Martek Marine Ltd’s cookies policy explains the type of cookies used on its Website together with their purpose. This policy was last updated September 2024.
This Website is operated by Martek Marine Ltd (“Martek” or “We” or “Us” or “Our”) and is made available to You (“You” or “Your”). Martek’s Website uses cookies to distinguish You from other users of Our Website. This helps Us to provide You with a good experience and enables Us to improve the Website.
Please read this cookie policy in conjunction with Our Website terms and conditions and Our privacy statement.
Cookies are small text files placed on Your computer by websites that you visit. Cookies provide information on how visitors are using the Martek website in order to help Us improve the experience for our customers and to make Our website more efficient. Some of the cookies We use are necessary to enable You to navigate the website and use its features.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
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.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Websites 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):
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
| Cookie Name | Company Name | Purpose | Expiry | Functionality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | OneTrust | Consent Management | 1 Year | Set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and, in some cases, only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one-year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
| OptanonConsent | OneTrust | Functional | 1 Year | Set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the user’s browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. |
| _ok | Olark | Live Chat | Session | Set by our web chat function and it applies the most recent Olark site ID as a necessary security measure |
| _okbk | Olark | Live Chat | Session | Extra state information (e.g. chat box being open/closed) |
| _vis_opt_test_cookie | Visual Website Optimizer | A/B Testing | Session | This cookie reads if cookies can be placed and are turned on at a browser level. |
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
| Cookie Name | Company Name | Purpose | Expiry | Functionality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _okdetect | Olark | Live Chat | Session | Used for detecting when storage contexts have changed due to things like ssl or host transitions (helps maintain your chat across pages) |
| _oklv | Olark | Functional | Session | the Olark loader version (for improved caching) |
| olfsk | Olark | Live Chat | 1 Year 1 Month | storage identifier that we use to maintain chat state across pages (e.g. message history) |
| wcsid | Olark | Live Chat | Session | a session identifier that we use only on your site to keep track of a single chat session |
| wow.schedule | Gatordleads | Contact Forms | 1 Day | This cookie is used in context with load balancing – This optimizes the response rate between the visitor and the site, by distributing the traffic load on multiple network links or disk drivers. |
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customise our Websites for you.
| Cookie Name | Company Name | Purpose | Expiry | Functionality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _vis_opt_s | Visual Website Optimizer | A/B Testing | 100 days | This cookie tracks and stores unique visits to the website. |
| _vwo_ds | Visual Website Optimizer | A/B Testing | Session | Collects data related to user visits to the website, such as number of visits, average time spent on the website and which pages have been loaded, for the purpose of generating reports to optimize website content. |
| _vwo_sn | Visual Website Optimizer | A/B Testing | 3 months | storage identifier that we use to maintain chat state across pages (e.g. message history) |
| _vwo_uuid | Visual Website Optimizer | A/B Testing | Session | Collects statistics about user visits to the website, such as number of visits, average time spent on the website and which pages have been read. |
| _vwo_uuid_2 | Visual Website Optimizer | A/B Testing | 13 months | Ensures that the same user interface variant is displayed on each visit, if the user is participating in a design experiment by creating unique user IDs. |
| hblid | Olark | Live Chat | 13 Months | A visitor identifier that we use only on your site to remember this visitor between visits |
| sbjs_current | Sourcebuster JS | Statistics | 6 months | This cookie stores browser details. |
| sbjs_current_add | Sourcebuster JS | Statistics | 6 months | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it for improving the visitor experience on the website. |
| sbjs_first | Sourcebuster JS | Statistics | 6 months | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it for improving the visitor experience on the website. |
| sbjs_first_add | Sourcebuster JS | Statistics | 6 months | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it for improving the visitor experience on the website. |
| sbjs_migration | Sourcebuster JS | Statistics | 6 months | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it for improving the visitor experience on the website. |
| sbjs_session | Sourcebuster JS | Statistics | 6 months | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it for improving the visitor experience on the website. |
| sbjs_udata | Sourcebuster JS | Statistics | 6 months | This cookie is to identify the source of a visit and store user action information about it for improving the visitor experience on the website. |
| wow.session | Gatorleads | Contact Forms | 1 day | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
| wow.anonymousId | Gatorleads | Contact Forms | 2 years | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
| wow.data | Gatorleads | Contact Forms | Session | Used by the website to gather information on the user’s behavior, preferences and personal data – This information is sent to a third-party marketing and analysis service, for optimization of the website’s advertisement, analysis and general traffic. |
| wow.trackingData | Gatorleads | Contact Forms | Session | Tracks the individual sessions on the website, allowing the website to compile statistical data from multiple visits. This data can also be used to create leads for marketing purposes. |
| _fbp | Marketing | 3 months | Set by Facebook to store and track visits across websites. | |
| _ga | Analytics | 2 Years | This cookie tracks and stores pageviews for analysis in Google Analytics. | |
| Ads_visitor_ID | Analytics | Session | This cookie tracks users from pay-per-click advertising via Google Search Results |
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites 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 Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
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.
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 Websites 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.
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.
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. 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.
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.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected] or by post to: Data Protection Officer, Martek Marine Ltd, Adwick Park, Manvers, Swinton, Rotherham, S63 5AB.