Privacy Policy

Who is responsible for your data

PupRange is an independent website run by one person who lives in Izmir, Türkiye ("we", "us"). We decide how the data described here is used. Contact us about privacy at privacy@puprange.com or by mail at PupRange, Izmir, Türkiye.

The short version

• Calculator inputs, like your puppy's age and weight, are worked out in your browser. We do not store them unless you save them to the weight log or create a share link.
• We use a first-party analytics ID cookie and PostHog to count visits and see which tools work. We do not store your IP address with analytics events.
• Google and other ad vendors may use cookies to show ads, including ads based on your visits to other sites. You can turn that off.
• The weight log is optional, needs a confirmed email, and can be deleted at any time.
• We have no accounts, take no payments, and do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Calculator inputs and share links

When you use a tool, the numbers you enter (for example age, current weight, breed size, body condition, or how much chocolate was eaten) are used to calculate your result. We do not keep a record of those inputs on our servers. Our analytics may note which tool you used and broad categories such as breed size class or whether a result was shown, but not the exact weights or your dog's name.

If you create a share card or share link, the inputs needed to redraw the card are put into that link. Anyone with the link can see them, so please keep personal details out of the dog's name field.

Weight log emails

If you sign up for the weight log, we collect your email address, your dog's name if you add one, breed size, birth date or age, and the weights and dates you enter. A bot check (described below) runs when you submit the form. We then email you a confirmation link; if you do not confirm within 7 days, the sign-up is deleted.

Our own database does not keep your email address in readable form. It stores a one-way, salted code made from your address so we can match your entries and handle unsubscribe and deletion requests. To actually deliver the emails, your address is held by our email provider, Resend, which sends messages on our behalf and may not use your address for its own marketing. Weight log emails only contain your log, reminders, and service notices about the log. Each one has an unsubscribe link, and we process unsubscribes right away and always within 10 business days.

Analytics

To understand how the site is used, our server records events such as pages viewed, tools started and finished, links clicked, device type, browser, the page you came from, and campaign tags in the link. These events are sent to PostHog, our analytics provider, which processes them for us as a service provider. Your IP address is used briefly to estimate your country and region and is not stored with the events.

We set two kinds of first-party cookies for this: "did", a random ID that lets us count returning visits (kept up to 12 months), and "attr_first" and "attr_last", which remember how you first and last arrived at the site (kept up to 90 days). If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we do not set these cookies.

Advertising

We show ads served by Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet. Google may also use cookies to measure ads and to limit how often you see the same ad.

• Turn off personalized ads from Google in Google's Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com
• Opt out of personalized ads from other participating vendors at https://optout.aboutads.info or https://optout.networkadvertising.org
• Read how Google uses information from sites that show its ads: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
• Use the Your Privacy Choices link in our footer, or turn on Global Privacy Control in your browser, to opt out on this site.

If we add or change ad networks, for example by moving to Journey by Mediavine, we will update this policy and list the new vendors before their ads appear.

Partner (affiliate) links

When you click a partner link, for example to a pet supply store or a pet insurance quote page, you leave our site. The partner, and the affiliate network that tracks the referral (such as Impact), may set its own cookies so it can credit us for the visit. We receive reports of clicks and commissions, not your name, address, or payment details. Anything you enter on a partner's site, including an insurance quote form, goes to that partner under its own privacy policy.

Bot protection, hosting, and security

Our forms use Cloudflare Turnstile to tell people from bots. Turnstile processes signals such as your IP address, browser user agent, and TLS fingerprint only to detect and block bots (see https://www.cloudflare.com/turnstile-privacy-policy/). The site runs on Cloudflare, which keeps short-term request logs for security and reliability. To limit abuse, we keep a salted code of your IP address for a short time, at most 24 hours, and then it expires automatically.

Cookies and similar technologies

• Strictly necessary: Turnstile bot check and the cookie that remembers your privacy choice.
• Analytics: our did, attr_first, and attr_last cookies, described above.
• Advertising: cookies set by Google and its ad partners on ad requests.
• Partner tracking: set by partner sites and affiliate networks after you click a partner link.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The calculators still work without cookies.

