Privacy Policy

At The Pets Magazine, accessible from https://thepetsmagazine.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that are collected and recorded by The Pets Magazine and how we use it. 

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us. This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities. It is valid for visitors to our website with regard to the information that they share and/or collect in The Pets Magazine. 

This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Free Privacy Policy Generator.

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide and the reasons why you are asked to provide it will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information. 

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide. 

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including:

  • Providing, operating, and maintaining our website
  • Improving, personalizing, and expanding our website
  • Understanding and analyzing how you use our website
  • Developing new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicating with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Sending you emails
  • Finding and preventing fraud

Log Files

The Pets Magazine follows a standard procedure for using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services’ analytics. 

The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. 

These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement on the website, and gather demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, thepetsmagazine uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information, including visitors’ preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. 

The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information. For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies” from Cookie Consent.

Use of Google Analytics 

The Pets Magazine website is analyzed using Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses cookies to gather information about our website. We use this information to create detailed reports about the use of our website. 

In this context, we can use the Google Analytics data for the following reasons.

  • To make using the site easier for you by ensuring that you do not need to enter your personal information every time you visit our website
  • Google Analytics helps us to deliver the services that you usually request. 
  • To create and publish content that you look for

You can visit Google Privacy Policy & Terms to be sure of the safety of your data. 

Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. 

However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the privacy policies of The Pets Magazine’s advertising partners, including Google Adsense. Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on The Pets Magazine, which are sent directly to users’ browsers. 

They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit. Note that The Pets Magazine has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

The Pets Magazine Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. 

It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found on the browsers’ respective websites.

Also, The Pets Magazine contains links to other websites. We don’t take any responsibility regarding the privacy of those sites. If you are leaving our site and visiting those websites, you must refer to their privacy policies for your data safety. 

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, Californian consumers have the right to request that a business collect a consumer’s personal data and disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers. 

They can request a business to delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected. Also, they can request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data must refrain from such practices. 

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. 

Every user is entitled to the following: 

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service. 

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete. 

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions. 

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions. 

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions. 

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization or directly to you, under certain conditions. 

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. 

The Pets Magazine does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. Suppose you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website. In that case, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best efforts to remove such information from our records promptly.