Privacy Policy for Pawlitic.com

Last Updated: August 17, 2025

Pawlitic.com (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you use our website. By visiting Pawlitic.com, you agree to the practices described below.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://pawlitic.com
For privacy-related questions, you may contact us at: info@pawlitic.com

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser details for spam detection.
Media Uploads: If you upload images, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors may download and extract this information.

Information We Collect Automatically

Cookies: We use cookies to improve user experience. For example, if you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name and email in cookies for convenience. Login cookies and display preferences are also stored temporarily.
Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and interactions. You can learn more here: Google Privacy Policy.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those sites directly, which may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use personal data for the following purposes:

To operate and maintain our website.
To respond to comments or inquiries.
To monitor and improve website performance (via Google Analytics).
To detect and prevent spam or security threats.

4. Who We Share Data With

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Analytics data is shared with Google Analytics, which processes information on our behalf.

We do not sell or trade your personal data.

5. How Long We Retain Data

Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely, so follow-up comments can be recognized automatically.
If you create an account, your profile information is stored until you delete it or request its removal.
Any email correspondence you send us is retained as long as necessary for administrative or legal purposes.

6. Your Rights Over Your Data

You have the right to:

Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
Request that we erase personal data we hold, except data we must retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

To make a request, contact us at info@pawlitic.com.

7. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through spam detection services.
Data may be stored on servers outside of Canada. Where this occurs, we ensure that appropriate protections are in place consistent with Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA).

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a new “Last Updated” date.