This policy describes the type of cookies we, Bell Laboratories Inc, a Wisconsin corporation, use on our website www.belllabs.com (“Website”).

Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Website and also allows us to improve the Website.

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

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. These essential cookies are always enabled because our Website won’t work properly without them. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website. You can switch off these cookies in your browser settings but you may then not be able to access all or parts of our Website.
• Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie type and cookie name	Purpose
Cookie type: Strictly necessary cookie Cookie name: rc::a	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. The cookie is deleted after you quit your browser. This cookie is essential for the Website, to make valid reports on the use of the Website.
Cookie type: Analytics or performance cookie Cookie name: _gid	This cookie is set by Google Analytics to track individual user actions during a single session, such as which pages a user visits. It is temporary and expires within 24 hours.
Cookie type: Analytics or performance cookie Cookie name: _ga_#	This cookie is set by Google Analytics to track long term user activity such as page views, repeat visits, and referral URLs with a unique identifier.
Cookie type: Analytics or performance cookie Cookie name: _ga	This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to send information about the user’s unique identifier back to Google.
Cookie type: Analytics or performance cookie Cookie name: _gat#	This cookie is set by Google Analytics to limit the rate of requests sent by a browser to manage data collection on high traffic websites. It helps to optimize website performance by improving the data flow. It expires after a single session.
Cookie type: Analytics or performance cookie Cookie name: NID	This cookie is set by Google to track and save the preferences of users when they are not signed into their Google account.
Cookie type: Analytics or performance cookie Cookie name: S7	This cookie is set by Adobe Analytics to gather data regarding site usage and user behavior.

 

Please note that Google Analytics may also use cookies, over which we have no control. The third party cookies used by Google Analytics are likely to be analytical cookies, performance cookies and/or targeting cookies. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Choices about cookies

You can choose which analytical, functionality and targeting cookies we can set by clicking on the button(s):

Strictly necessary cookies    ALWAYS ACTIVE

Analytical or performance cookies    OFF

You can also choose to “Reject All” cookies in the cookie banner.

However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, contact us:

In writing at privacy@belllabs.com, or Bell Laboratories, Inc., 6551 North Towne Road, Windsor, Wisconsin 53598 or by telephone at 1-800-323-6628.