Privacy Policy
Last Updated: November 2025
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how CritterCart collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit or interact with our website.
Who We Are
Our website address: crittercart.co.uk
CritterCart is an online pet store selling pet products and accessories.
Comments & Reviews
When you leave a comment or review:
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We collect the data shown in the comment form plus your IP address and browser user-agent string (for spam detection)
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Your approved comment may display your profile picture (from Gravatar) when using that service
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If you upload images, please avoid including embedded location (EXIF GPS) data as visitors may access it
Cookies & Tracking Technologies
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If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email and website in cookies for convenience (these last 1 year)
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On login pages or when logged in: temporary cookies may be set to check browser cookie support, save login status (2 days or 2 weeks if “Remember Me”) and screen display preferences (1 year)
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You can control or disable cookies via your browser settings — note that disabling cookies may impact functionality
Embedded Content from Other Sites
Our pages may embed content (videos, images, posts) from other websites. These third-party services may collect your data, use cookies, embed tracking and monitor your interaction as if you visited that site directly.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal details. We may share your data with:
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Payment processors
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Delivery/shipping providers
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Analytics and marketing service providers
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Spam detection services (e.g., for comments)
When sharing, we ensure they provide adequate safeguards to fulfil our obligations under UK GDPR.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements or for operational reasons. We will display the date of last update at the top of this page.
Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://startersites.io/elementor/petsy.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
