Cookie Policy
How Solution Medical Supply uses cookies and similar technologies, what each category does, and how you control them. Written to read alongside our Privacy Policy.
Last updated: June 2026. This Cookie Policy explains how Solution Medical Supply ("we," "us," the "site") uses cookies and comparable storage technologies when you visit solutionmedicalsupply.com. It describes what these technologies are, the specific categories we rely on, why we use each one, and the practical steps you can take to manage or disable them. It is intended to be consistent with, and read alongside, our Privacy Policy.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. When you return, the browser sends that file back, so the site can recognize the session, remember a setting, or measure how pages are used. We also use closely related technologies—such as local storage, session storage, and small pixel/beacon requests—which work differently under the hood but serve the same purposes. For plain-language convenience, this policy refers to all of them collectively as "cookies."
Cookies can be grouped two ways. By lifespan: a session cookie is deleted when you close your browser, while a persistent cookie remains for a defined period or until you clear it. By origin: a first-party cookie is set by this domain, while a third-party cookie is set by another service we have chosen to load (for example, an analytics provider). As an authority and reference site—not a storefront—our footprint is intentionally narrow: we set no advertising or cross-site tracking cookies and we do not sell cookie-derived data.
The categories of cookies we use
1. Essential (strictly necessary)
These make the site function and cannot be switched off through our interface, because without them pages would not load or render correctly. They support core delivery—routing your request to the right content, balancing server load, preserving a page session, remembering whether you have already acknowledged this notice, and protecting forms against cross-site request forgery. Essential cookies do not track you across other websites and are not used for analytics or marketing. Because they are required to provide a service you have actively requested, they are exempt from consent under most privacy frameworks. If you block them in your browser, parts of the site may behave unpredictably or fail to load.
2. Analytics (performance)
These help us understand how the reference desk is actually used so we can improve it—which buying guides are read most, where readers enter and leave, which navigation paths get them to the right pillar (mobility, respiratory, wound care, incontinence, clinical furniture, or procurement), and whether pages load quickly. Analytics cookies collect aggregated, statistical information; wherever the underlying tool supports it, we configure IP truncation and disable cross-site identifiers so the data is used to measure the site, not to profile you. We do not use this category to serve advertising. Analytics cookies are optional, and the site remains fully readable if you decline or disable them.
3. Preference (functionality)
These remember choices you make so your experience is consistent between visits—for example a chosen language or region, a layout or text-size preference, or the fact that you dismissed a non-essential notice. Preference cookies are about convenience, not tracking; declining them simply means the site reverts to its defaults each time and you may need to re-set an option you previously chose.
How long cookies last
Lifespans vary by purpose. Session and security cookies typically expire when you close the browser or shortly after inactivity. Preference cookies persist for a defined period—commonly up to twelve months—so your settings survive a return visit. Analytics cookies are retained only as long as needed to produce meaningful usage trends, after which the underlying records are aggregated or purged according to the provider's retention settings. You can clear any cookie at any time using the browser controls described below.
How to manage or disable cookies
You are always in control. There are three practical levers:
- On-site choice. Where we present a cookie notice or preference control, you can accept or decline the optional categories (analytics and preference) without affecting access to content. Essential cookies remain active because the site cannot function without them.
- Browser settings. Every major browser lets you view, block, or delete cookies—site by site or globally—and most offer a setting to refuse third-party cookies or to clear everything on exit. Look under Settings → Privacy/Security → Cookies and site data in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge. Mobile browsers offer equivalent controls in their privacy menus. Blocking all cookies may break essential functionality on this and other sites.
- Opt-out and signals. Many browsers send a "Do Not Track" or Global Privacy Control signal; where the law requires us to honor such a signal for optional categories, we do. Analytics providers also publish their own opt-out mechanisms, which apply across every site that uses them.
Third-party services
When an optional analytics service is loaded, that provider may set its own cookies governed by its policies, not ours. We choose privacy-conscious configurations and keep the list of such services short. We do not embed advertising networks, social-media trackers, or data-broker pixels on this site.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect new categories, providers, or legal requirements. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above; material changes will be made evident on this page. Continued use of the site after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Relationship to our Privacy Policy
Cookies are one of the ways we may process limited information about your visit. For the full picture—what data we collect, why, how long we keep it, and the rights you can exercise—please read our Privacy Policy, which this Cookie Policy is designed to complement.
Questions
If you have a question about how cookies are used on this site, reach us through our contact page and we will respond promptly.