Privacy & data use
This policy explains how PupWiki collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you visit pupwiki.com, use our tools, click affiliate links, or interact with ads.
PupWiki (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website at pupwiki.com. We provide dog breed information, care guides, cost tools, name tools, product guidance, and related editorial resources.
We do not sell personal information for money. We use common website technologies such as hosting logs, analytics, advertising cookies, affiliate tracking, and local browser storage to operate and improve the site.
Data collection
When you visit PupWiki, our hosting and security providers, including Cloudflare, may automatically process standard technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, approximate location, timestamps, and log data. This helps us keep the site secure, reliable, and fast.
We may use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the site. Analytics data can include pages viewed, device type, session duration, referral source, and general geographic region. We use this information in aggregate to improve content, navigation, and site performance.
If you contact us by email or through a contact form, we may collect your name, email address, subject, message, and any information you choose to include. We use this information only to respond to your message, handle corrections, or manage legitimate site-related communication.
Some PupWiki features may store preferences locally on your device. For example,
the dog name generator may save favorite names or recent options in your browser’s
localStorage. This data stays on your device unless you choose to copy,
export, or share it.
Advertising
PupWiki may use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to PupWiki or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to PupWiki and/or other sites on the Internet. These ads may be personalized or non-personalized depending on your location, consent choices, browser settings, and Google account settings.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings . You can also learn more about how Google uses data from partner sites at Google’s partner sites policy page .
Google and other advertising providers may process data such as cookie identifiers, device information, approximate location, ad interactions, and page context to deliver, limit, measure, and improve advertising.
Affiliate links
PupWiki may earn commissions from qualifying purchases or partner referrals. When you click an affiliate link, you may be redirected to a third-party website such as Amazon, AWIN partners, pet retailers, or other relevant providers.
These third-party sites may collect information through their own cookies, pixels, checkout systems, analytics, and privacy policies. We do not control how those third-party sites collect or use your information after you leave PupWiki.
Learn more about our commercial relationships in our Affiliate Disclosure.
Purpose
We use collected information for the following purposes:
We do not use contact messages to add you to marketing lists unless you explicitly opt in. We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information through PupWiki.
Choices
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we may ask for consent before using certain analytics or advertising technologies where required by law or platform policy. Your choices may affect whether ads are personalized or non-personalized.
Most browsers allow you to block, delete, or limit cookies. You can also clear local browser storage from your browser settings. If you clear local storage, locally saved PupWiki tool preferences and favorites may be removed.
You can manage personalized ads in Google Ads Settings and can opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on .
Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal information. These may include:
You can request a copy of personal information we may hold about you.
You can ask us to correct inaccurate information.
You can ask us to delete personal information where applicable.
You can object to or restrict some processing where the law gives you that right.
You can request certain data in a portable format where applicable.
Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw that consent.
To exercise privacy rights, contact us through our contact page. We may need to verify your request before taking action.
California residents may have rights to know, delete, correct, and opt out of certain sharing or use of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell personal information for money. Advertising and analytics services may process identifiers or usage data as described in this policy.
Retention
We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Children
PupWiki is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect PupWiki and the information processed through the site. No website or online service can guarantee absolute security, but we aim to reduce risk through reputable hosting, security, and access-control practices.
Updates
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, advertising choices, affiliate tracking, or our data practices, please contact us through our contact page.
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