Last updated on: November 27, 2023
Effective date: November 27, 2023
Introduction and Scope
This Cookie Notice (the “Notice”) is designed to assist you in understanding how and why Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (“Cogent,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) use cookies and other similar technologies (“Tracking Technologies”) on our website https://www.cogentbio.com/, its associated subdomains, and on any webpage linking to this Notice (collectively, the “Website”) to collect and develop data. We use Tracking Technologies to allow the Website to operate, to increase its functionality and efficiency, to analyze how you use it so that we can improve it, and fulfill other legitimate purposes as described below.
If any information collected by the Tracking Technologies, either on its own or in combination with other information, constitutes Personal Data as the term is defined in our Privacy Notice, both our Privacy Notice and this Notice will apply to the processing of such Personal Data.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Cookies. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device (computer, phone, tablet, etc.) that contains information about your browser and online activity. This information often consists of a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your device.
We may also use:
- Local Storage. Local storage enables our Website to store information locally on your device. Local storage may be used to improve your experience with our Website, for example, by enabling features, remembering your preferences, and speeding up our Website functionality.
- Other similar tracking technologies. We may also use other tracking technologies, such as tags, for similar purposes as described in this Notice.
As noted above, we refer to all of these technologies collectively as “Tracking Technologies” in this Notice.
How We Respond to Do Not Track Signals
“Do-Not-Track” is an optional browser setting that you can use to express your preferences regarding tracking by advertisers and other third parties. Please note, however, that our Website does not have the capability to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from web browsers at this time.
Opting Out
You can alter the configuration of your browser to reject certain types of Tracking Technologies, including cookies. Please note, however, that if you reject certain cookies, you may not be able to access and use all of the features on our Website. For more information about how to manage cookies, please visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
You can also control your online behavioral advertising preferences and opt out from having your data processed by certain marketing companies by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ and http://optout.aboutads.info/. Please note, however, that managing these preferences will not turn off internet advertisements in general. You will still receive the same number of advertisements, but those advertisements will be less reflective of your interests, as indicated by your web browsing habits. In addition, please note that the opt-out preferences that you set using these tools may be nullified if you delete your cookies after setting them.
The preferences you submit through our cookie consent management tool (if applicable) (the cookie banner), including your requests to opt out from non-necessary cookies, may be stored in cookies or similar technologies that are specific to your browser. If this browser is configured to block cookies or similar technologies, our consent management tool may not be able to store your preferences. In addition, deleting cookies on that browser may result in your preferences being removed. If your preferences are removed after you delete cookies from your browser, you will have to update these preferences again. Also, remember that private browsing technologies (such as incognito mode) automatically delete all local storage and cookies when the browsing session ends, preventing us from recording your choice made during the session, and preventing us from accessing any local storage created outside of the current session, which does not enable us to access the choice you made during a normal or previous private browsing session.
We’ll only store your preferences in this browser. Because some companies may not connect information about your browser with other web browsers or devices you may use (such as a web browser on another computer you may use, or one on a mobile device), you need to update your preferences through the cookie consent management tool (if applicable) to set your preferences separately for other browsers or devices you may use.
Types of Cookies
We use session cookies and persistent cookies on our Website. The session cookies are deleted or removed when you close your browser. The persistent cookies may remain on your device after you close your browser, but they have an expiration date.
Some of the cookies placed on your device through our Website are first-party cookies, meaning they are placed directly by us. Others are third-party cookies, meaning they are placed on your device through our Website by third parties, such as Google. In other words, when you visit our Website, certain third parties may place cookies on your device to collect information about your online activities over time and across different Internet websites or online services.
In the cookie tables below, we provide you with links to the applicable privacy notices for the providers who place third-party cookies on your device through our Website, where possible. Please refer to the privacy notices of those third parties to learn more about the ways in which they collect and process personal data about you.
How We Use Tracking Technologies on our Website
Strictly Necessary Tracking Technologies
The following Tracking Technologies are necessary for our Website to function, and we cannot turn them off in our systems. You may still be able to set your browser to block or alert you about some of these Tracking Technologies, but if you do block these Tracking Technologies, some parts of our Website will not work.
