Cookies and Other Information
What are third party cookies and how does Biohub use them?
Cookies are small text files sent by your computer or device each time you visit biohub.org. They are stored in your browser and allow a website or a third party to recognize the browser on your device. Other technologies, including identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes. We also use pixels: a type of technology placed on a website or within the body of an email for the purpose of tracking certain activity, such as views of a website or when an email is opened. Pixels are often used in combination with cookies.
Cookies can be classified by their lifespan:
- Session cookies are specific to a particular visit and expire and delete themselves automatically in a short period of time, like after you leave biohub.org.
- Persistent cookies remember certain information about your preferences and allow Biohub to recognize you each time you return to the website. These cookies are stored on your browser cache or mobile device until you choose to delete them or they delete themselves after the time period set for that cookie lapses.
A cookie can also be classified by the domain to which it belongs, such as a first-party cookie (set by Biohub) or a third party cookie:
“Third party cookies” are a type of cookie placed by someone other than Biohub. These cookies may be persistent and gather browsing activity across multiple websites and across multiple sessions. They are stored until you delete them, or until they expire after the time period set in that third party cookie lapses. The table below lists the third party cookies and pixels we use.
You have control over the types of cookies you allow on biohub.org. You can learn more and adjust your cookie preferences by visiting the Cookie Settings. You also have choices and control over the cookies that you allow onto your browser generally. For example, your browser may offer settings that allow you to choose whether browser cookies are set and to delete them. For more information about these controls, visit your browser “help” resources. Below are the types of cookies we use on biohub.org:
| TYPE OF COOKIE | PURPOSE |
|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Certain cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and can’t be switched off. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site won’t work as a result. |
| Functional | These cookies are functional, but not strictly necessary; set by us (or by third parties whose services we have added to the site). They enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. You may disable some or all of that functionality if you do not allow these cookies. |
| Analytics | Analytics cookies collect information that allows us to understand how often you use our website, where you are accessing the website from, and the links and content on our website that you interact with. We use these cookies to support our website and to improve its operation. |
| Marketing and Social Media | We use certain cookies to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do. For example, if a LinkedIn or Meta user visits the Biohub website, LinkedIn and Meta can then identify them as part of a group of Biohub website visitors in order to serve them with advertising messages about Biohub and our work. In addition to the controls described above, you can go to these websites via the links below to opt-out of these types of messages. There are no third-party ads on the Biohub website, so we don’t use any cookies to serve third-party ads. |
See examples of the types of cookies and their descriptions used on biohub.org in the table below:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
| OneTrust | Helps prevent cookies from being set when consent is not given |
Functional Cookies
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
| biohub.org | Retains closed state for pop-up windows so that users are not shown pop-ups on return visits if they have already closed out those windows |
Analytics Cookies
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Used to distinguish unique users, count unique page visits, and track how users interact with web pages |
| CrazyEgg | Used for website analytics, heatmaps, click-maps, and tracking how users interact with web pages |
Marketing and Social Media Cookies
| Source | Description |
|---|---|
| HubSpot | Used to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do |
| Used to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do | |
| Meta (Facebook) | Used to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do |
| X | Used to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do |
| Taboola | Used to syndicate content |
| Used to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do | |
| Microsoft Advertising / Bing | Used to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do |
| Quora | Used to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do |
| Used to inform our own marketing and digital content efforts, which help us tell people about the work we do | |
| YouTube | Used to help YouTube deliver and optimize video content, track user interactions (e.g., watch history), and may be used for advertising and analytics purposes |