Cookie Policy

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STARLIMS CORPORATION, based in the United States, is the parent organization of several subsidiaries in the European Union and elsewhere.  This cookie policy will use the name STARLIMS to refer to the parent company and all subsidiaries, and will explain how we use cookies to support your interaction with our website.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

STARLIMS uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

  • Get information about the traffic on our website
  • Provide you with essential functionalities of our website
  • Track your browsing behavior
  • Track your engagement with social services
  • Collect information about how users use our website
  • Remember your preferences for our website
  • Personalize content and advertisements.

 

What types of cookies do we use?

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential
  • Preferences
  • Analytics

 

Essential cookies

We always use the essential cookies. They allow us to provide you with the essential features of our website, such as website navigation or logging in the secured areas. Using them is in your best interest, hence all the applicable personal data protection laws allow us to use them freely. We use the following essential cookies:

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_gcl_au

Google Adsense

Host: .starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie.   Used for the “Conversion Linker” functionality – it takes information in ad clicks and stores it in a first-party cookie so that conversions can be attributed outside the landing page.          

Google Adsense’s privacy policy can be found here: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/10502938?visit_id=637926437931189617-1746351046&rd=1#privacy

Its mailing address is 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, United States 94043.

 

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__cf_bm

Cloudflare                         

Host: .hubspot.com

Expires in: Session

Type: Third party cookie.  The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots.

Cloudfare’s privacy policy can be found here: https://www.cloudflare.com/es-es/privacypolicy_kentik/

Its mailing address is 101 Townsend Street San Francisco, California, United States 94107.

We use other types of cookies only with your prior explicit consent. If you give us consent to store them on your computer, we do so. If you don’t consent to their use, we don’t use them. It’s that simple.

We don’t discriminate against users based on consent. Your consent applies to the following domains: https://www.starlims.com

The rest of the cookies we use are:

Preferences cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember your preferences for using it, such as your login details, preferred language, and other customizable details.

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Host

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Wp-wpml_current_language 

Host: www.starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie. Session cookie set by WMPL to remember language preferences and personalize content.

WPML’s privacy policy can be found at: https://wpml.org/documentation/privacy-policy-and-gdpr-compliance/

Its mailing address is 22/F 3 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

 

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__hstc 

Hubspot             

Host: www.starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie.   Provided by Hubspot, this cookie is used for session tracking, with the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. Non-essential, optional, third party performance cookie.                      

Hubspot’s privacy policy can be found at: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

Its mailing address is 25 First Street, 2nd Floor Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 02141.

 

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hubspotutk

Hubspot             

Host: www.starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie    This 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.        

Hubspot’s privacy policy can be found at: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

Its mailing address is 25 First Street, 2nd Floor Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 02141.

 

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__hssc 

Hubspot             

Host: www.starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie.   Provided by Hubspot, this cookie is used for session tracking, with the session number and timestamps in the __hstc cookie. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp. Non-essential, optional, third party performance cookie.                      

Hubspot’s privacy policy can be found at: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

Its mailing address is 25 First Street, 2nd Floor Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 02141.

 

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MUID   

Microsoft           

Host: .bing.com

Expires in: Session

Type: Third party cookie.  This cookie is widely used my Microsoft as a unique user identifier. It can be set by embedded microsoft scripts. Widely believed to sync across many different Microsoft domains, allowing user tracking.   

Microsoft’s privacy policy can be found at: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement

Its mailing address is 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, United States 98052-6399.

 

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MR

Microsoft Msn  Host: .bat.bing.com

Expires in: Session

Type: Third party cookie.  This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie which we use to measure the use of the website for internal analytics.       

Microsoft MSN’s privacy policy can be found at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/partner/privacypolicy

Its mailing address is 1 Microsoft Way Redmond, Washington, United States 98052-6399.

 

Analytics cookies

Analytics cookies provide us with information about the traffic and users’ behavior on our website. This includes the number of visitors, number of clicks to pages, and others. Most often, the data these cookies collect is anonymous.

However, in some cases, the data may be related to a pseudonymous identifier that may be related to your device. That may possibly make you identifiable and that’s why we ask you for consent before using analytics cookies.

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__hssrc

Hubspot        

Host: .starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie.   Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. If this cookie does not exist when HubSpot manages cookies, it is considered a new session. It contains the value “1” when present.

Hubspot’s privacy policy can be found at: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

Its mailing address is 25 First Street, 2nd Floor Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 02141.

 

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_ga

Google Analytics 

Host: .starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie.   This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service.    

Google Analytics’ privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Its mailing address is 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, United States 94043.

 

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_gid

Google Analytics 

Host: .starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie.   This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google.        

Google Analytics’ privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Its mailing address is 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, United States 94043.

 

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_gat_gtag_UA_63197431_2

Google Analytics 

Host: .starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie.   This 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 appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites

Google Analytics’ privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Its mailing address is 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, United States 94043.         

 

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Host

Expiry

_gat_UA-63197431-2

Google Analytics 

Host: .starlims.com

Expires in: Session

Type: First party cookie.   This 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 appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.           

Google Analytics’ privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Its mailing address is 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California, United States 94043.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Changes to our cookie policy

STARLIMS keeps its cookie policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 10 July 2022.