Cookie Policy
Effective Date: 01-May-2025
Last Updated: 01-May-2025
What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to manage the cookie settings.
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies?
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
You can change your cookie preferences any time by clicking the above button. This will let you revisit the cookie consent banner and change your preferences or withdraw your consent right away.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Listed below are the links to the support documents on how to manage and delete cookies from the major web browsers.
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
If you are using any other web browser, please visit your browser’s official support documents.
Strictly necessary
| Name | Provider / Domain | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieScriptConsent | www.spindogs.co.uk | 4 weeks 2 days | This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly. |
| cf_clearance | .spindogs.co.uk | 1 year | This cookie is used by the CloudFlare service to identify trusted web traffic and override any security restrictions based on the visitor's IP address. It is essential for supporting a website's security features and in providing protection against malicious visitors. |
Performance
| Name | Provider / Domain | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | .spindogs.co.uk | 1 year 1 month | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
| _ga_WG42S0LZTN | .spindogs.co.uk | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
Targeting
| Name | Provider / Domain | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gcl_au | .spindogs.co.uk | 2 months 4 weeks | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services |
| IDE | .doubleclick.net | 1 year | This cookie is set by Doubleclick and carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |