Zimmer Biomet Cookie Notice
When you visit a Zimmer Biomet website (“Site”), we may use one or more cookies, and this cookie notice explains cookies and how we use them.
When you visit a Site, your web browser sends a request message to the Site, which then sends a response, usually in the form of a file that is placed on your computer or other device. In such interactions, the Site cannot distinguish one browser’s request from another. If you want your browser to be recognized and individualized, so to speak, so that you can, for example, continue to receive content that is delivered according to your submitted preferences without needing to resubmit them every time you visit another page on the Site, then the Site must be able to identify your browser every time it makes a request. Therefore, when you visit many Sites, your browser will, at the request of the Site, save a small file called a “cookie” on your device. The file contains information (typically a random number) that uniquely identifies your browser on your device. This cookie will then serve as a signal the next time you visit the Site that sent the cookie to ensure that “you,” that is, your browser, is recognized as a previous visitor with particular preferences.
Cookies may collect personal data (which, in some jurisdictions, would include your internet protocol (IP) address). Please consult our Privacy Notice page for more information on how we process personal data.
Common uses for cookies include:
Identifying visitors who have signed into a protected Site, which enables them to visit multiple pages without being required to submit a username and password for every page;
Keeping track of visitors’ preferences regarding the content they would like to see and the format in which they would like to view it so they don’t need to resubmit the preferences every time they visit the site;
Keeping track of the pages visitors’ request and other statistics, which creates data that can be used to make improvements to Site content and navigation; and
Enabling advertising on third party websites.
We use certain cookies that are considered “strictly necessary” for the regular operation and security of our Sites, as well as for the provision of the services and products you request. For these cookies, we do not ask for your consent but we do inform you about their presence on our Sites.
In addition, other categories of cookies that we use and for which we may be required to ask for your consent are:
“Functional” cookies that help personalize services by remembering your preferences and settings;
“Analytics” cookies that measure how users interact with Site content, which helps us also to improve our Sites and your browsing experience with us; and
"Targeting" cookies that provide customized advertisements that are relevant to your interests.
We may use first-party cookies (cookies set directly by us to your device) as well as cookies served by third parties. Third-party cookies are most commonly used for Site analytics or advertising purposes.
Information about Cookies used on Zimmer Biomet websites
Type of cookie | Category | Source | What these cookies do | How to exercise your cookie choices |
JSESSIONID | Strictly necessary | Zimmer Biomet | This cookie is used by WebSphere Application Server (and other Java Web App environments) as a reference to a server side session context. This allows the application server to store and keep track of Site visitor information for the duration of the interaction. This cookie typically has a 15- or 30minute inactivity expiration. | You can control and delete these cookies only through your browser settings. However, if you choose to do so, then you will not be able to use specific essential functions of the Site(s). |
WASReqURL | Strictly necessary | Zimmer Biomet | This cookie is used to hold ephemeral URL across multiple redirects during WebSphere Portal login processing. It is removed by the system after authentication is complete. | You can control and delete these cookies through your browser settings. However, if you choose to do so, then you will not be able to use specific essential functions of the Site(s). |
BIOMETDEFAULT | Functional | Zimmer Biomet | When a user first visits the home page of the global Zimmer Biomet Site (www.zimmerbiomet.com), the address of the user's device is checked to determine the country in which it is located. The Site then creates this cookie on the user’s device with a value containing the URL of the home page for the determined country, and then displays that country’s Zimmer Biomet web page. On subsequent visits to www.zimmerbiomet.com, the Site will check for the existence of this cookie, and if found, will display the web page indicated by the URL found in the cookie. This makes it possible for users to be sent directly to their country’s Site without needing to navigate through several web pages to find the content for their country.
This cookie expires 180 days from when it is initially created or reset. | You can control and delete these cookies through our cookies preference tool and/or your browser settings. You may lose Site functionality if you do so. |
Zb-pref-country
| Functional | Zimmer Biomet | This cookie is used to improve your Zimmer Biomet user experience by ensuring that you view the appropriate Zimmer Biomet country Site. This cookie expires three years from when it is initially created or reset. | You can control and delete these cookies through our cookies preference tool and/or your browser settings. You may lose Site functionality if you do so. |
LtpaToken2 | Functional | Zimmer Biomet | This cookie typically has a 2-hour timeframe on the server, but that is configurable. It will remain on the browser until removed or superseded in an action taken by WebSphere (e.g. explicit and implicit logout). | You can control and delete these cookies through our cookies preference tool and/or your browser settings. You may lose Site functionality if you do so. |
Zb-pref-lang | Functional | Zimmer Biomet | This cookie is used to improve your Zimmer Biomet Site user experience by ensuring that you view the most appropriate language version of the Site. This cookie expires three years from when it is initially created or reset. | You can control and delete these cookies through our cookies preference tool and/or your browser settings. You may lose Site functionality if you do so. |
__utma __utmb __utmc _ ga _gid | Analytics | Third Party - Google Analytics | These cookies enable us to determine the number of unique visitors (defined as a specific browser on a specific computer) that visit the Zimmer Biomet Sites for statistical purposes and to improve Site functionality.
