1. Introduction: What Are Cookies?
Welcome to https://automatic-pet.com. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website.
A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.
By using our website, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this policy. For your first visit, you will be shown a cookie banner asking for your consent to use non-essential cookies.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several important reasons, all aimed at providing you with the best possible experience and allowing us to operate our website sustainably. Our uses include:
- Ensuring Functionality: To make sure our website works correctly.
- Analyzing Performance: To understand how visitors interact with our content so we can improve it. We want to know which articles and reviews are most helpful to you.
- Supporting our Affiliate Model: To properly track referrals to our affiliate partners, like Amazon. This is our primary way of funding the website and keeping our content free for everyone.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Our website uses both first-party cookies (set by us) and third-party cookies (set by our partners). They can be categorized as follows:
3.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as navigating between pages or managing your cookie consent preferences. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. As they are essential, they do not require your consent.
3.2. Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit most often and if you receive any error messages. The information is aggregated and anonymous and is used solely to improve how our website works.
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic. We have configured it to use IP Anonymization, which means your full IP address is not stored by us or Google in this context. These cookies help us understand user engagement, popular content, and general demographic information to better tailor our content to our audience.
3.3. Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name for comments) to provide a more enhanced and personal experience. For example, if you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name and email address in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
3.4. Advertising and Affiliate Cookies (Third-Party)
This is a critical category for the operation of https://automatic-pet.com. These cookies are used to track your activity when you click on an affiliate link on our site.
- How They Work: When you click a link to a product on a retailer’s site (like Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk), that third-party retailer sets a cookie on your device. This cookie contains a unique identifier that tells the retailer that you were referred by https://automatic-pet.com.
- Purpose: If you then make a qualifying purchase on the retailer’s site within a specific timeframe (e.g., 24 hours for Amazon), the cookie allows the sale to be attributed to us, and we earn a small commission.
- Important Note: These cookies do not collect personal data like your name, email, address, or payment details. They simply track the referral path. Using our affiliate links does not change the price you pay for any product.
- Primary Partner: Our main affiliate partner is the Amazon Associates Program. When you click a link to Amazon, their cookies will be used as described. Their use is governed by Amazon’s own Privacy and Cookie Policies.
4. List of Main Cookies Used
Below is a list of the main types of cookies you may encounter on our website. Please note that the exact names and details of cookies may change over time.
| Cookie Category | Cookie Name(s) (Example) | Provider | Purpose | Duration |
| Strictly Necessary | cookie_consent_status | automatic-pet.com | Stores your consent preference for the use of cookies on our site. | 1 Year |
| Performance/Analytics | _ga, _gid, _gat | google.com | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users and analyze website traffic anonymously. | Up to 2 years |
| Functionality | comment_author_* | automatic-pet.com | Remembers the name/email you entered when leaving a comment for your convenience on future visits. | ~1 Year |
| Advertising / Affiliate | session-id, session-id-time | amazon.com etc. | Tracks referrals from our site to Amazon to attribute commissions for qualifying purchases. | 24 Hours (or more, per Amazon’s policy) |
5. Third-Party Cookies
Please be aware that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytics/performance cookies or advertising/affiliate cookies.
We recommend that you check the privacy and cookie policies of these third-party websites for more information about their practices:
- Google Analytics: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Amazon Associates: Please refer to the privacy notice on your local Amazon domain (e.g., Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de).
6. How to Manage and Delete Cookies
You have full control over the cookies on your device. Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to delete certain cookies.
Please note that if you choose to block or delete cookies, some essential features of our website may not work correctly, and your overall experience may be affected.
You can find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers here:
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-Browse-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
- Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
For other browsers, please consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides.
7. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies. The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us at:
Email: support@automatic-pet.com