COOKIES
Our website uses cookies to provide you with a better experience and improve our website. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To use our website and its functionality, we assume that you want to accept cookies and consent to our use of them. However, if you prefer, you can modify your browser settings to decline or disable cookies. Note that if you do this, some of the website's functionality may not work as intended.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website and provide you with a good experience when you browse our website. Cookies also help us to improve our website and tailor it to customer needs. By using our website, you are agreeing to the use of cookies. If your browser is set to accept cookies, we interpret this as an indication that you consent to cookies as described in this policy. If you change your mind in the future, you can modify your browser settings to reject or disable cookies completely.
By using our website, you are agreeing to the use of cookies to assist and improve your online shopping experience. Cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly, and without them, the site will not work as intended. We use cookies to track and profile customers, as well as to retarget, retain, acquire, and measure customers interested in our products or services via the Facebook network. We also use cookies to provide basic features and enhance the functionality of the website by storing your preferences. If you prefer not to have cookies stored on your computer or mobile device, you can modify your browser settings to reject or disable cookies.
When you visit our website, we assume that you want to use our website and its functionality, and that you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. Cookies allow us to remember things like your preferences and what's in your shopping basket. They also help us to understand how visitors use our website and compile reports to help us improve the site. However, if you prefer not to have cookies stored on your computer or mobile device, you can modify your browser settings to reject or disable cookies.
WHAT ARE COOKIES
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, tablet or phone, with your agreement, to collect personal data. They have become a standard feature of many websites to improve the user's experience. Cookies store small snippets of data that help websites keep track of your preferences and tailor content accordingly. They also allow websites to remember your actions and provide a smoother, more personalized experience. There are three types of cookies: session, persistent, and third-party. Session cookies are temporary and last only for the duration of your visit to the website, while persistent cookies are stored on your computer for a longer period. Third-party cookies are created by other websites that have elements on the page that you are visiting.
When you visit a website that uses cookies, your browser settings enable the website to send a small text file or cookie to your computer's hard drive. This cookie may contain information about your visit to the website, such as your preferences and what's in your shopping basket. When you revisit the website, it may use the information inside the cookie to provide certain functionality and assist in the browsing experience. Cookies allow customers to more easily navigate from one part of the website to another and to populate shopping baskets and wish lists without having to log in more than once. Without cookies, online services and browsing would be slower and labor-intensive.
Cookies do not give websites access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with them. They are simple text files that can be opened using Notepad. While cookies are necessary for some websites to function correctly, disabling cookies may prevent you from using certain websites or certain functions within a website. Most websites these days use cookies to enhance the usability of the site and to make navigating a website easier and more intuitive.
To use a website and its functionality, you need to accept cookies. By visiting a website with your browser set to accept cookies, the website assumes that you want to use the website and its functionality and that you consent to the use of cookies, as described in the website's cookie policy. If you prefer not to have cookies stored on your computer or mobile device, you can modify your browser settings to reject or disable cookies. However, note that if you do this, some of the website's functionality may not work as intended.
WHY DO WE USE COOKIES
We use cookies to improve our website and services and to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, tablet or phone by the website you are visiting if you agree to accept them. We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Anonymously tracking page visits, hits, search terms, visitor locations, etc. for statistical purposes to help us improve our services. We use Google Analytics to provide us with information about the use of the website.
- Improving security on the website to prevent fraudulent activity and protect your personal information.
- Identifying visitors for login purposes to ensure that you stay logged in on each page you visit, allow your browser to remember your login credentials, and allow us to make recommendations based on your preferences or settings.
- Storing an anonymous reference to your shopping basket and information you enter into the website to track popular search terms.
Cookies do not allow us to gain access to your PC, tablet or mobile device. We do not store any details relating to your credit or debit card. Where your actions can be tracked by a cookie, this is usually done by giving your session (time spent on one website) an unidentifiable numeric ID.
WHAT TYPE OF COOKIES DO WE USE
We use four types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These are required for the operation of our website. They include cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services.
- Analytical/performance cookies: They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
- We also use session, permanent/persistent, and third-party cookies. Session cookies are temporary files that do not store or locate your personal information and automatically cease to exist when your browsing session with that webshop ends. Permanent or persistent cookies remain in operation after you have closed the browsing session, but are set to auto-expire after a certain period of time. Third-party cookies are installed by third parties such as Google Analytics and TradeTracker.com to collect information to help us understand visitor trends and identify service improvements.
Unless your browser is set up to prevent cookies, when you visit our webshop, your device will automatically receive one or several cookies, which are transferred from this webshop or 3rd party domains to your internet browser. The first time you visit our webshop, you will be asked to accept or reject cookies. If you reject them, the cookies already loaded onto your device will expire immediately. If you decide to browse without making a decision, cookies will be set but you can change this at any time by adapting your consent below.
CONTROLLING & DELETING COOKIES
We will always inform you of how we use cookies and give you the right to prevent us from placing cookies on your device. Accepting cookies is not a pre-requisite for shopping with us or browsing our webshops. However, blocking session cookies will significantly impact your browsing experience and may prevent you from placing an order.
If you want to control the use of cookies via your browser, we recommend using the help menu within your chosen browser. While specific instructions vary across different browsers and devices, searching for 'cookie' in the help menu should provide the appropriate guidance.
You can adjust your browser's settings at any time to manage how your device deals with cookies. We also provide an option for non-essential cookies, where we ask for your permission to place them on your device through a simple 'Opt-In' tick box.
Please note that there may be third-party cookies used by advertising networks or external services like web traffic analysis services, over which we have no control. These cookies are typically analytical/performance or targeting cookies.
If you have any further questions about our use of cookies, please email us at dataofficer@kennedywildbirdfood.co.uk, and we will do our best to provide accurate and simple answers.