Effective date: October 1, 2026
Pet Products Guide (“we,” “us,” or “our”) runs petproductsguide.com. We help pet owners buy with confidence through honest product reviews, buying guides, and practical pet care tips on health, grooming, and training.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our site, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. It covers our website, our newsletter, and any emails we send you.
We are a review and advice website, not a store. When you buy a product we recommend, you complete the purchase on the retailer’s website, so we never see or store your payment details. By using our site, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
Information We Collect
We collect only the information we need to run the site, answer your questions, and keep our reviews useful. It comes from three places: you, your device, and our partners.
Information you give us
- Contact forms and emails: your name, email address, and the message you send us, such as a question about a product or your pet’s care.
- Newsletter sign-ups: your email address and, if you choose to share it, your first name and the type of pet you own.
- Comments: your name, email address, optional website, and comment text. Our WordPress site also records your IP address and browser details to help filter spam.
- Pet details you choose to share: for example, your pet’s breed, age, weight, or a grooming or health concern. Please share only what you are comfortable with, and avoid sending sensitive personal details about yourself.
- Surveys or giveaways: if we run one, the details you enter, such as your name, email, and shipping address for prizes.
Information collected automatically
- Device and browser data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device type, screen size, and language setting.
- Usage data: pages you visit, time spent on each page, links you click (including links to retailers), the site that referred you, and the search terms that brought you to us.
- Approximate location: your country or city, estimated from your IP address. We do not collect precise GPS location.
- Cookies and similar technologies: small files and tags explained in the Cookies section below.
Information from third parties
- Affiliate partners and retailers: reports that a purchase was made through one of our links and the commission earned. These reports usually do not identify you by name.
- Analytics and advertising partners: summary data about our audience, such as general interests and age ranges.
- Social media platforms: your public profile name and message if you comment on, tag, or message our social media pages.
How We Use Your Information
We use your information to run Pet Products Guide, improve our reviews and guides, and stay in touch when you ask us to. Specifically, we use it to:
- Run and improve the site: see which reviews, buying guides, and pet care tips readers find helpful, and fix pages that load slowly or break.
- Answer your questions: reply to messages about products, pet health, grooming, or training.
- Send our newsletter: share new reviews, deals, and care tips, only if you subscribed. Every email has an unsubscribe link.
- Publish and moderate comments: display your comment and block spam or abusive content.
- Measure affiliate links: understand which product links readers use, so we can earn the commissions that keep our content free.
- Show advertising: display ads, including ads based on your interests where the law allows and you have agreed.
- Keep the site safe: detect bots, fraud, hacking attempts, and misuse.
- Meet legal duties: comply with laws, respond to lawful requests, and enforce our terms.
Legal basis for using your information
If you live in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on these legal grounds:
- Consent: for newsletters, non-essential cookies, and personalized ads. You can withdraw consent at any time.
- Legitimate interests: for running, securing, and improving the site, and replying to your messages.
- Legal obligation: when the law requires us to keep or share information.
We do not use your information for automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.
Affiliate Links, Advertising, and Product Recommendations
Pet Products Guide is free to read because we earn small commissions from some of the products we recommend. This never changes the price you pay.
Affiliate links
Some links in our reviews and buying guides are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, the retailer may pay us a commission at no extra cost to you. [If you join Amazon Associates, keep this line:] As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
When you click an affiliate link, the retailer or affiliate network may place a cookie on your device to credit the sale to us. Once you leave our site, the retailer’s own privacy policy controls how your purchase and payment details are handled.
Our editorial promise
Commissions do not decide our ratings or rankings. We recommend products based on research, product features, owner feedback, and pet care best practice. If a brand sends us a free product to review, we say so in the article.
Advertising
[Keep this part only if you show ads on the site.] We may show ads through third-party ad networks such as [Google AdSense or your ad network]. These partners may use cookies to show ads based on your visits to our site and other websites.
Google’s advertising cookies let Google and its partners show you ads based on your browsing. You can turn off personalized Google ads in Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of other vendors’ personalized ads using the links in the Cookies section above.
Third-Party Services We Use
We rely on trusted service providers to host, measure, and protect our site. Each one handles your information under its own privacy policy. Embedded videos and posts behave exactly as if you visited the original website. Those platforms may collect data about you even if you do not click on them.
How We Share Information
We do not sell your name, email address, or messages to anyone. We share information only in these situations:
- Service providers: companies that host our site, send our emails, or provide analytics, only to perform those services for us.
- Affiliate partners and retailers: when you click a product link, the retailer or affiliate network receives click and cookie data so it can credit the referral.
- Advertising and analytics partners: these partners collect device and usage data through cookies, as described above.
- Public comments: your name and comment are visible to everyone who reads the page. Your email address is never shown publicly.
- Legal reasons: to comply with a law, court order, or government request, or to protect the rights, safety, and property of our readers, our team, or others.
- Business changes: if Pet Products Guide is sold, merged, or transferred, reader information may pass to the new owner under this policy.
- With your consent: in any other case, only when you have agreed.
Some US state laws treat sharing cookie data with advertising partners as a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. If you live in one of those states, you can opt out as explained in the Your Privacy Rights section.
Data Retention and Security
We keep your information only as long as we need it, then delete it or make it anonymous. We may keep some information longer if the law requires it or to settle a dispute.
How we protect your information
- Our whole site runs on HTTPS, so data moving between your browser and our site is encrypted.
- We keep WordPress, our theme, and our plugins updated.
- Only a small number of team members can access the site’s admin area, using strong passwords and two-factor login.
- Our host provides firewalls, malware scanning, and regular backups.
No website or online service is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee complete security. If a data breach affects your personal information, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as the law requires.
Your Privacy Rights and Choices
You control your information. Every reader, wherever you live, can:
- Unsubscribe from our newsletter using the link at the bottom of any email.
- Change cookie choices through our cookie banner or your browser settings.
- Ask us what information we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it.
- Remove a comment you posted by emailing us with the page and comment details.
Depending on where you live, the law may give you extra rights:
How to make a request
Email us at [privacy@petproductsguide.com] with the subject line “Privacy Request.” Tell us which right you want to use. We may ask you to confirm your identity before we act to protect your information.
We aim to reply within 30 days. If we need more time, we will tell you why. You can also ask an authorized agent to make a request for you, where the law allows.
To opt out of the sale or sharing of your data for advertising, reject advertising cookies in our cookie settings or turn on Global Privacy Control in your browser.
Children’s Privacy
The Pet Products Guide is written for adult pet owners. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18, and children should not submit comments, forms, or newsletter sign-ups.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has shared information with us, email us. We will delete it promptly.
Links to Other Websites
Our reviews and guides link to retailers, brands, veterinary resources, and other websites. We do not control those sites, and this policy does not apply to them. Please read their privacy policies before sharing any information with them.
A Note on Pet Health Questions
If you send us details about your pet’s health, diet, or behavior, we use them only to reply to you. We never publish them without your permission. Our health, grooming, and training content is for general information and does not replace advice from your veterinarian.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy when our site, our partners, or privacy laws change. When we do, we will post the new version on this page and update the effective date at the top.
If we make a significant change, we will add a notice on our site or email newsletter subscribers. Continuing to use the site after an update means you accept the revised policy.
Contact Us
If something here isn’t clear, or you have a question about how we handle your information, email us at francis.miller@globaladmedia.us or use our Contact Us page.