Effective Date: October 2, 2024

Introduction and Scope

This Cookie Policy (the “Policy”) is designed to assist you in understanding how and why The Browning Group International Inc. dba Emergenetics (“Emergenetics”, “we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and other automatic mechanisms (“Cookies”) to collect personal data on our website https://emergenetics.com (the “Website”). We use Cookies to allow our Website to operate, to increase its functionality and efficiency, to analyze how you use our Website in order to improve it, and to tailor the content and information that we display to you (including targeted advertisements).

To the extent that information collected by the Cookies constitutes personal data (on its own or if combined with other information), our Privacy Policy shall apply to the processing of such personal data, as defined in the Privacy Policy.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

A “cookie” is a small text file stored on your device that contains information about your device. Our Website may also employ a software technology called clear GIFs (a.k.a. web beacons) that helps us better manage content on our Website by informing us what content is effective. Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to Cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Website visitors. We may also use local shared objects, pixels, or other similar technologies, as well as smart forms and logging services.

Browser Configuration

You can alter the configuration of your browser to reject certain types of Cookies. Note, if you reject certain Cookies, you may not be able to access and use all of the features on our Website. You may also set your browser to send a Do Not Track (DNT) signal. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/ and https://allaboutdnt.com/. Please note that our Website does not have the capability to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from web browsers.

You may also control your online behavioral advertising preferences and opt out from having your data processed by certain marketing companies by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ and http://optout.aboutads.info/. Please note that managing these preferences will not turn off internet advertisements in general. You will receive the same amount of advertisements, but it will be less reflective of your interests, as based on your web browsing habits. The opt-out preferences that you set may be nullified if you delete your Cookies.

Types of Cookies

We use both session and persistent Cookies. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent Cookies may be retained after you close your browser but have an expiration date. Some of the Cookies placed on your device through our Website are first-party Cookies, because they are placed directly by us. Other parties, such as Google, may also set their own (third-party) Cookies through our Website. Please refer to the privacy policies of these third parties to learn more about the way in which they collect and process information about you.

How We Use Cookies on our Website

Necessary Cookies

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Owner	Provider	Purpose	Duration
CloudFlare	cloudflare.com	Cloudflare uses various cookies to manage bots and authenticate users and trusted web traffic, including __cf_bm, __cfruid and _cfuvid	Session only

Functional Cookies

Functional Cookies enable the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these Cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Owner	Provider	Purpose	Duration
HubSpot	Hubspot.uk	HubSpot uses a cookie for user authentication.	1 year
LinkedIn	linkedin.com	LinkedIn uses various cookies to provide security, browsing authenticity, load balancing and user optimization, including UserMatchHistory.	1 year
YouTube	youtube.com	YouTube may use cookies to provide functional advantages to its users, such as using cookie VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.	1 year

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies help website owners understand how visitors interact with their websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Owner	Provider	Purpose	Duration
HubSpot	Emergenetics (first-party cookie)	These cookies from HubSpot, which can include _hssc, _hssrc, and _hstc, provide a range of services, such as recognizing the visitor’s browser upon reentry on the website, creating unique IDs for sessions, and generating statistical data.	Up to 1 year
Google Analytics	Emergenetics (first-party cookie)	Google Analytics uses performance cookies, such as _ga, to provide statistical data on how a visitor uses the website.	Up to 2 years

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

Owner	Provider	Purpose	Duration
LinkedIn	linkedin.com	LinkedIn uses various marketing cookies, such as bcookie, bscookie and AnalyticsSyncHistory, to track the use of embedded services, store and track a user’s visits across websites for statistical research purposes, and identify the visitor through an application.	1 year
YouTube	youtube.com	YouTube uses cookies, such as VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA, TESTCOOKIESENABLED and YSC, to collect user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of other Google websites.	Sessions up to 5 months

Changes to this Policy

If we make any material change to this Policy, we will post the revised Policy to our Website and update the “Effective Date” above to reflect the date on which the new Policy became effective.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Policy, send us an email to privacy@emergenetics.com or contact us by postal mail at:

Emergenetics International
ATTN: Steven Douglas
2 Inverness Dr East, Suite 188
Centennial, CO 80112
USA

Please allow up to 4 weeks for us to reply.