Last Updated: July 16, 2026
At Pawsome Recipes (“we,” “our,” or “us”), accessible from https://pawsomerecipes.com, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have regarding your personal information.
By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please discontinue use of the website.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through this website and does not apply to information collected offline or through other channels.
Who We Are
Pawsome Recipes is a recipe website dedicated to providing homemade dog food recipes, dog treat recipes, nutritional guides, feeding information, and related educational content.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, you can contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Information We Collect
We collect information in several different ways depending on how you interact with our website.
Information You Voluntarily Provide
You may choose to provide personal information when you:
- subscribe to our newsletter
- submit a contact form
- leave a comment on an article
- communicate with us by email
- participate in promotions, surveys, or giveaways (if offered)
Depending on the interaction, this information may include:
- your name
- email address
- website URL (optional when commenting)
- any information you choose to include in your message or comment
You are never required to provide personal information simply to browse our website.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, certain information is collected automatically to help us understand how visitors use our content and to improve the user experience.
This information may include:
- IP address
- browser type and version
- operating system
- device type
- referring website
- pages visited
- time spent on pages
- links clicked
- approximate geographic location based on IP address
- date and time of your visit
This information is generally collected using cookies, server logs, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Like most websites, Pawsome Recipes uses cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, analyse traffic, personalise content, and support advertising.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
We may use:
- Essential cookies required for the website to function properly.
- Analytics cookies to help us understand how visitors use our website.
- Functional cookies to remember your preferences.
- Advertising cookies to display more relevant advertisements.
- Affiliate tracking cookies to record referrals when you visit merchant websites through our affiliate links.
Where required by applicable law, we will request your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device. You may withdraw or change your consent at any time through our cookie consent preferences.
Most web browsers also allow you to manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for legitimate business purposes, including to:
- operate and maintain the website
- provide requested information and services
- respond to enquiries and customer support requests
- send newsletters and email updates (where you have opted in)
- personalise your experience
- analyse website traffic and improve our content
- monitor website performance
- detect fraudulent or malicious activity
- comply with legal obligations
- display advertising and measure advertising performance
- administer competitions or promotions (where applicable)
We do not use your personal information for automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
Legal Basis for Processing (UK GDPR and GDPR)
If you are located in the United Kingdom or European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal information only where we have a lawful basis to do so under applicable data protection laws.
These legal bases may include:
Your Consent
We rely on your consent when you:
- subscribe to our newsletter
- accept non-essential cookies
- agree to receive marketing communications
You may withdraw your consent at any time.
Legitimate Interests
We process certain information where it is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
Examples include:
- improving website performance
- preventing fraud and abuse
- understanding visitor behaviour
- maintaining website security
- displaying advertising to support the operation of this free website
Legal Obligations
We may process personal information where required to comply with legal obligations, including tax, accounting, or regulatory requirements.
Contractual Necessity
Where applicable, we may process information necessary to fulfil a service you have requested or to respond to an enquiry.
Third-Party Service Providers
We work with trusted third-party companies that help operate the website.
These providers may process personal information on our behalf and only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Current service providers may include:
- Kit – email marketing and newsletter delivery
- Google Analytics – website analytics
- Web hosting providers – website hosting and security
- Cloudflare or similar security providers (if applicable)
- WordPress plugins and service providers necessary for website functionality
- Advertising and affiliate partners, including Raptive and affiliate networks
Each third-party provider maintains its own privacy policy governing how it handles personal information.
Advertising and Personalised Advertising
To help keep Pawsome Recipes free to access, we display advertising on the website.
Advertising may be personalised based on your interests, browsing activity, approximate location, or other information collected through cookies and similar technologies, where permitted by applicable law.
We work with trusted advertising partners that may collect certain information through cookies, pixels, web beacons, and similar technologies in order to:
- display advertisements;
- measure advertising performance;
- prevent advertising fraud;
- limit the number of times you see the same advertisement;
- personalise advertising based on your interests where permitted.
We use a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that allows visitors in applicable regions to manage their cookie and advertising preferences. You may change your preferences at any time using the cookie settings available on the website.
Advertising
CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
You can also learn more about managing advertising preferences through:
Please note that opting out of personalised advertising does not mean you will stop seeing advertisements. Instead, you may continue to see ads that are less relevant to your interests.
Analytics
We use analytics services to better understand how visitors interact with our website.
These services help us understand information such as:
- which pages are visited most often;
- how visitors navigate the website;
- which devices and browsers are used;
- how visitors arrive at the website;
- website performance and reliability.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyse website traffic.
Google Analytics may collect information including:
- IP address (which may be shortened or anonymised where appropriate);
- browser information;
- operating system;
- pages viewed;
- time spent on the website;
- interactions with website content.
Google may process this information on servers located outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area.
You can learn more about Google’s privacy practices here:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google also provides a browser add-on that allows you to opt out of Google Analytics:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Affiliate Links
Some pages on this website contain affiliate links.
