Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

We use in our site https://www.labguru.com/ ("Site") cookies and similar files or technologies to automatically collect and store information about your computer, device, and Site usage, in order to improve their performance and enhance your user experience. We use the general term "cookies" in this policy to refer to these technologies and all such similar technologies that collect information automatically when you are using our Site where this policy is posted. You can find out more about cookies and how to control them in the information below.

If you do not accept the use of these cookies, please disable them using the instructions in this cookie policy or by changing your browser settings so that cookies from this Site cannot be placed on your computer or mobile device. Important: disabling cookies on this Site may impair certain Site features.

In this Cookies Policy, we use the term BioData (and "we", "us" and "our") to refer to BioData Inc. Our Privacy Policy is available here.

What is a cookie? A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a website’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are text files that are created by your internet browser in accordance with instructions provided to it by the system computers. Some of the “cookies” will be deleted from your computer once you close the internet browser, however, others will be saved on your computer/device.

There are two broad categories of cookies:

  • First-party cookies are served directly by us to your computer or mobile device.
  • Third-party cookies are served by a third party on our behalf.  We use third-party cookies for functionality, performance/analytics, marketing, and social media purposes. The third-party cookies are outside of our control. The third parties may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose, and use of cookies, etc. See below for additional information on how to manage such cookies.

Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are 'session cookies, meaning that they exist only while your browser is open. These are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are 'permanent cookies, meaning that they persist after your browser is closed. They can be used by websites to recognize your computer when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.

Web beacons. Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are small graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Site. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Site to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Site from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve website performance and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In most instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function, and therefore declining cookies prevents them from functioning.

Targeted advertising. Third parties may drop cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Site. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other personally identifying details unless you choose to provide these to us.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to:

  • track traffic flow and patterns of travel in connection with our Site;  
  • understand the total number of visitors to our Sites on an ongoing basis and the types of internet browsers (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer) and operating systems (e.g. Windows or Mac) used by our visitors; 
  • monitor the performance of our Site and continually improve it; and
  • customize and enhance your online experience.

What types of cookies do we use?

The types of cookies used by us in connection with the Site can be considered 'essential website cookies', 'functionality cookies', 'analytics and performance cookies', and 'marketing'. We've set out some further information below, and the purposes of the cookies we set in the following table. 

COOKIES NECESSARY FOR ESSENTIAL WEBSITE PURPOSES

 

Cookie Name

Hostname

Expiry Duration

Purpose

__cf_bm

vimeo.com

Session

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.

This is a CloudFoundry cookie

__cf_bm

www.labguru.com

Session

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.

This is a CloudFoundry cookie

__cf_bm

labguru.com

Session

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.

This is a CloudFoundry cookie

__cf_bm

g2crowd.com

Session

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.

This is a CloudFoundry cookie

__cf_bm

hubspot.com

Session

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.
This is a CloudFoundry cookie

__cfruid

www.labguru.com

Session

Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic.

__cfruid

labguru.com

Session

Cookie associated with sites using CloudFlare, used to identify trusted web traffic.

_GRECAPTCHA

www.google.com

179 Days

Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary Cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.

OptanonAlertBoxClosed

labguru.com

365 Days

This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one-year lifespan and contains no personal information.

OptanonConsent

labguru.com

365 Days

This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the user's browser when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor.

recent_write

help.labguru.com

Session

Remembers a user's session in the Intercom product.

hubspotutk

 

 

179

This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. HubSpot reports that its purpose is user authentication. As a persistent rather than a session cookie it cannot be classified as Strictly Necessary.

 

vuid

vimeo.com

729

This domain is owned by Vimeo. The main business activity is: Video Hosting/Sharing

 

gtm_id

intercom.com

364

 

XSRF-TOKEN

 

www.lp.labguru.com

 

Session

This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.

 

 

These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through this Site and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies, we will not be able to provide the services that you require, such as transactional pages and secure login accounts.

 

FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES

These cookies record information about choices you've made and allow us to tailor the website to you. These cookies allow us to provide you with our services in the way in which you have required, as you continue to use or come back to our Site.  For example, these cookies allow us to:

  • Save your location preference if you have set your location on the homepage in order to receive localized information; 
  • Remember the settings you have applied, such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors;
  • Show you when you are logged in; and
  • Store accessibility options.

Cookie Name

Hostname

Expiry Duration

Purpose

gtm_id

intercom.com

364 Days

This cookie is used to keep track of the user session and to allow the system to send replies to requested chats. More details are available here: https://www.intercom.com/help/pricing-privacy-and-terms/intercom-messenger-cookies

intercom-id-k58nfbbe

labguru.com

270 Days

Is used to keep track of sessions and remember logins and conversations.

intercom-session-k58nfbbe

labguru.com

6 days

Is an anonymous visitor identification cookie.

vuid

vimeo.com

729 Days

These cookies are used by the Vimeo video player on websites.

