Noritz Cookie Policy
Last updated: [3/28/2023]
To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, shopping cart, or other preferences) over a period of time, so you do not have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
Cookies on www.noritz.com
The following table sets out the different categories of cookies that our site uses, and why we use them. The lists of third-party cookie providers are intended merely as illustrative and should not be viewed as a comprehensive list.
| Types of Cookie | Purpose | Who Serves |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | These cookies are essential to enable your use of the site or services, and are used to help make our website work efficiently, provide security features on our website, and provide services you have asked for, like shopping carts and billing. | N/A |
| Performance/Analytics | These cookies are used to analyze the way our website works and how we can improve it. For example, we may use cookies to understand how you are using certain site features. | |
| Functionality | These cookies help to enhance your experience by remembering choices you have made concerning the features of the website (e.g., username, language, currency, region you are in). | N/A |
| Advertising/Targeting | These cookies and pixels are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers. | Bing Ads, Facebook, Google |
Cookies and You
To sign up for an account or make a purchase online, you must have cookies enabled on your internet browser. If you choose not to enable cookies, you will still be able to browse our website, but it will restrict some of the functionality of our website or what you can do.
First-party cookies
First-party cookies originate from the same domain as the website you are currently visiting.
Below is our list of first-party cookies (shown in this policy).
| Cookie | Description | Duration | Type |
| __utma | This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 2 years | Performance |
| __utmb | The cookie is set by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no existing __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. | 30 minutes | Performance |
| __utmc | The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is deleted when the user closes the browser. The cookie is not used by ga.js. The cookie is used to enable interoperability with urchin.js which is an older version of Google analytics and used in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. | Session | Performance |
| __utmt | The cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to throttle request rate. | 10 minutes | Performance |
| __utmz | This cookie is set by Google analytics and is used to store the traffic source or campaign through which the visitor reached your site. | 5 months | Performance |
| _fbp | This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisement when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website. | 2 months | Advertisement |
| _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, camapign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randoly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years | Analytics |
| _gat | This cookies is installed by Google Universal Analytics to throttle the request rate to limit the collection of data on high traffic sites. | 1 minute | Performance |
| _gat_roblyTracker | This cookie is from Robly, our email platform. This Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as your browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to our site, when you use Robly, and understanding how visitors use the site. Cookies can also help us better customize our site for you. We can also determine when you open email we send you, and collect other data. | 1 minute | Analytics |
| _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 day | Analytics |
| _wp_session | Is the session cookie for Noritz.com that manages the zip codes users type in to find and installer and persists through the site to offer up rebates in your area or installers nearby. The zip code is only used for the web session to provide convenient information. | 1 day | Other |
| abpct_hyro_acc_collect | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Apbct_* are a grou of cookies which are set from backend and contain information about the current session user. | Other | |
| apbct_cookies_test | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. This particular cookie validates other cookies so they cannot be spoofed. | Other | |
| apbct_page_hits | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Apbct_* are a grou of cookies which are set from backend and contain information about the current session user. | Other | |
| apbct_site_landing_ts | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Apbct_* are a grou of cookies which are set from backend and contain information about the current session user. | Other | |
| apbct_timestamp | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Apbct_* are a grou of cookies which are set from backend and contain information about the current session user. | Other | |
| apbct_visible_fields | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Apbct_* are a grou of cookies which are set from backend and contain information about the current session user. | Other | |
| apbct_visible_fields_count | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Apbct_* are a grou of cookies which are set from backend and contain information about the current session user. | Other | |
| bcookie | This cookie is set by LinkedIn. The purpose of the cookie is to enable LinkedIn functionalities on the page. | 2 years | Functional |
| bscookie | This cookie is a browser ID cookie set by LinkedIn share Buttons and ad tags. | 2 years | Advertisement |
| ct_checkjs | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Ct_* group of cookies are used for storing dynamic variables from browser. | Other | |
| ct_fkp_timestamp | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Ct_* group of cookies are used for storing dynamic variables from browser. | Other | |
| ct_pointer_data | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Ct_* group of cookies are used for storing dynamic variables from browser. | Other | |
| ct_ps_timestamp | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Ct_* group of cookies are used for storing dynamic variables from browser. | Other | |
| ct_sfw_pass_key | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Ct_sfw* is a group of coookies for SpamFireWall Technology | 4 weeks | Other |
| ct_timezone | This is a cookie from our Clean Talk WordPress plugin that prevents spam on our page. Ct_* group of cookies are used for storing dynamic variables from browser. | Other | |
| fr | The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | 2 months | Advertisement |
| GPS | This cookie is set by YouTube and registers a unique ID for tracking users based on their geographical location | 30 minutes | Analytics |
| IDE | Used by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile. | 1 year | Advertisement |
| lang | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website. | Until next session | Preferences |
| lang | This cookie is used to store the language preferences of a user to serve up content in that stored language the next time user visit the website. | Until next session | Preferences |
| lidc | This cookie is set by LinkedIn and used for routing. | 1 day | Functional |
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users’ unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | Session | Necessary |
| PREF | This cookie is set by YouTube. Used to store user preferences like language or any other customizations for YouTube Videos embedded in different sites. | 7 months | Preferences |
| UserMatchHistory | null | 4 weeks | Other |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | This cookie is set by YouTube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website. | 5 months | Advertisement |
| YSC | This cookie is set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos. | Session | Performance |
We are currently reviewing our lists and will update them from time to time.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies originate from a domain that is different to the website being visited. For example, when you visit our website, we may link to another company’s website – like our Facebook or Twitter account, or a video from our YouTube page. We do not control how they use their cookies, so we suggest you check their website to see how they are using them and how you can manage them.
Controlling your cookies
You can control cookies in your browser to enable or disable them. If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by any website, you should do this through the web browser settings for each web browser you use, on each device you use to access the internet.
You can also manage many companies’ cookies used for online advertising via the consumer choice tools created under self-regulation programs in many countries, such as the US-based aboutads.info choices page or the EU-based Your Online Choices.
You may also opt out of advertising cookies at any time via our cookie banner.