This Cookie Policy explains how northspecs.ca uses cookies and similar technologies. It should be read with our Privacy Policy.
1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies let a site remember your actions and preferences between pages and between visits. Similar technologies include local storage and pixels, and this policy covers those too.
2. Categories we use
Strictly necessary
Required for the site to function. These cannot be switched off. They include your session identifier, the contents of your cart, your research-use acknowledgement so you are not asked on every page, authentication state when signed in, and security tokens that protect forms against cross-site request forgery. Without these, ordering does not work.
Functional
Remember preferences such as catalogue sort order, filters and display density. Declining these does not break the site but resets your preferences each visit.
Analytics
Help us understand which products and articles are used, how researchers navigate the catalogue, and where pages fail. Data is aggregated and used to improve the site. These are set only with your consent.
We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, and we do not sell data collected through cookies.
3. Third parties
Some cookies are set by providers acting on our behalf, principally our payment processor, which sets cookies necessary to process a transaction and to detect fraud, and our analytics provider where you have consented. Their use of data is governed by their own policies.
4. Managing cookies
You can accept or decline non-essential cookies through the consent notice shown on your first visit, and change your choice at any time from the link in the footer.
You can also control cookies in your browser settings, including blocking or deleting them. Blocking strictly necessary cookies will prevent you signing in or completing an order.
5. Retention
Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies last from a few days up to twelve months depending on purpose. Your consent choice is stored for twelve months, after which you will be asked again.
6. Changes
We may update this policy as the site changes. The "last updated" date below shows the current version.
7. Contact
Questions about cookies: [email protected]