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Cookie Policy

The cookies and tracking technologies we use, what they do, how long they last, and how to control them.

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For Laboratory Research Use Only

Products sold on this site are intended exclusively for in-vitro laboratory research by qualified professionals. They are not drugs, not dietary supplements, not foods, not cosmetics, and not medical devices. They are not FDA-approved to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or mitigate any disease, illness, or health condition. They are not for human or animal consumption under any circumstances.

Draft — pending counsel review. This document is a draft based on industry best practices and competitor analysis. It has not been reviewed by a licensed attorney and should not be relied upon as the operative policy until it has been. Do not launch without sign-off from counsel experienced with FDA / FFDCA and e-commerce compliance.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies include pixels, web beacons, local storage, session storage, and device identifiers (collectively, with cookies, “Cookies”). Cookies allow a website to recognize your browser on return visits, store preferences, authenticate you, operate a shopping cart, measure traffic, and more.

2. Categories Of Cookies We Use

We group Cookies into four categories. You can accept, reject, or fine-tune each non-essential category through the consent banner on your first visit and can revisit your preferences at any time by opening the preference link in the Site footer.

Strictly Necessary

Required for the Site to function. These cannot be turned off. They do not collect information for marketing purposes.

  • Clerk session cookies — authenticate you and keep you signed in; provider: Clerk.
  • Medusa cart identifier — associates your cart with your session so items persist across pages; provider: Medusa.
  • Next.js CSRF token — protects form submissions against cross-site request forgery; provider: us.
  • Consent state— remembers your cookie banner choices so we don't ask you again on every visit; provider: us.

Functional

Remember choices you make (like theme or preferred display) to give you a smoother experience. Optional.

  • UI preferences — stored in local storage; provider: us.

Analytics And Performance

Help us understand how visitors use the Site so we can improve it and catch bugs. Loaded only with your consent.

  • Google Tag Manager / Google Analytics — page views, events, traffic sources, device information, aggregated behavior. Provider: Google LLC. Retention up to 14 months.
  • Sentry — captures client-side errors and performance traces so we can diagnose and fix bugs. Provider: Sentry. Retention up to 90 days.

Marketing And Advertising

Used to measure the effectiveness of our marketing and, where we run advertising, to show you ads that may be relevant. Loaded only with your consent.

  • Marketing pixels — [MARKETING_PIXEL_VENDORS]. Retention varies by vendor; see the vendor's own policy.

3. How To Control Cookies

You can control Cookies through:

  • Our consent banner — shown on your first visit. Accept, reject, or customize by category. Your choice is stored and reused on future visits.
  • The Cookie Preferences link in the footer — use this to change your choice at any time.
  • Your browser settings— all major browsers let you block or delete cookies at any time. See your browser's help documentation for instructions.
  • The Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal — if we detect a GPC signal from your browser, we treat it as a valid opt-out of sale or sharing under the California Privacy Rights Act.

If you reject Cookies, some parts of the Site may not work as intended (for example, your cart may not persist across navigation, or analytics that help us fix bugs will not run).

4. More Information

For how Cookies relate to our collection and use of Personal Information more generally, see our Privacy Policy. If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, contact us at [privacy@ascendbiolabs.com].

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