Cookie Policy Last updated 23.08.2026

This Cookie Policy explains how PetRank (“we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at https://www.pet-rank.com (“Websites“). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, [PetRank]) are called “first-party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

Why do we use cookies?

We use first-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. This is described in more detail below.

How can I control cookies?

Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services. If you choose to reject cookies areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies.

The specific types of first-party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):

Essential website cookies:

These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Where a cookie below is marked as splittable, your browser may store it as several numbered parts (for example petrank-auth-session.0 and petrank-auth-session.1) when the value is too large to fit in a single cookie. Each part serves the same purpose and expires at the same time.

All of the cookies below are set by us, are sent only over a secure (HTTPS) connection, and are shared between www.pet-rank.com and auth.pet-rank.com so that signing in on one is recognised by the other. None of them are advertising or analytics cookies, and none are used to track you across other websites.

Both petrank-auth-session and petrank-shared-session are marked HttpOnly, which means JavaScript running in your browser cannot read them. The browser still sends them securely to both the main site and the sign-in service so that you sign in once rather than twice. We also keep the session cookie's contents to the minimum needed to know who you are, as described below.

Name: [petrank-auth-session] (splittable) Purpose: [Authorization - keeps you signed in] Contains: [Your PetRank session tokens and your PetRank account identifier, and nothing that identifies you personally. It does not contain your email address, your name or profile picture, the list of other accounts you have linked, or any access token for the Google, GitHub or X account you used to sign in.] Readable by JavaScript on our sites: [No - this cookie is HttpOnly] Provider: [PetRank] Expires in: [Upon Closing Browser]

Name: [petrank-auth-session-code-verifier] Purpose: [Authentication - secures the sign-in exchange, so that an intercepted sign-in cannot be completed by anyone else] Provider: [PetRank] Expires in: [Upon Closing Browser]

Name: [petrank-shared-session] Purpose: [Shared Session - lets our sign-in service and the main site recognise the same session] Readable by JavaScript on our sites: [No - this cookie is HttpOnly] Provider: [PetRank] Expires in: [7 days]

Name: [petrank-oauth-initiated] Purpose: [Authentication - marks that a sign-in is in progress] Contains: [The single character "1". It holds no identifier of any kind.] Provider: [PetRank] Expires in: [1 hour]

Name: [petrank-cookie-notice] Purpose: [Remembers that you have already seen our cookie notice, so it is not shown again] Provider: [PetRank] Expires in: [1 year]

How can I control cookies on my browser?

As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:

Chrome Internet Explorer Firefox Safari Edge Opera What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?

Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. Other sites use technologies such as web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs") - tiny graphics files carrying a unique identifier that report when a page has been opened.

We do not use them. PetRank sets only the five strictly necessary cookies listed above, and sends no marketing email, so there is nothing here that measures whether a message was opened or follows you between pages.

Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?

No. Adobe Flash reached end of life in December 2020 and is not supported by any current browser. PetRank does not use Flash, and therefore sets no Flash Cookies or Local Shared Objects.

Do you serve targeted advertising?

Not at present. PetRank currently serves no advertising, and no third party sets cookies through our Websites. Every cookie described in this policy is set by us and is strictly necessary for the site to work, so there is nothing to opt out of today and no advertising network holding information about your visits here.

We may introduce advertising in future. If we do, we will update this policy before any advertising cookie is set, and - because advertising cookies are not strictly necessary - we will ask for your consent first and give you a way to refuse them. Until you see that change reflected here, the table above is the complete list of cookies this site sets.

How often will you update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore revisit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.

Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at privacy (at) pet-rank.com