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Cookie Policy

Last revised: 18th January 2024

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. 

 

Our website is hosted by Wix, therefore, any cookies downloaded onto your computer are from Wix, not Proteus Reptile Trust directly. We cannot access the cookies placed by Wix. If you would like to learn more about Wix's cookie policy click here for more information. 

Why does Wix use Cookies?

Wix uses cookies and other similar technologies for a number of purposes, including:

  • Keeping you signed in

  • Remembering your preferences

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

  • Understanding how you use our website

  • To monitor and analyse the performance, operation, and effectiveness in order to improve the Wix Platform

  • To understand and improve the impact of marketing campaigns

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

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

  • “First-party Cookies” -  Cookies that are placed by Wix

  • “Third-party Cookies” - Cookies that are placed and used by third-party companies which are Wix’s partners.

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 Wix's platform, and therefore 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 you make to improve your 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.

Wix Cookies - table:

Please click here to receive information about the type, categories, purpose and duration of cookies placed by Wix and Wix's Third-Party Service Providers.

 

Cookies on sites built using Wix Platform

You can access more information about cookies that are used on websites built using the Wix platform here: https://support.wix.com/en/article/cookies-and-your-wix-site

Cookie Settings

Essential Cookies

These cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and to provide you with access to features such as your profile and purchases, member-only resources, and other areas website. You may disable these these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

Marketing, Analytics & Other Cookies

Wix recommends 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.

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.

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.

Please note that deleting Wix's cookies, disabling future cookies or tracking technologies may prevent you from accessing certain areas or features of our Services, or may otherwise adversely affect your user experience.

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

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.

We may update this Cookie Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this page and visit Wix's Cookie Policy page for the latest information about cookies set by Wix.com.

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