Cookie Policy
SciMax Global Cookie Notice
Last updated on August 21, 2023
Introduction and Scope
This Cookie Notice (the “Notice”) is designed to assist you in understanding how and why SciMax Global (“SciMax,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) use cookies and other similar technologies (“Tracking Technologies”) on our website located at scimaxglobal.com and on any webpage linking to this Notice (collectively, the “Website”) to collect and develop data. We use Tracking Technologies to allow the Website to operate, to increase its functionality and efficiency, to analyze how you use it so that we can improve it, and to fulfill other legitimate purposes as described below.
To the extent that any information collected by the Tracking Technologies, either on its own or in combination with other information, constitutes Personal Information as the term is defined in our Privacy Policy, both our Privacy Policy and this Notice shall apply to the processing and transfer of such Personal Information.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Cookies. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device (computer, phone, tablet, etc.) that contains information about your browser and online activity. This information often consists of a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your device.
We may also use:
Local Storage. Local storage enables our Website to store information locally on your device. Local storage may be used to improve your experience with our Website, for example, by enabling features, remembering your preferences and speeding up our Website functionality.
GIFs (a.k.a. “web beacons”). Our Website may also employ a software technology called clear GIFs that helps us better manage content on our Website by providing insight into which content is most effective. Clear GIFs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, that are used to track the online movements of Website users.
Local shared objects (a.k.a. “flash cookies”). Flash cookies are pieces of data that websites which use Adobe Flash may store on your device.
Pixels. A tracking pixel is a 1×1 pixel graphic used for the purpose of tracking user behavior, web traffic and site conversions. A tracking pixel allows us to collect data relating to the use of our Website. Tracking pixels are used to trigger advertisements on any participating websites based on the activity tracked from your browser or device and can also be used for third-party web analytics.
Other similar tracking technologies. We may also use other tracking technologies, such as mobile advertising IDs and tags for similar purposes as described in this Notice.
As noted above, we refer to all of these technologies collectively as “Tracking Technologies” in this Notice.
Online Tracking
“Do Not Track” is an optional browser setting that you can use to express your preferences regarding tracking by advertisers and other third parties. We commit to user privacy by honoring Do Not Track (“DNT”) browser settings.
Opting Out
You can alter the configuration of your browser to reject certain types of Tracking Technologies, including cookies. Please note, however, that if you reject certain cookies, you may not be able to access and use all of the features on our Website. For more information about how to manage cookies, please visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
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, however, that managing these preferences will not turn off internet advertisements in general. You will still receive the same number of advertisements, but those advertisements will be less reflective of your interests, as indicated by your web browsing habits. In addition, please note that the opt-out preferences that you set using these tools may be nullified if you delete your cookies after setting them.
Types of Cookies
We use session cookies and persistent cookies on our Website. The session cookies are deleted or removed when you close your browser. The persistent cookies may remain on your device after you close your browser, but they have an expiration date. Some of the cookies placed on your device through our Website are first-party cookies, meaning they are placed directly by us. Others are third-party cookies, meaning they are placed on your device through our Website by third parties, such as Google. In other words, when you visit our Website, certain third parties may place cookies on your device to collect information about your online activities over time and across different Internet websites or online services. In the cookie tables below, we provide you with links to the applicable privacy notices for the providers who place third-party cookies on your device through our Website, where possible. Please refer to the privacy notices of those third parties to learn more about the ways in which they collect and process personal data about you. How We Use Tracking Technologies on our Website
Strictly Necessary Tracking Technologies
The following Tracking Technologies are necessary for our Website to function, and we cannot turn them off in our systems. You may still be able to set your browser to block or alert you about some of these Tracking Technologies, but if you do block these Tracking Technologies, some parts of our Website will not work.
| Name | Provider & Provider Privacy Notice Link | Purpose | Duration |
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| OptanonConsent | SciMax (first-party cookie) Visit this page to learn more about OneTrust cookies. | A cookie set by OneTrust that stores information about the categories of cookies the Website uses and whether you have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables SciMax to prevent cookies in each category from being set in your browser, when consent is not given. | Approximately 1 year |
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SciMax (first-party cookie) Visit this page to learn more about OneTrust cookies. | A cookie set by OneTrust that is set after you have seen this Notice and, in some cases, only when you actively close the Notice down. It enables the Website not to show the message more than once to a user. | Approximately 1 year |
Performance Tracking Technologies
The following Tracking Technologies allow us, among other things, to count Website visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most – and least – popular, and see how visitors move around the Website. If you do not allow these Tracking Technologies, we will not know when you have visited our Website, and we will not be able to monitor our Website’s performance.
| Name | Provider & Provider Privacy Notice Link | Purpose | Duration |
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| _ga _ga_VR84CVK1EM | SciMax (first-party cookie) Visit this page to learn more about Google Analytics cookies. | We use these cookies in connection with Google Analytics, a service that provides performance statistics about our Website. These particular cookies are used to identify visitors | 2 years |
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SciMax (first-party cookie) Visit this page to learn more about Google Analytics cookies. | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 24 hours |
Targeting Tracking Technologies
The following Tracking Technologies may be used on our Website by our advertising partners (or set directly by our advertising partners) to collect data about your online activity. They record your visits to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. They are used by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on our Website as well as other sites. For example, they’re used to detect when you click on an ad and show you ads based on your social media interests and browsing history. If you do not allow these Tracking Technologies, you will experience fewer targeted advertisements, and you will impair our ability to provide you with tailored services and offerings.
| Name | Provider & Provider Privacy Notice Link | Purpose | Duration |
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| _ga _ga_VR84CVK1EM | SciMax (first-party cookie) Visit this page to learn more about Google Analytics cookies. | This cookie is used by DoubleClick for advertising that Google serves across the Internet. used to identify visitors. | Ten days |
Changes to this Notice
If we make any material change to this Notice, we will post the revised Notice to our Website and will become effective immediately upon posting the updated Notice. The date at the top of this Notice indicates when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Notice, please send us an e-mail to dpo@scimaxglobal.com, or contact us by postal mail at:
SciMax Global
Richard Lipman
Data Protection Officer
101 College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08540
United States
Please allow up to four (4) weeks for us to reply.
