The short version
- Reading Pawprint needs no account and reveals no personal details to us beyond ordinary, anonymous traffic figures.
- Signing in gives us your name, profile picture and email address from Google — nothing more.
- We never sell personal information, and we do not run ad tracking.
- You can ask to see, correct or delete what we hold about you at any time.
What we collect
When you just read
Like most websites, we look at aggregate usage: which pages are opened, roughly which country a visit came from, which article led a reader here. This is site-level understanding, not a profile of you, and it is what tells us which guides are worth deepening.
When you sign in
Sign-in runs through Google. We receive the account details you approve at that moment — normally your name, profile picture and email address — and we store a sign-in record so you stay logged in. That sign-in state is kept in your own browser's storage, which is why you are not asked for a password on every visit.
If you are given editorial access, we also store the role that grants it. Roles are set by us, never by readers themselves.
When you publish or upload
Drafts and articles you write are stored with their text, cover image, video and source links. Uploaded images are held privately and only shown where an article actually uses them.
What we use it for
- To run the features you asked for: sign-in, drafts, publishing, tools.
- To keep the studio safe and to stop misuse or automated abuse.
- To understand which guides are read and which are not, so editing effort goes where it helps.
- To reply when you write to us.
Who sees it
We do not sell, rent or trade personal information. We share only what a service genuinely needs to function: Google for sign-in, and the hosting and storage providers that keep the site and its images running. Each of them handles data under their own terms and privacy commitments.
If we are ever required to disclose information to satisfy a legal obligation, we do the lawful thing and tell you first where we are allowed to.
How we protect it
The site is served over HTTPS. Editorial uploads live in private storage, not in a public folder — an image is only revealed through a short-lived, signed address chosen by a published article. Publishing rights are checked against a protected role record rather than anything a reader can edit about their own account.
Cookies and similar technology
Pawprint uses storage that is essential to keep you signed in. We do not set advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. If we ever add an analytics or consent layer that changes this page, we update the wording here before it goes live.
How long we keep things
Account records stay while your account exists. Drafts and published articles stay because they are the content of the site. Aggregate traffic figures are kept as rolling site-level history. When something has no further purpose, it is deleted.
Your choices
You can ask us to confirm what we hold about you, correct anything wrong, or delete it. Closing your account removes your sign-in record; published articles you wrote stay with the site unless you ask us to take them down. You can also clear your browser's storage at any time, which signs you out.
If you are in the UK or the EU you have these rights under data protection law, and you may complain to your local supervisory authority. We would much rather you wrote to us first — most requests take one reply to settle.
Children
Pawprint is written for adult pet owners and is not aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, tell us and we will remove it.
If this changes
Material changes get a new date at the top of this page, and where a change affects how we use your information we will say so clearly rather than bury it.
Talking to us
The contact address for these pages has not been set yet — tell us which email you want readers to use and we will add it here.
See also our terms of use for the ground rules of reading and publishing.