Destitute Animals Shelter
Last updated: August 2026
1. About this Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Destitute Animals Shelter (“DAS”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It should be read alongside our Information Governance & Data Protection Policy, which explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information.
Information Governance & Data Protection Policy
Destitute Animals Shelter is the Data Controller for personal information collected through its activities and services. Responsibility for data protection within the charity rests with the Finance & Administration Manager.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that websites place on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit them.
Cookies can perform a variety of functions, such as enabling a website to operate correctly, maintaining security, remembering preferences and helping website operators understand how their websites are being used.
Similar technologies, including scripts, tags, pixels and local storage, may perform comparable functions. UK rules concerning storage and access technologies are not limited solely to conventional cookies.
For simplicity, we refer to these technologies collectively as “cookies” in this policy.
3. How we use cookies
Our website may use cookies to:
- ensure that the website functions correctly and securely;
- remember choices or preferences you make;
- provide functionality that you request;
- understand how visitors use our website;
- measure and improve the performance of our website;
- support forms, donations, fundraising, events or other services available through our website; and
- enable content or functionality supplied by trusted third-party services where applicable.
Our Information Governance & Data Protection Policy also explains that when you visit our website, we may collect technical information such as your IP address and information about how you use the website through cookies.
4. Types of cookies we may use
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website or a service requested by you to function properly. They may, for example, be required for website security, forms, transactions, remembering privacy choices or maintaining a user session.
Where an applicable legal exception applies, these cookies may be used without obtaining your consent.
Functional cookies
These cookies enable additional website functionality and may remember choices you make so that we can provide a more personalised or convenient experience.
Where consent is legally required, these cookies will only be used after you have given your consent.
Analytics and performance cookies
These cookies help us understand how people use our website, such as which pages are visited and how visitors navigate through the site. This information can help us identify problems and improve the website and our online services.
Where consent is required for the analytics technology we use, it will not be activated until you have provided the appropriate consent.
Marketing and third-party cookies
Our website may contain services or content provided by third parties. Depending on the services used, these third parties may wish to place or access cookies on your device.
Where consent is required, these technologies will not be activated until you have given your consent.
5. Your cookie choices
When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie consent tool allowing you to accept, reject or manage cookies that require your consent.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie settings facility provided on our website, where available.
Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent you from accessing the main content of our website, although some optional functionality may not work as intended.
You can also control cookies through your web browser. Please be aware that blocking all cookies may affect the operation of some website features.
Under current UK rules, organisations generally need to tell users about storage and access technologies, explain their purpose and obtain prior consent unless a legal exception applies.
6. Third-party services
Some features of our website may be provided by third-party organisations. These could include, for example, payment or donation services, embedded media, maps, analytics services or social media functionality.
Where these services use cookies or similar technologies, information may be processed by the relevant third party in accordance with its own privacy and cookie policies.
We seek to use trusted third-party service providers and, where personal information is involved, apply appropriate contractual and security measures in accordance with our Information Governance & Data Protection Policy.
7. How long cookies remain on your device
Some cookies are session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser.
Others are persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
The duration will depend upon the purpose of the individual cookie. Where required, information about the duration and purpose of individual cookies should be provided through our cookie consent tool or cookie information displayed on the website.
8. Personal information and cookies
Some information collected through cookies may constitute personal data, particularly where it can identify or be associated with an individual or device.
Where personal data is processed, it will be handled in accordance with applicable UK data protection legislation and our Information Governance & Data Protection Policy.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
9. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the technologies and services we use, or applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
The latest version will be published on our website with the date it was last updated.
10. Contact us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or how we handle your personal information, please contact:
Finance & Administration Manager
Destitute Animals Shelter
1 Northolt Drive
Bolton
BL3 6NJ
Email: accounts@destituteanimalshelter.org.uk
If you have concerns about how your personal information has been handled, you also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Information Commissioner’s Office – Cookies and similar technologies guidance
