Cookie Policy
A cookie is a text file that may be stored, depending on your settings, in a dedicated space on your device's hard drive (your personal computer, tablet or smartphone) when you consult an online service using your web browser. It is sent by the web server to your web browser. Every cookie has a unique and anonymous identifier. The cookie file allows its issuer to identify the device on which it is stored until the cookie in question has expired. A cookie cannot be used to identify a specific individual.
Types of cookies used on this website
When you visit the www.airgas.com website, we may install different kinds of cookies: functionality cookies and, depending on your choices, performance cookies or targeting cookies (related to social networks).
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies enable you to browse the site and use its essential features, such as secure areas on the site. These cookies do not collect any information that could be used for marketing or targeted ad purposes.
Performance cookies
These cookies are used to establish statistics and reports that track usage of the www.airgas.com website (sections and content visited, duration of connection to the site, the number of error messages that occur). We use this information to improve the content and usability of our services as well as to test new functionalities.
This website uses Adobe Analytics, a web analytics tool that tracks and measures user behavior using cookies. This tool collects data about our logged in customers, as well as anonymous web traf fic via tagging. Adobe Analytics allows for analysis of statistical data about customers and guests to improve quality of experience, service and usability of the Airgas.com website.
This website also uses Google Analytics, Google Inc.'s ("Google") web traffic analytics service. Google Analytics uses cookies to help the site understand how visitors use it. The data generated by the cookies concerning your use of the site (including your IP address) will be sent to Google and stored by Google on servers located in the United States.
Cookies related to the use of social networks - Targeting cookies
So-called targeting cookies are linked to services provided by third parties, such as "like" and "share" buttons. They are used to provide you with services or to remember your sharing preferences with social networks.
The social network that provides such buttons are able to use it to identify you, even if you have not used the button while browsing on our website. In fact, this kind of button can be used by the social network in question to understand your browsing habits on our site, even though you have done nothing more than keep your social network account open on your device while visiting our site.
We have no control over the process used by social networks to collect information about your browsing habits on our site and linked to the personal data about you that they possess. We recommend that you read the privacy protection policies of these social networks so that you understand how and by whom - in particular advertisers - the information about your browsing that they are able to obtain thanks to these application buttons is used. These privacy policies should allow you to choose and set your own parameters for each of these social networks.
Management of cookies used on the site
You can configure your web browser in such a way as to ensure that cookies are either stored on your device or, on the contrary, not stored (i.e., blocked), always or depending on the issuer. You can also configure your browser software so that you are asked each time for cookie permissions -- i.e., whether or not you want to store or refuse the cookies that are sent to you.
All cookies stored prior to your parameter settings modification will remain on your computer. You can delete them using your browser settings.
In addition, for performance cookies:
You may disable the performance cookies by clearing your cookies within your web browser to disable tracking.
To opt out of Google tracking your Web history, click the gear icon on the upper right corner of a search results page and go to search history. Click the gear icon again on the upper corner of the Web History page and go to Settings. Then, click the Turn off button next to "Web History is on." To provide website visitors the ability to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics, we have developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js). If you want to opt-out, download and install the add-on for your web browser.
To disable social networks cookies:
Please consult the cookie use policy of each of the social networks concerned so that you can make the appropriate choices for each one by setting the parameters of your choosing with individual networks.
