Cookies Policy
Dwellingzone is committed to transparency about how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices regarding their use.
Last Updated: January 2025
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners. Cookies help us understand how you use our pet care services website, remember your preferences, and improve your overall experience.
These files contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive, allowing us to recognize your browser and capture certain information. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.
How We Use Cookies
At Dwellingzone, we use cookies to enhance your experience when browsing our animal care services website. Our cookies help us:
- Remember your preferences and settings for future visits
- Understand how you navigate through our website and which services interest you most
- Improve the functionality and performance of our website
- Provide personalized content related to pet care services
- Analyze website traffic and user behavior to optimize our services
- Enable essential features such as appointment booking and service inquiries
- Ensure the security of your interactions with our website
Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. Without these cookies, services you have requested, such as booking pet care appointments or accessing secure areas, cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you for marketing purposes.
Performance Cookies
Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if error messages are received. These cookies help us understand visitor behavior patterns and improve how our pet care services website works. All information collected by performance cookies is aggregated and anonymous.
Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language, pet type, or service location) and provide enhanced, personalized features. These cookies can also remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of web pages. The information collected by these cookies may be anonymized and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to deliver content more relevant to you and your interests in pet care services. They may be used to deliver targeted advertising or limit the number of times you see an advertisement. They also help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. These cookies remember that you have visited our website and share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers.
Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of our website and deliver advertisements on and through our website. These third-party service providers may include:
- Analytics Providers: To help us understand how visitors interact with our website
- Social Media Platforms: To enable social sharing features and show relevant content
- Advertising Networks: To deliver targeted advertisements based on your interests
- Payment Processors: To facilitate secure online transactions for our services
Your Cookie Choices
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or delete certain cookies. Please note that if you choose to block cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.
- Cookie Consent Tool: When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or customize your cookie preferences.
- Opt-Out Links: For advertising cookies, you can opt out through industry opt-out pages such as the Digital Advertising Alliance or Network Advertising Initiative.
Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You can manage and delete cookies through your browser settings. Here are links to cookie management instructions for popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Cookies and website data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions
- Opera: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies
Please be aware that restricting cookies may impact the functionality of our website and limit your ability to access certain features related to our animal care services.
Updates to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, our business operations, or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised.
When we make significant changes to this Cookies Policy, we will notify you through a prominent notice on our website or by email if you have provided us with your contact information.
Thank you for trusting Dwellingzone with your pet care needs. We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing transparent information about our data practices.