Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy
LAST REVISED: April 7, 2022
This Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy (“CST Policy”) describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies that are used on Cutera.com (“Site”) of Cutera, Inc. We may change this CST Policy at any time. Please take a look at the “LAST REVISED” legend at the top of this page to see when this CST Policy was last revised. Any changes in this CST Policy will become effective when we make the revised CST Policy available on or through the Site.
If you have any questions, please contact us by email at privacy@cutera.com.
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?
Cookies are a standard feature of websites that allow us to store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to the Site. Cookies help us learn which areas of the Site are useful and which areas need improvement. For this purpose, we also use technologies similar to cookies, such as Flash Local Shared Objects (also known as Flash cookies) or pixel tags.
You can choose whether to accept the use of cookies and similar technologies in general by changing the settings on your browser, or by changing specific settings for the Site (as set out in Section 3 of this CST Policy). However, if you disable cookies and similar technologies, your experience on the Site may be diminished and some features may not work as intended.
2. WHAT COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES DO WE USE?
Below we list the different types of cookies and similar technologies that are used on the Site. To the extent any personal information is collected through cookies, our Privacy Policy applies and complements this CST Policy.
Essential Cookies. Essential cookies enable you to navigate the Site and to use its services and features. Without these absolutely necessary cookies, the Site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to and we may not be able to provide the Site or certain services or features.
| Cookie Type | Cookie name | Persistent or session cookie? When do persistent cookies expire? | 1st party (set by the site being visited) or 3rd party (across different sites)? Indicate 3rd party (full legal name and url to cookie policy) | Description of Purpose |
| Functional | VisitorStatus | Persistent; 20 years | 1st | Used to set the VisitorID |
| Functional | CMSShoppingCart | Persistent; 1 Year | 1st | Used for cart in MyCutera |
| Functional | CMSPreferredUICulture | Persistent; 1 year | 1st | Used for setting the ‘UI’ in MyCutera |
| Functional | CMSPreferredCulture | Persistent; 1 year | 1st | Used for setting the ‘Country’ in MyCutera |
| Functional | AWSALBCORS | Persistent; 7 Days | 1st | Used to map the session to the Target server |
| Functional | ASP.NET_SessionId | Session | 1st | Used to identify the user’s session on the server |
| Functional | .ASPXFORMSAUTH | Session | 1st | Used to determine if a user is authenticated |
| Functional | SSR-caching | Persistent; 1 minute | 1st | Used to indicate the system from which the site was rendered |
| Functional | XSRF-TOKEN | Session | 1st; www.cuterauk.com | Set by Wix website building platform on Wix website. The cookie is used for security purposes. |
| Functional | hs | Session | 1st; www.cuterauk.com | Set by Wix website building platform on Wix website. The cookie is used for security purposes. |
| Functional | svSession | Persistent; 2 years | 1st | Used in connection with user login |
| Functional | XSRF-TOKEN | Session | 1st | Used for security reasons |
| Functional | TS* | Session | 1st | Used for security and anti-fraud reasons |
| Functional | hs | Session | 1st | Used for security reasons |
| Functional | bSession | Persistent; 30 minutes | 1st | Used for system effectiveness measurement |
| Functional | fedops.logger.sessionId | Persistent; 12 months | 1st | Used for stability/effectiveness measurement |
| Functional | _wixCIDX | Persistent; 3 months | 1st | Used for system monitoring/debugging |
| Functional | _wix_browser_sess | Session | 1st | Used for system monitoring/debugging |
| Functional | wixLanguage | Persistent; 12 months | 1st | Used on multilingual websites to save user language preference |
| Functional | consent-policy | Persistent; 12 months | 1st | Used for cookie banner parameters |
| Functional | smSession | Session | 1st | Used to identify logged in site members |
Preference Cookies. Preference cookies collect information about your choices and preferences, and allow us to remember language or other local settings and customize the Site accordingly.
No Preference cookies at this time.
Social Media Cookies. Social media cookies collect information about social media usage.
| Cookie Type | Cookie name | Persistent or session cookie? When do persistent cookies expire? | 1st party (set by the site being visited) or 3rd party (across different sites)? Indicate 3rd party (full legal name and url to cookie policy) | Description of Purpose |
| Marketing | _fbp | 3 months | 1st | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
| Tracking | YSC | End of Session | 3rd Google https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies/embedded | Used by YouTube to remember user input and associate a user’s actions |
| Tracking | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 179 Days | 3rd Google https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies/embedded | Used by YouTube to show more relevant ads |
| Tracking/ Marketing | _gcl_au | 90 days | 1st | Used by Google AdSense to store and track conversions |
Analytics Cookies. Analytics cookies collect information about your use of the Site and enable us to improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Site, help us record any difficulties you have with the Site, and show us whether our advertising is effective or not. This allows us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Site, rather than the usage of a single person. We use the information to analyze Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information.
| Cookie Type | Cookie name | Persistent or session cookie? When do persistent cookies expire? | 1st party (set by the site being visited) or 3rd party (across different sites)? Indicate 3rd party (full legal name and url to cookie policy) | Description of Purpose |
| Tracking | _ga | 2 Years | 1st | Used to distinguish users |
| Tracking | _gid | 24 Hours | 1st | Used to distinguish users |
| Tracking | _ga_<container-id> | 2 Years | 1st | Used to persist session state |
| Tracking | _gac_gb_<container-id> | 90 days | 1st | Contains campaign related information. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. |
| Tracking | vuid | 2 years | 3rd Vimeo https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy | Used by Vimeo for tracking plays |
| Tracking | YSC | End of Session | 3rd Google https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies/embedded | Used by YouTube to remember user input and associate a user’s actions |
| Tracking | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 179 Days | 3rd Google https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies/embedded | Used by YouTube to show more relevant ads |
| Tracking/ Marketing | _gcl_au | 90 days | 1st | Used by Google AdSense to store and track conversions |
Advertising Cookies. Advertising cookies are set to display targeted promotions or advertisements based upon your interests on the Site or to manage our advertising. These cookies collect information about your activities on this Site and other sites to provide you with targeted advertising.
| Cookie Type | Cookie name | Persistent or session cookie? When do persistent cookies expire? | 1st party (set by the site being visited) or 3rd party (across different sites)? Indicate 3rd party (full legal name and url to cookie policy) | Description of Purpose |
| Tracking | _gac_gb_<container-id> | 90 days | 1st | Contains campaign related information. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. |
| Marketing | _fbp | 3 months | 1st | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. |
| Tracking | YSC | End of Session | 3rd Google https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies/embedded | Used by YouTube to remember user input and associate a user’s actions |
| Tracking | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 179 Days | 3rd Google https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies/embedded |
Used by YouTube to show more relevant ads |
| Tracking/ Marketing | _gcl_au | 90 days | 1st | Used by Google AdSense to store and track conversions |
Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics service (as provided by Google, Inc. (“Google“), which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Services and report on activities and trends. This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
3. HOW DO I MANAGE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?
You can withdraw your consent at any time through our cookie tool. Please note that this will not fully remove the cookies that have already been set on your device. You can delete cookies that have already been placed on your device by following these instructions:
Deleting cookies in Internet Explorer
Deleting cookies in Opera
Deleting cookies in Safari
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended. Please contact us at privacy@cutera.com if you have any questions or concerns.
If you want to clear all cookies left behind by the websites you have visited, here are links where you can download three programs that clean out tracking cookies: