Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 11, 2026
PetsStart.com ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, PetsStart.com. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
Personal Data
Personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, that you voluntarily give to us when you subscribe to our newsletter or when you contact us about pet-related questions.
Pet Information
When you submit pet care questions or participate in our community forums, we may collect information about your pets to provide better advice and resources.
Log and Usage Data
Log and usage data is service-related information that our servers automatically collect when you access the Site. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and dates/times of access.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and store certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
2. Use of Your Information
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with the best pet care resources and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
- Send you pet care tips, newsletters, or other promotional materials.
- Respond to your pet-related questions and provide customer service.
- Improve our pet care resources and recommendations.
- Monitor and analyze usage to improve your experience with our pet-focused content.
- Prevent fraudulent activities and protect our pet-loving community.
3. Third-Party Advertisers
We may use third-party advertising companies, such as Google AdSense, to serve pet-related ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about pet products and services that may interest you.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, see the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Page.
4. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information and keep our pet community safe. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.
5. Children's Privacy
Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age, although we welcome pet lovers of all ages to enjoy our content with parental supervision. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to better serve our pet-loving community. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: