Who we are

Our website address is: https://barkivore.com.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) since visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the site.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends your login for two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with embedded content, including tracking if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

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. This helps us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you have provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

E-Commerce

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store to ensure a smooth transaction and delivery experience.

What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

  • Products you’ve viewed: We’ll use this to show you products you’ve recently viewed.
  • Location, IP address, and browser type: We use these for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping.
  • Delivery address: We’ll ask you to enter this so we can determine if you are in our service area. In the future, this data may be used to facilitate order fulfillment in other ways, such as shipping via UPS, FedEx, etc.

We also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

When you make a purchase

During checkout, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, payment information, and optional account details like username and password. We use this information to:

  • Send you information about your account and order
  • Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
  • Process payments and prevent fraud
  • Set up your account for our store
  • Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
  • Improve our store offerings
  • Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

Who on our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us such as:

  • Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased, and where it should be sent
  • Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information

Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds, and support you.

Payments

We accept payments through the third-party processor Stripe. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to these services, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.

For more information, please see the Stripe privacy policy.