1. Who We Are

My Dog’s Advocate is an eCommerce store selling apparel and accessories that help dog owners advocate for their pets’ needs. The website is powered by WordPress and uses the Woodmart theme.

2. What Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide:

  • Personal Info: Name, email address, shipping/billing address, phone number, etc. (when you place an order or contact us).
  • Payment Info:We do not store full credit card details. Payments are processed securely by third-party providers (PayPal).
  • Account Info:If you register for an account, we store your username and email.

B. Comments:

  • Data from the comment form
  • Visitor’s IP address
  • Browser user agent string (to help with spam detection)

An anonymized string (hash) of your email address may be sent to Gravatar to check for an avatar. Their privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy.
Once approved, your profile picture may be visible alongside your comment.

C. Automatically Collected:

  • Cookies & Tracking Data: We collect IP addresses, browser type, pages visited, and other usage data through cookies and analytics tools.
  • Device Information: Your device type, operating system, and screen resolution may also be logged for analytics and security.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use your data for the following purposes:

  • To process and fulfill orders
  • To communicate with you (order confirmations, support, marketing if opted-in)
  • To improve our website experience and functionality
  • To detect and prevent fraud or misuse
  • To comply with legal obligations

4. Sharing Your Information

We only share your information when necessary, including:

  • Payment processors: PayPal (to process your transaction)
  • Shipping carriers: To deliver your order
  • Analytics & tools: Google Analytics, Meta Pixel (for website optimization and marketing)
  • Email marketing services: Mailchimp, Klaviyo, or similar (if you subscribe)
We do not sell or rent your personal data.

5. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use cookies to:

  • Keep your shopping cart functional
  • Remember your preferences
  • Track site usage (via Google Analytics or Meta Pixel)
  • To detect and prevent fraud or misuse
  • Show personalized ads (if you consent)
You can control or disable cookies in your browser settings.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights including:

  • Accessing your data
  • Correcting or deleting your personal information
  • Track site usage (via Google Analytics or Meta Pixel)
  • Withdrawing consent at any time
  • Opting out of marketing emails (link in footer of each email)

You can control or disable cookies in your browser settings.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.mydogsadvocate.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have 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.