Cookie Policy
Last updated: 3 August 2026
1. About This Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how cookies and similar technologies may be used on barkhabitat.com and related webpages operated under The Bark Co.
The website is operated by:
Legal entity: UNIVERSAL TRADING LLC
Trading name: The Bark Co.
Registration number: 1050003007029
Registered address: 310-0024 Ibaraki, Mito, Bizemmachi 2-5 Tokan Mito Park Heights #216, Japan
Email: sales@barkhabitat.com
Website: barkhabitat.com
In this Policy, “The Bark Co.”, “we”, “us” and “our” mean UNIVERSAL TRADING LLC trading as The Bark Co.
This Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Website Terms of Use.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files stored on your browser or device when you visit a website.
Cookies may allow a website to recognise a browser or device, remember preferences, maintain security, operate website features, understand how visitors interact with pages and measure the effectiveness of communications or advertising.
Cookies do not necessarily identify you by name. However, information collected through cookies or similar technologies may become personal information when it is linked or reasonably capable of being linked to you or other identifying information.
3. Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, the website may use similar technologies, including:
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Pixels
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Tags
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Web beacons
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Local storage
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Session storage
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Software development kits
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Device identifiers
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Embedded scripts
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Log files
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Analytics identifiers
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Conversion-tracking technologies
References to “cookies” in this Policy include these similar technologies where appropriate.
4. Why We Use Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to:
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Operate the website
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Maintain website security
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Prevent fraud and misuse
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Remember visitor preferences
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Enable forms and enquiry functions
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Provide requested website features
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Improve website performance
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Identify technical errors
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Understand website traffic
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Measure how visitors use the website
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Determine which pages and products receive interest
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Improve website design and content
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Measure marketing performance
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Understand how visitors reached the website
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Support advertising and remarketing where enabled
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Comply with legal and record-keeping obligations
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Remember cookie-consent selections
We will not use a category of cookie for a materially different purpose without providing appropriate information and obtaining consent where required.
5. Categories of Cookies
The website may use the following categories of cookies.
5.1 Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are required for the website to operate safely and correctly.
They may be used for:
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Website security
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Fraud and attack detection
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Network management
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Page rendering
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Session management
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Form operation
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Load balancing
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Consent-preference storage
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Core website functionality
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Accessibility or language settings necessary for a requested service
Because these cookies are necessary to provide the website or a service you request, they generally cannot be disabled through our cookie-consent tool.
You may still block them through your browser, but parts of the website may stop working correctly.
5.2 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies support enhanced or personalised website features.
They may be used to:
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Remember visitor preferences
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Remember language or display settings
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Support live-chat or communication tools
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Enable embedded maps or media
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Remember information entered during a session
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Provide enhanced third-party features
If you do not allow functional cookies, some website features may be unavailable or may not work as intended.
5.3 Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website.
They may collect information such as:
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Pages visited
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Time spent on pages
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General navigation paths
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Approximate geographic region
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Browser and device type
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Referring website
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Technical errors
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Website performance
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Enquiry or conversion events
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General traffic patterns
We use this information to understand website performance, improve content and make the website easier to use.
Where required, analytics cookies will not be activated unless you consent to them.
5.4 Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies may be used to measure, personalise or improve advertising.
They may support:
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Advertising-performance measurement
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Campaign attribution
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Conversion tracking
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Remarketing
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Audience measurement
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Limiting repeated advertisements
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Understanding whether an advertisement resulted in a website visit or enquiry
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Delivering advertising that may be more relevant to visitor interests
Marketing cookies may be placed or accessed by advertising and social-media providers.
Where required, marketing cookies will not be activated unless you consent to them.
5.5 Unclassified Cookies
A cookie may temporarily appear as unclassified while its purpose, provider or category is being reviewed.
We will take reasonable steps to classify cookies identified through our website scans and prevent unclassified non-essential cookies from operating without consent where required.
6. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Cookies may be either first-party or third-party cookies.
First-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are placed by or on behalf of The Bark Co. through barkhabitat.com.
They may support website security, operation, forms, preferences, analytics and consent management.
Third-Party Cookies
Third-party cookies are placed or accessed by another organisation whose technology, application or content is used on the website.
Third-party providers may include:
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Website-hosting providers
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Consent-management providers
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Analytics providers
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Advertising providers
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Social-media platforms
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Mapping providers
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Video-hosting providers
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Form or communication providers
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Security providers
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Customer-management or marketing platforms
Third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
We do not control every aspect of a third party’s independent processing. We select and configure third-party services with reasonable care and provide appropriate information where their technology is used.
