Cookie Policy

1. Who are we and how can you reach us?

You can contact us, California Cryobank, Inc., with its head office at 11915 La Grange Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025, by e-mail: dpo@coopersurgical.com or by mail at the above address.

This Cookie Notice applies to our website accessible at www.sibling-registry.com (the “Website”) and the corresponding subpages. With this Cookie Notice, we will explain which cookies and similar technologies are used to store or access information on your device. For information on the processing of your personal data, please visit our Privacy Notice, which contains detailed information on the processing activities and rights and choices that may be available to you.

Please feel free to use the contact details above to approach us directly with any questions you may have.

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a webserver sends to the browser of your device when you visit a website. Depending on the settings, in addition to these cookies, similar technologies are also integrated on our Website (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “Cookies”). Cookies usually contain a unique identifier and are initially used to ensure the operation of the Website (“Strictly Necessary Cookies”). These Strictly Necessary Cookies are always active on our Website.

In addition, we use Cookies for other purposes. For instance, Cookies may be used to analyze your interests and enable us to provide you with a personalized online experience by showing you appropriate content based on your interests.

Session Cookies are only stored for the duration of a single browser session and are deleted as soon as you close your browser while so-called Persistent Cookies remain stored on your terminal device until either you delete them or they are deleted automatically after a specified period. We use both Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies; however, you can delete Cookies from your terminal device at any time, e.g. via your browser settings.

3. What types of Cookies do we use?

In the following, we will provide you with an overview of the different Cookie categories.

Cookie Category

Purpose
Strictly Necessary Cookies These Cookies are required for the operation and functionality of the Website. They provide functionality designed to make the Website technically accessible, secure and usable, providing essential and basic functionalities, such as navigation on the Website, authentication for the login area, correct display of the website in your browser and enabling consent management. Without these Cookies, you will not be able to use our Website services without disruption.
Performance Cookies These Cookies are used for monitoring the Website performance and collecting statistical data about our Website-usage, such as counting visits and traffic sources. This enables us to measure and improve our Website performance by understanding how most users move around the Website, which webpages are most popular or which are least used. For this purpose, we use appointed service providers, some of which are located outside the USA or Canada.
Functional Cookies These Cookies are used to remember your user preferences enabling us to optimize your user experience by personalizing certain settings on our Website. For example, we can capture your approximate location at postcode level and show you opticians in your area. For this purpose, we use appointed service providers, some of which are located outside the USA or Canada.
Advertising and Targeting Cookies These Cookies are used to understand how you use and move around our website and enable us better understand your interests. They also enable you to link to your Meta social media accounts. This information then allows us to direct and customize advertising and website content according to your preferences, e.g., by displaying ads that are relevant to you and blocking irrelevant or redundant ads. For this purpose, we use appointed service providers and other non-appointed third parties, some of which are located outside the USA or Canada.

4. How can I control the use of Cookies or delete them?

Strictly Necessary Cookies are always active and storing and accessing such Cookie information is necessary for the use of the Website and therefore cannot be changed by you. Performance, Functional, Advertising and Targeting Cookies can be managed and changed by you at any time.

You can change your Cookie and Privacy preferences for our Website at any time by clicking on the following link:

Please note that changing these settings will only take effect on the device in which such changes are made, so you may need to change settings on other devices you use to connect to the Website.

In addition, you can manage via your browser’s settings.

  • Click Here for instructions on how to configure cookies in Microsoft Edge.
  • Click Here for instructions on how to configure cookies in Google Chrome.
  • Click Here for instructions on how to configure cookies in Firefox.

Effective date: December 23, 2022.