Cookies Policy

Overview

Ace Peptides uses cookies and similar technologies to operate this website, support essential ecommerce functionality, manage age and policy confirmations, process orders, improve website performance, analyse visitor behaviour, support marketing activity, and help keep the website secure.

Some cookies are essential for the website to work properly, including basket, checkout, account, security, and age-confirmation functionality. Other cookies, such as analytics, advertising, marketing, and performance cookies, are optional and will only be used where required consent has been given.

This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how Ace Peptides uses them, the types of cookies that may be set, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy explains how Ace Peptides uses cookies and similar technologies on this website.

Cookies help us operate the website, support ecommerce functionality, remember certain preferences, manage age and policy confirmations, analyse website performance, support marketing activity, and improve the overall user experience.

Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device. You can manage or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through the cookie settings tool on this website or through your browser settings.

Who We Are

This website is operated by Ace Peptides, a UK-based supplier of research compounds, laboratory products, and associated research accessories.

Business Information

  • Business name: Ace Peptides
  • Address: Office 27 Arrow Mill, Queensway, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, OL11 2YW
  • Email: info@acepeptides.co.uk

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device, remember certain actions or preferences, and support different features and functionality.

Similar technologies may also be used, including pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, session storage, tracking identifiers, and other technologies that store or access information on your device.

In this policy, references to cookies include cookies and similar technologies unless stated otherwise.

Types of Cookies We Use

Ace Peptides may use different types of cookies depending on how you interact with the website and the preferences you choose.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are required for the website to function correctly. These cookies enable core features such as page navigation, security, basket functionality, checkout, account login, order processing, age confirmation, and policy acknowledgement.

These cookies cannot usually be switched off through our cookie preference tool because the website may not work properly without them.

Essential cookies may be used for:

  • Remembering items added to your basket.
  • Supporting checkout functionality.
  • Maintaining account login sessions.
  • Protecting the website from fraud, spam, misuse, or security threats.
  • Remembering age confirmation and research-use policy acknowledgements.
  • Managing cookie consent preferences.
  • Ensuring the website loads and operates correctly.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use the website. They may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, traffic sources, device type, browser type, and general website behaviour.

Ace Peptides may use tools such as Google Site Kit, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, or similar services to help measure website performance and improve the website.

Analytics cookies may be used for:

  • Understanding how visitors find and use the website.
  • Measuring page views and website traffic.
  • Identifying popular products, pages, and content.
  • Improving website layout, navigation, and performance.
  • Monitoring technical issues and user experience.

Where required by law, analytics cookies will only be used after consent has been given.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing and advertising cookies may be used to measure advertising performance, build audiences, support retargeting, and help us show relevant ads or promotions.

Ace Peptides may use advertising or tracking technologies connected to platforms such as Google Ads, Meta, TikTok, or similar services where these are active on the website.

Marketing cookies may be used for:

  • Measuring the performance of advertising campaigns.
  • Understanding whether visitors arrive from adverts or promotions.
  • Creating or measuring marketing audiences.
  • Supporting retargeting or remarketing activity.
  • Limiting repeated advertising where supported by the relevant platform.

Marketing and advertising cookies are non-essential and will only be used where required consent has been given.

Email Marketing Cookies and Tracking

Ace Peptides may use Brevo or similar email marketing platforms to manage mailing list subscriptions, send marketing emails, measure email performance, and understand engagement with email campaigns.

Email marketing tools may use cookies, pixels, tracking links, or similar technologies to help us understand whether emails are opened, links are clicked, or website visits result from an email campaign.

Email marketing cookies and tracking may be used for:

  • Managing newsletter subscriptions.
  • Sending updates, offers, promotions, and research-related content.
  • Measuring email open rates and click activity.
  • Understanding which campaigns lead to website visits or orders.
  • Improving the relevance and performance of email communications.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us at info@acepeptides.co.uk.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies help the website remember choices you make and provide improved features.

Functionality cookies may be used for:

  • Remembering cookie preferences.
  • Remembering website display or user preferences.
  • Supporting account features.
  • Helping forms and checkout fields work correctly.
  • Improving website usability.

Security and Fraud Prevention Cookies

Security cookies help protect the website, customers, and Ace Peptides from fraud, misuse, spam, unauthorised access, and other security risks.

