Last Updated: June 2024

This Cookie Policy explains how Pet Boarders (“we,” “our,” “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website, petboarders.co.uk. It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies We Use

We use both first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons for our website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our website. Third parties serve cookies through our website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes.

Google Analytics 4 (GA4) Cookies

  • _ga: Used to distinguish users. Expiration: 2 years.
  • ga<container-id>: Used to persist session state. Expiration: 2 years.
  • _gid: Used to distinguish users. Expiration: 24 hours.
  • _gat: Used to throttle request rate. Expiration: 1 minute.
  • gac_gb<container-id>: Contains campaign-related information. Expiration: 90 days.
  • _gcl_au: Used by Google AdSense for advertisement efficiency experiments. Expiration: 3 months.

Google Tag Manager (GTM)

  • GTM does not set cookies directly. It is used to manage and deploy tags on our website, including those that set cookies.

Third-Party Advertising Cookies

We also use third-party advertising partners who may set cookies on your device when you visit petboarders.co.uk to serve targeted advertisements to you. These cookies allow the ad servers to recognise your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you.

Control Over Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided below:

Essential Website Cookies

  • These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Analytics and Customization Cookies

  • To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions below under the heading “How Can I Control Cookies?”

Advertising Cookies

How Can I Control Cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can set your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted.

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.

Additionally, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [Contact Email Address].

By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Cookie Policy.