Last updated: 6th November, 2023
Please read this Cookies Policy carefully before using Our Service.
1. Interpretation and Definitions
1.1. Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
1.2. Definitions
1.2.1. For the purposes of this Cookies Policy:
1.2.2. Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
1.2.3. Country refers to: United Kingdom
1.2.4. Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Puffin Sites, Apartment 4, 27 Manley Gardens, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 3EF.
1.2.5. Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
1.2.6. Service refers to the Website; https://petratties.com.
1.2.7. Third-party Social Media Service means any services or content (including data, information, products or services) provided by a third-party that may be displayed, included or made available by the Service.
1.2.8. Website refers to Pet Ratties, accessible from https://www.petratties.com
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data text files that are used to identify your computer or device that you’re using online. When you visit ours or any website, a cookie is created and stored on your hard drive. This means the website can recognize you when you visit the website.
Some cookies are “session-based” which means they disappear when you leave the website, and other cookies are “persistent”, which are stored on your device until you delete them. “Persistent” cookies allow a website to recognize you each time you visit the website again.
Cookies are one piece of technology used to collect online user information. When you visit mobile apps, they may use SDKs, which act like cookies. There are also other identifiers on app that help them to identify your device. There are also “web beacons”, which are also known as a tag, clear GIF, and pixel tag. “Web beacons” are used to transmit information back to a web server, much like cookies and SDKs.
When we refer to “Cookies” in this Cookie Policy, we are also referring to web beacons, SDKs and similar technologies.
3. What Types of Cookies Do We Use?
- First Party Cookies: We use our own cookies to recognize your device and remember you as a unique user.
- Session Cookies: These remember you during your session on our website. They are deleted when you leave our website and your web browser. We use session Cookies to make sure content is displayed correctly on our website, to balance and monitor load on our servers, and for other technical matters essential to the operation of our website. You can configure your device to reject these cookies, but please be aware that our website may not work correctly, or at all.
- Consent Cookies: These are used by our consent management platform we employ to record your preferences about third party cookies described below, and to store and share your preference with those third parties. We use these essential cookies to make sure we are in compliance with the legal obligations imposed on us and on third parties with whom we have a business relationship to ensure we request your consent, record your consent preferences, and act on such consent preferences.
- Analytics Cookies: Analytics cookies are used by us and by third parties who process data for us for data analytics purposes, for example Google Analytics, so that we can manage and improve the performance and design of our website. They also allow us to monitor, audit, research and report. We have activated Google’s IP anonymization function on our Sites. This will cause your IP address to be cut by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other countries party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transmitted to the USA.
Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On our behalf, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the Sites, to compile reports on Site activity and to provide us with other services relating to website and internet use
The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data. With respect to Google Analytics, you can read about how Google uses data gathered for that purpose here. (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites) - Third-Party Cookies: Our advertising and affiliate links. Our Advertising Partners and our affiliate links partners collect personal data from you for the purposes they disclose through our cookie consent management platform.
- Advertising Partners include ad networks such as third party ad servers, ad agencies, ad technology vendors and research firms.
- Affiliate Link Partners pay us when you buy things from them or another third party after clicking on an affiliate link in our content.
Our Advertising Partners use third party cookies to provide you with tailored or personalized ads when you are using our website, and when you visit Third-Party Sites. They also use cookies to track ad views on our website.
Advertising Partners and affiliate link partners may set, view or edit their own cookies on your web browser or mobile device when you interact with our website They use cookies to track your online activities including your use of our website.
4. What Information Do Cookies Collect?
Cookies allow us to collect your IP address, device and browser type, a unique ID assigned to your device, your operating system, referring URLs, content viewed, and may include other actions taken on our website, including language, country, and time and date of those actions.
5. What Choices Do You Have?
Devices and browsers have tools that allow you to disable Cookies. However, if you disable Cookies, you may not be able to access all the features on our website. You can change your mind and revisit your consent choices at any time, and you can decide who you will allow to set cookies on your browser or device. We do suggest that you keep your essential cookies active as this will give you a better user experience when visiting our website, and it’ll help us to improve our content and services.
If you have any further queries regarding Cookies, please email us at contact@puffinsites.com.