We use cookies and other tracking technologies on our website. Some are essential to operate our website (Strictly Necessary Cookies). We also use cookies to analyze the traffic on our website and improve its performance (Performance Cookies), to provide you with enhanced functionality and personalization (Functional Cookies), and to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads (Targeting and Advertising Cookies). Learn more about how we handle your personal information in our Cookie Notice.
Last Updated May 2026
This Cookie Notice explains how Biognosys AG (“Biognosys”) and its affiliated companies collectively “Biognosys”, “we”, “us”, and “ours”) use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at www.biognosysgroup.com and their sub-domains (“Website”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. For more general information with regards to privacy matters, including your rights as data subject, please read our Website Privacy Notice.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that your browser stores on your device when instructed by a website you visit to “remember” information about you, such as your language preferences or your login information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Biognosys) are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the Website to function and cannot be disabled in your systems. Usually, these cookies are only set in response to actions you take that correspond to a service request, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms. You can set your browser to block these cookies or to notify you about these cookies. However, some areas of the website will then not function. These cookies do not store any personal data.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the Website to provide advanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third parties whose services we use on our sites. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all these services may not function properly.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us answer questions about which pages are most popular, which are least used, and how visitors move around the site. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not be able to know when you visited our Website.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be set through our Website by our advertising partners. They may be used by these companies to profile your interests and show you relevant ads on other websites. They do not directly store personally identifiable information but are based on a unique identification of your browser and Internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Websites or opened an e-mail that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Websites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
How often will we update this Cookie Notice?
We may update this Cookie Notice from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Notice regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Notice indicates when it was last updated.
Where can you get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at dpo@biognosys.com.
Cookie List
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Cookie name | Provider / plugin | Purpose |
| wordpress_* wordpress_logged_in_* | WordPress (Core) | Manages logged-in sessions for admin users. Not set for regular visitors. |
| wp-settings-* | WordPress (Core) | Stores admin interface preferences. |
| cookie_consent | Biognosys AG | Stores your cookie consent preferences so we don’t ask again on each visit. |
| PHPSESSID | PHP / WordPress | Standard server-side session identifier. Maintains session state across page requests. |
| wpcf7_guest_user_id | WordPress Contact Form 7 | Identifies guest users submitting contact forms to prevent duplicate submissions. |
| contact_2_auto_open | Elementor / WordPress | Controls whether a contact popup has already been shown, to avoid re-displaying it on the same visit. |
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
| Cookie name | Provider / plugin | Purpose |
| elementor | Elementor / Elementor Pro | Stores session data for page builder functionality and popup display rules (e.g. “don’t show again”). |
| breeze_* | Breeze (Caching) | Determines whether a cached or live version of a page should be served, ensuring each visitor receives the correct, up-to-date content. |
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Cookie name | Provider / plugin | Purpose |
| _ga | Google Analytics GA4 (via Site Kit) | Assigns a unique ID to distinguish visitors and calculate usage statistics. |
| _ga_* | Google Analytics GA4 (via Site Kit) | Maintains session state for GA4 measurement across pages. |
| _gid | Google Analytics GA4 (via Site Kit) | Distinguishes users over short sessions for daily traffic reporting. |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Persists a unique user ID to associate page behaviour across visits for heatmap analysis. |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Connects page views within a single session for session replay recording. |
| MUID | Microsoft Clarity | Identifies unique browsers across Microsoft analytics services. |
| CLID | Microsoft Clarity | Identifies the first time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity. |
| _hjSessionUser_* | Hotjar | Persists a unique user ID across sessions to enable session recording and heatmap analysis in Hotjar. |
| _hjSession_* | Hotjar | Stores data for the current active Hotjar session, including recording state. Expires after ~30 minutes of inactivity. |
| _gat_UA-* | Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) | Used to throttle the request rate to Google Analytics. Indicates the site runs both legacy UA and GA4 in parallel. |
Microsoft Clarity: Records anonymised session replays and heatmaps. Sensitive fields are masked by default. See Microsoft’s Privacy Statement.
Google Analytics: Data processed by Google LLC, may be transferred to US servers. IP anonymisation enabled. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
Targeting & Advertising Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
| Cookie name | Provider / plugin | Purpose |
| _twpid | Twitter / X Ads pixel | Set by the Twitter advertising pixel. Tracks pageviews and conversions across the site for ad attribution and retargeting on Twitter/X. |
| visitor_id* | Pardot / Salesforce Marketing Cloud | Assigns a unique visitor ID used by Pardot to track user behaviour across visits for marketing automation and lead scoring. |
| visitor_id*-hash | Pardot / Salesforce Marketing Cloud | A cryptographic hash paired with visitor_id* to verify its integrity and prevent tampering. |