Welcome
Welcome to https://www.hardydiagnostics.com. This Site is owned and operated by Hardy Diagnostics (“we” or “us”) and has been created to provide our customers with information, products, and other initiatives developed and or offered by Hardy Diagnostics, its subsidiaries, and its affiliates. You are important to us at Hardy Diagnostics, as we aim to partner with labs like ours to diagnose and prevent disease. As we go on to describe below, we will take all appropriate steps to protect your privacy as you use our site. This Privacy Policy and Data Use Consent Statement lays forth Hardy Diagnostics approach with respect to information that is collected from users of this Site. This Site is designed primarily for users in the United States, though is accessible globally.
This privacy policy sets out how this website (hereafter "the Store") uses and protects any information that you give the Store while using this website. The Store is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. The Store may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.
Changes to Hardy Diagnostics Privacy Policy and Consent Statement
This website and our company are always undergoing change, and subsequently, Hardy Diagnostics reserves the right to alter this Privacy Policy and Consent to Data Use from time to time without prior notice. Please review this Statement periodically, especially before submission of any personal data. This Policy Statement was last updated on June 1st, 2026. Your continued use of the site after any changes, alterations, or revisions shall indicate your agreement with the Privacy Policy and Data Use Consent Statement.
Note About Minors
This site is not directed or designed with minors in mind. If you are under 18 years of age or considered a minor in your region, please do not enter any personal information onto this Site.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
- name
- contact information including email address
- demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
For the exhaustive list of cookies we collect see the List of cookies we collect section.
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
- From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
- if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by letting us know using our Contact Us information or by reaching out to our Data Privacy Officer.
We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please email us this request using our Contact Us information.
If you believe that any of the information we are holding on/about you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
List of cookies we collect
The table below lists the cookies we collect and what information they store.
|
Cookie Name |
Cookie Description |
Domain |
Cookie Classification |
|
__cf_bm |
Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. |
.linkedin.com |
Essential |
|
__cf_bm |
Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. |
.hubspot.com |
Essential |
|
SRM_B |
Used by Microsoft Advertising in conjunction with Bing services for ad tracking and optimization. |
.c.bing.com |
Advertising |
|
Priority |
Used by Bing Ads (bat.bing.com) to manage ad delivery and tracking, ensuring relevant ads are shown to users and performance is measured. |
c.clarity.ms |
Advertising |
|
Priority |
Used by Bing Ads (bat.bing.com) to manage ad delivery and tracking, ensuring relevant ads are shown to users and performance is measured. |
c.bing.com |
Advertising |
|
bcookie |
Used to optimize the range of advertising on Linkedin |
.linkedin.com |
Advertising |
|
lidc |
These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn's marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting. |
.linkedin.com |
Advertising |
|
UserMatchHistory |
These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn's marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting. |
.linkedin.com |
Advertising |
|
_gcl_ls |
Used by Google AdSense to understand user interaction with the website by generating analytical data. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Advertising |
|
ANONCHK |
Used by Bing as a unique user identifier for users seeing Bing ads. |
.c.clarity.ms |
Advertising |
|
test_cookie |
A session cookie used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. |
.doubleclick.net |
Advertising |
|
_gcl_au |
Used by Google Ads for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Advertising |
|
s7 |
Gather data regarding site usage and user behavior on the website. |
forms.hsforms.com |
Analytics |
|
s7 |
Gather data regarding site usage and user behavior on the website. |
.linkedin.com |
Analytics |
|
s7 |
Gather data regarding site usage and user behavior on the website. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
CLID |
Identifies the first-time Clarity saw this user on any site using Clarity |
www.clarity.ms |
Analytics |
|
SM |
Session cookie used to collect anonymous information on how visitors use a site to help improve their experience and for better target ads. |
.c.clarity.ms |
Analytics |
|
_clck |
Persists the Clarity User ID and preferences, unique to that site is attributed to the same user ID |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
_clsk |
Connects multiple page views by a user into a single Clarity session recording |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
c.gif |
A pixel tracker and session cookie used to analyse how users interact with adverts on a site. |
c.clarity.ms |
Analytics |
|
_cltk |
Used by Microsoft Clarity to store and track user interaction |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
__hssc |
This cookie keeps track of sessions. |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
hubspotutk |
This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
__hssrc |
Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
__ptq.gif |
Records anonymous page view data |
track.hubspot.com |
Analytics |
|
__hstc |
The main cookie for tracking visitors. |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
_ga_# |
Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
_ga |
Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Analytics |
|
MUID |
Sets a unique user id for tracking how the user uses the site. Persistent cookie that is saved for 3 years. |
.bing.com |
Analytics |
|
MUID |
Sets a unique user id for tracking how the user uses the site. Persistent cookie that is saved for 3 years. |
.clarity.ms |
Analytics |
|
recently_viewed_product_previous |
Stores product IDs of recently previously viewed products for easy navigation. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
mage-messages |
Tracks error messages and other notifications that are shown to the user, such as the cookie consent message, and various error messages. The message is deleted from the cookie after it is shown to the shopper. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
product_data_storage |
Stores configuration for product data related to Recently Viewed / Compared Products. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
recently_compared_product_previous |
Stores product IDs of previously compared products for easy navigation. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
mage-cache-storage-section-invalidation |
Forces local storage of specific content sections that should be invalidated. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
mage-cache-storage |
Local storage of visitor-specific content that enables ecommerce functions. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
form_key |
A security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
form_key |
A security measure that appends a random string to all form submissions to protect the data from Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
recently_viewed_product |
Stores product IDs of recently viewed products for easy navigation. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
mage-cache-sessid |
The value of this cookie triggers the cleanup of local cache storage. When the cookie is removed by the backend application, the Admin cleans up local storage, and sets the cookie value to true. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
recently_compared_product |
Stores product IDs of recently compared products. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
MR |
This cookie is used by Microsoft to reset or refresh the MUID cookie. |
.c.bing.com |
Performance |
|
MR |
This cookie is used by Microsoft to reset or refresh the MUID cookie. |
.c.clarity.ms |
Performance |
|
PHPSESSID |
Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general-purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages. |
.hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
_cfuvid |
This cookie is set by Cloudflare to enhance security and performance. It helps identify trusted web traffic and ensures a secure browsing experience for users. |
.hubspot.com |
Performance |
|
_cfuvid |
This cookie is set by Cloudflare to enhance security and performance. It helps identify trusted web traffic and ensures a secure browsing experience for users. |
.hsforms.com |
Performance |
|
bscookie |
Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature on 3rd party websites |
.www.linkedin.com |
Social |
|
section_data_ids |
a Magento 2 cookie used to manage and identify customer-specific data sections stored in the browser's local storage. This mechanism allows dynamic content like the mini-cart, wish list, and welcome message to up a full page reload, even when the page cache is enabled. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
X-Magento-Vary |
X-Magento-Vary cookie is used by Magento 2 system to highlight that version of a page requested by a user has been changed. It allows having different versions of the same page stored in cache e.g. Varnish. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
mage-cache-timeout |
defines how long browser-cached customer data (like cart, wishlist, and section data) remains valid. When this timeout expires, Magento clears and refreshes these sections to ensure data accuracy, privacy, and improved performance. |
hardydiagnostics.com |
Performance |
|
ar_debug |
Supports Google attribution reporting API integration to mitigate signal loss |
px.ads.linkedin.com |
Social |
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any question or concerns you may have.
Data Privacy Officer Contact Information:
Valdemar Reyes
ReyesV@HardyDiagnostics.com
1-805-266-2222
1430 West McCoy Lane, Santa Maria, CA 93455