Cookie Policy

Last Revised: August 20, 2024

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1. What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers downloaded on to your computer when you access certain websites. In general, cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s computer.

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The most important thing to know about cookies placed by Sarasota House Sitters is that they make our website a bit more user-friendly, for example, by remembering site preferences and language settings.

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2. Why does Sarasota House Sitters use Cookies?

We use these cookies and other similar technologies for a number of purposes, including:

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• Keeping your preferences

• To provide you with the service you chose to receive from us

• Understanding how you use our website

• To monitor and analyze the performance, operation, and effectiveness in order to improve our website

• To understand and improve the impact of our marketing campaigns

• For security needs and fraud-protection purposes and in order to identify and prevent  cyber-attacks

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Cookies that are used by sarasotahousesitters.com should be divided into two types:

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• “First-party Cookies” -  Cookies that are placed by Sarasota House Sitters

• “Third-party Cookies” - Cookies that are placed and used by third-party companies which are Sarasota House Sitters' partners

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It is important to note that sarasotahousesitters.com cannot access third-party cookies; nor can other third-party organizations access the data in the cookies we use on our website. Sarasota House Sitters doesn't allow third-parties to use the cookies for any purpose other than those described in the next sections.

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Duration:

Depending on their function, Cookies may have different durations. There are session cookies and persistent cookies:

1. Session cookies only last for your online session. It means that the browser deletes these cookies once you close your browser

2. Persistent cookies stay on your device after the browser has been closed and last for the period of time specified in the cookie

 

Categories:

The cookies used on our website fall into one of four categories: 

1. Essential Cookies let you move around the website and use essential features like secure and private areas.

2. Analytic Cookies let us understand how you use our website (e.g. which pages you visit), to provide statistics on how our website is used, improve the website by identifying any errors, and performance issues.

3. Functional cookies are cookies used to remember choices users make to improve their experience (e.g. language).

4. Marketing cookies are used to collect information about the impact of our marketing campaigns performed in other websites on users and non-users.

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3. Your Choices

You can change your cookie settings below:

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Cookie Settings

Essential Cookies

These cookies enable core functionality such as security, and network management. You may disable these these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

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Marketing, Analytics & Other Cookies

We recommend enabling these cookies to give you a more personalised experience. Our site uses tools, such as cookies, to understand how you use services and to improve both your experience and our advertising relevance, You can change your Cookies Settings at any time​​

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To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and understand how to manage, delete and block them, visit www.aboutcookies.org  or www.allaboutcookies.org.

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Alternately, it is also possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies altogether by changing your browser’s cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.​

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The following links may be helpful, or you can use the “Help” option in your browser.

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• Cookie settings in Firefox

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

• Cookie settings in Google Chrome

• Cookie settings in Safari (OS X)

• Cookie settings in Safari (iOS)

• Cookie settings in Android

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To opt out from and prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics across all websites, check out the following instructions: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

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We may update this Cookie Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information about cookies set by sarasotahousesitters.com.