Privacy Policy

Introduction

Pet Science Hub ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

We collect information you voluntarily provide to us when you:

• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Submit a contact form
• Leave comments on articles
• Use our Pet Age Calculator tool

This may include your name, email address, and any pet information you choose to share (such as pet type, pet name in comments, or pet age for our calculator).

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
• Send newsletters and pet care tips (only if you subscribe)
• Improve our website and content
• Display personalized content relevant to your pet type
• Analyze website usage to enhance user experience

Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. The cookies we rely on fall into these categories:

• Essential cookies — required for the website to function correctly.
• Analytics cookies — help us understand which articles are read and how visitors navigate the site.
• Advertising cookies — set by third-party ad networks to measure and personalize the ads you see.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. Blocking cookies may affect parts of the website. Where required by law, we ask for your consent before setting non-essential cookies.

Third-Party Advertising

We may use third-party advertising companies (such as Google AdSense) to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that may interest you.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising at Google My Ad Center.
• You may opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info.

For more details on how Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Opt out of marketing communications
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your data on the basis of your consent, our legitimate interest in operating and improving the website, or to comply with a legal obligation. If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect, to request its deletion, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell your personal information. To exercise any of these rights, email us at the address below; we respond within 30 days.

Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected. Contact form messages are retained for up to 24 months. Newsletter subscriber details are kept until you unsubscribe. Aggregated analytics data contains no directly identifying information and may be retained indefinitely.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes take effect once posted to this page, and the "Last updated" date above will be revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]
Address: 4500 West 100th Street, Bloomington, MN 55437, USA