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Cookie Policy

How and why we use cookies and similar technologies on our website.

Last updated: 30 May 2026

Background

This website mypethq.io (“Our Site”) uses Cookies and similar technologies in order to distinguish you from other users. By using Cookies, We are able to provide you with a better experience and to improve Our Site by better understanding how you use it. Please read this Cookie Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Cookie Policy is deemed to occur when you press the accept button on our cookie pop-up. If you do not agree to Our Cookie Policy, please stop using Our Site immediately.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

1.1 In this Cookie Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

“Cookie” means a small file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site;

“Cookie Law” means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”);

“personal data” means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data, as defined by the UK GDPR; and

“We/Us/Our” means MyPet Headquarters Ltd, a limited company registered in Northern Ireland under company number NI658909, whose registered address is 19 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GA.

2. Information About Us

2.1 Our Site is owned and operated by MyPet Headquarters Ltd, a limited company registered in Northern Ireland under company number NI658909, whose registered address is 19 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GA.

3. How Does Our Site Use Cookies?

3.1 Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.

3.2 By using Our Site, you may also receive certain third-party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. Third party Cookies are used on Our Site for analytics. For more details, please refer to section 4 below.

3.3 All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law. We may use some or all of the following types of Cookie:

3.3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies — A Cookie falls into this category if it is essential to the operation of Our Site, supporting functions such as logging in, your shopping basket, and payment transactions.

3.3.2 Analytics Cookies — It is important for Us to understand how you use Our Site, for example, how efficiently you are able to navigate around it, and what features you use. Analytics Cookies enable us to gather this information, helping Us to improve Our Site and your experience of it.

3.3.3 Functionality Cookies — Functionality Cookies enable Us to provide additional functions to you on Our Site such as personalisation and remembering your saved preferences. Some functionality Cookies may also be strictly necessary Cookies, but not all necessarily fall into that category.

3.3.4 Targeting Cookies — It is important for Us to know when and how often you visit Our Site, and which parts of it you have used (including which pages you have visited and which links you have visited). As with analytics Cookies, this information helps us to better understand you and, in turn, to make Our Site and advertising more relevant to your interests. Some information gathered by targeting Cookies may also be shared with third parties.

3.3.5 Third Party Cookies — Third party Cookies are not placed by Us; instead, they are placed by third parties that provide services to Us and/or to you. Third party Cookies may be used by advertising services to serve up tailored advertising to you on Our Site, or by third parties providing analytics services to Us (these Cookies will work in the same way as analytics Cookies described above).

3.3.6 Persistent Cookies — Any of the above types of Cookie may be a persistent Cookie. Persistent Cookies are those which remain on your computer or device for a predetermined period and are activated each time you visit Our Site.

3.3.7 Session Cookies — Any of the above types of Cookie may be a session Cookie. Session Cookies are temporary and only remain on your computer or device from the point at which you visit Our Site until you close your browser. Session Cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

3.4 Cookies on Our Site are not permanent and will expire within 2 years.

3.5 For more details of the personal data that We collect and use, the measures we have in place to protect personal data, your legal rights, and our legal obligations, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

4. What Cookies Does Our Site Use?

4.1 Our site uses a range of cookies to improve website performance, log user numbers and to enhance website usability for users.

4.2 Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics, Mixpanel, HubSpot, Hotjar, LinkedIn and Meta (Facebook). Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies; however, whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.

Our current list of third-party analytics and targeting cookies is set out below. Cookie names and durations may change as our providers update their products.

CookieProviderDurationDescription
_gaGoogle Analytics13 monthsDistinguishes unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier.
_ga_*Google Analytics 413 monthsPersists session state for Google Analytics 4.
_gidGoogle Analytics24 hoursDistinguishes users and helps Google Analytics count visits.
_gcl_auGoogle Tag Manager3 monthsUsed by Google AdSense to experiment with advertisement efficiency across sites using their services.
CONSENTGoogle2 yearsStores your cookie consent state for Google services.
_fbpMeta (Facebook)3 monthsSet by the Meta Pixel to deliver advertisements on Facebook or other digital platforms powered by Facebook advertising after visiting our site.
__hstcHubSpot6 monthsMain HubSpot tracking cookie. Stores the domain, initial timestamp, last timestamp, current timestamp and session number.
hubspotutkHubSpot6 monthsKeeps track of visitors to the website. Passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
_hjFirstSeenHotjarSessionIdentifies a new user’s first session and supports Hotjar’s analytics functionality.
_hjRecordingEnabledHotjarSessionIndicates whether session recording is enabled for a given visit.
_hjRecordingLastActivityHotjarSessionTracks recent activity within a recorded session.
AnalyticsSyncHistoryLinkedIn30 daysStores the synchronisation of identifier values across different domains used by LinkedIn for analytics.
ln_orLinkedIn1 dayUsed by LinkedIn to determine whether Oribi analytics should be run on a given domain.
ahoy_visitAhoy4 hoursFirst-party analytics cookie used to identify a visit (browsing session).
ahoy_visitorAhoy2 yearsFirst-party analytics cookie used to identify a returning visitor.

4.3 Mixpanel

We use Mixpanel as our primary product analytics provider. Mixpanel helps us understand how customers use our Platform — for example, how often customers log in, how many registrations are completed, and how many pets are registered — so that we can fix bugs, improve features, and investigate support enquiries.

Mixpanel uses persistent identifiers (which may be stored as cookies or in your browser’s local storage) to recognise returning users across sessions. Where these identifiers are set, they will appear in the table above as they are loaded on your visit. Event data sent to Mixpanel is processed on infrastructure located in the United States, under the safeguards described in our Privacy Policy (the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, with Standard Contractual Clauses as a fallback).

We retain Mixpanel data for up to 7 years so that our support team can investigate historical issues that customers raise with us. You can opt out of Mixpanel tracking by declining analytics cookies in our cookie banner, or by following Mixpanel’s opt-out instructions: https://mixpanel.com/optout/.

5. Consent and Control

5.1 Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies unless those Cookies are strictly necessary; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended.

5.2 In addition to the controls that We provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.

5.3 The links below provide instructions on how to control Cookies in all mainstream browsers:

6. Changes to this Cookie Policy

6.1 We may alter this Cookie Policy at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you on your first use of Our Site after the changes have been made. You are therefore advised to check this page from time to time.

6.2 In the event of any conflict between the current version of this Cookie Policy and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

7. Further Information

7.1 If you would like to know more about how We use Cookies, please contact Us at support@mypethq.io, or by post at MyPet Headquarters Ltd, 19 Arthur Street, Belfast, BT1 4GA.

7.2 For more information about our privacy practices please see our Privacy Policy.

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