Cookie Policy

Who we are?

Veritas Intercontinental (“Veritas”, “we“, “us“, “our“) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy as the service provider and the controller of your information. This policy explains how we use cookies and related technologies (collectively called “Cookies”) to provide our services to you through our website https://www.veritasint.com/ (the “Site” or “Website”). Veritas Intercontinental SL has its address registered at Madrid, Calle Orense 58, 2ºC-D, 28020 and VAT number B-88132907, with telephone number +34 915 623 675. For Brazilian residents, Veritas Brasil Analises Laboratoriais EIRELI has its address registered at Alameda dos Nhambiquaras, 1770, ANDAR 5 SALA 508, São Paulo, Brasil CEP 04090-004, with CNPJ number 32.948.264/0001-68 and telephone number +55 11 96352 4450. For Colombian residents, Veritas Genetics Colombia SA has its address registered at Carrera 16 # 82-95 Unidad Medica el Country, Of. 901, Bogotá, Colombia with NIT number 9012454114 and telephone number +57 1 2220786.

What is a cookie and how are they used on our Website?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device to remember preferences and other information, for example previous website or page visits from that device and browser, username or login prompts, or other online behaviors. We use industry standard cookies and other tracking technologies (such as Google Analytics) to track your behavior online, assist you in navigation and using intended website functionality (e.g., retaining items in a shopping cart), analytics purposes to gather – and enable your ability to provide – feedback to improve our products and services, or to provide marketing, for example if you visit other websites within our network of marketing service providers. Cookies placed on your browser may be for the duration of your online session on our website, or for a longer defined time period, including persisting on your browser indefinitely or until cleared. To remove cookies, please see the “How to opt in or out of cookies” section below. Additionally, more information about Cookies and details of how to manage or disable them can be found on http://www.aboutcookies.org/ and you can also get more information about cookies at:  http://www.allaboutcookies.org/es and  www.youronlinechoices.com/es. Cookies set by us on our Website are called “first-party” cookies, used to help evaluate and enable performance and functionality of our products and services, including our Website. We also use “third-party” cookies, which are cookies from a website domain other than our Websites. These are used for our website analytics, site functionality, and marketing efforts by sharing usage and device-related data with relevant third parties.

How to opt in or out of cookies

The first time you visit our Website and depending on your location, you may be displayed a cookie banner providing you with information about the use of cookies on our Website, and options for how to opt in or opt out of certain cookies when you visit. This opting in or opting out can be done using our cookie preference center, which is accessed through the cookie banner you are presented. For example, you can exercise an opting in or out of certain categories of non-essential cookies (e.g., “Targeting Cookies” as described below), by turning the toggle on or off for these in the cookie consent center. You may also opt out of third-party use of cookies and device identifiers in some instances with the relevant third-party directly (see links to our third-party marketing service provider websites below). Alternatively, you may be able to opt out of a third-party service provider’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page or control the use of device identifiers by using your specific device and/or web browser’s settings to block or clear certain cookies, however note that if you block certain cookies some parts of our Website may not work correctly. You can change your web browser settings so your computer warns you each time a Cookie is sent, or to turn off all Cookies. Each browser is a little different, so please look at your browser “help menu” to learn the correct way to modify your Cookies. However, if you disable Cookies you won’t have access to many features that may make your browsing of our Site and use of our services smoother, and some of our services may not function properly or at all. For example, if you disable Cookies you will not be able to log into your user account.

What types of cookies are on our Website and why?

We use the following types of cookies for the following purposes:
  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for you to browse our Website and use its intended functionality, including accessing secure areas of the Website, moving items to the shopping cart before making a purchase, helping to ensure security, and to log interactions with our cookie banner. These cookies cannot be opted in or out of.
  • Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Website. 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 using data provided by your visit.
  • Functional Cookies: These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality. They may be set by us or by third-party service providers whose services we have added to our pages (for example, adding Customer Service Chat support to our site, or allowing you to provide feedback on products and services). If you disable these cookies, the website may lose certain non-essential aspects of its functionality.
  • Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set on our Website by our advertising and marketing service providers. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. This recognition is used to serve relevant adverts, links, or other information about our products and services to users visiting other websites after having previously visited our Website or interacted with our products and services. If you consent to these cookies, you may experience targeted advertising.

Third party cookies we use

Cookie Name Description Hosted By Expiry
Google Analytics “gat._anonymizeIp();” This cookie is used by Google Analytics to ensure that IP addresses are recorded anonymously. Google Determined by Host
Google Ads Conversion Tracking (Google LLC) Google Ads Conversion Tracking is a statistics service provided by Google LLC that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with the actions performed in this application. This cookie helps advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads take an action that we consider a conversion (e.g., submit a form, watch a video, download a PDF, etc.). These cookies are entirely managed by Google. Information about your use of our website, including your IP address, may be transmitted to and stored by Google on their servers, although they do not personally identify users unless you are logged into Google, in which case you are linked to your Google account. Google Determined by Host
Remarketing Google Ads We use Google Ads Remarketing cookies to provide users with targeted online advertisements based on previous visits to our website. Google uses this information to display ads on various third party websites across the Internet. These cookies expire after 30 days and do not contain personally identifiable information. More information about the Google Ads cookies: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US Google Determined by Host
LinkedIn Ads We use this cookie to help measure the advertising performance of Veritas Intercontinental’s ads and content on LinkedIn. LinkedIn Determined by Host
LinkedIn AdsConversion This cookie helps advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads take an action that we consider a conversion (e.g., submit a form, watch a video, download a PDF, etc.). These cookies allow LinkedIn and the advertiser to determine whether the user clicked on the ad and then visited the Veritas Intercontinental website.  More information: https://es.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy? LinkedIn Determined by Host
Twitter We use this cookie to help measure the advertising performance of Veritas Intercontinental’s ads and content on Twitter. More information https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies Twitter Determined by Host
Facebook Social Plugins, Connect. Proveedor Facebook Corp. We use this cookie to help measure the advertising performance of Veritas Intercontinental ads and content on Facebook and Instagram.  The purpose of these cookies is to analyze the audience of our site, for example, the number of pages visited, the language, social network in which our news is published,  the city to which the IP address from which users access, the number of users who visit us, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the time of visit, the browser used, the operator or type of terminal from which the visit is made. We do not obtain data from the names or surnames of users or the postal address from which they connect. We use them to improve the performance of our Facebook campaigns and to be able to offer related content to our audience. ++More information: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/. Meta Determined by Host
 

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to better understand your use of our Website and Services. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our Website, what pages are visited, and what other sites may have been used prior to visiting. Google uses the data collected to track and examine websites usage, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services, and to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. More information about how Google Analytics collects and processes data can be found at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Websites is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use (https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/us/) and the Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). You can also opt out of and manage your preferences for Google’s use of personalized advertising and related cookies by visiting Google’s Ad Settings (https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/2662856?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en), and Google Analytics also offers an opt-out mechanism for the web (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout).

More information

If you have any questions regarding our use of Cookies please contact us at the below email address: dpo@veritasint.com.
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