Cookie Policy
The Artful Canine Cookie Policy
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first party cookies. We also use third party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting. We may use cookies and other similar information-gathering techniques, such as pixel tags, web beacons, clear GIFs, etc. For consistency’s sake, each of these techniques shall be referred to collectively as “cookies.”
WHY ARE THESE COOKIES USED?
Cookies can be used for many different purposes related to the collection of information, including such as browser type, time spent on this website, pages visited, and language preferences. For example, cookies can be used to show that you have visited the website before and to identify which parts of the website you might be most interested in. Cookies also improve your online experience by storing your preferences during your visit to the website. We and our service providers use the information for security purposes, to facilitate navigation, and display information more effectively. In addition, we use cookies to gather statistical information about website usage in order to continually improve its design and functionality, understand how individuals use it, and to assist us with resolving questions regarding it.
Cookies used on this website
We use both session cookies (which exist only until you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which exist for a longer, specified period of time). The type of cookies used on this website can generally be put into three categories: Strictly Necessary, Performance and Functionality.
Strictly Necessary
Some of the cookies on our website are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. These cookies don’t gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
Our website may use such cookies for:
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remembering information that you fill in on the various pages when paying or ordering so that you don’t have to fill in all your details repeatedly
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passing on information from one page to the next
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storing preferences
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storing settings for optimal video display, such as buffer size and your screen’s resolution details
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reading your browser settings so that we can display our website optimally on your screen
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locating misuse of our website and services
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loading the website evenly so that it remains accessible
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offering the option of storing your login status so that you don’t have to enter login details every time
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making it possible to place a reaction on our website
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optimizing our website in real time depending on how you use the website
Performance/Analytics Cookies
Some of the cookies on our website collect information about how visitors use the website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
Our website uses Google Analytics cookies. Information collected by these cookies will be transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the USA in accordance with its privacy practices. For further information of Google’s privacy practices and how this applies to Google analytics, please visit:
Our website may use analytics cookies for:
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keeping track of the number of visitors to our web pages
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keeping track of the length of time that each visitor spends on our web pages
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determining the order in which a visitor visits the various pages on our website
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assessing which parts of our site need to be improved
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optimizing the website
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customer support
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requesting your feedback on specific parts of our website
Functionality
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features, as well as, customer support.
The table below sets forth the cookies we use. Please visit the relevant third-party website for further information.
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Purpose |
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Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics are used to gather information to help us understand interactions on our websites and refine the user experience. |
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Google Ads |
Google Ads is used for advertising, marketing and remarketing purposes. |
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Bing |
Bing is used for advertising, marketing and remarketing purposes. |
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Big Commerce |
Big Commerce is our Website Platform. |
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Klaviyo |
Our Email Program used for remarketing purposes |
4. UPDATES AND CONTACTING US
This notice has been developed with the recognition that internet technologies are rapidly evolving. This policy is subject to change and any such changes will be posted on this page.
If you have any questions and/or comments, please contact us at customerservice@theartfulcanine.com