Last updated: September 2026COOKIES POLICY
At Akira’s Doghouse, we use cookies and similar technologies to make our website function properly, improve your browsing experience and understand how visitors use our website.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them and how you can manage your preferences.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.
They help websites remember information, provide essential functionality and, where you give permission, understand how visitors use a website.
We may also use similar technologies, such as pixels or local storage, for purposes comparable to cookies..
Functional cookies
Functional cookies may help certain features of the website work or remember choices you have made.
Where consent is legally required, these cookies will only be used after you have given your permission.
Marketing cookies
If we use marketing or advertising technologies that place non-essential cookies, these will only be used where applicable and where the required consent has been obtained.
At this time, we do not intentionally use cookies for advertising purposes unless such a service is specifically added to our website.
2. How we use cookies
Akira’s Doghouse uses cookies for different purposes. Some cookies are necessary for the website to function, while others are only used when you give us permission.
Essential cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for our website and webshop to function properly.
They may be used to support:
website navigation;
security;
your shopping cart;
the checkout process;
payment and order functionality;
remembering essential settings;
other functions necessary to provide the service you request.
Because these cookies are necessary for the operation of the website or a service you have requested, they cannot be disabled through our cookie settings. For example, Squarespace uses necessary cookies to support features such as shopping carts and checkout.
Analytics & performance cookies
Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.
They may provide information about:
which pages are visited;
how visitors navigate through the website;
how visitors interact with our website;
website traffic and performance;
shopping and conversion activity.
This information helps us understand what works well and where we can improve the Akira’s Doghouse experience.
These cookies are restricted until you give the required consent through our cookie banner.
Squarespace states that its analytics and performance cookies can be disabled and restricted until a visitor makes a choice through the cookie banner.
3. Cookies from Squarespace
Our website is built and hosted using Squarespace.
Squarespace uses necessary cookies to operate the website and may use analytics and performance cookies to provide website statistics and understand visitor interactions.
The exact cookies used can depend on the features and services enabled on our website.
For more information about the cookies used by Squarespace, please visit Squarespace's cookie information
4. Our webshop and payments
When you place an order through Akira’s Doghouse, certain cookies or similar technologies may be necessary to enable the shopping cart, checkout and payment process.
These technologies are necessary to provide the service you have requested and to process your order securely.
Payment providers may also process information in connection with your payment. Their processing is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
5. Third-party services
Some features on our website may involve third-party services.
Depending on the services we use, these may include:
payment providers;
analytics services;
social media platforms;
embedded content;
other services connected to our website.
Third-party services may use their own cookies or similar technologies. Where required, non-essential third-party cookies will only be placed after you have given the necessary consent.
Some third-party integrations may have their own privacy or consent mechanisms. Squarespace notes that its cookie banner does not necessarily restrict every cookie placed by every third-party integration.
6. Your cookie choices
When you visit our website, our cookie banner allows you to choose how non-essential cookies are used. You can:
Accept all: Accept all available cookies.
Decline all: Decline non-essential cookies.
Manage cookies: Choose which categories of cookies you want to allow.
Essential cookies remain active because they are required for the website and webshop to function. You are able to use our website and shop without accepting non-essential cookies. The Dutch Data Protection Authority states that refusing tracking cookies should not prevent a visitor from normally using a website.
7. Changing your cookie preferences
You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences after your initial choice.
If you have previously accepted non-essential cookies, you can return to your cookie settings and change your preferences.
We aim to make withdrawing consent as easy as giving consent.
Changing your preferences does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before your consent was withdrawn. The Dutch Data Protection Authority requires consent to be withdrawable and explains that withdrawal should be straightforward.
8. How long do cookies remain?
Cookies can be either session cookies or persistent cookies.
Session cookies are generally deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a defined period or until they are deleted.
The specific retention period depends on the cookie and the service that places it.
Because the cookies used on our website can depend on the Squarespace features and third-party services we have enabled, the retention period may vary.
9. Managing cookies through your browser
You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:
view stored cookies;
delete cookies;
block certain cookies;
block all cookies.
Please note that blocking or deleting essential cookies may affect the functionality of our website, including parts of the shopping and checkout experience.
10. Changes to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. This may happen when we:
add or remove website features;
start using a new service;
change the cookies or technologies used on our website;
need to reflect changes in applicable laws or regulations.
The latest version of this Cookie Policy will always be available on this page.
Last updated: September 2026
11. Contact
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us through our Contact page.
Akira’s Doghouse
The Netherlands
AKIRASDOGHOUSE@OUTLOOK.COM