Name | Provider & Provider Privacy Notice Link | Purpose | Duration | Opt-Out Possibility |
cookieyes-consent | Cogent | This cookie is set by our cookie consent plugin, and we use is to remember your consent for cookies. | 1 year | It is not possible to opt out of necessary cookies, but you may always delete them from your browser. For example, you can find instructions to delete cookies from Google Chrome here. |
Performance Tracking Technologies
The following Tracking Technologies allow us, among other things, to count Website visits and traffic sources so that 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. If you do not allow these Tracking Technologies, we will not know when you have visited our Website, and we will not be able to monitor our Website’s performance.
Name | Provider & Provider Privacy Notice Link | Purpose | Duration | Opt-Out Possibility |
| _clsk | Microsoft Clarity (third-party cookie) Privacy Notice | This cookie is associated with Microsoft Clarity and is used to store and combine pageviews by a user into a single session recording. | 1 day | Change your preferences in the cookie banner available at our website. |
| _ga | Cogent CookieYes | This cookie is associated with Google Analytics, and it is used to distinguish unique visitors. We use this cookie to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data. | 2 years | For more information, please visit this link. You may also change your preferences in the cookie banner available on our website. |
| _ga_xxxxxxxxxx | Cogent CookieYes | This cookie is associated with Google Analytics and is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for our Website’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years | |
_ga_<container-id> | Cogent (first-party cookie) Privacy Notice | This cookie is associated with Google Analytics, and it is used to persist the session state. | 2 years | |
| _gat | Cogent (first-party cookie) Privacy Notice | This cookie is associated with Google Analytics, and is used to throttle the request rate and to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 10 minutes | |
| _gid | Cogent (first-party cookie) Privacy Notice | This cookie is associated with Google Analytics and is used to store and count pageviews. | 1 day | |
| _gat_xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx | Google (third-party cookie) Privacy Notice | This cookie is associated with Google Analytics and is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | a few seconds | |
| _gcl_au | Cogent (first-party cookie) Privacy Notice | This cookie is associated with Google Adsense and is used to store and track conversions. | Persistent | Change your preferences in the cookie banner available at our website. |
| _gclxxxx | Cogent CookieYes | This cookie is associated with Google Adsense and is used to store and track conversions. | 2 months | |
| JSESSIONID | New Relic (third-party cookie) Privacy Notice | This cookie is a session identifier used to determine session counts for an application. | Session | Change your preferences in the cookie banner available at our website. |
Functional Tracking Technologies
The following Tracking Technologies enable the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be used by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these Tracking Technologies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Name | Provider & Provider Privacy Notice Link | Purpose | Duration | Opt-Out Possibility |
| cookieyes-consent | CookieYes | This cookie is set by our cookie consent plugin, and we use it to remember your consent for cookies. | 1 year | Change your preferences in the cookie banner available at our website. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Google | Google sets this cookie to protect us from spam sent through our form(s). | 6 months |
Targeting Tracking Technologies
The following Tracking Technologies may be used on our Website by our advertising partners (or set directly by our advertising partners) to collect data about your online activity. They record your visits to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. They are used by our advertising partners to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on our Website as well as other sites. For example, they’re used to detect when you click on an ad and show you ads based on your social media interests and browsing history.
Name | Provider & Provider Privacy Notice Link | Purpose | Duration | Opt-Out Possibility |
| _clck | Microsoft Clarity | This cookie is associated by Microsoft Clarity and is used to store a unique user ID. | 1 year | Change your preferences in the cookie banner available at our website. |
| _fbp | Facebook | This cookie is used by Facebook to store and track visits across websites. | 3 months |
Changes to this Notice
If we make any material change to this Notice, we will post the revised Notice to our Website and update the “Last Updated” date and the “Effective Date” above to reflect the date on which the new Notice became effective.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Notice, send us an e-mail to info@cogentbio.com, or contact us by postal mail at:
Cogent Biosciences, Inc.
Attn: Evan Kearns
200 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 2500,
Cambridge, MA 02140,
United States
Please allow up to four (4) weeks for us to reply.
You can find the contact details of our Data Protection Officer and Data Protection Representative in the EU in our Privacy Notice.
