Earthy Critters respects the privacy of its visitors. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you use earthycritters.com, why it is collected, and how it may be used.
Information we collect
The information collected depends on how you use the website.
When you browse Earthy Critters, technical and usage information may be collected automatically through analytics tools. This can include information such as pages visited, approximate location, device and browser characteristics, traffic source, interactions with the website, and session information.
If you contact Earthy Critters through the contact form, we collect the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, and message.
We do not intentionally ask visitors to provide sensitive personal information through the website.
Analytics
Earthy Critters uses analytics services to understand how visitors find and use the website and to help identify technical or usability issues.
Google Analytics
Earthy Critters uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google. Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to distinguish visitors and sessions and to collect information about website usage, including session statistics, approximate geographic location, browser and device information, and interactions with the site.
Google states that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store individual IP addresses collected from websites.
Information about Google’s privacy practices can be found in Google’s own privacy documentation.
Yandex Metrica
Our website also uses Yandex Metrica to analyse website traffic and visitor behaviour.
Yandex Metrica may use cookies, local storage, and anonymous browser identifiers to distinguish users and analyse visits, traffic sources, and interactions with website pages.
Features such as session replay may be used to better understand how visitors interact with the website. Earthy Critters does not intentionally use these tools to collect information entered into sensitive form fields.
Contact forms
When you submit the contact form, the information you provide is stored so that Earthy Critters can read and respond to your enquiry.
Contact form submissions may include your name, email address, message, the page from which the form was submitted, and technical information necessary to process the submission and prevent spam.
Contact submissions are retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for correspondence, record keeping, security, or spam prevention.
Cookies and similar technologies
Earthy Critters uses cookies and similar technologies for website functionality and analytics.
Some cookies are necessary for basic site functions or for remembering website preferences. Analytics services may also place cookies or use other browser storage to measure visits and interactions.
More detailed information about the cookies and services used on this website is available in our Cookie Policy.
How information is used
Information collected through Earthy Critters may be used to:
- operate and maintain the website;
- understand how visitors use the site;
- improve content, navigation, and website performance;
- detect technical problems, abuse, or spam;
- respond to enquiries and correction requests; and
- maintain appropriate records relating to website communications.
Earthy Critters does not sell visitors’ personal information.
Third-party services
Earthy Critters uses third-party services that may process information as part of providing their services.
These currently include Google Analytics and Yandex Metrica. Other service providers may be introduced in the future for purposes such as website hosting, security, advertising, or commercial functionality, and this policy may be updated accordingly.
Third-party services operate under their own privacy terms and data-processing practices.
Data security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect the website and information submitted through it. However, no method of transmission or storage on the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your choices and rights
Depending on where you live, data protection laws may provide rights concerning personal information associated with you, including rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or objection to certain processing.
You can also delete or restrict cookies using your browser controls and, where available, use the cookie preference controls provided by Earthy Critters.
Requests concerning personal information associated with Earthy Critters can be submitted through our Contact page.
Children’s privacy
Earthy Critters is intended as a general informational website and is not specifically directed at children. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through the website.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website, its services, or its data practices change. The current version published on this page will apply.
Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy or personal information associated with Earthy Critters can be submitted through our Contact page.