Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy for SpiritDogTraining.online
Effective Date: 10/ 17/ 2025
1. Introduction
SpiritDogTraining.online ("we," "us," or "our") operates a dog training blog and landing pages located at spiritdogtraining.online. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you visit our website.
2. Contact Details
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Owner/Data Controller: [Your Name/Business Name]
Website: spiritdogtraining.online
3. Information We Collect
We only collect a very limited amount of Personal Data directly from you, but we rely on third-party services (like the affiliate program) that collect data for us.
A. Data You May Voluntarily Provide (If You Add Features Later):
Contact Information: If you use a contact form or subscribe to a future newsletter, we would collect your Name and Email Address.
Comments: If you leave comments on our blog, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
B. Data Collected Automatically (Via Third-Party Tools):
Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring pages, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and clickstream data. This is typically collected via Cookies and Tracking Technologies.
Affiliate Tracking Data: We use cookies and similar technologies to track user activity when you click on an affiliate link. This data is used to confirm that a referral was made from our site to our affiliate partner.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To Operate and Maintain the Blog: To ensure the website functions correctly and to analyze usage patterns for improvements.
Affiliate Monetization: To earn commission on the sales of dog training courses. Your tracked clicks help our affiliate partner, The Spirit Dog Training Affiliate Program, confirm the referral and correctly calculate our commission.
Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect the website and detect and prevent any fraudulent activity.
Communication (If applicable later): To respond to your inquiries or send a newsletter if you subscribe.
5. Sharing Your Personal Data (Affiliate Disclosure)
Your data is shared with third parties primarily through the use of tracking technologies for affiliate marketing.
A. Affiliate Partner Disclosure:
We are a paid participant in The Spirit Dog Training Affiliate Program.
When you click on a link that leads to a dog training course on our site, you are clicking an affiliate link. These links place a tracking cookie on your device.
This cookie allows our partner, the Spirit Dog Training program, to know that you came from our website and, if you make a purchase, we will receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
The data shared with our affiliate partner is used solely for tracking the referral and calculating commission.
B. Other Third-Party Services:
We may also use other services that process data, such as:
Hosting Providers (to run the website)
Analytics Providers (e.g., Google Analytics, to track website traffic)
Spam Detection Services (for comments)
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website and our third-party services use "cookies" to enhance your experience, analyze site usage, and conduct affiliate tracking.
What are Cookies? Cookies are small text files stored on your device that uniquely identify your browser.
Affiliate Cookies: These are essential for our business model. They track the click and conversion to ensure we get credit for a successful referral.
Your Choices: You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service, and we may not be able to receive commission for sales.
7. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have specific rights regarding your personal data. These typically include:
The Right to Access: The right to request copies of your personal data.
The Right to Rectification: The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.1
The Right to Erasure: The right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.2
The Right to Restrict Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.3
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@spiritdogtraining.online.
8. Children’s Information
SpiritDogTraining.online does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best to promptly remove such information from our records.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.