Privacy Policy

Information We Collect

We collect information in three main ways:

1. Information You Provide Us

Personal User Profiles: To offer a personalized experience, we may ask for the following information when creating an account:

• Display name (e.g., "DogLover")
• Username (e.g., @MyDog)
• Password
• Email address or phone number
• Date of birth
• App language

Users can share their location, dog descriptions, and photos of their pets. However, posting photos of dogs with cropped ears or dogs involved in fighting is strictly prohibited and may result in account suspension.

Breeder and Shelter Profiles: For professional users, we collect additional information, including:

• Professional category
• Contact details (email and phone number)

Payment Information: To use paid services (e.g., ads, promotions) , you must provide payment details, including your credit or debit card number, expiration date, and CVV code.

2. Information We Collect Automatically

App Usage: We track activity within the app to provide better services. This includes:

• Posts and interactions with other users (likes, comments, shares)
• Posted advertisements
• Visits to business profiles (pet shops, veterinarians, etc.)

Device Information: We collect information about the device you use, including:

• IP address
• Operating system
• Language and device type

Location: We collect information about your location to provide relevant services (e.g., nearby pet shops and veterinary services) . Precise location is only used if you enable this setting.

3. Information from Third Parties

We receive data from our business partners and third parties, such as:

• User interest data for personalized advertising
• Information from linked apps (if you connect your account with other services)

How We Use Your Information

The information we collect is used for:

• Personalizing the user experience
• Facilitating communication between users
• Promoting relevant ads and business offers

Operate, Improve, and Personalize Our Services

We use the information we collect to provide and operate onlydogszone products and services. This includes:

• Improving and personalizing your experience
• Showing you relevant content, such as pet profiles, breeder ads, or shelters
• Suggesting accounts, services, or topics you might be interested in
• Helping you discover affiliated businesses, third-party apps, and services (e.g., pet shops, veterinarians)

The information collected may also contribute to the training of machine learning or artificial intelligence models, ensuring we enhance your experience while adhering to our privacy policy.

If you connect your onlydogszone account with other services, we may use information from those accounts to offer features such as cross-posting or authentication. Additionally, we use your contact information to help others find your account if your settings permit.

To ensure ads and sponsored content remain relevant, we use your information to tailor and measure the effectiveness of advertisements. Information from our ad partners, affiliates, or integrated apps may also be combined to enhance this functionality.

Foster Safety and Security

We prioritize the safety and security of all users by:

• Verifying identities and authenticating accounts
• Protecting against fraud, unauthorized use, and illegal activities
• Monitoring and enforcing our community guidelines, including prohibiting the sharing of photos of dogs with cropped ears or involved in fighting

Measure, Analyze, and Improve Our Services

We analyze the information we collect to understand how our users interact with onlydogszone. This helps us:

• Measure the effectiveness of our services
• Improve user features and experiences
• Develop tools and resources to meet your needs better

Communicate With You About Our Services

Your information enables us to communicate about:

• Updates to our products and features
• Changes to policies and terms
• Occasional marketing messages (if you have opted to receive them)

Research and Development

We use the information collected to:

• Conduct research and surveys
• Test new features and products
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues
• Continuously improve the quality of our services

Sharing Information

We want you to understand how we share your information, why we do it, and how you can control it. Below are five main ways we share your information:

1. When You Post and Share

With the general public: When you post content on onlydogszone, it is directed to be as widely available as possible. Public information, including your profile details (e.g., name/pseudonym, username, profile pictures), may be visible to anyone, even users not signed into the platform. This content can also appear in search engine results or be shared externally.

With other onlydogszone users: Depending on your settings, we share:

• Your interactions with other users’ content, such as comments and likes
• Content you send to specific users through direct messages or private chats

With partners: We may share certain data with third-party partners to help operate or improve our services. You can manage these settings in the "Data Sharing with Partners" section of your Privacy & Safety settings.

2. With Third Parties and Third-Party Integrations

Service Providers: We share your information with trusted service providers that support our operations, including:

• Payment processors
• Hosting providers
• Analytics platforms
• Fraud detection services

Advertisers: To deliver targeted ads, advertisers may learn details about your interactions, such as clicks on ads or content viewed. They may also collect information like cookie identifiers or your IP address.

Third-Party Integrations: When you authorize third-party applications or services to access your onlydogszone account, we may share your information as directed. For example, watching a video or interacting with cross-platform content may share your data with the respective providers under their privacy policies.

Third-Party Collaborators: If permitted by your settings, we may share information with third parties, which they may use for purposes such as improving their services or training AI models.

APIs and Embeds: Public data on onlydogszone may be made available through APIs for external platforms to display or analyze. For large-scale access, we implement licensing terms and monitor compliance.

3. When Required by Law, to Prevent Harm, or in the Public Interest

We may preserve, use, or share your information if we believe it is necessary to:

• Comply with laws or legal requests
• Protect the safety and integrity of our platform
• Prevent fraud, abuse, or malicious activity
• Address technical or security issues
• Protect our rights, property, or the rights of others

4. With Our Affiliates

We may share information among our affiliates to provide and enhance our services.

5. As a Result of a Change in Ownership

In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or bankruptcy, we may transfer your information to the new entity. This Privacy Policy will remain applicable to your information before and after the transfer.

How Long We Keep Information

We retain different types of information for varying periods, depending on how long it is necessary to provide our services, comply with legal requirements, and ensure safety and security.

Duration of Information Retention

Profile Information: We retain your profile data, such as display name, username, password, and email address, for the lifetime of your account. This information is essential for providing our services.

Usage Information: Content you post, your interactions with other users, and other platform activities are retained for as long as your account is active or until such content is removed.

Payment Information: We retain payment details (e.g., credit/debit card numbers, billing addresses) for the duration you use our paid services. Transaction records may be retained longer to comply with legal obligations.

