Cookie Notice
Last updated: 08.28.2022
General
Bolt Biotherapeutics (“Bolt”) maintains https://www.boltbio.com/, https://investors.boltbio.com/, and related Bolt online and emailing services (our “Site”). Bolt uses online technologies such as cookies, JavaScript tags, and pixels to collect information about our website visitors. This Cookie Notice describes what cookies are and the types of cookies we use on our Site.
Our Cookie Preference Center
You can manage your cookie preferences in our Cookie Preference Center, which you can access here.
For more information on your choices concerning information collected by our Site, please see below.
What are Tracking Technologies and Why We Use Them?
The tracking technologies that we use on our Site include cookies, JavaScript tags, and pixels or beacons. However, for ease of reference, unless we want to create a specific distinction, in this Cookie Notice we just use the term “cookies” to refer to both cookies and other similar tracking technologies.
Cookies: The standard cookies, or HTML cookie is a small text file which a web server places on a user’s computer. Cookies enable us, and the third-party vendors we use to uniquely identify a computing device and link a computing device to previous web actions by the same device. Cookies enable a range or functions including authentication of website visitors and personalization of content.
JavaScript Tags: We use JavaScript tags to pass information about your activity on our website to a third-party vendor such as Google to obtain certain statistics about our website visitors. Such statistics are aggregated, so we cannot link a website visitor to their activity on our website. We track aggregated statistics such as number of website visitors that have visited our website in a certain time period, the most popular web site pages on our website, average time spent on a website page, the most popular links on a website page, most popular navigation paths on our website etc. These tags can record and send information about your usage of our website to the vendor who provided the tags.
Pixels or Beacons: Pixels or Beacons are a 1×1 pixel graphic that are placed on the webpages to either track customer conversion. We use tracking pixels on our website count clicks, visits, and website traffic, so we can measure and improve the performance on our site.
Cookies on Our Website
We have broken down the cookies used on our website into categories below, but if you want to find out more specific information about what any of these cookies does, you can generally get this information by entering the relevant cookie’s name into a publicly-available cookie information website, such as https://cookiedatabase.org/.
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 website will not then work. These cookies typically do not store any information that directly identifies you.
| Purpose | Category(ies) of personal data typically involved | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Dealing with inquiries and contacts |
| Legitimate Interests. It is in our and your interests that we are able to respond to and deal with your inquiries and contacts. |
| Business operation |
| Legitimate Interests. It is in our and your interests that we are able to operate our business and carry out our internal business activities. |
| Site operation |
| Legitimate Interests. It is in our and your interests that we are able to provide and administer this Site in a functional and secure way (including associated processing of your personal data via use of strictly necessary Cookies). Consent, in respect of any optional cookies used for this purpose. |
| Marketing and promotion |
| Legitimate Interests. We have a legitimate interest in promoting our operations and goals as an organisation. Consent, in circumstances or jurisdictions where consent is required under applicable data protection laws to the sending of any given marketing communications. |
| Analytics |
| Consent. Legitimate Interests. We have a legitimate interest in making sure our Site and other services are the best they can be and analyzing how these elements are used and/or engaged with etc. |
| R&D |
| Legitimate interests. We have a legitimate interest in improving and developing the Site and its features and functionalities. |
| Legal Compliance (including associated data sharing) |
| Compliance with Law. Legitimate interest. Where Compliance with Law is not applicable, we and any relevant third parties have a legitimate interest in participating in, supporting and following legal process. |
| Protection and enforcement of rights (including associated data sharing) |
| Compliance with Law. Legitimate interest. We and any relevant third parties have a legitimate interest of ensuring the protection, maintenance and enforcement of our and their rights, property, and/or safety. |
| Cooperation with law enforcement (including associated data sharing) |
| Compliance with Law. Legitimate interest. Where Compliance with Law is not applicable, we and any relevant third parties have a legitimate interest in assisting and cooperating with law enforcement (e.g. in respect of voluntary disclosure of information germane to law enforcement proceedings). |
| Data sharing in the context of corporate events |
| Legitimate interest. We and any relevant third parties have a legitimate interest in providing information to relevant third parties who are involved in an actual or prospective corporate event (including to enable them to investigate – and, where relevant, to continue to operate – all or relevant part(s) of our operations). However, we would take appropriate steps to seek to minimise the amount and sensitivity of any personal data shared in these context. |
| Further uses |
| The original legal basis relied upon, if the relevant further use is compatible with the initial purpose for which the personal data was collected. Consent, if the relevant further use is not compatible with the initial purpose for which the personal data was collected. |
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 website. All information these cookies collect is typically aggregated and does not directly identify you. 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 Host | Cookie Name | First or Third Party | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| www.boltbio.com | cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | 1st Party | Persistent |
| www.boltbio.com | cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 1st Party | Persistent |
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. 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 Host | Cookie Name | First or Third Party | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| boltbio.com | test | 1st Party | Session |
| boltbio.com | _ga | 1st Party | Persistent |
| boltbio.com | _gid | 1st Party | Persistent |
| boltbio.com | s_xxxx | 1st Party | Session |
| boltbio.com | _gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | 1st Party | Persistent |
| nr-data.net | JSESSIONID | 3rd Party | Session |
We also use Image, iFrame, WebBeacon, Script, and Embed tags from the above third-party cookie providers for website functionality and analytics.
Sharing of Information
We use vendors like Google and Adobe for website analytics and customer support. While we do not provide any website server logs or other website user information directly to these vendors, the cookies, tags, and pixels from these vendors can automatically collect information about our website visitors. We have enabled appropriate settings (e.g., Google Restricted Data Processing) and signed service agreement addendums to restrict the secondary usage of information collected from our website visitors.
The information typically collected through cookies, tags and pixels by our vendors includes:
- Unique identifiers tied to the browser, application, or device if you are signed-in to the account with the vendor (like Google)
- Information about your web browser
- Unique IDs such as a cookie ID on your browser;
- IP addresses and information derived from IP addresses, such as geographic location;
- Information about your device, such as browser, device type, operating system, the presence or use of ‘apps’, screen resolution, or the preferred language;
- The date and time you visited a our Site; and
- The referring URL and the web search you used to locate and navigate to our Site.
Your Choices Regarding Information Collection from Our Site
Many browsers allow you to configure a setting to send a “Do Not Track” signal to websites to not collect your information when you are browsing a website. Currently, we support the “Do Not Track” signal from browsers for Targeting Cookies.
Bolt website presents a cookie notice in the form of an overlay banner when you first visit our website. Bolt websites operate under the “opt-in” framework, where cookies that are not “Strictly Necessary,” which are required for the website to function, are automatically turned off unless the website user manually turns them on. As noted above, you can manage your cookie preferences in the Cookie Preference Center, which you can access here.
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you disable all cookies, however, it may interfere with the functionality of our website, and you may not be able to use all the features on our website.
The instructions for setting your cookie preferences in different browsers are below:
- Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox
- Safari
- Opera
- Safari for iOS (iPhone and iPad)
- Chrome for Android
You can also individually opt-out of cookies from services we use that place cookies on your computer using the instructions below:
Google Analytics Opt-Out: Google provides a Chrome browser plug-in to opt-out of making your website activity available to Google Analytics by installing the plug-in from https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
CONTACT
If you have questions or concerns regarding our use of cookies, you can contact us at: privacy@boltbio.com.