Cookies Policy

WikiVet’s Cookies Policy

WikiVet's Cookie Policy

In this day and age, cookies are no longer just tasty biscuits, but are tiny pieces of data which are collected as you are active online and have the potential to threaten your data security. It is important that you understand what a cookie is and what it means for your personal information. By visiting WikiVet’s websites with your browser settings adjusted to allow cookies, you are consenting to WikiVet using cookies for the purposes outlined below in order to provide you with a fully functional experience.

The information stored within any given cookie can only be accessed by the website that created it and cookies are limited to communicating only the information that you have disclosed to the site. We may use the following types of cookie:

Strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our websites.

Performance cookies

They allow us to recognise and count the number of users and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. Analytics uses performance cookies and we use this to help us to understand how people are using the websites and to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

Session (or Transient) Cookies

Session cookies are stored in your computer's memory for the length of your browsing session. They become inaccessible after the session has been inactive for a time and are automatically deleted from your computer when the browser is closed. They allow you to move from page to page without having to log-in repeatedly.

Persistent (or Permanent) Cookies

Persistent cookies are stored in your computer memory and are not deleted when the browser is closed. They are used to keep your preferences for the website, so they will be remembered for next time you visit the website. They are also used to collect information about the numbers of visitors, the average time spent on a particular page and analyse shopping behaviour on the website. This information is used to find out how well the website works and where it can be improved.

Flash Cookies (or Locally Shared Objects)

You probably have Adobe Flash installed on your computer. Websites that contain Flash can also store small files on your computer that are used in the same way as cookies. Flash cookies can also back up the data that is stored in other cookies. When you delete cookies, your Flash cookies are not affected. So a website may still recognise you if it backed up the deleted cookie information on a Flash cookie.

Sharing with social networks

If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content with your friends via social networks like Twitter and Facebook, these companies may set a cookie on your computer memory. Find out more about these here: Facebook Privacy & Cookie Policy

Twitter Privacy & Cookie Policy

Google Privacy & Cookie Policy

Managing cookies

To enable and manage cookies, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the 'Help' menu of your particular browser (or your mobile phone's handset manual) to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

Google Chrome Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Safari Opera Google Analytics Opt Out