Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 1, 2024
Introduction to Cookies
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit them. These files serve various functions such as recognizing new and returning users, remembering your preferences, understanding how users interact with a website, and serving personalized content. Cookies enable websites to function or work more efficiently while providing better, more personalized user experiences.
Types of Cookies Used on Our Website
Our website “house-sitting” uses different categories of cookies as outlined below:
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Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the website to function correctly and enable you to navigate the site and use its services or features. Examples include session-related cookies that keep users logged in while they navigate through pages. Without these cookies, services cannot be provided.
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Performance Cookies: These collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often and if they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect personal identification information (PII) and are only used to improve the performance of the website.
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Functionality Cookies: These allow the website to remember your choices (such as your user name, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They can be used to remember changes you make to improve your experience. To the extent we utilize such cookies, they do not gather information that might directly identify you.
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Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These are used to deliver content that is more relevant to you and your interests. They may be used to deliver ads that are more relevant to you, or to limit the number of times you see an advertisement. They remember that you have visited a website and may help us understand your behavior after you see one of our advertisements.
Managing and Deleting Cookies
You can manage and delete cookies through your browser settings, which allow you to refuse or delete cookies. Check your specific browser’s help documentation for instructions on how to do this. Please note that if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not work as intended.
Third-Party Cookies
We also use third-party cookies from partners who help us better understand our audience and provide targeted ads through our website. These third-party service providers may use non-personal identification information (e.g., cookies, web beacons) to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our website.
Consent and Control
By using our website, you consent to the placement of the cookies described above on your device, except for marketing-related cookies where explicit consent is required. You can provide or withdraw your consent to the use of non-essential cookies at any time by updating your preferences in the cookie settings link available on our website’s footer.
Updates to This Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy is effective as of January 1, 2024. We may update this policy from time to time to stay compliant with relevant laws and regulations such as GDPR, ePrivacy Directive, CCPA, and UK GDPR. Any updates will be reflected in the date last updated at the top of this page.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our use of cookies, please feel free to contact us at:
This Cookie Policy is designed to comply with the legal requirements under applicable privacy laws. If you require any more information or have specific questions about our privacy policy and cookie usage, please don’t hesitate to contact us.