Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function efficiently, remember information about you, and provide insights about how websites are used. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage, web beacons, and pixels. In this Policy, "cookies" refers to all such technologies unless otherwise indicated.

Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting ("first party cookies") or by third parties whose content or services are embedded in the website ("third party cookies"). Cookies may persist for a single browsing session ("session cookies") or remain on your device for a specified period ("persistent cookies").

2. Categories of Cookies We Use

2.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function. They enable core functionality such as user authentication, shopping cart persistence, security, and load balancing. Without these cookies, services you have requested (such as adding items to your cart or staying signed in) cannot be provided. These cookies are always active and cannot be disabled while using the website.

Examples on our website:

• Session and authentication tokens used by our authentication provider;
• Shopping cart contents stored in local storage to preserve your selections;
• Age-gate acknowledgement so you are not prompted on every page;
• CSRF and other security tokens.

2.2 Functional and Preference Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced features. Examples may include remembering your researcher classification, preferred display settings, recently viewed products, or filter preferences on the catalog.

2.3 Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect aggregated, often pseudonymous information about how visitors use the website (pages visited, time spent, navigation paths, errors encountered). The data helps us understand how to improve the website. Analytics cookies do not personally identify individual visitors.

2.4 Advertising Cookies

At this time, we do not place advertising cookies and we do not engage in cross-context behavioral advertising. If we add advertising features in the future, we will update this Policy and obtain any required consent.

3. Specific Cookies and Storage Items

The specific cookies and storage items we use are subject to change. Common items present on our website include:

• Authentication session cookies set by our authentication provider for sign-in;
• Local storage entries for shopping cart contents;
• Local storage entry for age-gate confirmation;
• Local storage entries used to remember filter and display preferences;
• Routing and load balancing cookies set by our hosting provider.

4. Third Party Cookies

Third parties that may set cookies through our website include:

• Our authentication provider for sign-in sessions;
• Our hosting provider for routing and security;
• Our payment processor during checkout;
• Analytics providers we may engage.

Each third party operates under its own privacy policy, which we encourage you to review.

5. Managing Cookies

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically:

• Block all cookies;
• Block third party cookies only;
• Delete cookies already stored;
• Receive a notification before a cookie is stored.

For instructions specific to your browser, consult the browser's help documentation. Note that blocking strictly necessary cookies will impair core functionality of the website, including the ability to sign in or maintain a shopping cart.

You may also clear local storage entries through your browser's developer tools or privacy settings.

6. Do Not Track

Some browsers transmit a "Do Not Track" signal. Because no industry consensus exists on how to interpret such signals, we do not currently take specific action in response to them. If you wish to limit data collection, please use the browser controls described above.

7. Mobile Devices

On mobile devices, similar identifiers (such as advertising identifiers in iOS and Android) may be used by apps. Our website does not place advertising cookies; if you access the website through a mobile browser, you can manage cookies through the browser's settings.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date at the top indicates the most recent revision. Material changes will be communicated through reasonable means.

9. Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy may be directed to: