1. What cookies are

Cookies and similar technologies are small files or pieces of information stored on or accessed from your device when you use a website. They can help websites function correctly, remain secure, remember preferences, understand how visitors use the site, measure advertising and personalise or improve marketing.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to operate. Others, including many analytics and advertising cookies, require your consent.

2. Cookies and similar technologies we use

The Vet Bioscientist website is built using Wix. We use, or may use, cookies and similar technologies in the following categories.

Strictly necessary cookies

These are required for the website to operate securely and correctly. They may be used for website security, fraud prevention, network management, page functionality, session management, maintaining website availability and remembering cookie-consent preferences. These cookies may operate without consent where they are strictly necessary.

Analytics and performance cookies

We use analytics technologies to help us understand how visitors use the website and how the site performs. These may include Wix Analytics and Google Analytics.

They may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, how you arrived at the website, browser and device information, interactions with pages and features, approximate location based on technical information and website performance information.

Where required by law, these technologies will only operate after you have given consent.

Advertising and marketing cookies

We use, or may use, advertising and marketing technologies including the Meta Pixel and Google Ads conversion and advertising technologies.

These may be used to measure advertising effectiveness, understand whether someone took an action after seeing an advertisement, measure conversions, understand campaign performance, build or measure advertising audiences and help make advertising more relevant.

Where consent is required, advertising and marketing cookies will not be activated until you have consented to them.

Functionality cookies

These help provide optional website functions and remember choices you make. They may include technologies that remember preferences, form settings, website settings and cookie choices.

3. Email and newsletter technologies

If you subscribe to The Vet Bioscientist newsletter or other marketing communications, our email platform may use technologies that help us understand whether an email was delivered, opened, a link was clicked or a subscriber interacted with a particular communication.

We may use this information to understand which communications are useful and improve future content. You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in our emails.

4. Third-party technologies

Some cookies and similar technologies used on this website may be provided by third parties, including Wix, Google and Meta. These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies as well as under arrangements governing the services they provide to us.

5. Your cookie choices

When you first visit our website, you will be provided with options for managing non-essential cookies. Where required, you can accept non-essential cookies, reject non-essential cookies or manage your preferences by cookie category.

Choosing Reject must not prevent access to the core functionality of the website. Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required for the website to operate.

6. Withdrawing or changing consent

You can change your cookie preferences after your initial choice using the Cookie Settings control available on our website. You can also control or delete cookies using your browser settings.

7. How long cookies remain

Cookies may be session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which are retained for a defined period or until you delete them.

Exact cookie names and retention periods may change as Wix, Google, Meta and other service providers update their technologies. Where available, current cookie information and preference controls will be provided through the website's cookie-consent interface.

8. Contact

Questions about cookies, marketing or privacy can be sent to hello@thevetbioscientist.com.