Privacy Policy
Effective date: June 10, 2024
Welcome to DogFoodNet.com (“DogFoodNet,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect the information you provide when you visit and interact with our website and services.
What We Collect
We collect two main categories of information when you use DogFoodNet.com.
First, you may voluntarily provide personal details—such as your name, email address, and any information you include when signing up for recall alerts or our newsletter, submitting a contact-form inquiry, or posting comments and feedback. You can unsubscribe from newsletters or alerts anytime via the unsubscribe link or by contacting us.
Second, we automatically gather technical and usage data via cookies and similar technologies: your IP address, device and browser type, operating system, pages visited and time spent on each, click-path navigation, and referring website URLs.
We do not collect sensitive health or biometric information.
This combination of direct and automated data collection helps us deliver and enhance our services while giving you clear insight into what we gather and why.
How We Use Your Data
We use the collected data for various purposes:
- To deliver and operate our services effectively
- To inform you about updates or modifications to our services
- To enable your participation in interactive elements of our service when you opt to do so
- To offer customer care and assistance
- To collect insights and feedback to help us enhance our services
- To observe and analyze how our services are being used
- To identify, prevent, and resolve technical problems
- To share updates, promotions, and general information about similar products, services, or events we offer, unless you’ve chosen not to receive such communications
We only process your personal data when we have a valid legal reason to do so—such as to fulfill a contract, meet legal obligations, serve our legitimate business interests, or when you have given us your clear consent.
Third-Party Sharing
We may share your personal data with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate our services, such as hosting companies, and analytics providers. These third parties access your data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are required to protect your information in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
If applicable, we may also share data with advertising partners to provide personalized ads or social features. We ensure that our partners maintain strict confidentiality and comply with relevant data protection regulations.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to comply with legal, tax, or regulatory requirements. For example, marketing data is kept only as long as you consent to receive our communications.
The length of data retention depends on the type of data, your relationship with us, and applicable legal obligations. You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information at any time. When you do so, we will remove your data from our systems unless we are required to retain it for legal or legitimate business reasons.
User Rights
Under privacy laws such as the GDPR and CCPA, you have several rights regarding your personal data. These include the right to access the information we hold about you, request corrections to any inaccuracies, and ask for your data to be deleted (often called the “right to be forgotten”). Please note that specific rights may vary depending on your location and applicable laws.
You also have the right to withdraw your consent for data collection at any time, especially when consent is the legal basis for processing your data. Additionally, you can object to certain uses of your data, such as marketing or data sales.
To exercise any of these rights, you can contact us using the information provided in this policy. We will respond to your requests promptly and within the timeframes required by law.
Affiliate Links Disclosure
DogFoodNet.com contains affiliate links to products. If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. This helps support our website and allows us to continue providing free content.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience and to understand how our website is used. Currently, we use:
Analytics Cookies: These help us collect information about website traffic and user behavior (e.g., pages visited, time spent). This data is used strictly to improve our website’s performance and user experience.
Affiliate Tracking Cookies: Our website contains affiliate links, which means we may earn a commission if you click on a link and make a purchase. When you click an affiliate link, a third-party cookie may be placed on your browser to track the referral and properly attribute commissions. These cookies are set by the affiliate networks or retailers, not by us directly.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings.
Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed to children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will take steps to delete it promptly.
Policy Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally. When we do, we will post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
Data Security
We use reasonable security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about your personal data or this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at:
Email: [email protected]
We are committed to responding to your inquiries promptly and helping you exercise your data privacy rights.
