Welcome to DogGuide.blog! We’re committed to safeguarding your privacy and want to be transparent about the information we collect, how we use it, and your rights. Please read through this Privacy Policy to understand our practices.
Who We Are
Our website address is: http://dogguide.blog. We’re dedicated to providing quality content for dog lovers everywhere, while also ensuring that your data is handled responsibly and securely.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This helps us detect and prevent spam.
If you’re using Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address (known as a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you have a profile there. You can read the Gravatar service’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture, if linked to Gravatar, will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to DogGuide.blog, please avoid including embedded location data (such as EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data embedded in images, so for privacy, it’s best to remove it before uploading.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience and to remember your preferences:
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Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to save your name, email, and website in cookies. This saves you from re-entering your details each time you leave a comment. These cookies last for one year.
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Login Cookies: When you log in, we set temporary cookies to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Additionally, login cookies last for two days, and screen display option cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. When you log out, the login cookies are removed.
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Article Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data; it simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on DogGuide.blog may include embedded content such as videos, images, and articles from other websites. This embedded content behaves as if you’ve visited the original site, meaning these websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interactions with their content. If you have an account and are logged in on these third-party sites, they may further track your interactions with embedded content.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.
How Long We Retain Your Data
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Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
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User Accounts: For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on DogGuide.blog or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any information you provided. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to ensure a clean and safe commenting environment for everyone.
