-sites.comSessionCookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic.
Functional
NameProvider / domainExpiryDescription
hubspotutk.technopathclinicaldiagnostics.com7 monthsThis cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. HubSpot report that its purpose is user authentication. As a persistent rather than a session cookie it cannot be classified as Strictly Necessary.
Performance
NameProvider / DomainExpiryDescription
_ga Google LLC .lgcclinicaldiagnostics.com 2 yearsThis cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_gidGoogle LLC .lgcclinicaldiagnostics.com1 dayThis cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
_gat_UA-234451199-1.lgcclinicaldiagnostics.com1 minuteThis is a pattern-type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It is a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high-traffic volume websites.
__hssc.technopathclinicaldiagnostics.com30 minutesThis cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.
__hssrc.technopathclinicaldiagnostics.comSessionThis cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.
__hstc.technopathclinicaldiagnostics.com6 monthsThis cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.

HOW CAN YOU CONTROL COOKIES?

You can update your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie notice on our website. 

Most advertising networks also offer you the option to opt out of targeted advertising. For more info, visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

You can also accept or reject cookies by amending your web browser controls. You can manage your cookie settings by following your browser's instructions. Here are some links that might be of assistance: