Privacy Policy

Who we are

AnimalsCell (https://animalscell.com/) is an independent pet-care publication.

For any privacy-related question, please use our Contact page rather than any address listed elsewhere.

Information we may collect

Information you provide directly

If you submit our Contact form, we receive the name, email address, subject, and message you enter, so that we can respond to your inquiry.

If you choose to sign up for email updates, the email address (and any other details you provide in that form) is collected to send you those updates, using Mailchimp as our email service provider.

If you leave a comment on an article, we collect the name, email address, and comment text you submit. Comments are screened for spam before they are approved.

Technical and usage information

When you visit AnimalsCell, our hosting and security infrastructure may process technical information such as your IP address, browser and device information, the pages requested, the referring page, and the date and time of your visit. This information is used to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the site, and is not something we treat as a permanent record of individual browsing history.

Our site security plugin also processes information related to sign-in attempts, including IP addresses, as part of protecting the site from automated attacks. This can involve checking against a shared security network operated by our security plugin’s provider.

Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small files a website can place on your device to remember information between visits. AnimalsCell uses a limited number of cookies, generally falling into these categories:

• Necessary and security cookies — used to keep the site functioning correctly and to help protect it from abuse.
• Advertising cookies — used by Google AdSense and its advertising partners, described below.

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies through their settings. Doing so may affect how some parts of the site work.

Advertising

AnimalsCell displays advertising through Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to help serve ads, and, depending on your location, consent choices, and settings, those ads may be contextual or personalized.

These advertising providers may process information such as identifiers, IP-derived location information, browser or device data, and interaction data, according to their own privacy policies. AnimalsCell does not receive or see the full data these advertising partners collect.

You can learn more about how Google uses this information, and review your own ad settings, at Google’s advertising technology page and Google Ad Settings.

Contact forms

Our Contact page uses a standard WordPress contact form. When you submit it, your name, email address, subject, and message are sent by email to AnimalsCell so that we can reply to you. We use this information only to respond to your inquiry.

Server logs, security and fraud prevention

Like most websites, AnimalsCell relies on hosting and security infrastructure that processes technical request information — such as IP addresses, browser information, and request details — for site operation, security, abuse prevention, and troubleshooting. This is standard technical processing rather than a marketing or advertising use of your information.

Social sharing and third-party links

Some pages include buttons that let you share an article on a social network. Clicking one of these buttons will take you to that platform, where its own privacy practices apply. AnimalsCell does not control what those platforms do with your information.

Affiliate links

Some links on AnimalsCell may be affiliate links. Our Affiliate Disclosure page explains this in more detail. If you follow an affiliate link and make a purchase, the merchant or affiliate network may use its own tracking technologies, such as cookies, to attribute that transaction. AnimalsCell does not control those third-party tracking practices.

How we use information

Depending on how you interact with AnimalsCell, information we collect may be used to:

• operate and maintain the website
• respond to inquiries submitted through our Contact form
• send email updates to visitors who choose to subscribe
• protect the site from abuse, spam, and security threats
• deliver advertising through Google AdSense
• comply with legal obligations

When information may be shared

We do not sell personal information collected through this site. Information may be processed or shared with service providers only as necessary for functions such as hosting, site security, email delivery, spam filtering, and advertising — including providers such as Mailchimp (email updates), Akismet (spam filtering), Google AdSense (advertising), and our hosting and security providers.

We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect the rights, property, or safety of AnimalsCell, our users, or the public, investigate or prevent wrongdoing in connection with the site, or protect against legal liability.

International processing

AnimalsCell is hosted using Hostinger. Service providers we use — including hosting, security, email delivery, and advertising providers — may process information in countries other than your own, depending on where each provider operates. Each provider handles information according to its own privacy practices.

Data retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to operational, security, and legal requirements. Contact form submissions and comments are generally kept as part of our website records unless removed. Email subscriber information is retained by Mailchimp until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove it.

Data security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect information submitted to AnimalsCell. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your privacy choices and rights

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. AnimalsCell does not currently display a separate cookie-preference banner; cookie controls are managed through your browser.

If you subscribed to our email updates, every email includes an unsubscribe link.

If you would like to ask about, correct, or request deletion of information you submitted directly to AnimalsCell — for example, through our Contact form or in a comment — please reach out through our Contact page.

Depending on where you are located, applicable privacy law may give you additional rights over your information. We will respond to verifiable requests consistent with the laws that apply to you.

Children’s privacy

AnimalsCell publishes general information about pets and is not directed at, nor intentionally designed to collect personal information from, children.

Third-party websites

AnimalsCell may link to websites operated by third parties. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies. AnimalsCell does not control those third-party sites.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will be posted on this page with the updated “Last updated” date.

Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how AnimalsCell handles information, please contact us through: https://animalscell.com/contact/