Privacy Policy | Dogs Habit

Dogshabit.com is committed to safeguarding your privacy. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the use of your Personal Data, please contact us, and we will gladly assist you.

By using this site or our services, you consent to the Processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.

Definitions

Personal Data – any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Processing – any operation or set of operations performed on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data.

Data Subject – a natural person whose Personal Data is being Processed.

We/Us (either capitalized or not) – dogshabit.com

Data Protection Principles

We adhere to the following data protection principles:

Processing is lawful, fair, and transparent – Our Processing activities have lawful grounds. We consider your rights before Processing Personal Data and will provide you information upon request.

Processing is limited to the purpose – Our Processing activities align with the purpose for which Personal Data was collected.

Processing is done with minimal data – We only gather and Process the minimal amount of Personal Data necessary for any purpose.

Processing is limited to a time period – We will not store your Personal Data for longer than necessary.

Accuracy of data – We strive to ensure the accuracy of data.

Integrity and confidentiality of data – We aim to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.

Data Subject’s Rights

You have the following rights regarding your Personal Data:

Right to Information – You have the right to know if your Personal Data is being processed; what data is collected, from where it is obtained, and why and by whom it is processed.

Right to Access – You have the right to access the data collected from/about you and request a copy of it.

Right to Rectification – You have the right to request correction or deletion of inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data.

Right to Erasure – In certain circumstances, you can request that your Personal Data be erased from our records.

Right to Restrict Processing – Where certain conditions apply, you have the right to restrict the Processing of your Personal Data.

Right to Object to Processing – You have the right to object to the Processing of your Personal Data, for example, in the case of direct marketing.

Right to Object to Automated Processing – You have the right to object to automated Processing, including profiling, and not be subject to decisions based solely on automated Processing.

Right to Data Portability – You have the right to obtain your Personal Data in a machine-readable format or, if feasible, transfer it directly to another Processor.

Right to Lodge a Complaint – If we refuse your request under the Rights of Access, we will provide a reason. If you are dissatisfied with how your request was handled, please contact us.

Right for the Help of Supervisory Authority – You have the right to seek help from a supervisory authority and other legal remedies such as claiming damages.

Right to Withdraw Consent – You can withdraw any given consent for Processing of your Personal Data.

Data We Gather

Information You Provide – This includes your e-mail address, name, billing address, home address, etc., necessary for delivering products/services or enhancing your experience with us. We retain the information you provide to enable activities on the website, such as commenting.

Comments – When visitors leave comments, we collect data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to aid spam detection. An anonymized string from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to see if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public.

Information Automatically Collected – Includes data stored by cookies and session tools, such as shopping cart information, IP address, and browsing history. This data helps improve your experience on our website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year. Login cookies are temporary and discarded when you close your browser. Persistent login cookies last for two weeks, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies are removed. Cookies related to edited or published articles last for one day.

Media

If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those other websites. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content.

Information from Our Partners

We gather information from trusted partners who have confirmed they have legal grounds to share it. This includes information you have provided them or that they have collected on other legal grounds.

Publicly Available Information

We might collect publicly available information about you.

How We Use Your Personal Data

We use your Personal Data to:

Provide our services (e.g., registering your account, delivering products/services, communicating with you, notifying you of changes).

Enhance your customer experience.

Fulfill legal or contractual obligations.

On legitimate grounds, we process Personal Data for personalized offers, client base analysis, and client satisfaction surveys.

With your consent, we send newsletters and campaign offers, and for other purposes where consent was provided.

We may process data for additional purposes compatible with the original purpose for which it was collected, ensuring that such processing does not harm your interests and includes appropriate safeguards.

How We Secure Your Data

We use secure protocols for communication and data transfer (e.g., HTTPS), and employ anonymizing and pseudonymizing measures where suitable. We monitor for vulnerabilities and attacks. Despite our efforts, we cannot guarantee complete security but will notify authorities and you in the event of a data breach. Keep your account details confidential.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for auto-approval of follow-up comments. For registered users, personal information in user profiles can be viewed, edited, or deleted by the user. Administrators can also view and edit this information.

Compliance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act

We do not collect or maintain information from individuals known to be under 13 years old. Our website is not intended to attract anyone under 13.

Cookies and Other Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to analyze behavior, administer the site, track movements, and collect user information. Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer that help make sites work. You can control cookies via browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect site functionality.

Use of Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze site use. Google Analytics collects data via cookies to create reports about website usage. Google’s privacy policy is available here. Instructions for managing cookies in various browsers can be found here (Chrome), here (Firefox), here (Opera), here (Internet Explorer), here (Safari), and here (Edge).

Use of Google AdSense

Ads may be served by Google using the DART cookie to deliver ads based on your visit to our site and other sites. DART does not track personal information but you may opt out of DART by visiting Google’s privacy policy.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

dogshabit.com may update this privacy policy at any time. We will revise the date at the bottom of this page. We encourage you to check this page regularly for changes to stay informed about how we protect your personal information.

Use of Materials

Materials on this website are for personal use only. Reproduction, transmission, or display of these materials without an active dofollow link to dogshabit.com is prohibited.

Contacting Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or practices of this site, please contact us at info@dogshabit.com (with spaces removed).

Mango Media Advertising Privacy Notice

Mango Media collaborates with our site to deliver ads that align with your interests. It collects information about your online activities, including websites visited, pages viewed, search terms, and device information. This data is used to display interest-based advertising and may be shared with partners. To learn more about Mango Media’s data practices, please visit their privacy policy.

Ezoic Advertising Privacy Notice

Ezoic works with us to deliver targeted ads based on your online behavior. It collects information about your visits and interactions, which may be shared with partners to display personalized ads. For more details, refer to Ezoic’s privacy policy.