This Privacy Policy describes how Papdogs (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our website https://papdogs.top (the “Site” ).

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://papdogs.top. We are dedicated to providing high-quality content about dog care, training, and nutrition.

2. Information We Collect

a ) Comments When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

b ) Media If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

c) Cookies Cookies are small data files stored on your browser.

  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.
  • Article Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

d) Embedded Content from Other Websites Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

3. Advertising and Affiliate Links (Important for AdSense)

To support our Site, we may use third-party advertising companies and affiliate links.

a) Google AdSense We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (specifically the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website and other websites on the Internet. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.

b) Affiliate Disclosure Papdogs may participate in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission on products purchased through our links to retailer sites, at no extra cost to you. This helps us keep the site running. We only recommend products we believe in.

4. Analytics

We may use third-party service providers, such as Google Analytics, to monitor and analyze the use of our Site. Google Analytics collects data like your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This helps us understand our audience and improve our content. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.

5. How We Use and Share Your Data

We use the information we collect to operate and maintain our Site, respond to your comments, and protect against spam.

  • Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
  • Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

6. How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.

7. Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. To make a request, please use our Contact Us page.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us through our Contact Us page.