Cookie Policy
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 don't have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
We've put our cookies into the following categories, to make it easier for you to understand why we need them:
- Strictly necessary: These are used to help make our website work efficiently, provide security features on our website, and provide services you've asked for, like shopping carts and billing.
- Performance: These are used to analyze the way our website works and how we can improve it.
- Functionality: These help to enhance your experience by remembering choices you've made concerning the features of the website (i.e. username, language, region you are in).
- Targeting/Advertising: These cookies 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. We currently do not use any targeting or advertising cookies.
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'll still be able to browse our website, but it will restrict some of the functionality of our website or what you can do.
Cookies on BalboaDirect.com, BalboaWaterGroup.com, and BalboaWater.com
| COOKIE | DESCRIPTION | DURATION | TYPE |
| _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 |
| _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. | 6 months | 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 |
| _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 |
| WAWebSiteSID | This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is a site identifier used to make sure the visitor is routed to the correct website on the server. | Session | Necessary |
| ARRAffinity | This cookie is set by websites that run on Windows Azure cloud platform. The cookie is used to affinitize a client to an instance of an Azure Web App. | Session | Necessary |
| continue-shopping-redirect | This cookie is a session cookie to allow a visitor to continue shopping. | Session | Necessary |
| AntiXsrfToken | This cookie is a session cookie to defend against cross-site request forgery attacks. | Session | Necessary |
| _cfduid | The cookie is set by CloudFare. The cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. | 11 months | Necessary |
| chkvalues | null | 5 months | Other |
| ASP.NET_SessionID | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Microsoft .NET based technologies. | Session | Necessary |
| anonymousID | null | 5 months | Other |
| ClientID | null | 11 months | Other |
| org.gluu.il8n.Locale | This cookie determines the locality of the user in order to store language preferences. It does not correspond to any user ID in the web application and does not store any personally identifiable information. | 11 months | Functional |
| session_state session_id JSESSION mod_auth_openide_session | These cookies are session cookies to maintain a consistent session between page visits for a visitor and authenticate users. | Session | Necessary |
We are currently reviewing our lists and will update them from time to time.
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 browswer settings for each web browser you use, on each device you use to access the internet.
Information on controlling and deleting cookies, including on a wide variety of browsers, is also available at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
The internet Advertising Bureau website Your Online Choices allows you to install opt-out cookies across different advertising networks.
