Cookie Policy
Our Site operated by Verve Partners Limited (“we or us”) on behalf of Mars Pet Nutrition.
We believe in being clear and open about how we collect and use data related to you. In the spirit of transparency, this policy provides detailed information about how and when we use cookies. It may look technical, but it is designed to give you confidence about how we use your data and keep it safe. This policy only applies to the www.ppc-mars.com website.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small files which are stored on a user's computer. They, and similar technologies enable you to be remembered when using that computer or device to interact with websites and online services and can be used to manage a range of features and content as well as storing searches and presenting personalised content.
Why do we use cookies?
Our Site uses cookies and similar technologies to distinguish you from other users of Our Site. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse Our Site and also allows us to improve Our Site. (based on how you use the site)
We use necessary cookies to make Our Site work. We'd also like to set optional cookies to help us continually improve our service to you such as analytical or performance cookies We will ask your consent to set preference cookies.
You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.
What type of cookies do we use?
We use cookies and/or other similar technologies such as tracking GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format), either alone or in combination with each other to create a unique device ID.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website and under our terms with you. These make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. This are listed under preference cookies below.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us, subject to your choices and preferences, to personalise our content, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below:
Strictly necessary cookies
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Purpose
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Expires
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| __RequestVerificationToken
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Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.
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Session
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| ASP.NET_SessionId
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Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests.
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Session
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| dnn_IsMobile
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Determines the device used to access the web site. This allows the website to be formatted accordingly.
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Session
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| language
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Saves the user's preferred language on the website.
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Session
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Analytics
This is a redundant cookie that will appear but will not be collecting data
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They are used to identify the user of the session and use that data for navigation through Content Personalization.
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N/A
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Analytics_VisitorId
This is a redundant cookie that will appear but will not be collecting data
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They are used to identify the user of the session and use that data for navigation through Content Personalization
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1 month
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Preference cookies
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Purpose
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Expires
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| Google Analytics
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These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use Our Website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website and blog, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited.
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2 years from refresh
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Disabling cookies
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies and similar technologies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser to prevent that and your help screen or manual will tell you how to do this. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of our website if you do so.
The effect of disabling cookies depends on which cookies you disable but, in general, the website may not operate properly if all cookies are switched off. Rejecting or disabling cookies could result in certain content or functionality not being available to you.
If you want to disable cookies on Our Site, you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How you can do this will depend on the browser you use.
Helpful resources
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/online/cookies/.
Browser manufacturers also provide help pages relating to cookie management in their products. Please see below for more information for some of the more popular browsers.
For other browsers, please consult the documentation that your browser manufacturer provides.
Updates to this Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments.