How We Use Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. Learn more about cookies here. Most web browsing software allows users to control cookies through the browser settings.
The Accu-Cast website implements cookies to enable certain functionality and to help improve the site. Detailed information about the cookies this site places on your computer (called “first party” cookies), or how using these websites might enable other sites to store cookie files on your computer (called “third party” cookies), can be found below.
E-Commerce and Server Session
Our website makes use of cookie files to enable online purchasing and to keep track of a visitor’s session. These cookies are considered essential to the operation of this website. The e-commerce cookie is set to expire 48 hours from visiting the website. The server session cookie expires when terminating a session, generally when the website is closed.
| Type | Names | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Session Tracking | PHPSESSID, m2cid, m2ck, form_key, X-Magento-Vary | Session cookies allow web applications to identify a single user across multiple pages during a single visit to the website, and consist of a randomly generated alphanumeric ID. These cookies are required to enable shopping cart and checkout functionality, as well as prevent malicious Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) hacking attempts. |
| Website Analytics | _pk_ref, _pk_id, _pk_ses, _pk_hsr | This website uses a self-hosted analytics application to monitor how visitors engage with our website. The information processed by analytics is not personally identifiable, and only a fragment of your IP address is stored or used for geolocation. Personally identifying information disclosed via a contact form is not monitored, tracked, or stored by analytics. If you make a purchase, details about your purchase will be recorded along with a pseudonymous ID number. Analytics cookies allow us to monitor and track visits over time. |
| Website Performance | __cfduid | This site makes use of a third-party tool called Pingdom Real User Monitoring to track the availability and load times of pages based on a visitor’s geographic location, browsing software, and other non-personally identifying data. |
| Miscellaneous Functionality | first_daily, p_notice | This site uses various cookies to control the appearance of certain elements such as the notification banner that occasionally appears at the top of the page to notify visitors of store closure dates or other important information. The value stored in these cookies is identical for all visitors. |
Links and Embedded Media from Third Party Sites
Clicking any link on our website that connects to an outside party (outbound link) may result in cookie files being placed on your computer by that website. Content displayed on our website from an outside source via an IFRAME (embedded media) could result in a cookie file being placed on your computer. Most outbound links on our website are clearly marked as such. Some outbound links and embedded media appear as part of the general interface of the website. Examples of these kinds of outbound links and embedded media are listed below:
YouTube and Google Maps
Certain pages of our website embed streaming YouTube video files and interactive Google maps. Visiting these pages will enable Google to place cookie files on your computer, which cannot be accessed by this website. Review Google’s cookie usage policy.
PayPal
Our website makes use of PayPal’s payment processing services to transact online purchases. Proceeding a purchase from the shopping basket will direct you to the PayPal website and enable PayPal to place cookie files on your computer, which cannot be accessed by this website. Review PayPal’s cookie usage policy.
Smooth-On
Technical Data and Health & Safety Sheets for Accu-Cast products are hosted on the Smooth-On website. Clicking to view or download these sheets will enable Smooth-On to place cookie files on your computer, which cannot be accessed by this website. Review Smooth-On’s privacy policy.
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