Privacy Policy for Smarter Paws Academy

Effective Date: 25 March 2024

This Privacy Policy describes how Smarter Paws Academy (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our website, https://smarterpawsacademy.com (the “Site”).

Information We Collect

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to improve your experience on our Site.

• Comments: When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, including your name (optional), email address, and website (optional). We also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
• Gravatar: An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it and display your profile picture next to your comment. You can learn more about Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
• Media: If you upload images to the website, we recommend avoiding images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as it can be downloaded by others.
• Cookies: We use cookies for various purposes, including:
  • Remembering your name, email address, and website when you leave a comment (optional).
  • Determining if your browser accepts cookies.
  • Saving your login information and screen display choices if you log in.
  • Tracking your interaction with embedded content from other websites.
• Embedded Content: Articles on our Site may include embedded content from other websites, which may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the content.

Who We Share Your Data With

• Gravatar Service: We share your email address (hashed) with Gravatar for the purpose of displaying your profile picture next to your comments (if applicable).
• Spam Detection Service: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
• Password Reset: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
• Caching Service: We may use QUIC.cloud services to process and temporarily cache your data to improve website performance. You can learn more about their privacy policy here: https://www.quic.cloud/privacy-policy/

How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows for automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
• User Accounts: For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can access, edit, or delete their information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any 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. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process and temporarily cache your data.

Contact Us

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

• By email: support@smarterpawsacademy.com

Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date mentioned at the beginning of this document.