What We Collect

By visiting our sites, we may collect the personal information that you provide to us (with your consent): name, email adress. Additionally, we may collect Non-personally Identifiable Consumer Data. These anonymous data includes IP address, along with other information which may or may not be supplied by your browser. This includes the address of the site that referred you to our sites, the type and version of the browser you are using, the operating system you use, and the screen resolution at which you viewed the site.

This information is used solely to help us improve our delivery of the services on the site. This may involve us or our external evaluators contacting you to follow up on any comments you have made.

WHAT IS A COOKIE?

A cookie is a small text file that some websites store via the browser on Your computer’s hard drive or other mobile device when You visit or use them. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Some expire at the end of Your session on the website, others will remain on Your computer for a little longer. When You return to websites or visit websites that use the same cookies, these cookies and therefore Your browsing device, are recognised. Cookies do lots of different and useful jobs like letting You navigate between pages efficiently, remembering Your preferences and generally improving Your browsing experience. Cookies can also be used to customise areas of content online to be more relevant to You and Your interests. We use cookies on our AnimalWhoop Site to make Your browsing experience better. By using the Site, You accept our use of cookies.

FIRST PARTY COOKIES

First-party cookies are cookies set by the specific website you visit i.e. the website displayed in the URL window.

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

Third party cookies are set by third party services that appear on our pages. They are set by the operators of that service and are not in our control. They are set by e.g. Twitter, Facebook and other advertisers or file sharing platforms. They may use the information they obtain from Your use of their cookies to track Your browser across multiple websites; to build a profile of your web surfing; or, to target advertisements which may be of particular interest to You.

COOKIE CATEGORIES

The type of cookies used on websites can be put into 1 of 4 categories, based on the International Chamber of Commerce guide to cookie categories.

A. Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential, as they enable You to move around a website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, the AnimalWhoop Services You have asked for (such as access to secure areas) cannot be provided. These cookies don’t gather information about You that could be used for marketing or remembering where You have been on the internet. These cannot be restricted or blocked.

B. Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how You use a website, for example which pages You go to most often and if You get any error messages from certain pages. These cookies do not gather information that identifies You. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how a website works. These cookies are not used to target You with online advertising. Without these cookies we cannot learn how our AnimalWhoop Site is performing and make relevant improvements that could better Your browsing experience. These can be restricted or blocked.

C. Functionality & Profile Cookies: These cookies allow a website to remember choices You make (such as Your user name, language or the region You are in) and tailor the website to provide enhanced features and content for You. For instance, they remember Your login details and allow You to watch videos. They also ensure the onsite marketing and experience is relevant to You. These cookies can also be used to remember changes You have made to text size, font and other parts of pages that You can customise. The information these cookies collect may be anonymous and they cannot track Your browsing activity on other websites. Without these cookies, a website cannot remember choices You have previously made or personalise Your browsing experience. These can be restricted or blocked.

D. Targeting Cookies: These cookies gather information about Your browsing habits. They remember that You have visited a website and share this information with other organisations such as advertisers. They do this in order to provide You with adverts that are more relevant to You and Your interests. Although these cookies can track Your visits to other websites, they do not usually know who You are. Without these cookies, online advertisements You encounter will be less relevant to You and Your interests. These can be restricted or blocked.

AnimalWhoop ’S ONLINE USE OF COOKIES

Cookies on our AnimalWhoop Site are used for many purposes including but not limited to:

(a) enabling a AnimalWhoop User to avail of the AnimalWhoop Services;

(b) enabling the sharing of links via social media platforms;

(c) recognising Your computer when You visit our Site;

(d) improving the Site’s usability;

(e) analysing the use of our Site;

(f) administrating the Site;

(g) preventing fraud and improving the security of the Site;

(h) personalising our AnimalWhoop Site for You;

(i) to analyse the use of the AnimalWhoop Site through analytics software such as Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics, a popular web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. The information generated by the cookie about Your use of our AnimalWhoop Site will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google Analytics will use this information for the purpose of evaluating Your use of our Site, compiling reports on AnimalWhoop Site activity and behaviour – such as the typical length of stay on the AnimalWhoop Site or the average number of pages a user views or for the purpose of providing other services relating to AnimalWhoop Site activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google undertakes not to associate Your IP address with any other data held by Google. Google’s privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

DoubleClick

The site displays context sensitive advertising from Google via Google’s AdSense program. We do not control the ads that appear, however they are clearly distinguishable as Google Ads.

The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser. The data gathered from these cookies (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) will be used to help AdSense publishers better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the web.

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on the site.
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Ads Settings.

For more details on how Adsense uses the information, see here.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect data on user behaviour in order to improve the user experience.

To opt out of Google Analytics, please follow the instruction here : https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Deleting your data

If you’d like us to update, correct, delete or deactivate any data that you have provided to us on the Website, please send your request to us via the contact form here https://animalwhoop.com/about-us/ and we will process your request within a reasonable period of time after receipt.

Security Precautions

We takes reasonable technical and administrative security measures to protect your information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We makes significant efforts to maintain the security of its network and the data we collect. Nonetheless, we cannot guarantee that unauthorised third parties will never be able to defeat the security measures taken by us or our third-party service providers.

Amazon Associates Program

We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com

“Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.”

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under 13.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.