Cookie Policy

Our site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our site, some of these cookies are for security purposes or to authenticate you as a genuine user. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and also allows us to improve our site. We have highlighted below the type of cookies that we use on our site, what they are used for and whether you can choose to allow them or not.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are tiny text files (made up of letters and numbers) stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. EU legislation states that all websites should let you know when they are using your cookies. We use cookies to remember what is in your shopping basket, remember your authentication status and to help us to improve our users’ experience on our site. This site also uses cookies to help us see which pages our customers like and which are not working so well, so that we can make improvements.

WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE ON THIS SITE AND WHY?

The table below sets out the types of cookies that we use on this site and what we use them for.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any information which allows us to identify you unless you are logged into your account.

Website analytics and marketing/targeting cookies

Website analytics

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Marketing/targeting

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly information which allows us to identify you personally but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

ENABLING AND DISABLING COOKIES

This site uses cookies to operate the shopping basket system and authenticating access to single user licence accounts. Cookies must be enabled to complete your online purchase. The site also requires cookies are enabled and retained on electronic devices used to register a browser for authenticating access to a single user licence account. If you decline or delete cookies you may lose some of the beneficial site functions of cookies, as well as problems accessing a single user license account. No information which will identify you personally is stored within cookies. The Help pages on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies and how to disable cookies altogether.

STRICTLY NECESSARY

First Party

Host Name Description Lifespan
www.pharmacopoeia.com .AspNetCore.Session General purpose platform session cookie, used by the site to maintain a user session on the server. Session
www.pharmacopoeia.com publishingplatform.Antiforgery This is an anti-forgery cookie used by the site to stop unauthorised/malicious requests which act on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. Session
www.pharmacopoeia.com ConsentCookie Stores the user cookie consent information 1 year
www.pharmacopoeia.com BP.Devices Browser and device cookie retained for authentication of online access for single user licence subscription accounts. Duration of BP subscription
www.pharmacopoeia.com AWSALBCORS Used by the site to provide performance and load balancing functionality. 1 week
www.pharmacopoeia.com AWSALB
www.pharmacopoeia.com AWSALBTGCORS
www.pharmacopoeia.com AWSALBTG

WEBSITE ANALYTICS AND MARKETING/TARGETING

First Party

Host Name Description Lifespan
www.pharmacopoeia.com _ga Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site's analytics reports. 1 year +
www.pharmacopoeia.com _gid Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users whilst gathering analytical data. 1 day
www.pharmacopoeia.com _gat_gtm.js Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rates - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. persistent
www.pharmacopoeia.com _ce.irv Used by Crazy Egg (analytics) to store isReturning value during the session session
www.pharmacopoeia.com _ce.s Used by Crazy Egg (analytics) to track a recording visitor session unique ID, tracking host and start time 1 year
www.pharmacopoeia.com cebs Used by Crazy Egg (analytics) to track the current user session. session
www.pharmacopoeia.com _gcl_au Used by Google Adsense to store and track conversions. 3 months

Third Party

Host Name Description Lifespan
.google.com NID Used by Google to store user preferences and to provide ad delivery . 1 year +
.google.com CONSENT Used by Google to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. 1 year +
.google.com SOCS Used by Google to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices. 1 year +
.google.com AEC Used by Google to ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites. These cookies prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without that user’s knowledge. 6 months
.googleadservices.com ar_debug Used by Google Ad Services to debug ads. 1 month
.doubleclick.net ar_debug Used by Doubleclick to debug ads. Doubleclick is a business owned by Google. 1 month
.doubleclick.net IDE Used by Doubleclick to provide ad delivery. Doubleclick is a business owned by Google. 1 year +
.doubleclick.net test_cookie Used by Doubleclick to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. 15 minutes

Please note that third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, media-based services and linked content delivery networks) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be tracking cookies.
If you do not accept the cookies, or choose to block some or all cookies, you will still be able to browse our site however some parts of the site will not work.
For more information on how to manage cookies please visit www.allaboutcookies.org (opens in a new window)