Privacy Policy

At Bark and Cozy (barkandcozy.com), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or interact with our services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

  • Register for our newsletter
  • Leave comments on blog posts
  • Participate in surveys or contests
  • Contact us through our website

This information may include:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Mailing address
  • Any other information you choose to provide

We also automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device information
  • Pages visited and time spent on our site
  • Referring website addresses

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our website
  • To notify you about changes to our services
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information to improve our services
  • To monitor the usage of our website
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To send you our newsletter (if you’ve subscribed)

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the legal bases we rely on for processing this information are:

  • Your consent
  • Performance of a contract
  • Compliance with a legal obligation
  • Legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party

4. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

Under the GDPR and CCPA, you have the following rights:

  • Right to access: You can request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • Right to erasure: You can request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to restrict processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to object to processing: You can object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to data portability: You can request that we transfer the data we’ve collected to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.
  • Right to opt-out of sales: You can opt-out of the sale of your personal information (CCPA specific).

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the “Contact Us” section.

6. Do Not Sell My Personal Information (CCPA)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents have the right to opt-out of the sale of their personal information. We do not sell personal information to third parties. However, if you wish to exercise your right to opt-out, you can do so by clicking on the “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link in the footer of our website or by contacting us.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

8. Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users.

9. Security

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last updated” date.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at barkandcozy(at)gmail.com

Last updated: 9/15/2024