Communication Records: If you contact us (e.g., via email), we keep the communication and its content for up to 18 months unless required longer for legal purposes or to defend our rights.

Cookies and Similar Technologies: Device information, location data, inferred identity data, and log data collected via cookies are retained for up to 13 months.

Ad Interactions: Information about your interactions with ads on or off onlydogszone, as well as content interactions on third-party sites, is retained for up to 90 days.

Partner Data: Information shared by advertisers or business partners is also retained for up to 90 days.

Retention for Violations and Suspensions

If you violate our community guidelines or terms of service, and your account is suspended, we may retain account identifiers (e.g., email address, phone number) indefinitely to prevent repeat violations and unauthorized account creation.

Legal and Safety Retention

We may retain information beyond the standard periods outlined above when:

• Required by law, regulation, or governmental request, including law enforcement preservation requests
• Necessary to defend against legal claims or to address litigation and regulatory matters
• Required to maintain the safety and security of our services, such as investigating and preventing abuse

Public Content

Public content you post on onlydogszone may continue to exist elsewhere even after deletion, as search engines or third-party platforms may retain copies of this content based on their own policies.

Take Control

We empower you to take control of your information on onlydogszone. Below are ways you can manage your data and privacy preferences:

Access, Correction, and Portability

• You can access, edit, or modify the information you’ve provided by updating your profile and adjusting your account settings.
• You may request access to additional information we have collected or inferred about you.
• To obtain a copy of your information, including your posts, follow the instructions in the app’s settings.

To protect your privacy and maintain security, we verify your identity before granting access, making corrections, or complying with requests for data deletion or portability. In certain cases, your request may be denied, for example, if identity verification is unsuccessful.

Deleting Your Information

By following the instructions in the app’s settings, you can deactivate your account. Once deactivated:

• Your profile, including your display name, username, and public content, will no longer be visible on onlydogszone.
• Data will be queued for deletion.
• You have up to 30 days after deactivation to restore your account in case of accidental or wrongful deactivation.

Objecting to, Restricting, or Withdrawing Consent

You can manage privacy settings and other account preferences directly in the app. Changes to settings may take some time to reflect across our systems. These changes may affect your experience on the platform or limit access to certain features. Additional settings are available for managing specific features, such as whether videos you upload are downloadable or whether specific interactions are recorded.

Authorized Agent Requests

If you wish to submit a request on behalf of someone else as their authorized agent (e.g., access, modify, or delete their data), please contact us using the details provided in the How To Contact Us section of our Privacy Policy. Additional verification may be required to process such requests.

Your Rights and Ours

We strive to offer a consistent and respectful privacy experience to all users worldwide, while adhering to local legal and regulatory requirements. Below is how we manage your rights and obligations as a user of onlydogszone:

Legal Bases for Using Your Information

onlydogszone has thoroughly reviewed the legal grounds for collecting, using, sharing, and processing your information. If you wish to learn more about these legal bases and data processing practices, we encourage you to explore the additional information provided in our Privacy Policy. We do not sell your personal information.

Transferring Data to Support Global Services

As onlydogszone enables global connections, your information may need to move across borders to provide a seamless experience. For example:

• If you’re based in Europe and interacting with someone in the United States, your data will need to travel between these regions to facilitate communication.

We utilize data centers, cloud providers, affiliates, and trusted third-party partners worldwide to ensure the safety and reliability of our services. Before transferring your data internationally, we assess potential risks and implement Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), where applicable, to protect your rights. You can request a copy of the SCCs by contacting us. When sharing data with third parties, we require them to maintain the same level of protection as we provide directly.

Participation in Data Privacy Frameworks

onlydogszone participates in the following frameworks to ensure data protection for users in specific regions:

• EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF)
• Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF)
• UK Extension to the EU-US DPF

We comply with the principles outlined in these frameworks for all personal data transferred from the European Union, Switzerland, and the UK. If you have any inquiries or complaints regarding our adherence to these frameworks, please contact us.

Dispute Resolution: We aim to resolve disputes internally. If unresolved, we will work with the US-based independent resolution body JAMS or, in certain cases, follow the DPF Arbitration Process as outlined in Annex 1 of the DPF Principles.

Regulatory Oversight: Participants in these frameworks, including onlydogszone, are subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the US Federal Trade Commission and other authorized entities. In certain cases, participants may be held accountable for transferring personal data from the EU, Switzerland, or the UK to third parties outside these regions.

For more information about the EU-US DPF, Swiss-US DPF, and UK Extension, please refer to the relevant resources available in our Privacy Policy.

onlydogszone’s Audience

Our services are not intended for children, and you may not use onlydogszone if you are under the age of 13. You must also meet the minimum age required to consent to the processing of your personal data in your country. In some countries, we may allow a parent or guardian to provide consent on your behalf.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided personal information, we will take steps to delete such information and terminate the account.

For additional resources and information for parents and teens, please refer to the resources available in our Privacy Policy.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

The most current version of this Privacy Policy governs how we process your personal data. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as needed to reflect changes in our practices, services, or legal obligations.

If we make significant changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you and provide an opportunity to review the updated policy before you continue using onlydogszone.

The onlydogszone Privacy Policy is written in English but may be available in multiple languages through translations. We strive to ensure that all translations are as accurate as possible to the original English version. However, in the event of any discrepancies or inconsistencies, the English version of the Privacy Policy will take precedence.

By using onlydogszone, you acknowledge that the English version will be the reference language for interpreting and applying the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Contact Us We value your feedback and are here to address any thoughts or questions you may have about this Privacy Policy. You can reach us by:

• Email: support@onlydogszone.com
• Company Address: 15 Broadleys Ct, Bannockburn, IL 60015