Cookie Policy
This Cookie policy was last updated on 30th July 2024.
Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information about how we use cookies on our website. It should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal data generally, as well as the personal data we collect and others may collect through cookies. Our Privacy Policy also includes your rights in relation to your personal data and details about how to contact us and the Information Commissioner’s Office if you have a complaint.
This cookie policy only relates to your use of our website at www.barebiology.com. Our website may link to other websites owned and operated by certain trusted third parties to help us provide the goods or service you've asked us for, for example, to process your payments or connect you to social media sites from buttons and/ or plug-ins on our website. These other third party websites may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For information about these other third party websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.
What Are Cookies
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies and other similar technologies such as tracking tags, to help provide a faster, safer and more personalised experience.
Cookies are are tiny files that your computer downloads and stores on your browser when you visit a website. When you return to a website it then recognises these cookies stored on the browser on your device (e.g. computer, smartphone or other electronic device). Cookies are used to improve your experience. For example, we may use cookies to keep track of what you have in your shopping basket and to remember you when you return to our
website.
Tracking tags are used in conjunction with cookies and allow our partners to track certain interactions with our website, this information is used to help improve the targeting of our advertising.
In addition to cookies and tags we also use performance tracking technology within our emails to improve the email content we send to you. This may include the use of pixels which is a small amount of code in a webpage or email which allows us to understand how and when you interacted with certain content. We use this information to improve the emails that we send or the content we display to you on our website. For ease in this policy we refer to ‘cookies’ as including the similar technologies referenced in the paragraphs above.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Strictly required cookies
These enable the core functionality of our website. They are essential and can only be disabled through changing your browser settings. If you switch off these cookies in your browser, parts of our website may not work properly. There is more information on these cookies below.
Optional cookies
Optional cookies include advertising, performance and analytics cookies, there is more information below on these cookies, and how they are used alongside tracking tags to track, measure and improve your online experiences.
How do I manage my cookies
We will ask for your consent to place cookies on your device, except where they are necessary for us to provide you with the service that you have requested, for example, to enable you to put items in your shopping basket and use our check-out process. You can use the button below to manage your cookie preferences and to withdraw any consent you may have previously provided for our website at any time. Alternatively, you can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect..
What happens if I disable cookies
If you disable all cookies it will affect the functionality of this site and your experience of using our website as some of the cookies help us resolve errors and display relevant content.
How we use cookies
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. For example, if you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.
Strictly Required Cookies
| Category | Name | Description | Provider | Duration |
| Strictly required | _orig_referrer | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used to track landing pages. | Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | _landing_page | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used to track landing pages. | Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | _ab | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with access to the admin view of an online store platform. | Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | _secure_session _id |
This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used to track a user's session through the multi-step checkout process and keep their order, payment and shipping details connected. | Shopify | 1 day |
| Strictly required | cart | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with a shopping cart. | Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | cart_sig | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with checkout. It is used to verify the integrity of the cart and to ensure performance of some cart operations. |
Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | cart_ts | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with checkout. |
Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | cart_ver | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with the shopping cart. |
Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | cart_currency | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and it is set after a checkout is completed to ensure that new carts are in the same currency as the last checkout. | Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | checkout_token | This cookie is generally provided by Shopify and is used in connection with a checkout service. |
Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required |
Secure_ |
Used to identify a user after they sign into a shop as a customer so they do not need to log in again. |
Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | storefront_digest | This cookie is provided by Shopify and it stores a digest of the storefront password, allowing merchants to preview their storefront while it's password protected. |
Shopify | 2 years |
| Strictly required | cookieconsent_ status |
This cookie is associated with the app Consentmo GDPR Compliance and is used for storing the customer's consent. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | cookieconsent_ preferences _disabled |
This cookie is associated with the app Consentmo GDPR Compliance and is used for storing the customer's consent. | Shopify | 1 day |
| Strictly required | _shopify_m | This cookie is provided by Shopify and is used for managing customer privacy settings. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | _shopify_tm | This cookie is provided by Shopify and is used for managing customer privacy settings. | Shopify | 30 minutes |
| Strictly required | _shopify_tw | This cookie is provided by Shopify and is used for managing customer privacy settings. | Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | _tracking _consent |
This cookie is provided by Shopify and is used to store a user's preferences if a merchant has set up privacy rules in the visitor's region. |
Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | tracked_start_ checkout |
This cookie is provided by Shopify and is used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | identity_state | This cookie is provided by Shopify and is used in connection with customer authentication. | Shopify | 1 day |
| Strictly required | identity_ customer _account _number |
This cookie is provided by Shopify and is used in connection with customer authentication. | Shopify | 12 weeks |
| Strictly required | _customer _account_shop _sessions |
Used in combination with the_secure_account_session_id cookie to track user sessions for new customer accounts. |
Shopify | 30 day |
| Strictly required |
_secure_account |
Used to track user sessions for new customer accounts. | Shopify | 30 day |
| Strictly required | _shopify_country | For stores where the currency/price page is determined by GeoIP, this cookie stores the page we found. This cookie helps to avoid GeoIP verification after the first application. |
Shopify | session |
| Strictly required | _storefront_u | Used to facilitate updating customer account information. | Shopify | 1 minute |
| Strictly required | _cmp_a | Used to manage customer privacy settings. | Shopify | 1 day |
| Strictly required | c | Used in connection with checkout | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | checkout | Used in connection with payments. | Shopify | 4 weeks |
| Strictly required | customer _account _locale |
Used in connection with new customer accounts. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | dynamic_ checkout_shown _on_cart |
Used in connection with payments. | Shopify | 30 minutes |
| Strictly required | hide_shopify _pay_for _checkout |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | session |
| Strictly required | shopify_pay | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | shopify_pay _redirect |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 hour, 3 weeks or 1 year depending on value |
| Strictly required | shop_pay_ accelerated |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | keep_alive | Used in conjunction with buyer localization. | Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | source_name | Used in combination with mobile apps to provide personalized checkout behaviour when browsing a compatible mobile app store. | session | |
| Strictly required | master_device _id |
Used in conjunction with merchant login. | Shopify | 2 years |
| Strictly required | previous_step | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | discount_code | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | session |
| Strictly required | remember_me | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | checkout_session _lookup |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 3 weeks |
| Strictly required | checkout_prefill | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 5 minutes |
| Strictly required | checkout_queue _token |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | checkout_queue _checkout_token |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Strictly required | checkout_worker _session |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 3 days |
| Strictly required | checkout_session _token |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 3 weeks |
| Strictly required | cookietest | Use it to make sure our systems are working properly. | Shopify | 1 minute |
| Strictly required | order | Used in conjunction with the order status page. | Shopify | 3 weeks |
| Strictly required | identity-state | It is used in connection with user identification. | Shopify | 1 day |
| Strictly required | card_update _verification_id |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 1 day |
| Strictly required | customer_ account _new_login |
It is used in connection with customer identification. | Shopify | 20 minutes |
| Strictly required | customer _account _preview |
It is used in connection with customer identification. | Shopify | 7 days |
| Strictly required | customer_payment _method |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 60 minutes |
| Strictly required | customer_shop _pay_agreement |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 20 minutes |
| Strictly required | pay_update_ intent_id |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 20 minutes |
| Strictly required | localization | Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 2 weeks |
| Strictly required | profile_preview_ token |
Used in connection with checkout. | Shopify | 5 minutes |
| Strictly required | login_with_shop_ finalize |
It is used in connection with user authentication. | Shopify | 5 minutes |
| Strictly required | preview_theme | It is used in conjunction with the theme editor. | Shopify | session |
| Strictly required | shopify-editor- unconfirmed-settings |
It is used in conjunction with the theme editor. | Shopify | 1 day |
| Strictly required | wpm-test-cookie | Use it to make sure our systems are working properly | Shopify | session |
Analytics, Marketing and Functional Cookies
In some cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page. For other data Google receives from us, please see this page for an explanation by Google about how it is used https:business.safety.google/privacy
Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
We use cookies to enable online advertising of our products and services, including personalised advertising and retargeting. The online advertising we perform is explained in the ‘Online Advertising’ section of our Privacy Policy. Information about how interest based advertising works is explained on this website, which also enables you to control your preferences for the companies listed on the site https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk.
| Category | Name | Description | Provider | Duration |
| Marketing And Retargeting | _gads | To provide ad delivery or retargeting. |
Google |
13 months |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
IDE | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google) which is Google’s real time bidding advertising exchange. You can see and control how Google uses your personal data to show you advertising using Google’s Ad Settings. |
Google DoubleClick |
2 years |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_s | This cookie is used by Shopify’s analytics suite to help us understand user interactions on Shopify websites. It helps track user sessions and is crucial for collecting data that helps improve the site's usability. |
Shopify | 30mins |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
GPS | This cookie is associated with YouTube which 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. You can see and control how YouTube uses your personal data to show you advertising using Google’s Ad Settings. |
Youtube | session |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
PREF | This cookie, which may be set by Google or Doubleclick, may be used by advertising partners to build a profile of interests to show relevant ads on other sites. | Youtube | 8 months |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
BizoID | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie to enable user-based content. | 1 month | |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
_fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. Meta’s Privacy Policy explains the information it processes, the legal basis it relies on and how data subject rights against Meta can be exercised. |
Meta Platforms, Inc. |
3 months |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
_fbc | Used by Facebook and stores information about your last visit to this website. | 2 years | |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
__adroll | This cookie is associated with AdRoll | Adroll Group | 1 year |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
__adroll_v4 | This cookie is associated with AdRoll | Adroll Group | 1 year |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
__adroll_fpc | This cookie is associated with AdRoll | Adroll Group | 1 year |
| Marketing And Retargeting |
__ar_v4 | This cookie is associated with AdRoll | Adroll Group | 1 year |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_shopify_d | To provide analytics. | Shopify | session |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_shopify_fs | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. | Shopify | 30 minutes |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_shopify_s | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. | Shopify | 30 minutes |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_shopify_sa_t | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite concerning marketing and referrals. | Shopify | 30 minutes |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_shopify_sa_p | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite concerning marketing and referrals. | Shopify | 30 minutes |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_shopify_y | This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_y | To provide analytics. | Shopify | 1 year |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_shopify_evids | This cookie is also part of Shopify’s analytics tools. It is used to record and analyze the effectiveness of various design elements and campaigns on the site. It helps in understanding what design choices drive better engagement and conversion. |
Shopify | session |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics | Google Analytics |
2 years |
| Reporting And Analytics |
_gat | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. | Google Analytics |
1 minute |
| Reporting And Analytics |
__atuvc | Created and read by the AddThis social sharing site to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. |
AddThis | 2 years |
| Reporting And Analytics |
__atuvs | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget. It ensures the user sees the updated count if they share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. |
AddThis | 1 year |
| Reporting And Analytics |
__utma | To store the calculation of days and time to purchase | Google Analytics |
Persistent |
| Reporting And Analytics |
customer_auth _provider |
This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. | Shopify | session |
| Reporting And Analytics |
customer_auth _session_created _at |
This cookie is associated with Shopify's analytics suite. | Shopify | session |
| Functional | _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. | Google Analytics |
1 day |
| Functional | __cfduid | To provide the identification of trusted web traffic | CloudFlare | 30 days |
More information
Hopefully that has clarified things for you, however if you are still looking for more
information then you can contact us on info@barebiology.com