__utmb and __utmc are used in conjunction.
__utma and _ga expire two years from when it is initially created or reset, whereas __utmb and __utmc last 30 minutes from when they are initially created or reset.
__gid expires every 24 hours. | Information on how to opt out of Google Analytics is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en.
Google’s privacy notice is available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
__utmz | Analytics | Third Party - Google Analytics | This cookie enables us to determine what web page a browser was on immediately before visiting each web page on our Sites. This helps us to gauge the effectiveness of links in helping users find the information they seek.
This cookie expires six months from when it is initially created or reset. | Information on how to opt out of Google Analytics is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en
Google’s privacy notice is available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
_gat | Analytics | Third Party - Google Analytics | The _gat cookie is used to limit the number of requests.
This cookie expires after 10 minutes. | Information on how to opt out of Google Analytics is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en
Google’s privacy notice is available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en |
s_cc s_fid s_sq s_vi | Analytics | Third Party - Adobe Analytics | Adobe Adobe Analytics provides anonymous statistical information for us. It helps us understand how many page views we have, how many users we have, what browsers they are using and, in some cases, in which country, city, or region they are located.
s_cc This cookie determines whether cookies are enabled in your browser.
s_fid This cookie is a 'fallback' visitor identifier where the s_vi cookie normally used for this purpose is blocked. It contains a randomly generated, unique id.
s_sq It stores information about the previous link clicked within the Site.
s_vi This cookie is used to identify unique visitors, with an ID and timestamp. | Information on how to opt-out is available here: http://www.adobe.com/privacy/opt-out.html.
The privacy policy of Adobe is available: https://www.adobe.com/uk/privacy/policy.html
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| Targeting | Third Party - AddThis/Oracle | We include a feature on some of our Sites provided by AddThis that enables visitors to share a web page via Facebook, Twitter, email, and other media. This cookie may use non-personally identifiable information collected during your visits to these Sites in order for other Sites to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of interest to you. This cookie expires two years from when it is initially created or reset. | Information on how to opt-out is available here: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out The privacy policy of Oracle Add is available here: https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/addthis-privacy-policy.html
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| Targeting | Third Party - Google Advertising | These cookies may use non-personally identifiable information collected during your visit to our Sites to facilitate interest-based advertising on third party Sites. Google advertising cookies are typically stored under the domain doubleclick.net. Third party online advertising networks utilize these cookies to serve online advertising on other Sites. These cookies typically expire after 45 days. | Information on how to opt-out is available here: https://myadcenter.google.com/personalizationoff?hl=en&sasb=true&ref=ad-settings See also below for information on the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-opt. Google's privacy notice is available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US |
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| Targeting | Third Party - Marketo | This cookie is set by Marketo. This allows a Site to track visitor behavior on the sites on which the cookie is installed and to link a visitor to the recipient of an email marketing campaign, to measure campaign effectiveness. Tracking is performed anonymously until a user identifies himself by submitting a form.
This cookie is used on the Zimmer Biomet Simple Solutions, Zimmer Biomet mymobility, and Zimmer Biomet Sites: http://www.zbsimplesolutions.com/ http://www.zbmymobility.com/ http://www.zimmerbiomet.com/ | Information on the cookie policy and on how to opt-out is available here: https://documents.marketo.com/legal/cookies/ |
Cookie Preference Set-Up
How can you set up your cookies’ preferences?
You can set up or change your cookies’ preferences at any time by using our cookies consent tool at the bottom of our Sites and here.
Moreover, you can disable the use of cookies including those used on our Sites by turning off the cookie function on your browser. To manage your cookie preferences through your browser, you can follow the links below or find the cookie management instructions in the support page of your browser, depending on the browser you are using:
However, some portions of our Sites will not work properly if you choose to do so. For example, if you choose to purchase something through one of our Sites or put in a password to access a restricted area, you will not be able to do so unless the Site can authenticate you through cookies.
For further information about cookies including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
In Europe, you may also visit www.youronlinechoices.eu to exercise choices about certain cookies.
In the U.S. you may also visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page at http://optout.networkadvertising.org/#!/ to learn how to opt-out of third-party, interest-based targeting cookies.