Cookie Policy

This cookie policy explains what cookies are, how Sunderland Dogs Results uses them and how you can manage your preferences. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides broader information about how we handle data.

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device — computer, tablet or smartphone — when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, to remember your preferences and to provide usage information to website operators. Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third-party services that the website uses (third-party cookies).

Cookies can be session cookies, which are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them manually.

How This Website Uses Cookies

Sunderland Dogs Results may use the following categories of cookies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the basic operation of the website. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, access to secure areas and basic load balancing. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they cannot be disabled. Strictly necessary cookies do not collect personal information and are not used for marketing or analytics purposes.

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting information about which pages are visited, how long visitors spend on each page, which links are clicked and whether visitors encounter any errors. The information collected by analytics cookies is aggregated and anonymised, meaning it cannot be used to identify individual visitors.

Analytics data is used solely to improve the content, structure and performance of the website. We may use third-party analytics services to process this data. These services operate under their own privacy policies and data processing agreements.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies remember choices you make on the website, such as your preferred display settings or whether you have previously dismissed a notification banner. These cookies improve your experience by avoiding the need to re-enter preferences each time you visit. They do not track your browsing activity across other websites.

Third-Party Cookies

Some pages on this website may embed content from or link to third-party services. If you interact with embedded content — such as external widgets or linked platforms — those third parties may set their own cookies on your device. Sunderland Dogs Results does not control cookies set by third parties and is not responsible for their privacy practices.

Third-party services whose cookies may appear on this website include web analytics platforms used to measure site traffic and content delivery networks used to serve web fonts and static resources. Each of these services has its own cookie and privacy policy, which you should review if you have concerns about third-party data collection.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or refuse cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways.

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically configure your browser to block all cookies, block only third-party cookies, alert you before a cookie is set, or delete cookies that have already been stored. The method for managing cookies varies between browsers. Instructions for the most common browsers are available at the following addresses: Google Chrome at support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647, Mozilla Firefox at support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer, Apple Safari at support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac, and Microsoft Edge at support.microsoft.com.

Opt-Out Tools

If this website uses third-party analytics services, you may be able to opt out of data collection by those services directly. For example, Google Analytics users can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Effect of Disabling Cookies

If you choose to block or delete cookies, some features of the website may not function as intended. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled without affecting core site functionality. Blocking analytics or functionality cookies will not prevent you from accessing the site’s content, but it may mean that your preferences are not remembered between visits and that we are unable to collect anonymous usage data to improve the site.

Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a Do Not Track setting that sends a signal to websites requesting that your activity not be tracked. There is currently no universal standard for how websites should respond to Do Not Track signals. This website does not currently alter its behaviour in response to Do Not Track requests, but we keep this position under review as industry standards develop.

Changes to This Policy

This cookie policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable regulations. When changes are made, the “last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised. Continued use of the website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.