Cookie Policy

Introduction and scope

Santen SAS is responsible for the collection and processing of your data as they relate to cookies used in this website lidrise-study.com.

For the purposes of this Policy, Santen acts as data controller for cookies and similar technologies used on the Website.

This policy will explain how this website uses cookies in order to provide clear and relevant information to users on what choices the user has in terms of controlling what happens when they access our website. The policy uses the term ‘cookies’ to refer to cookies and similar technologies covered by the law (such as, for example, Local Shared Objects – commonly referred to as “flash cookies”, web beacons or bugs, including transparent clear gifs).

The information collected through these technologies may include data that could indirectly identify website users/visitors (for example, IP address, domain and registration numbers of the computers used to connect to the website). Such data will be processed only in aggregated and statistical form, and will not be used to directly identify individual users.

This document is an integral and substantial part of the Privacy Policy and the information notice contained in it complies with the provisions set out by the e-Privacy Directive 2002/58/EC, as amended and in force, the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“GDPR”) and any other related national and European data protection and data privacy laws and regulations including any relevant opinions and guidelines issued by local data protection authorities. We recommend, therefore, that you also read our Privacy Policy to know more about Santen’s general commitment to data protection.

What is a cookie

A cookie is a small text file, typically consisting of letters and numbers, downloaded onto a device when the user accesses the website. Cookies are then sent back to originating website on each subsequent visit. Cookies are useful because they improve the website’s functionality and overall performance and provide the users with a more tailored browsing experience. They also give insights on the use of our website by our visitors and help us to understand how visitors are using our website and the services provided therein.

The use of cookies and similar technologies has for some time been commonplace and cookies in particular are important in the provision of many online services. Using such technologies is not, therefore, prohibited by the law but they do require that people are well informed in advance about the use of cookies installed on a website and are given the choice to directly accept all of them or if they wish so, to customise their cookies preferences.

Different types of cookies

Session and persistent cookies

Cookies can expire at the end of a browser session (from when a user opens the browser window to when they exit the browser) or they can be stored for longer periods of time.

Session cookies – allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session. These session cookies are temporary and expire after a browser session.

The use of the so-called session cookies (that, in any case, are not stored persistently on the user’s computer and are deleted automatically as soon as the browser is shut down) is strictly limited to the purpose of transmitting data (made up of random numbers created by the server) identifying the specific session and necessary to allow a safe and efficient website surfing. The so-called session cookies used in this website avoid any other computer methods that could potentially compromise the privacy about users’ web-surfing.

Persistent cookies – are stored on a users’ device in between browser sessions, which allow the preferences or actions of the user across a site (or in some cases across different websites) to be remembered. Persistent cookies may be used for a variety of purposes including remembering users’ preferences and choices when using a site.

First and third party cookies – whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the website or domain placing the cookie. First party cookies in basic terms are cookies set by a website visited by the user – the website displayed in the URL window: i.e. cookies set by the LIDRISE Study Website on lidrise-study.com. Third party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than the one being visited by the user: i.e. cookies, which are set by companies and web sites other than the LIDRISE Study Website, such as Google. If a user visits a website (such as lidrise-study.com and a separate company sets a cookie through it this would be a third-party cookie.

How to accept, control and delete our cookies

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the correct functioning of this website and do not require user’s consent, such as those ensuring that the content of a page loads efficiently or provides security.

Other cookies are still reasonably necessary or important, but they are not strictly essential and, therefore, require user’s consent. We do not use optional cookies on this Website. If optional cookies are introduced in the future, we will request your consent through the Cookie Preferences tool before placing them on your device.

If you do not wish to give consent or wish to withdraw your consent to any non-essential cookies at any time, you will need to modify your preferences in the cookies settings or delete, and block or disable cookies via your browser settings. These settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. Otherwise you should use the ‘help’ option in your internet browser for more details or you can click on one of the links below to go directly to the user manual for your browser:

Please note that disabling or blocking some or all of the categories of cookies will affect the functionality of the website and may impact your user experience.

Any of your cookies preferences are limited to this website only and not to other third-party owned websites or any other webpages, which may be hyperlinked to this website. For more information on cookies used by those websites, please refer to the specific privacy notice or cookie policy of those websites.

Cookies that we use

When operating its website, Santen uses cookies to offer services, to improve user’s experience, as well as to develop aggregated statistics on the data collected for various reasons.

These cookies allow us to distinguish you from other users of the website, which helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our website.

The cookies we use are strictly necessary “technical” cookies. Technical cookies are essential to ensure the website functions correctly. We do not use advertising cookies, and we do not use analytics cookies on this Website. We use a privacy-first analytics/security tool (Fathom Analytics) that does not set cookies or use device storage. It briefly processes IP addresses for security (rate-limiting) before anonymizing them; no fingerprinting or persistent identifiers are used. For details, please see our Privacy Policy. If we introduce optional analytics cookies in the future, we will request your consent in the Cookie Preferences tool before placing them on your device.

More specifically, the LIDRISE Study Website uses these types of cookies, as listed in the table below:

Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookie name	Source	Expiry	Description	Default status
Cookie name CookieConsent	Source lidrise-study.com	Expiry Session	Description Stores your cookie consent choices for this site (no personal data is stored).	Default status Always active
Cookie name pll_language	Source lidrise-study.com	Expiry Session	Description Polylang language preference to remember/display your selected language.	Default status Always active
Cookie name wordpress_test_cookie	Source lidrise-study.com	Expiry Session	Description Tests whether your browser accepts cookies to ensure basic site functions work.	Default status Always active

Third-party embedded content (Maps)

The interactive map loads from Google services (e.g., google.com, googleapis.com, gstatic.com). In our current implementation, the map does not set cookies or use device storage on this Website. When the map loads, your browser connects to Google and transmits your IP address and device headers; this is described in our Privacy Policy. Because no cookies are set by the map on this Website, cookie consent is not required for this feature.

Circulation and storage of data

Data concerning website users will not be stored for a longer period than necessary for the purposes described above in compliance with applicable laws. Information collected via cookies is not disclosed to unspecified recipients and is handled in line with our Privacy Policy.

Cookies policy updating

The cookies policy of our website may be updated periodically, so it is recommended to consult this document each time you access the site, in order to be properly informed about any updates to our use of cookies. We will indicate the date of the last revision at the end of this policy.

More information on cookies

For more information on cookies installed through this website, you can contact our Privacy EMEA Office at: privacy-emea@santen.com.

You can also visit www.aboutcookies.org, www.allaboutcookies.org or https://cookiepedia.co.uk/, which contain general information about cookies and comprehensive information on how to modify the cookie settings on a wide variety of browsers and how to delete cookies from your computer.

Last revised:

16 September 2025