This page was last updated May 8th, 2024.
Who we are
Our website address is https://laserology.net/
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Emails
If you have subscribed to our newsletter or if you are a member of our website (you can log in) or if you have purchased on our website, there is a good chance you will receive emails from us. We will only send you emails which you have signed up to receive, or which pertain to the services we provided to you. To send you emails, we use the name and email address you provide us. Our site also logs the IP address you used when you signed up for the service to prevent abuse of the system.This website can send emails through the MailPoet Sending Service. This service allows us to track opens and clicks on our emails. We use this information to improve the content of our newsletters. No identifiable information is otherwise tracked outside this website except for the email address.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Below is a list of all the cookies we will store on your browser, their use, source, and expiration.
| Use Case | Description | Expiry | Usage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sbjs_migrations | Sourcebuster analytics functionality cookie. | Session | Analytics | Laserology |
| sbjs_current_add | Sourcebuster analytics functionality cookie. | Session | Analytics | Laserology |
| sbjs_first_add | Sourcebuster analytics functionality cookie. | Session | Analytics | Laserology |
| sbjs_current | Sourcebuster analytics functionality cookie. | Session | Analytics | Laserology |
| sbjs_first | Sourcebuster analytics functionality cookie. | Session | Analytics | Laserology |
| sbjs_udata | Sourcebuster analytics functionality cookie. | Session | Analytics | Laserology |
| sbjs_session | Sourcebuster analytics functionality cookie. | 1 Hour | Analytics | Laserology |
| ar_debug | This cookie is used for troubleshooting and analytical purposes, intended to track errors and improve services by providing insights into how the website is functioning. | 1 Year | Analytics | |
| _pin_unauth | Pinterest set this cookie to group actions for users who cannot be identified. | 1 Year | Targeting | Laserology |
| _pinterest_ct_ua | This cookie is being set in relation to Pinterest Marketing | 1 Year | Analytics | |
| _koko_analytics_pages_viewed | Unknown | 6 Hours | Analytics | Laserology |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | WordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly. | Session | Necessary | Laserology |
| wcpay_currency | Unknown | 1 Hour | Necessary | Laserology |
| is_eu | Cookie used to check if user is in the EU. | Session | Necessary | Laserology |
| m | This cookie is generally used for performance and optimization of payment processing services, facilitating caching of content on the browser to make pages load faster. | 1 Year, 1 Month | Analytics | Stripe |
| __stripe_mid | This cookie is associated with Calendly, a Meeting Schedulers that some websites employ. This cookie allows the meeting scheduler to function within the website. | 1 Year | Necessary | Laserology |
| __stripe_sid | This cookie is associated with Calendly, a Meeting Schedulers that some websites employ. This cookie allows the meeting scheduler to function within the website. | 30 Minutes | Necessary | Laserology |
| __ssid | This cookie is used to collect information on user behavior and interaction patterns. It is often used for optimization and analytics purposes to improve the user’s experience on the website. | 1 Year, 1 Month | Analytics | Laserology |
| mailpoet_page_view | The purpose of this cookie is to track the last time a subscriber viewed any page on the site. | 3650 Days | Analytics | Laserology |
| mailpoet_revenue_tracking | The purpose of this cookie is to track which newsletter sent from our website has acquired a click-through and a subsequent purchase in our WooCommerce store. | 14 Days | Analytics | Laserology |
| mailpoet_subscriber | The purpose of this cookie is to track subscriber engagement. It is used when the user logs in, signs up in a form, confirms subscription to a newsletter, or places an order through WooCommerce. (Must be opted-in and confirmed subscriber.) | 3650 Days | Analytics | Laserology |
| popup_form_dismissed_{$formId} | This cookie is used to track if a user has previously dismissed a specific form, preventing the re-display of the form until the cookie’s expiration date. It is applicable for popup, slide-in, or fixed bar forms. | Varies | Analytics | Laserology |
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We embed a Pinterest tracking pixel to identify AD conversions. For details of what Pinterest tracks, refer to their privacy policy. Pinterest is quite minimal with what they track, but it is recommend to read their policy anyways if you have concerns about your data.
What we track
Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!
When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:
- Send you information about your account and order
- Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
- Process payments and prevent fraud
- Set up your account for our store
- Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
- Improve our store offerings
- Send you marketing messages (if you choose to receive them)
If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.
We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
When you buy from us, the required information to complete the purchase is shared with stripe and syft analytics for fraud detection and payment processing.
Various information you give to us will be used for their appropriate purposes, such as fulfilling an order request, and it shall not be used for any other activities. Unless otherwise stated, any information provided will be handled with care and will not be displayed publicly anywhere on our site.
Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:
- Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent.
- Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.
Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.
This site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily. Please see https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/ for more details.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for 2 years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.