Security cookies may be used for:

  • Detecting suspicious activity.
  • Preventing unauthorised account access.
  • Protecting checkout and payment processes.
  • Reducing spam or automated misuse.
  • Supporting website firewall or security tools.

Some security cookies may be essential for the safe operation of the website.

WooCommerce and Checkout Cookies

Ace Peptides uses WooCommerce to support ecommerce functionality on this website. WooCommerce may use cookies to manage basket contents, checkout sessions, customer accounts, recently viewed products, and order processing.

These cookies are usually essential to allow customers to browse products, add items to the basket, complete checkout, and manage order-related functionality.

WooCommerce cookies may be used for:

  • Remembering basket contents.
  • Supporting checkout sessions.
  • Processing orders.
  • Supporting customer account login.
  • Helping prevent checkout errors.
  • Improving ecommerce functionality.

Age Confirmation and Policy Acknowledgement Cookies

Because Ace Peptides supplies research-use-only products and the website is intended only for users aged 18 or over, cookies or similar technologies may be used to remember age confirmation, site-entry confirmation, cookie preferences, checkout acknowledgements, and acceptance of research-use-only notices.

These cookies may help avoid repeatedly showing the same confirmation messages during the same visit or future visits, depending on your settings and our website configuration.

These cookies may be used for:

  • Remembering that a user has confirmed they are 18 or over.
  • Remembering that a user has acknowledged research-use-only terms.
  • Supporting checkout confirmations.
  • Recording consent or policy acknowledgement where required.
  • Helping maintain website compliance and safety controls.

Payment-Related Cookies

Ace Peptides may accept payment by bank transfer, crypto, or other payment methods made available at checkout from time to time.

Payment-related cookies or similar technologies may be used by the website, checkout system, payment processors, crypto payment providers, security tools, or fraud prevention systems to support payment instructions, checkout security, order confirmation, transaction tracking, and fraud prevention.

Where third-party payment providers are used, those providers may set their own cookies or use their own technologies in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services used on this website. These third parties may process information according to their own privacy and cookie policies.

Third-party services may include:

  • Google Site Kit, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Ads, or related Google services.
  • Meta, TikTok, or other advertising platforms where active.
  • Brevo or other email marketing platforms.
  • WooCommerce and related ecommerce extensions.
  • Payment, crypto payment, fraud prevention, or security providers.
  • Website hosting, performance, caching, or security providers.

Ace Peptides does not control all third-party cookies. You should review the privacy and cookie policies of third-party providers for more information about how they use cookies and similar technologies.

Consent and Cookie Preferences

Where cookies are essential for the operation of the website, they may be used without prior consent.

Where cookies are not essential, such as analytics, advertising, marketing, or certain performance cookies, we will request consent where required by law before using them.

You can manage your cookie preferences through the cookie banner or cookie settings tool on this website, where available.

You may also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block, delete, or restrict cookies. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality, including basket, checkout, account login, age confirmation, and order processing.

Changing or Withdrawing Consent

You can change or withdraw cookie consent at any time using the cookie settings tool on this website, where available.

You can also delete cookies from your browser or adjust browser settings to block cookies in future.

If you withdraw consent for non-essential cookies, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

How Long Cookies Last

Cookies may be session cookies or persistent cookies.

Session Cookies

Session cookies usually expire when you close your browser. They are often used for essential website functions such as basket, checkout, login, or security sessions.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them. They may be used to remember preferences, cookie choices, age confirmations, analytics identifiers, marketing identifiers, or other website settings.

The exact duration of each cookie depends on the cookie type, provider, and website configuration.

Managing Cookies in Your Browser

You can usually manage cookies through your browser settings. Browser controls may allow you to delete existing cookies, block all cookies, block third-party cookies, or receive alerts when cookies are being used.

Cookie settings vary by browser and device. You should check your browser’s help section for specific instructions.

If you block all cookies, some parts of this website may not work correctly.

Updates to This Cookies Policy

Ace Peptides may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, cookie banner, analytics tools, advertising tools, ecommerce functionality, payment methods, third-party providers, or legal obligations.

The latest version will be displayed on this website with the relevant last updated date.

Continued use of this website after any update means you acknowledge the updated Cookies Policy.

Contact

For questions about this Cookies Policy, cookie preferences, or how Ace Peptides uses cookies and similar technologies, please contact us using the details below:

  • Email: info@acepeptides.co.uk
  • Address: Office 27 Arrow Mill, Queensway, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, OL11 2YW
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