Privacy Policy

This is the only place we ask for personal information, and it is entirely optional — the whole site works without it.

What we store

Your email address

So we can send you the newsletter. Nothing else.

Dog, cat, or both

So a cat owner isn't sent dog-food reviews. This is the only preference we keep.

When you signed up

Proof that you asked to receive email, which we're required to be able to show.

The page you signed up from, your IP address, and browser

Same reason — evidence of consent — plus it lets us block automated sign-up abuse.

What we do with it

We send you product picks and reviews, no more than twice a month. Every email we send will carry a one-click unsubscribe. We don't send anything else, and we don't let anyone else email you. Nothing has been sent yet — we are still building the list — so to come off it today, email us and we'll remove you.

Sign-ups are stored in a hosted Postgres database provided by our infrastructure provider. When the list grows large enough to need a proper email tool, we'll move it to a mainstream email service provider that acts on our instructions and cannot use your address for its own purposes. That will not change what we collect or what we send you.

Outbound retailer links pass through our own redirect so we can count how many people found a recommendation useful. We record which product was clicked, which part of the page it was clicked from, and when. We do not record who you are — there is no account, no cookie, and no identifier tying that click to you or to a newsletter subscriber.

Once you land on Amazon or another retailer, you are on their site under their privacy policy, and they will set their own cookies to attribute the referral. We have no control over and no visibility into what they collect. See our Affiliate Disclosure for how the commission side works.

The Pet Cost Calculator and Food Portion Calculator run entirely in your browser. Nothing you type into them is sent to us or stored anywhere — close the tab and it is gone.

Like every website, our hosting provider automatically records standard server logs — IP address, page requested, timestamp, browser — as part of serving pages and defending against abuse. These are held briefly by the host and are not used by us to identify or profile anyone. Fonts are served from our own domain, so visiting the site makes no request to Google or any other third party.

Depending on where you live — in particular the UK, EU, and California — you have the right to see the personal data we hold about you, correct it, have it deleted, or object to our use of it. We extend these rights to everyone regardless of location, because it is simpler and fairer.

In practice we hold one thing: your newsletter subscription. To see it or delete it, email hello@mypetguid.com from the address in question and we'll action it within 30 days, usually much sooner. Once we begin sending, every email will also carry a one-click unsubscribe link.

We keep subscriber records for as long as you stay subscribed, and delete them when you unsubscribe or ask us to. We have never sold personal data and have no plans to.

This site is intended for adults buying things for their pets. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has given us their email, tell us and we'll delete it.

If we start collecting something new, this page changes before that collection starts, and the date below changes with it. We won't quietly broaden what we gather.

Last updated: August 2026