Canadian Owned & Operated
Canadian Owned & Operated
This page was last changed on June 30, 2026, last checked on June 30, 2026 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of Canada.
Our website, https://hmebc.com (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.
A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.
We have made agreements about the use of cookies with other companies that place cookies. However, we cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. Parties such as Google are to be considered as independent data controllers. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of these companies.
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid.
We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website.
On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your behavior on https://hmebc.com. With these cookies you, as website visitor, are linked to a unique ID but these cookies will not profile your behavior and interests to serve personalized ads.
You can object to the tracking by these cookies by clicking the “Manage Consent” button.
Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
On our website, we have included content from Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn and Instagram to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn and Instagram. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn and Instagram and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.
Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter), LinkedIn and Instagram are located in the United States.
| Name | Expiration | Usage / Function |
|---|---|---|
cmplz_functional | 365 days | Stores the visitor’s functional cookie consent preferences. |
cmplz_statistics | 365 days | Stores whether the visitor consented to statistics/analytics cookies. |
cmplz_preferences | 365 days | Stores the visitor’s preferences cookie consent choice. |
cmplz_marketing | 365 days | Stores whether the visitor consented to marketing cookies. |
ba_utm_params | 30 days | Stores UTM campaign parameters so form submissions or orders can be attributed to the correct marketing source. |
_grecaptcha | Session / persistent | Used by Google reCAPTCHA to help detect spam and abusive form submissions. |
PHPSESSID | Session | Maintains the visitor’s active PHP session while browsing the site. |
__stripe_mid | 1 year | Used by Stripe for fraud prevention and secure payment processing. |
__stripe_sid | 30 minutes | Used by Stripe to maintain a secure checkout/payment session. |
checkout_continuity_service | Session / persistent | Helps preserve checkout state so the checkout process can continue reliably. |
woocommerce_items_in_cart | Session | Tracks whether the visitor has items in their WooCommerce cart. |
woocommerce_cart_hash | Session | Helps WooCommerce detect cart changes and keep cart data updated. |
wp_woocommerce_session_{session_id} | 2 days | Stores a unique customer session ID so WooCommerce can associate cart data with the visitor. |
storeApiCartHash | Session / persistent | Used by WooCommerce Blocks / Store API to track cart state. |
storeApiCartData | Session / persistent | Stores WooCommerce Store API cart data for cart and checkout functionality. |
storeApiNonce | Session / persistent | Security nonce used by WooCommerce Store API requests. |
wc_cart_hash_{hash_id} | Session | WooCommerce cart hash used to detect changes to cart contents. |
wc_fragments_{id} | Session | Helps WooCommerce refresh cart fragments such as mini-cart contents. |
wc_cart_created | Session | Records when the WooCommerce cart was created. |
productsviewed | Session / persistent | Stores recently viewed products for product browsing features. |
sbjs_migrations | Session / persistent | Used by Sourcebuster.js to manage attribution cookie format updates. |
sbjs_current_add | Session / persistent | Stores current visit attribution details such as landing page and referrer. |
sbjs_first_add | Session / persistent | Stores first-visit attribution details. |
sbjs_current | Session / persistent | Stores the current traffic source. |
sbjs_first | Session / persistent | Stores the first recorded traffic source. |
sbjs_udata | Session / persistent | Stores user attribution data such as visits and session count. |
sbjs_session | Session | Stores the current Sourcebuster session data. |
utm_source | Session / persistent | Stores the marketing campaign source. |
utm_medium | Session / persistent | Stores the marketing campaign medium. |
utm_campaign | Session / persistent | Stores the marketing campaign name. |
entry_page | Session / persistent | Stores the first page visited during the session for attribution purposes. |
tk_ai | Session / persistent | Used by Automattic/Jetpack/WooCommerce for analytics or anonymous usage tracking. |
statsig.session_id.{id} | Session / persistent | Stores a Statsig analytics/experimentation session ID. |
statsig.stable_id.{id} | Persistent | Stores a stable Statsig visitor identifier for analytics or feature testing. |
statsig.cached.evaluations.{id} | Persistent | Caches Statsig feature flag or experiment evaluations. |
statsig.last_modified_time.evaluations | Persistent | Stores the last update time for cached Statsig evaluations. |
ph_phc_{id}_posthog | Persistent | Used by PostHog for analytics and visitor behavior tracking. |
ph_phc_{id}_window_id | Session | Identifies the current browser window for PostHog analytics. |
ph_phc_{id}_primary_window_exists | Session | Helps PostHog determine whether a primary tracking window already exists. |
ub-emb-id | Session / persistent | Used by an embedded third-party tool to identify the embedded session or visitor. |
mapbox.eventData.uuid:{id} | Persistent | Used by Mapbox to store map usage/event data. |
wordpress_test_cookie | Session | Used by WordPress to check whether cookies are enabled in the visitor’s browser. |
wordpress_logged_in_{id} | Session / login duration | Keeps a logged-in WordPress user authenticated. |
wpEmojiSettingsSupports | Session | Used by WordPress to determine whether the visitor’s browser supports emoji rendering. |
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Accept”, you consent to us using all cookies and plug-ins as described in the pop-up and this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
You have loaded the Cookie Policy without javascript support. On AMP, you can use the manage consent button on the bottom of the page.
You can also disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.
You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser. Or you can indicate your preferences on the following page: youradchoices.ca
Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.
You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.
For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:
HME Medical Distribution Ltd
160-4011 Viking Way, Richmond, BC V6V 2K9
Canada
Website: https://hmebc.com
Email: hme@ballisticarts.com
Phone number: 1-844-821-0075
