Microbiotica
Cookie Notice
Through its website, Microbiotica may use cookies and other similar technologies to collect and store certain information about you. Cookies are small text files, normally consisting of letters and numbers, sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser on the user’s device (e.g., computer, telephone, tablet). Cookies can be used to enable website functionality, remember your preferences, and collect information about how you use the website (for example, which pages you visit).
Cookies can be classified as follows:
- First-party cookies which enable you to be remembered when using that computer or device to interact with websites and online services and can be used to manage a range of features and content as well as storing searches and presenting personalised content. They allow us to distinguish you from other users of our website which may help us to provide you with a good experience and also allows us to improve our website. These cookies are valuable to Microbiotica as website owner.
- Third-party cookies which are created and placed by third parties other than the website you are visiting directly. They are not managed by Microbiotica, but by the third party that processes the data obtained from the cookies.
Cookies can also be classified depending on the purpose of their placement. Main categories are:
- Strictly necessary cookies (also called “technical cookies”): They allow you to browse a website, a platform or an app, and to use the various options or services on it (such as control traffic, identify data or session, access to restricted access sections or content).
- Functional cookies: They help us make the website usable by providing you with some basic features and by remembering your preferences and choices of using our website (such as language, the region from where the service is accessed). Not accepting these cookies may cause slow website performance or poorly adapted recommendations.
- Statistics cookies: They allow us to have a better understanding of how you interact with our website (such as which pages are visited the most) so that we can optimise the functioning of the website.
- Marketing cookies: They enable us to monitor your behaviour on the website.
Marketing cookies are used to provide visitors with customised advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of ad campaigns.
Cookies may also be divided into two categories depending on the period for which they are stored:
- Session cookies: They allow us to recognise and link your actions during a browsing session. When you go to the login page, these temporary cookies will be created to determine whether your browser accepts cookies.
- Persistent cookies: They are placed on your device between sessions. They can be used to remember your preferences or actions on our website.
Cookies do not give us access to your device or provide us with any information other than the data you choose to share with us.
We use cookies to help us improve the functioning of our website and can be used for several purposes:
- Help you connect to a website;
- Analyse traffic to a website;
- Monitor your browsing behaviour;
- Recognise your device;
- Make the website more efficient;
Cookie list
Necessary
Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Cookie Name | Retention Period | Description/Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| SOCS | 322 days | To store cookie consent preferences |
| _cfuvid | session | Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimize user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalized services |
| __cf_bm | 1 hour | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. |
| cookieyes-consent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to remember users’ consent preferences so that their preferences are respected on subsequent visits to this site. It does not collect or store any personal information about the site visitors. |
| nfd-enable-cf-opt | 1 day | Description is currently not available. |
| __Secure-BUCKET | 183 days | Description is currently not available. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | 183 days | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | 183 days | Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::a | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::f | Never Expires | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::b | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::c | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
Functional
Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
| Cookie Name | Retention Period | Description/Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| PREF | 327 days | Set by YouTube to store your measured bandwidth; It does not gather information identifying a visitor. |
| APISID | 399 days | Set by YouTube on pages with embedded YouTube video. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | 183 days | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| HSID | 399 days | Set by YouTube on pages with embedded YouTube video. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | Never Expires | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
| SAPISID | 399 days | Set by YouTube to store your measured bandwidth; It does not gather information. |
| SID | 399 days | Set by YouTube to store your measured bandwidth; It does not gather information. |
| SSID | 399 days | Set by YouTube to store your measured bandwidth; It does not gather information identifying a visitor. |
| SOCS | 322 days | To store cookie consent preferences. |
Analytics
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
| Cookie Name | Retention Period | Description/Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| _ga_* | 400 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _ga | 400 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors. |
| vuid | 400days | Vimeo installs this cookie to collect tracking information by setting a unique ID to embed videos on the website. |
| YSC | session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
Marketing cookies
Marketing cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyse the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
| Cookie Name | Retention Period | Description/Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| __Secure-YNID | 183 days | YouTube cookie used to protect user security and prevent fraud, especially during the login process. |
| __Secure-ROLLOUT_TOKEN | 183 days | YouTube sets this cookie to manage feature rollout and experimentation. It helps Google control which new features or interface changes are shown to users as part of testing and staged rollouts, ensuring consistent experience for a given user during an experiment. |
| __Secure-YEC | past | Description is currently not available. |
| NID | 183 days | To enable ad delivery or retargeting, store user preferences. |
Unclassified
Other unclassified cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category yet.
Managing cookies
You can accept or decline cookies when you enter our website and see the Cookies Notice. If you change your opinion, you can also come back to your preferences at all times.
Alternatively, you can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. However, in some cases, some functions of the website may not work.
To find out more about cookies, including seeing what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit allaboutcookies.org or aboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on those popular browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Safari
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
Contact
For any question regarding this Cookies Notice, you may contact us at Microbiotica using the information below:
Microbiotica Limited
Chesterford Research Park
Little Chesterford
Cambridge
CB10 1XL
info@microbiotica.com
Last Edited on 15th June 2026
