Privacy Policy

Welcome to DogSquare! We are committed to protecting your personal privacy. This Privacy Policy provides detailed information about how we collect, use, manage, and protect your personal data when you interact with our app.

Information Collection

When you use DogSquare, we collect various types of information:

  • Personal Identification Information: This includes, but is not limited to, your name, email address, and telephone number that you voluntarily provide when you register an account or contact us.

  • Usage and Log Data: Information on how you access and use our app, including your interaction with our content and services, your search queries, and system log information like your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our app you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

  • Location Information: If you grant permission, we may collect data about your actual location, which can be derived from your GPS, IP address, and other technologies.

  • Device information: Information about the device you use to access our app, such as your device's IP address, operating system, browser type, and unique device identifiers.

Use of Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes:

  • To Provide and Enhance Our Services: To operate our app effectively and personalize your experience.

  • Communication: To contact you with service-related notices, newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you.

  • Customer Support: To provide customer care and support, and to respond to your queries.

  • Security and Fraud Prevention: To monitor for and prevent fraudulent activity, and to ensure our app remains secure and safe to use.

  • Analytics and Improvement: To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our app, and to monitor the usage of our app.

Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We may share the information we collect in the following circumstances:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party companies that perform services on our behalf, such as data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

  • For Legal Reasons: If required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

  • In Case of Business Transfer: In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

  • With Your Consent: We may share your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

Data Security

We employ a variety of security measures designed to protect the integrity and confidentiality of your personal information. However, no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of our databases.

Children's Privacy

Our app is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, such as the right to access, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice.

Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding this policy or our data practices, please contact us.