7. Wix Website Platform
The Bark Co. website is built and hosted using Wix.
Wix may place essential cookies required for matters such as:
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Website security
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Fraud and attack detection
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Stable website operation
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Session management
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Page rendering
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Platform performance
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Application programming interface protection
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Consent management
The names, functions and durations of Wix cookies may change as Wix updates its platform and security systems.
Wix applications, business solutions, third-party integrations and custom code may place additional functional, analytics or marketing cookies.
The cookies actually detected on the website should be shown through the website’s cookie-consent tool or cookie-details panel where that feature is available.
8. Current Cookie Details
The particular cookies used on the website may change when:
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Wix updates its platform
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A website feature is added or removed
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An integration is enabled or disabled
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An analytics or marketing service is changed
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A security feature is updated
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A third-party application changes its technology
The most current information concerning detected cookies, including their:
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Name
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Provider
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Purpose
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Category
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Duration
should be made available through the website’s cookie banner, privacy trigger or cookie-settings panel where supported.
Cookie durations may be described as:
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Session cookies, which generally expire when the browser session ends; or
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Persistent cookies, which remain for a specified period unless deleted earlier.
The expiry period stated by a provider is the maximum intended duration. A cookie may be removed earlier because of browser settings, consent withdrawal, website configuration or provider changes.
9. Cookie Consent
Where consent is legally required, we will request consent before activating non-essential cookies.
When the cookie banner is displayed, you may be given options to:
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Accept all cookies
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Reject non-essential cookies
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Select permitted categories
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Review cookie details
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Save your preferences
Essential cookies may operate without consent where they are reasonably necessary to provide the website, protect security or deliver a service you requested.
Your decision to reject non-essential cookies will not prevent basic access to the website. However, certain optional features, embedded content or personalised functions may not operate.
Continuing to browse the website will not be treated as consent where applicable law requires a clear affirmative choice.
10. Changing or Withdrawing Consent
You may change or withdraw your cookie consent at any time through the cookie-settings link, privacy trigger or consent-management tool displayed on the website.
Withdrawing consent will apply to future use of the affected cookies. It does not make processing that lawfully occurred before withdrawal unlawful.
After consent is withdrawn:
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The affected non-essential cookies should no longer be activated through the website
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Previously stored cookies may remain on your device until they expire or are deleted
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Certain optional website functions may become unavailable
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Aggregated or de-identified information created before withdrawal may be retained where legally permitted
You can delete existing cookies through your browser settings.
11. Browser and Device Controls
Most browsers allow you to:
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View stored cookies
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Delete individual cookies
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Delete all cookies
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Block cookies
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Block third-party cookies
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Receive notifications before cookies are stored
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Clear browsing data when the browser closes
The available controls differ between browsers and devices.
Blocking all cookies may interfere with:
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Website security
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Form submissions
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Saved preferences
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Consent records
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Embedded content
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Website performance
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Other essential functions
You should consult the help or privacy settings provided by your browser or device manufacturer for current instructions.
12. Analytics
Where enabled and permitted by your consent choices, we may use analytics services to understand website use and performance.
Analytics information may include:
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General traffic data
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Page views
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Interaction events
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Referring sources
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Approximate location
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Browser information
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Device information
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Session duration
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Technical performance
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Form or quotation-request events
We use analytics information to improve:
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Product-page content
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Website navigation
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Technical performance
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Search visibility
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Customer experience
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Enquiry and quotation processes
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Marketing effectiveness
We do not intend to use analytics tools to collect information entered into sensitive or confidential form fields unless this is clearly disclosed and lawfully configured.
13. Advertising and Conversion Measurement
Where enabled, marketing technologies may help us determine whether advertising or promotional activity resulted in:
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A website visit
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A product-page view
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A documentation request
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A quotation request
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Another relevant interaction
Advertising providers may use cookies or identifiers to associate website activity with activity on other websites, applications or devices.
Where consent is required, these technologies will be activated only after the relevant consent is provided.
You may reject or withdraw consent for marketing cookies without losing access to the website’s essential functions.
