Cookie Notice

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.

Why do we use cookies?

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to enhance your experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you set your browser to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

Natera uses cookies for the purpose of storing and retrieving session information in respect of our on-line systems and for analysing traffic on our website and marketing.

The types of cookies we use

There are two type of cookies used on the Natera website:

1. Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around Natera’s website and use its features. The type of personal data collected through these cookies includes your IP address; location data and the fact that you are visited our website. These cookies are deleted when you close your browser and do not store your preferences or information beyond your current visit. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website.

2. Performance or Analytical Cookies

These cookies collect information about website usage. For example, Natera uses Google Analytics to track usage statistics for the site. This data is used to analyse how frequently people visit the site, how the website is found, and which pages are most frequently viewed.

Instead they collect browser information and anonymised data for the reasons set out above. This information is combined with data from thousands of other users to create an overall view of website use and users are never identified individually or personally. These cookies are only used to identify ways to improve the website.

Performance Cookies remain on your device for varying periods of time with some deleted when you close your browser and others remaining on your device indefinitely until deleted.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites please visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

For more information about Google Analytics, and the cookies it sets please visit: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.

You can opt out of one or all third party Online Behavioural Advertising (OBA) cookies on the web browser you are currently using with an "opt-out cookie" by visiting http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ie/your-ad-choices.

Set out below is more information on these categories of cookies, including their purpose and whether these cookies collect personal data: