Cookie Policy
Aspen Aerogels, Inc.
Cookie Policy
Last Updated: June 28, 2024
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Aspen Aerogels, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Aspen Aerogels,” “we,” or “us”) recognizes the importance of data privacy. This Cookie Policy explains our use of “cookies” and other tracking technologies, including, but not limited to, web beacons, pixels, clear gifs, and other similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies”) that are employed on https://www.aerogel.com (the “Site”).
PLEASE READ THIS COOKIE POLICY CAREFULLY AS IT DESCRIBES YOUR RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND LIABILITIES. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE TERMS OF THIS COOKIE POLICY AND OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY STATEMENT.
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES AND OTHER ONLINE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
Cookies are small files that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. The cookie then sends information back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Other types of tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place small data files on your devices or monitor your website activity to enable us to collect information about how you use our Site. Accordingly, Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies allow our Site to recognize your device and track your activities and preferences, thereby allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently and to generally improve the user experience. The information provided below about cookies also applies to the other tracking technologies referenced above (i.e., web beacons, pixels, clear gifs, and other similar technologies). You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies are often categorized by function. We use four types of cookies by function on our Site:
| Name | Description |
| Essential Cookies | These are cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning of a website or for performing services that an individual user has requested. For instance, these cookies are necessary to allow us to operate our Site so you may access them as you have requested. These cookies let us recognize that you have created an account and have logged into that account to access the Site. They also include cookies that enable us to remember your previous actions within the same browsing session. |
| Analytical/Performance Cookies | These cookies collect information and statistics about how individuals use the Site (e.g., which webpages or other portions of the Site visitors go to most often). These cookies are used to improve how the Site functions. |
| Functional Cookies | These cookies allow the Site to remember choices users make and to provide enhanced, personalized features. For example, within our Site, these cookies remember users’ language preferences. |
| Targeting/Advertising Cookies | These cookies are used to deliver advertisements relevant to a specific user of the Site. They remember that a user has visited a website and share this information with other organizations such as advertising vendors. |
Cookies can also be categorized by how long they remain on your device and by who puts the cookie there. There are four broad categories of duration and placement cookies that we use on the Site:
| Name | Description |
| Persistent Cookies | Persistent cookies remain on your device until deleted manually or automatically. |
| Session Cookies | Session cookies remain on your device until you close your browser, at which time they are automatically deleted. |
| First-Party Cookies | These cookies are placed by the party operating the website or service. For example, any cookies we place on your computer from our Site are first-party cookies. |
| Third-Party Cookies | These cookies are placed on a website or service by a party that does not own or operate the website or service. |
2. HOW DOES OUR SITE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
We use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies to identify you and your interests, to remember your preferences, to facilitate our marketing, to track your use of our Site, to monitor and record any and all activities and communications to, from, and on, the Site in order to safeguard, improve, and analyze usage of, the Site, and for the other purposes listed in our Privacy Statement. For the avoidance of doubt, you hereby acknowledge, agree, and consent to, such monitoring and recording. To administer our Site and for research purposes, Aspen Aerogels may, from time to time, contract with third-party service providers to track and analyze statistical usage and volume information from our Site. These third-party service providers use persistent cookies to help us improve the user experience, manage the content on our Site, and analyze how users navigate and utilize the Site.
Site Monitoring. Please be aware that we, and our third-party service providers and business partners, use cookies and other tracking technologies within the Site to monitor and record any and all activities and communications to, from, and on, the Site in order to safeguard, improve, and analyze usage of, the Site, and for the other purposes listed in this Cookie Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, you hereby acknowledge, agree, and consent to, such monitoring and recording.
The Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies we use on the Site are as follows:
| Cookie | Type | Description | Duration |
| __hs_opt_out | Necessary | This cookie is used by the opt-in cookie policy to remember not to ask the visitor to accept cookies again. | 6 months |
| _ga | Analytics | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 2 years |
| _gat_gtag_UA_18038210_1 | Analytics | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. | 1 minute |
| _gid | Analytics | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day |
| _gcl_au | Analytics | Provided by Google Tag Manager, this cookie is used to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. | 3 months |
| _ga_* _ga_7KF889Z31D _ga_FR6EFGP1L6 | Analytics | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. | 1 year 1 month 4 days |
| _gat_UA-* | Analytics | Google Analytics sets this cookie for user behavior tracking. | 1 minute |
| 1P_JAR | Advertising | This cookie set by Google stores user preferences. | 30 days |
| IDE | Advertisement | Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile. | 1 year 24 days |
| AEC | Analytics | The AEC cookie set by Google is used to authenticate users, prevent fraud, and protect users as they interact with a service. | 13 months |
| _lfa | Advertisement | This cookie is set by Leadfeeder to store and track audience reach. | 2 years |
| NID | Advertisement | NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads. | 6 months |
| OGPC | Analytics | This cookie stores user preferences and information when viewing pages that includes Google maps. | 1 month |
| ar_debug | Necessary | This is set by Google Doubleclick to debug ads. | Persistent |
| __cf_bm | Necessary | This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. | 1 hour |
| _cfuvid | This cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN provider because of their rate limiting policies. It expires at the end of the session | Session | |
| bcookie | Advertisement | LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs. | 1 year |
| lang | Functional | LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user’s language setting. | Session |
| li_sugr | Advertisement | LinkedIn sets this cookie to collect user behavior data to optimize the website and make advertisements on the website more relevant. | 3 months |
| lidc | Functional | LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection. | 1 day |
| UserMatchHistory | Functional | LinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing. | 1 month |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Analytics | LinkedIn sets this cookie, used to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie. | 1 month |
| li_gc | Functional | LinkedIn set this cookie for storing visitor’s consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes. | 6 months |
| test_cookie | Advertisement | This cookie is used by Google to measure the visitors’ actions after they click through from an advert. Expires after each visit. | 15 minutes |
| s_ips s_tp | Analytics | Tracks percent of page viewed for Adobe Analytics. | Session |
| s_plt | Analytics | Tracks the time that the previous page took to load viewed for Adobe Analytics. | Session |
| s_cc | Analytics | Used to determine if cookies are enabled for Adobe Analytics | Session |
| gpv_pn | Analytics | Used to retain and fetch previous page visited in Adobe Analytics | 6 months |
| s_tslv | Analytics | Used to retain and fetch time since last visit in Adobe Analytics | 6 months |
| s_pltp | Analytics | Provides page name value (URL) for use by Adobe Analytics | Session |
| AMCVS_14215E3D5995C57C0A495C55%40AdobeOrg | Analytics | Indicates the start of a session for Adobe Experience Cloud | Session |
| _hjSessionUser_# | Analytics | Hotjar sets this cookie, and it collects statistics on the visitor’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. | 1 year |
Google Ads and Analytics. We use “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of our Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to your device on the date you visit our Site rather than your name or other personal information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with other personal information. Although Google Analytics plants a cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our Site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to the Site by disabling cookies on your browser. Along with cookies, Google Analytics also uses electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes called single pixel gifs) to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our Site is used. You can find additional information on how to install a browser add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
