Privacy Policy - Pets Facts

Last updated: 15 August 2026

This policy explains what personal information Pets Facts (pets.starsfunfacts.com) collects, why we collect it, and what choices you have. We keep data collection to the minimum needed to run an information website.

Who We Are

Pets Facts is an independent pet information website published at https://pets.starsfunfacts.com. You can reach us through our contact page.

Information You Give Us

Contact messages. If you write to us, we receive the name, email address and message you send, and we keep it long enough to answer you and to keep a record of the exchange.
Comments. If commenting is enabled and you leave a comment, we store the comment text, your display name, your email address, your IP address and your browser user agent string. This helps us detect spam.
Email updates. If we offer a newsletter and you subscribe, we store your email address until you unsubscribe. Every email includes an unsubscribe link.

Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, our server keeps standard access logs that may include your IP address, the pages you requested, the time of the request, your browser type and the referring page. These logs are used for security, troubleshooting and basic traffic measurement.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. We use them for essential site functions such as caching and, if you comment, remembering your details so you do not have to retype them. Administrative cookies apply only to logged-in site staff. If analytics or advertising services are active, they may set their own cookies.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking cookies will not stop you reading the site, though some conveniences may stop working.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles may include embedded content such as videos or images hosted elsewhere. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited that other website, which means it can collect data about you, use cookies and monitor your interaction with it. We do not control those services.

Analytics and Advertising

We may use privacy-conscious analytics to understand which articles are useful, and we may display advertising. Where third-party advertising is served, those partners may use cookies or similar technologies to measure performance and, in some regions, to personalise ads. Where the law requires consent for non-essential cookies, we will ask before they are set.

This site takes part in Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or to other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

You can control this. You may:

opt out of personalised advertising from Google in Google Ads Settings
opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info
opt out across participating vendors in the EU and UK at Your Online Choices
block or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time

Opting out does not stop you seeing advertising. It means the ads shown are less likely to be based on your browsing history. Our Advertising Disclosure explains in more detail who serves the ads on this site, and how advertising is kept separate from our editorial content.

How We Use Your Information

To reply to messages you send us.
To publish and moderate comments.
To keep the website secure and working.
To understand, in aggregate, which content readers find useful.
To send email updates if you have asked for them.

We do not sell your personal information.

How Long We Keep Data

Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely so follow-up replies can be recognised automatically. Contact messages are kept while they are useful for support and then deleted. Server logs are rotated regularly. Newsletter data is deleted when you unsubscribe.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, to ask us to correct it, to ask us to erase it, or to object to certain processing. Send your request through our contact page and we will respond within the period required by the applicable law.

Children

This site is intended for adults who care for animals. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will remove it.

Security

The site is served over HTTPS and we apply reasonable technical measures to protect the data we hold. No website can promise perfect security, so please do not send sensitive personal information through our forms.

Changes to This Policy

If our practices change, we will update this page. The version shown here is always the current one.