Small Pet Planet Privacy Policy

Here at SmallPetPlanet, we care deeply about the privacy of your personal information. When users share information with this website, they agree to the collection and use of data concerning this privacy policy.

Here you can find out what types of personal information we receive and collect from you when you visit smallpetplanet.com. SmallPetPlanet DOES NOT sell user personal information to third parties.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

Here at SmallPetPlanet, we collect and have control over your personal information.

Our company’s legal basis for collecting and using this personal information depends solely on the context in which the data is being collected. These contexts include:

  • Situations where our website needs to perform a contract with you
  • Situations where you have permitted our website to collect data on you
  • For situations when processing your personal data is in SmallPetPlanet’s legitimate interests
  • And for situations when SmallPetPlanet needs to comply with the law

We will retain your personal information for as long as it’s necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will keep your personal data and use it only to the extent that it’s necessary to comply with our company’s legal obligations, to resolve any disputes, and for purposes of enforcing our privacy policy.

If you’re a member of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have some protective rights over your personal data.

In some specific circumstances, you have to follow data protection rights:

  • You have the right to access your data, to update it, or to delete it
  • You have the right of rectification
  • You have the right to object
  • You have the right to restriction
  • You have the right to data portability
  • You have the right to withdraw your consent

What Information Do We Collect From You And How Do We Use It?

Comments

By leaving a comment on smallpetplanet.com, visitors leave their IP address and browser agent string to help detect spam which we collect. This website also collects all data shown in the comments form.

An anonymized hash from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service provided that you’re using it. You can find the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://en.gravatar.com/site/terms-of-service. After we’ve approved your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of the comment.

We do not collect email addresses from the comments form for promotional purposes such as newsletters or marketing email lists.

SmallPetPlanet DOES NOT sell collected email addresses to third parties.

Log Data

SmallPetPlanet collects and uses information that your browser sends to us. This data is called Log Data and can include visitor IP address, visitor ISP (internet service provider), visitor browser version, date, time, and other statistics.

Contact Forms

Contact forms on smallpetplanet.com ask you for your name, email address, and other data we find relevant to us. This data is then sent to us via email. We collect all information users enter into the contact form and only retain that information for as long as needed to respond to the user. This information includes your first and last name and your email address. We do not sell this data to third parties.

Cookies

To support the SmallPetPlanet website, we use third-party advertisements. Some of these advertisements may contain cookies and web beacons. Cookies are files that are usually used as unique anonymous identifiers and don’t contain any of your personal data. These cookies are sent to your browser from the website and are stored on your local storage (hard drive, SSD, etc.).

You have the option to accept or refuse cookies. You will also be informed when a cookie is being sent to your computer.

If you refuse the use of cookies on this website, that may affect your user experience. You may experience the inability to login to services such as forums or accounts.

If you decide to leave a comment on our website, you may be prompted to opt-in to saving your name, email, and SmallPetPlanet’s cookie files. These are for pure convenience because you won’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will get automatically deleted after one year.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles and other pages on SmallPtesPlanet may contain embedded content from other websites such as videos, images, or other articles. Embedded content looks and behaves the same way as if you visited another site.

These websites may collect your data, use cookies, and embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This includes your tracking interaction with  the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to the website whose content is embedded on smallpetplanet.com

Analytics

We use automatic data collection services such as Google Analytics to collect and specific information about your device, browsing action such as clicks and time per page, and patterns. This information generally includes your current location, how you use this website, and information about communications between your device and this website.

We will collect data about the type of device you use to visit this website, your ISP, your IP address, your operating system, and the type of browser you’re using while visiting this website.

We DO NOT collect any personal information. All these analytical data are collected STRICTLY for statistical purposes. We use this statistical data to improve our website and other services.

Who We Share Your Data With

We DO NOT sell or share your personal data, such as names and emails with ANYONE. However, we do a use third-party email provider to store your email addresses if you opt-in to our newsletter.

Is Your Data Secure?

We value the immensely value your trust in providing us your personal information. We are striving to use any commercially acceptable means of protecting this information. However, you have to remember that no method of transmission via the web or method of electronic storage is completely secure and reliable. This is why we can’t guarantee the personal information you shared with us remains absolutely safe.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We may use the information you shared with us when you register, make a purchase, opt-in to our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, browse through this website, or use other features in the following way:

  1. To personalize experience using SmallPetPlanet and to allow us to deliver you the type of content and products which you’re interested in.
  2. To improve our website to better serve you, the user.
  3. To send you periodic emails regarding any orders you made or other products or services you signed up for.

How Long Do We Retain Your Data?

The comment you leave on this website and its metadata is retained indefinitely. We do this to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in our moderation queue.

If you register on our website, we will also store the personal information you share on your user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time. Users only can’t change their usernames. Website admins can also see, edit, or remove that information.

Rights You Have Over Your Personal Data

If you have a registered account on this website or have left comments, you can request from us to send you a file containing the information about the personal information we hold about you. This includes any data you have provided to use.  This does not include any of the data we are obliged to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Advertising Partners

Smallpetplanet.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

Because we update our privacy policy periodically, we recommend you review this page from time to time for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting a new privacy policy on this page. These changes go into effect as soon as they are posted on this page.

SmallPetPlanet Contact Information

For questions regarding your data and how we use it, you can reach us by visiting https://smallpetplanet.com/contact/

You can also contact us if you want us to extract all of your personal information we have stored on this website or if you want to request the deletion of any of your personal information from this website.