Cookie Policy

Effective Date: This Cookie Policy was last updated on April 26, 2021

This Cookie Policy explains how Takara Bio USA ("TBUSA"). and its corporate affiliates use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small data file that is placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. A cookie may have unique identifiers and reside, among other places, on your device, in emails we send to you, and on the website.

Cookies may be set by TBUSA or third-parties that perform services on our behalf. Cookies enable features or functionality in connection with our website, for example, advertising, interactive content, and analytics. Cookies created by certain third-parties can recognize your device when you visit our website and also when you visit certain other websites.

We may use other technologies similar to cookies like web beacons, which are sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs". These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our website or opened an email that we have sent them. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

Why Do We Use Cookies?

We Use Cookies for Several Reasons. Some are required for technical reasons in order for our website to operate. Others provide a better experience on our website by remembering some of your activities on the website (including through our plug-ins, widgets, and embedded content). Other cookies enable more relevant advertising and better analytics.

Essential Cookies. Some cookies are required to enable you to navigate throughout our website. For example, to identify you as being logged into the website or to make sure you connect to the right service on our website when we make any changes to the way our website works.

Cookies for Features and Services. Some cookies provide a better experience on our website. For example, without cookies to remember some of your settings and activities on our website, you would not be able to add purchases to your cart and remember the products you have added.

Cookies for Analytics and Personalization. Some cookies collect information about how you use the website to help us improve how our website is being used, and to help us understand what may interest you and personalize your experience accordingly. These cookies, for example:

i. Generate statistics on how the website is used, including to measure any errors that occur or to obtain data on the number of users of the website that have viewed a product
ii. Test different designs for the website
iii. Help us track email response rates, identify when our emails are viewed, and track whether our emails are forwarded
iv. Collect or transmit information about you, such as your browser type and search preferences, and your use of the website or third-party sites that incorporate part of the website

Marketing Cookies. We and third parties use cookies to make advertising more relevant to you. They perform functions like measuring the performance of ads, preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases selecting ads that are based on your visits to our website and other sites. These cookies, for example:

i. Provide feedback to advertising partners that one of their visitors also visited the website
ii. Provide our advertisers with data relating to ads that have been displayed to you or that you have clicked on, and the date and time of your use
iii. To show you relevant advertising off of the website
iv. To understand what actions you take on the website after receiving our advertising

Third-Party Cookies. We work with analytics service providers, advertising partners, and advertising networks that may have access to your device information which is anonymous data. In other words, third parties do not collect information such as your name, contact details or other personal information.

How Can I Control Cookies?

Our website does not support Do Not Track settings ("DNT") at this time. DNT is a privacy preference you can set in your web browser to indicate that you do not want certain information about your website visits collected across websites when you have not interacted with that service on a page. For more information about how to control cookies, please see "More About Cookies".

You may access the cookie management tool to customize your preferences here: Cookie Management. Your preferences will be recorded and you may manage them at any time by changing your preferences. You will be asked from time-to-time to confirm your preferences. Essential cookies cannot be disabled.

Changes and Updates to the Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

Questions

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, complete the relevant form at this location: Privacy Request.

More Information about Analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service from Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies text files that are stored on your device and make it possible to analyze how you utilize the site. The information generated by the cookie (including the IP address) is transferred and stored on a Google server located in the United States.

Google uses the information on our behalf to evaluate how the website is used, create reports about the activities on the website for the site operators, and to perform additional services regarding website and internet utilization.

Further you can prevent the collection and processing of cookie created data relating to your utilization of the website (including your IP) via Google by downloading and installing the browser-plugin available under the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the device, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website: For more information on Google Analytics and Google's privacy practices, please review their privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Disable Google Analytics

Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/gb.html or at https://www.google.de/intl/en_uk/policies/.

More Information about Cookies

You can learn more about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org and at Network Advertising Initiative at www.networkadvertising.org.