3. HOW DO WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION?
The information and data we gather from our Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies will be used, retained, and shared in accordance with this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Statement.
4. REJECTING COOKIES AND YOUR OPTIONS
You can stop cookies from being downloaded on your device by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to access or take full advantage of the Site. Most browsers allow users to use a “private mode” by which cookies are deleted after your website visit. Please read the help section of your browser to learn more about how to activate the “private mode.” You could still visit our Site if your browser is in “private mode”; however, the user experience may not be optimal, and some features may not work.
- Click here to learn more about the “Private Browsing” setting and managing cookie settings in Firefox.
- Click here to learn more about “Incognito” and managing cookie settings in Chrome.
- Click here to learn more about “InPrivate” and managing cookie settings in Internet Edge.
- Click here to learn more about “Private Browsing” and managing cookie settings in Safari.
If you want to remove previously stored cookies, you can manually delete the cookies at any time. However, this will not prevent the Site from placing further cookies on your device unless and until you adjust your browser setting as described above.
More Information. You can find more information about cookies, behavioral advertising, and online privacy at www.allaboutcookies.org. For some of our service providers that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), you can exercise your choice to opt out of interest-based advertising at http://optout.aboutads.info. You may also opt out of receiving interest-based ads from many third-party websites and applications through the Network Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) Opt Out Tool, which is available at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices. Certain types of mobile devices have an identifier that provides organizations with the ability to serve targeted advertising directly to a specific mobile device, and you may (depending on the device) be able to limit advertising, reset the advertising identifier, and turn off your device’s tracking features within your device’s settings. For more information see http://youradchoices.com/appchoices.
5. TARGETED ADVERTISING OPT-OUT RIGHTS / CALIFORNIA “DO NOT SHARE” RIGHT
Pursuant to certain U.S. state law (e.g., Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Texas Virginia) you may have the right to opt out of having your personal information used for targeted advertising purposes. Aspen Aerogels uses third-party analytical and targeted advertising features on our Site and similar web tools provided by our marketing partners.
California Opt-Out Rights / Do Not Share My Personal Information. Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, California residents have the right to opt out of the “sharing” of your personal information. Aspen Aerogels uses third-party analytical and targeted advertising features on our Site and similar web tools provided by our marketing partners, and such features, tools and marketing relationships involve the disclosure of your personal information to third parties and may constitute the “sharing” of your personal information for CCPA purposes.
Managing Your Privacy Choices
To opt out of this sharing of your personal information in these circumstances, please click on the cookie management tool (sometimes visible as a “Cookie Settings” link) on the footer of the Site to set your cookie preferences. To learn more on how you can opt-out from the features and tools, discussed in this Cookie Policy, please see above (Rejecting Cookies and Your Options).
6. EUROPEAN UNION, SWITZERLAND, AND UNITED KINGDOM ONLY.
Legal Basis for Processing. We process your personal information in accordance with the legal bases set forth in law. For example, our processing of personal information (as described herein) derived from Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies is justified based on the following legal grounds:
Consent. Processing is based on your consent (e.g., you register to receive our marketing materials, you voluntarily contact us).
Legitimate Interests. Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests as set out herein (e.g., monitoring your use of the Site and your compliance with the terms and conditions governing the same, improving our Services).
7. COOKIE POLICY UPDATES
We reserve the right to amend this Cookie Policy at any time. We will notify you if this Cookie Policy is amended by updating the “Last Updated” section listed above. It is your responsibility to periodically review the Cookie Policy to determine whether any amendments have been made hereto. Your use of the Site and continued use of the Site after any amendments are made to this Cookie Policy, signifies your consent to this Cookie Policy and any amendments hereto. We may, in our sole discretion, provide you communications, including via email or text messages, about changes to our Cookie Policy; however, such communications do not abrogate or otherwise limit your responsibility to periodically review this Cookie Policy to determine whether any amendments have been made hereto.
8. QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
If you have questions regarding this Cookie Policy or our handling of your personal information, would like to request more information from us, or would like to exercise a data privacy right, please contact our Privacy Champion at: (email) [email protected]; (mail) Aspen Aerogels, Inc., ATTN: DATA PRIVACY, 30 Forbes Road, Building B, Northborough, MA 01532 United States, or please use our interactive webform.
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