 

PERFORMANCE / ANALYTICS COOKIES

We use performance/analytics cookies to analyze how the website is accessed, used, or is performing. We do this in order to provide you with a better user experience and to maintain, operate and continually improve the website. For example, these cookies allow us to:

  • Better understand our website visitors so that we can improve how we present our content;
  • Test different design ideas for particular pages, such as our homepage;
  • Collect information about Site visitors such as where they are located and what browsers they are using;
  • Determine the number of unique users of the website;
  • Improve the website by measuring any errors that occur; and
  • Conduct research and diagnostics to improve product offerings. 

 

Cookie Name

Hostname

Expiry Duration

Purpose

AnalyticsSyncHistory

linkedin.com

29

Used to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie

JSESSIONID

newrelic.com

Session

General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server.

_gclxxxx

labguru.com

 

89

Google conversion tracking cookie

 

__hssc

labguru.com

 

Session

This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.

 

__hssrc

labguru.com

 

Session

This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.

 

_ga

labguru.com

 

729

This 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 on a site and used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for the site's analytics reports. By default, it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customizable by website owners._ga

 

_gid

labguru.com

 

Session

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.   It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited._gid

 

__hstc

labguru.com

 

179

This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics.

 

 

MARKETING 

We use marketing cookies to deliver many types of targeted digital marketing. We do this in order to provide you with a better user experience and to maintain, operate and continually improve the website. The cookie stores user data and behavior information, which allows advertising services to target audiences according to variables. For example, these cookies allow us to: 

  • Observe the site performance and generate retargeting (Site retargeting, search retargeting, etc).
  • Maintain and improve the website and our products

 

Cookie Name

Hostname

Expiry Duration

Purpose

_uetsid

labguru.com

Session

This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user perusing the site.

bcookie

linkedin.com

364 Days

This is a Microsoft MSN 1st-party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.

bscookie

www.linkedin.com

364 Days

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

CONSENT

youtube.com

729 Days

This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.

li_gc

linkedin.com

179 Days

Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes

lidc

linkedin.com

Session

This is a Microsoft MSN 1st-party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.

MUID

clarity.ms

389 Days

This cookie is widely used by 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.

UserMatchHistory

linkedin.com

29 Days

This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor's preferences.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

youtube.com

179 Days

This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites; it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface.

YSC

youtube.com

Session

This cookie ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites

_session_id

tracking.g2crowd.com

13 days

This cookie creates an interim session ID used as an in-session user ID.

_uetvid

labguru.com

389 days

This is a cookie utilized by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our website.

_gat_UA-XXXXXX-X

 

labguru.com

 

Session

Google Analytics Cookies

 

ln_or

 

www.labguru.com

 

Session

This is a LinkedIn cookie used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain

 

_fbp

 

labguru.com

 

89

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real-time bidding from third-party advertisers

 

IDE

 

doubleclick.net

 

389

This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Google's real-time bidding advertising exchange

 

li_sugr

 

linkedin.com

 

89

This domain is owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. It typically acts as a third-party host where website owners have placed one of its content-sharing buttons on their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason, it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain.

 

test_cookie

doubleclick.net

 

Session

This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Google's real-time bidding advertising exchange

VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA

youtube.com

 

179

YouTube is a Google-owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects 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 their own and other websites.

 

 How to control or delete cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies.  When you access our Site, you are presented with a cookie consent mechanism that allows you to accept or reject cookies that are not essential cookies.  You may also control cookies by setting your browser to turn off cookies as described further below. If you turn off cookies, web beacons and other technologies will still detect your visits to our Site; however, they will not be associated with information otherwise stored in cookies.

As another way of controlling cookies, most browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings and learn how to use them, please consult the “Help” function of your browser, or the documentation published online for your particular browser type and version. However, please note that if you choose to reject cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of our Site. The following pages have information on how to change your cookies settings for the different browsers:

If you use another browser, you can check if the procedure for your browser is mentioned on this explanatory website   or   here

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit here

Third-Party Websites' Cookies. When using our Site, you may be directed to other websites for such activities as surveys,  or job applications or for additional products of BioData. These websites use their own cookies. We do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites you visit, even if you are directed to them from our Site. If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content with your friends via social networks such as Google, LinkedIn, Instagram, G2, and Intercom, these companies may set a cookie on your computer memory. Find out more about these here: 

Need More Information? If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the Internet, you may find the following link useful: All About Cookies

Cookies that have been set in the past. If you have disabled one or more cookies, we may still use information collected from cookies prior to your disabled preference being set, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information. Contact us. If you have any questions or comments about this cookie policy or privacy matters, please contact us via email at privacy@biodata.com.

 

Last updated: August 21, 2023