14. Embedded Content and External Services
The website may contain content or features supplied by third parties, such as:
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Maps
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Videos
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Social-media content
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Chat functions
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Scheduling tools
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Forms
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External documents
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Payment or finance links
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Other interactive services
A third-party service may place cookies or collect technical information when its content loads or when you interact with it.
Where supported, third-party content requiring non-essential cookies may remain blocked until you provide the relevant consent.
If you follow a link to a separate third-party website, that website’s own privacy and cookie practices will apply.
15. Information Collected Through Cookies
Depending on the cookie or technology, information collected may include:
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Internet Protocol address
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General geographic region
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Browser type and version
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Device type
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Operating system
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Screen or display information
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Language settings
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Referring website
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Pages visited
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Date and time of access
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Navigation and interaction data
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Session identifiers
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Consent selections
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Technical error information
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General enquiry or conversion events
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Advertising identifiers
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Other online identifiers
We do not intentionally use cookies to collect highly sensitive personal information unless this is necessary, lawful and clearly disclosed.
16. Combining Cookie Information With Other Information
Information collected through cookies may be combined with information you voluntarily provide, such as when you:
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Submit an enquiry
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Request documentation
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Request a quotation
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Contact The Bark Co.
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Respond to a communication
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Become a customer
This may help us understand the source of an enquiry, respond effectively, assess marketing performance or maintain appropriate customer records.
Where cookie-derived information is linked to an identifiable person, it will be handled in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable law.
17. International Data Processing
Website, analytics, consent-management, security and marketing providers may process or store information outside Japan or outside the country from which you access the website.
The countries involved may depend on:
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The provider
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Its infrastructure
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Your location
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The website feature used
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The configuration of the relevant service
Where required, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that international handling of personal information is subject to appropriate safeguards, contractual protections, consent or another lawful basis.
Further information about international data handling is provided in our Privacy Policy.
18. Data Retention
Cookie information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose, subject to:
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The cookie’s stated duration
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Consent records
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Security requirements
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Analytics requirements
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Legal obligations
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Dispute-management requirements
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The provider’s applicable retention settings
We may retain aggregated or de-identified statistics for longer where they no longer reasonably identify an individual.
Consent records may be retained where reasonably necessary to demonstrate and manage cookie choices.
19. Do Not Track and Similar Signals
Some browsers and devices transmit “Do Not Track” or similar privacy signals.
There is not a single universally implemented technical standard governing every such signal.
We will respond to legally recognised privacy signals where required and where our website technology supports them. You should also use the website’s cookie-settings tool to communicate your preferences directly.
20. Children’s Privacy
The website is intended to provide information about modular buildings and related services to customers, property owners, businesses and professional advisers.
It is not designed to target children or use children’s information for behavioural advertising.
If we become aware that cookie information has been improperly associated with a child, we will take reasonable steps appropriate to the circumstances and applicable law.
21. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information collected through cookies, including rights to:
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Request access
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Request correction
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Request deletion
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Object to or restrict certain processing
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Withdraw consent
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Ask how information is used or disclosed
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Make a privacy complaint
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.
Instructions for exercising privacy rights are provided in our Privacy Policy.
22. Legal Compliance
Cookies and related information will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection requirements.
Depending on the visitor, transaction and location, relevant requirements may include:
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Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information
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Japan’s Telecommunications Business Act where applicable
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The Australian Privacy Act and Australian Privacy Principles where applicable
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The European Union General Data Protection Regulation
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The United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation
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Applicable electronic-communications, consumer-protection and privacy laws in other jurisdictions
A reference to a law does not mean that every part of that law applies to every visitor or every website activity.
Where applicable law provides stronger rights than this Policy, the applicable legal requirement will prevail.
23. Security
We take reasonable administrative and technical steps to protect information collected through the website.
However, no internet transmission, cookie, browser or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You are responsible for maintaining appropriate security on your browser, device, accounts and network.
24. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes to:
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Cookies used on the website
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Wix platform functionality
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Website features
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Analytics or advertising services
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Consent-management tools
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Business operations
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Privacy or electronic-communications laws
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Regulatory guidance
The current version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
Where a material change requires new consent, we will request that consent where required.
25. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or the use of cookies on our website, contact:
The Bark Co.
UNIVERSAL TRADING LLC
Registration number: 1050003007029
Address: 310-0024 Ibaraki, Mito, Bizemmachi 2-5 Tokan Mito Park Heights #216, Japan
Email: sales@barkhabitat.com
Website: barkhabitat.com