Who we are
PetPath is a pet niche blog published at https://petpath.co.uk. We publish articles, guides and advice about pets, pet care, training and pet products. This privacy policy explains what personal data we collect when you visit our website, how we use it, and the rights you have under UK data protection law, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
PetPath is the data controller for the personal data collected through this website.
What data we collect and why
We collect only the personal data we need for the purposes described below.
- Comments: When you leave a comment on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address and your browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
- Contact emails: When you contact us by email, for example to ask a question, suggest a topic or submit a guest post, we collect your name and email address and any information you include in your message. We use this information only to reply to you and to deal with your enquiry.
- Log files: Like most websites, our server automatically records log files when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, the pages you visit and the time of your visit. We use log files for the security and proper functioning of the website and to understand aggregate visitor numbers.
Cookies
We use cookies, which are small files stored on your device, to make our website work and to understand how visitors use it. We do not use cookies to identify you personally, except where described in this policy.
Advertising cookies: We use Google AdSense to display advertising on this website. Google uses cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, to show you adverts based on your visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your browsing. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use the sites and apps that use its services by visiting Google’s information page on how Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites, and you can opt out of personalised advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings.
Comments cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
Login cookies: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. If you log in or publish content, additional cookies are set to save your login information and your screen display choices. An additional cookie is saved when you edit or publish an article, containing no personal data.
You can change the settings in your browser to refuse or delete cookies, although some parts of the website may not work properly if you do.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content, for example videos, images or social media posts. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited that other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools to understand, in aggregate, how visitors use our website, such as which articles are most popular. Analytics data is used only in aggregate form to improve our content, and it is not used to identify individual visitors.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell your personal data. We share data only where necessary for the purposes described in this policy:
- With our hosting provider and service providers who help us operate the website, under appropriate data protection arrangements.
- With Google, in connection with Google AdSense advertising, as described in the cookies section above.
- Where we are required to do so by law, or to protect our rights, the security of our website or the safety of others.
- An anonymised string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service when you leave a comment, to check whether you are using that service.
- If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely, so that we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. If you contact us by email, we keep your message and our reply only for as long as needed to deal with your enquiry, and for a reasonable period afterwards. Log files are kept for a limited period before being deleted. For any users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit or delete their own personal information at any time, with the exception of their username.
What rights you have over your data
Under UK data protection law, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:
- The right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- The right to ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- The right to ask us to delete your personal data.
- The right to restrict the processing of your data, and the right to object to our use of your data.
- The right to data portability, where applicable.
- The right to withdraw your consent at any time, where our processing relies on your consent.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at mkaleemullahad@gmail.com. We will respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within one month, as required by law.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Complaints to the ICO
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal data, please contact us at mkaleemullahad@gmail.com and we will try to resolve the issue. You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection. You can contact the ICO at https://ico.org.uk or by calling its helpline on 0303 123 1113.
Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or about how we handle your personal data, please contact us at mkaleemullahad@gmail.com.
Last updated: 10 November 2026.