7. COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy explains how Paws Garden uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with our website.

Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device when you visit a website. They can help websites function correctly, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the website and, where applicable, support marketing activities.

By continuing to use our website, cookies may be placed on your device where permitted by applicable law and according to your selected cookie preferences.

7.1 WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small files containing information that are stored on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other internet-connected device when you visit a website.

Cookies may allow a website to recognise your device and remember certain information about your visit.

Some cookies are placed directly by Paws Garden, while others may be placed by third-party services that we use.

7.2 TYPES OF COOKIES WE MAY USE

Depending on how our website operates, we may use different categories of cookies.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for important website functions.

They may help with activities such as:

• Processing purchases;

• Maintaining shopping baskets;

• Enabling secure areas of the website;

• Remembering essential settings;

• Supporting checkout functionality;

• Protecting the website from certain security threats.

Because these cookies may be necessary for the website to operate, they may not always be available for optional disabling through cookie preference tools.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may allow the website to remember choices you have made and provide a more personalised experience.

For example, they may remember certain preferences or settings selected during previous visits.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies may help us understand how visitors interact with our website.

Information collected may include general information about:

• Which pages are visited;

• How visitors navigate the website;

• How long visitors spend on certain pages;

• Whether certain pages or features experience technical issues;

• General website performance.

This information can help us improve the website and customer experience.

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

Where applicable and subject to the required permissions, advertising or marketing cookies may be used to help measure advertising campaigns, understand interactions with advertisements and provide more relevant promotional content.

These cookies may be placed by third-party advertising or analytics providers.

7.3 THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

Some cookies may be placed by third-party services integrated into our website.

These third parties may include providers involved in:

• Website analytics;

• Payment processing;

• Advertising;

• Social media functionality;

• Website performance;

• Security;

• Customer support.

Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

Where required, Paws Garden will seek to obtain appropriate consent before using non-essential third-party cookies.

7.4 COOKIE CONSENT

Where applicable, our website may provide a cookie consent banner or preference centre when you first visit the website.

Depending on the available options, you may be able to:

• Accept optional cookies;

• Reject optional cookies;

• Select individual cookie categories;

• Change your preferences later.

Essential cookies may continue to operate where they are necessary to provide services you have requested or to operate the website.

7.5 HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES

You can also control or delete cookies through your internet browser.

Most modern browsers allow you to manage cookie settings through their privacy or security options.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

For example, disabling essential cookies could interfere with features such as shopping baskets, checkout or account functionality.

7.6 COOKIE DURATION

Cookies may remain on your device for different periods.

Some cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. These are commonly referred to as session cookies.

Other cookies may remain on your device for a longer period and are designed to remember information between visits. These are commonly referred to as persistent cookies.

The exact lifespan of a cookie depends on its purpose and the provider that places it.

7.7 INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES

Depending on the type of cookie and the service involved, information collected may include technical or usage information such as:

• Device type;

• Browser type;

• Approximate location;

• Pages visited;

• Website interactions;

• Referral information;

• General browsing behaviour;

• Unique identifiers.

Cookies do not necessarily identify you directly by name.

Where cookie-related information can be associated with personal data, it will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.

7.8 COOKIES AND PERSONAL DATA

Some information collected through cookies may constitute personal data under applicable data protection laws.

Where this occurs, Paws Garden will process such information in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection requirements.

Our Privacy Policy provides additional information about how personal information is collected, used, stored and protected.

7.9 CHANGES TO COOKIE PREFERENCES

If our website provides a cookie preference tool, you may be able to change your choices after your initial selection.

Changing your preferences may affect how certain website functions operate.

If you delete cookies through your browser, you may also lose previously saved cookie preferences and may be asked to select them again during a future visit.

7.10 CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

• The cookies and technologies used by our website;

• Third-party services;

• Legal or regulatory requirements;

• Our business practices;

• Website functionality.

The latest version of this policy will be published on this page.

7.11 CONTACT US

If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact Paws Garden using the contact details provided on our website.

For additional information about how we process personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.