Cookie Policy
Update Effective as of: June 29, 2023
This Cookie Policy explains how Photonic Inc. (“Company”, “we”, “us” and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website at https://photonic.com (“Website”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
Purpose of this Cookie Policy
When you visit, access, interact and/or engage with our services on the Website, We collect and use (and authorize third parties to use) cookies and other similar technologies which include and are not limited to API, pixel tags, scripts, tags and web beacons.
This page, together with the Website’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy , explains what cookies are, how we collect and use cookies, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Website, your choices regarding cookies and further information about Cookies.
We reserve the right, at our complete discretion, to change, modify, add and/or remove sections of this Cookie Policy at any time. We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Policy for the latest information regarding our cookies practices. We shall store previous versions of the Cookie Policy for your review upon request.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Photonic Inc.) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies” .Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
You may find additional information on cookies on the following websites:
- All About Cookies
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
- Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA)
Why do we collect and use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
Categories of Cookies
The Cookies on Our Website may be categorized as follows:
Necessary or Required Cookies: These cookies are necessary to operate and use features, services, applications and tools (if and as applicable) on our Website. These cookies are required by us to provide the service requested by you. This may, for example, be in order to allow access to our Website, save your preferred settings, keep you logged in, identify irregular behaviour on the Website, prevent fraudulent activity and improve security on the Website. We do not need to obtain your consent in order to use these cookies.
Analytical or Performance Cookies: These cookies enable us to monitor and assess the performance of our Website. These cookies collect information on how you use the Website, for instance if you get error messages from the Websites, determine the time spent on a specific page, and whether you have viewed an item or a link provided therein. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you. The information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how the Website works.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
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Name: |
rc::d |
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Purpose: |
Used to track and analyze user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software. |
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Provider: |
www.google.com |
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Service: |
reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
html_local_storage |
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Expires in: |
persistent |
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Name: |
rc::f |
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Purpose: |
Used to track and analyze user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software. |
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Provider: |
www.google.com |
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Service: |
reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
html_local_storage |
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Expires in: |
persistent |
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Name: |
rc::a |
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Purpose: |
Used to track and analyze user behavior to distinguish humans from bots or automated software. |
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Provider: |
www.google.com |
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Service: |
reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
html_local_storage |
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Expires in: |
persistent |
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Name: |
_GRECAPTCHA |
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Purpose: |
Used to filter spam traffic and allow only legitimate visitors to use Termly’s services. |
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Provider: |
www.google.com |
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Service: |
reCAPTCHA View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
5 months 27 days |
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Name: |
__cf_bm |
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Purpose: |
Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. |
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Provider: |
.hubspot.com |
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Service: |
Cloudflare View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
29 minutes |
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you.
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Name: |
__hstc |
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Purpose: |
The main cookie for tracking visitors. |
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Provider: |
.photonic.com |
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Service: |
HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
Spain |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
5 months 27 days |
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Name: |
hubspotutk |
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Purpose: |
This cookie keeps track of a visitor’s identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. |
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Provider: |
.photonic.com |
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Service: |
HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
Spain |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
5 months 27 days |
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Name: |
counters.gif |
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Purpose: |
__________ |
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Provider: |
forms.hsforms.com |
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Service: |
__________ |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
pixel_tracker |
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Expires in: |
session |
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Name: |
_ga_# |
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Purpose: |
Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions |
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Provider: |
.photonic.com |
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Service: |
Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
Spain |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
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Name: |
__hssrc |
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Purpose: |
Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. |
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Provider: |
.photonic.com |
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Service: |
HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
Spain |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
session |
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Name: |
__hssc |
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Purpose: |
This cookie keeps track of sessions. |
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Provider: |
.photonic.com |
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Service: |
HubSpot View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
Spain |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
29 minutes |
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Name: |
_ga |
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Purpose: |
Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user |
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Provider: |
.photonic.com |
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Service: |
Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy |
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Country: |
Spain |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
Unclassified cookies:
These are cookies that have not yet been categorized. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.
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Name: |
pp_modal_zex691pf3tl0 |
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Purpose: |
__________ |
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Provider: |
photonic.com |
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Service: |
__________ |
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Country: |
Spain |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
23 hours 59 minutes |
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Name: |
ahoy_visitor |
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Purpose: |
__________ |
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Provider: |
careers.photonic.com |
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Service: |
__________ |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
1 year 1 month 4 days |
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Name: |
ahoy_visit |
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Purpose: |
__________ |
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Provider: |
careers.photonic.com |
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Service: |
__________ |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
3 hours 59 minutes |
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Name: |
_pinpoint_session |
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Purpose: |
__________ |
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Provider: |
.photonic.com |
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Service: |
__________ |
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Country: |
Spain |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
6 days |
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Name: |
Priority |
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Purpose: |
__________ |
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Provider: |
www.google.com |
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Service: |
__________ |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
server_cookie |
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Expires in: |
session |
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Name: |
LSW_WEB |
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Purpose: |
__________ |
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Provider: |
careers.photonic.com |
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Service: |
__________ |
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Country: |
United States |
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Type: |
http_cookie |
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Expires in: |
session |
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.
How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
- Digital Advertising Alliance
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
Websites may also use so-called “Flash Cookies” (also known as Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention, and for other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. They can accomplish this by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.