Cookie Policy
We use cookies to improve your experience, analyze our traffic, and provide personalized content.
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What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the website, and support analytics, advertising, and security.
We may also use similar technologies, such as pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and other tracking technologies. For simplicity, this Policy refers to all of these technologies as "cookies" unless a distinction is necessary.
How We Use Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- To operate and secure our website;
- To remember user preferences and settings;
- To understand how visitors use our website;
- To measure website performance;
- To improve website content, structure, and user experience;
- To understand which marketing activities generate visits or enquiries;
- To measure advertising conversions where applicable;
- To prevent fraud, abuse, and unauthorized activity;
- To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function. Other cookies are optional and are used only where permitted by applicable law and, where required, after obtaining your consent.
Categories of Cookies
3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the basic operation, security, and functionality of the website. They may support functions such as:
- Website security;
- Session management;
- Consent preference storage;
- Load balancing;
- Form functionality;
- Fraud prevention;
- Accessibility and basic user preferences.
Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate, they generally cannot be disabled through our cookie-management tool. You may be able to block them through your browser, but doing so may affect website functionality.
3.2 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies help remember choices and preferences, such as language, display settings, or other website preferences. These cookies may not be strictly necessary, but they can improve the user experience. Where required by law, functional cookies will be activated only after you provide the relevant consent.
3.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website, including:
- Which pages are visited and how visitors navigate through the website;
- How long visitors remain on particular pages and which content performs well;
- Whether visitors encounter errors and how performance can be improved;
- Whether marketing campaigns generate website visits or enquiries.
We may use Google Analytics 4 and related Google measurement tools for these purposes. Information may include IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, approximate location, referring website, and technical event data. We do not intentionally configure Google Analytics to collect directly identifying information (such as full names, emails, or phone numbers).
3.4 Advertising and Marketing Cookies
Advertising and marketing cookies may be used to measure advertising campaigns, understand effectiveness, and support relevant advertising. Tools may include Google Ads, Google Ads conversion tracking, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, and other measurement technologies. These tools are activated only where legally permitted and with appropriate consent.
Google Services
We may use various Google services in connection with our website and business operations, including Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, Google Ads conversion tracking, Google Search Console, Google Consent Mode, Google Workspace, and other Google services introduced in the future.
Google Analytics and advertising tools use cookies or similar technologies to measure website activity, understand conversions, and improve marketing performance. Google Tag Manager is used to deploy and manage website tags, while Google Search Console helps analyze search visibility and technical performance.
Google Consent Mode
Where Google tags are used, we may implement Google Consent Mode or a similar consent-management mechanism. Consent Mode communicates a visitor’s consent choices to Google tags, allowing them to adjust their behavior based on preferences.
Depending on implementation and visitor choices, Google tags may store or read cookies, measure website activity or ad conversions, support ad functionality, or operate in a restricted/cookieless manner when consent is denied. Consent Mode works alongside our cookie consent banner to enforce preferences.
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our website, we may display a cookie consent banner or preference-management tool. Depending on applicable legal requirements, the banner allows you to:
- Accept all optional cookies;
- Reject optional cookies;
- Manage cookie preferences by category;
- Withdraw or change consent;
- View additional information about cookies and technologies used.
Strictly necessary cookies remain active to ensure proper website operation. Optional technologies are not activated unless consent is provided where legally required.
Managing or Withdrawing Consent
You may change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time by using the cookie settings or preference-management tool available on our website.
You may also control cookies through browser settings, which allow you to view stored cookies, delete existing cookies, block third-party cookies, or receive storage notifications. Disabling or deleting cookies may affect website functionality. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing carried out prior to withdrawal.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies placed directly by our website are known as first-party cookies. Cookies placed by third-party service providers operating technologies on our behalf (such as analytics, advertising, hosting, security, and communication tools) are known as third-party cookies.
The availability, names, purposes, and duration of cookies depend on our website's specific configuration and integrated third-party services.
Cookie Names and Retention Periods
Exact cookie names, providers, purposes, and retention periods vary depending on installed tools and configurations. Some cookies last only for your browsing session, while others remain on your device for a defined period or until deleted.
We periodically review used cookies and update this Policy accordingly. Our cookie-management tool provides specific details regarding cookie names, providers, purposes, categories, duration, and first/third-party status.
International Data Transfers
Some third-party providers used in connection with cookies, analytics, advertising, hosting, or website functionality may process information outside Georgia, the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or your home country.
Where required, we seek appropriate safeguards for international data transfers in accordance with applicable data protection requirements. For more details, please review our Privacy Policy.
Personal Information and Cookies
Cookies may collect technical or usage information associated with an individual or device. We do not intentionally use cookies to collect sensitive personal information or directly identifying details (such as full names, email addresses, or telephone numbers) through standard analytics tracking.
You should avoid entering personal information into URL parameters, analytics events, or tracking fields unless properly assessed and legally permitted.
Links to Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, or messaging services. Interacting with third-party services subjects you to their respective cookie policies and tracking practices. We encourage you to review their privacy and cookie policies independently.
Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect website changes, technology updates, third-party provider modifications, or legal requirements. Material updates will feature a revised "Last Updated" date and additional notifications where appropriate.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us:
Legal Name: Colchis lab LLC
Email: [email protected]
Website: colchislab.com
Colchis Cookie Consent Service
15.1 Colchis Cookie Consent cookie and browser storage
When a website uses the Colchis Cookie Consent Plugin, it may set a first-party cookie named colchis_consent to store the visitor's consent choice and related identifier. The cookie's lifetime is approximately 180 days, subject to the active configuration of the website. The website operator should confirm the exact expiry configured on that website.
On websites where Safari's cookie restrictions require it, the website may reissue the same first-party consent cookie through its own server. This mechanism is intended to maintain the same consent cookie and does not, by itself, mean that an additional consent cookie is created.
The items below are used only to run the banner and remember the visitor's choice; they are not used for analytics or advertising.
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration | When set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| colchis_consent | First-party cookie | Stores the visitor's consent choice, its version and a random visitor identifier | About 180 days by default (the website operator can set between 1 and 395 days) | After the visitor makes a choice |
| colchis_consent | Browser local storage | Backup copy of the same record, used if cookies are blocked | Until deleted by the visitor or the website | After the visitor makes a choice |
| colchis_cfg | Browser local storage | Cached copy of the banner settings, so the banner can still display if the Service is unavailable | Until replaced or deleted | Only on websites connected to the Service |
| colchis_region | Browser session storage | Remembers which banner mode (opt-in or opt-out) applies, so the country lookup is not repeated | Until the browser tab or window is closed | Only on websites that use region-based rules |
15.2 Changing your choice
You can review or change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings icon displayed on the website, where available.
See also the Terms & Conditions section "Cookie Consent Service (Colchis)" and the Privacy Policy section "Colchis Cookie Consent Service".