Your privacy choices (Do Not Sell or Share)

We do not sell personal information for money. However, letting ad partners use cookies to show personalized ads can count as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising under California law, and as "targeted advertising" or a "sale" under some other state laws. You can opt out in two ways:

• Use the Your Privacy Choices link in the footer and turn off personalized ads. We save that choice in this browser.
• Turn on Global Privacy Control (GPC) in your browser or extension. We treat GPC as a valid opt-out for that browser automatically, with no pop-up: we ask Google to serve non-personalized ads in restricted data processing mode, and we stop setting our analytics ID cookies.

When we detect GPC, the Your Privacy Choices panel shows "Opt-out preference signal honored". Opting out does not remove ads; you will still see ads, but they will be based on the page you are reading rather than your browsing history.

Your rights as a US resident

Depending on the state you live in, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws, you may have the right to:

• know what personal information we hold about you and get a copy;
• correct inaccurate information;
• delete your information;
• opt out of the sale or sharing of your information and of targeted advertising;
• appeal if we decline your request;
• not be treated differently for using any of these rights.

To make a request, email privacy@puprange.com from the address you used for the weight log, or tell us the address in your message; we will send a link to it to confirm the request is yours. Because we do not keep analytics data under your name, we may only be able to act on browser data from the browser you are using, for example through Your Privacy Choices. An authorized agent may make a request for you with your signed permission. We reply within 45 days. If we turn down your request, reply with "Appeal" in the subject and we will review it again and answer within the time your state's law requires.

California notice at collection

• Identifiers: email address (weight log only, held by Resend; scrambled in our database), cookie IDs, and IP address. Used to run the weight log, count visits, prevent abuse, and show ads. Shared with ad partners for advertising unless you opt out.
• Internet activity: pages viewed, tools used, clicks, and the referring page. Used for analytics and ads. Shared with ad partners for advertising unless you opt out.
• Approximate location: country and region estimated from IP. Used for analytics and to apply the right privacy rules. We do not collect precise location.
• Pet information you enter in the weight log: dog's name, breed size, age, and weights. Used only to provide the log. Not sold or shared.
• Inferences: ad partners may infer interests, such as dog ownership, from your activity. We do not build profiles ourselves.
• Sensitive personal information: none collected.
• Sources: you, your browser, and our service providers.
• Service providers who process data for us: Cloudflare (hosting, security, bot check), PostHog (analytics), and Resend (email).
• Retention: see the next section.

In the past 12 months, the only "sharing" has been identifiers and internet activity with Google and its ad partners for personalized ads, for visitors who did not opt out. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16.

How long we keep data

• Unconfirmed weight log sign-ups: deleted after 7 days.
• Weight log entries and your scrambled email code: kept while you are subscribed. Deleted within 30 days after you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them, and deleted automatically after 24 months with no new entries.
• Your address at Resend: removed with your weight log, except a suppression record of the scrambled code that stops us from emailing you again after you unsubscribe.
• Analytics events: up to 12 months, then deleted or kept only as totals that do not identify anyone.
• Analytics cookies: did up to 12 months; attr_first and attr_last up to 90 days.
• Abuse-prevention IP codes: up to 24 hours.
• Privacy request records: 24 months, as California regulations require.

Children

This site is written for adult dog owners and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, and the weight log is only for people 18 and older. If you believe a child has given us information, email privacy@puprange.com and we will delete it.

Visitors outside the United States

The site is built for readers in the United States. Our service providers process data in the United States, and we operate from Türkiye. If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you will first see a consent message from a Google-certified consent tool, and we do not set analytics or personalized advertising cookies unless you agree. Wherever you live, you can contact us to access or delete your data.

Security

We keep the data we hold small, scramble email addresses in our database, use encrypted connections, and limit access to our systems to the operator. No method of storage or transfer is perfectly secure, but we will tell affected weight log users if a breach puts their information at risk.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page when our practices change and change the date at the top. If a change affects weight log users in an important way, we will also tell them by email before it takes effect.