This means that if you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate commissions help support the operation of Pawsome Recipes and allow us to continue publishing free recipes and educational content.
Affiliate partners may use cookies to determine whether a purchase originated from this website.
Participation in affiliate programmes does not affect our editorial independence. We only recommend products and services that we believe may be useful to our readers.
Affiliate partners may include, but are not limited to:
- Amazon Associates
- Chewy
- other pet-related retailers and affiliate networks
Please review each retailer’s privacy policy for information about how they process your personal information.
Email Newsletters
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name and email address so we can send you recipes, updates, newsletters, promotions, and other content you have requested.
Our email marketing is provided through Kit.
When you subscribe, your information is securely stored by Kit and processed in accordance with their Privacy Policy.
Emails may include tracking technologies that help us understand:
- whether an email has been opened;
- which links have been clicked;
- general engagement with our newsletters.
This information helps us improve future communications and provide content that is more relevant to our subscribers.
You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every marketing email.
Embedded Content
Articles on this website may include embedded content from third-party websites.
Examples include:
- YouTube videos;
- Pinterest Pins;
- Instagram posts;
- Facebook posts;
- maps;
- other embedded media.
Embedded content behaves in the same manner as if you had visited the third-party website directly.
These websites may:
- collect information about you;
- use cookies;
- embed additional third-party tracking;
- monitor your interaction with the embedded content;
- associate your activity with your account if you are logged into that service.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third-party websites.
Social Media
Pawsome Recipes maintains profiles on various social media platforms.
If you choose to interact with us through Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok, or other social media services, those platforms may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
Any information you choose to share publicly through social media may be visible to other users.
Comments
If you leave a comment on an article, we collect the information displayed in the comment form together with your IP address and browser information to help detect spam.
Comments submitted to the website may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Once approved, your name and comment will become publicly visible on the website.
Please avoid including personal or sensitive information in comments, as this information may be visible to other visitors.
How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information in exchange for money.
However, we may share information where necessary with trusted third parties in order to operate our website and provide services to you.
Examples include:
- website hosting providers;
- email service providers;
- analytics providers;
- advertising partners;
- affiliate networks;
- fraud prevention providers;
- legal or regulatory authorities where required by law.
We may also disclose information if we believe disclosure is necessary to:
- comply with legal obligations;
- protect our legal rights;
- investigate suspected fraud or unlawful activity;
- protect the safety of users or the public.
If our business is sold, merged, reorganised, or transferred, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable privacy laws.
International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers operate in countries outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including contractual protections or other lawful transfer mechanisms required by applicable data protection laws.
While we work with reputable providers that maintain strong security standards, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Typical retention periods include:
- Newsletter subscribers: Until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
- Comments: Comments and related metadata may be retained indefinitely to recognise and automatically approve future comments.
- Contact enquiries: Retained only for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and maintain appropriate business records.
- Analytics data: Retained according to the retention periods configured within our analytics providers.
- Advertising and cookie data: Retained in accordance with our advertising partners’ policies and applicable laws.
When information is no longer required, it will be securely deleted or anonymised where reasonably practicable.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include:
- The right to know what personal information we hold about you.
- The right to request access to your personal information.
- The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- The right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
- The right to restrict or object to certain processing activities.
- The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- The right to request a copy of your personal information in a portable format where applicable.
- The right not to be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the email address listed below.
We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before responding to your request.
If you are located in the United Kingdom, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe your personal information has been handled unlawfully.
Further information is available at:
California and Other U.S. State Privacy Rights
Residents of certain U.S. states, including California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and others where applicable privacy laws apply, may have additional rights regarding their personal information.
Depending on your state of residence, these rights may include the ability to:
- request access to personal information;
- request deletion;
- request correction;
- appeal certain privacy decisions;
- opt out of targeted advertising where applicable.
Where required by law, we will honour verified privacy requests in accordance with applicable legislation.
Cookie Choices and Advertising Preferences
You may manage your cookie preferences using our cookie consent settings available on this website.
You may also manage personalised advertising preferences through industry opt-out tools, including:
Please note that disabling personalised advertising does not eliminate advertisements. It simply means that advertisements may be less relevant to your interests.
Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction.
These measures may include secure hosting, software updates, encryption where appropriate, access controls, and other industry-standard security practices.
However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You use this website at your own risk.
Children’s Privacy
Pawsome Recipes is intended for a general audience and is not directed toward children under the age of 16.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 years of age.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information through this website, please contact us immediately at [email protected]. We will take reasonable steps to delete the information as quickly as practicable.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites for your convenience or additional information.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites that we do not own or control.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our business practices, legal obligations, technology, or the services we use.
When significant changes are made, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
Your continued use of the website after changes have been published constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:
Pawsome Recipes
Website: https://pawsomerecipes.com
Email: [email protected]
Governing Law
This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes relating to this Privacy Policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales, unless otherwise required by applicable law.
Thank you for visiting Pawsome Recipes. We appreciate your trust and are committed to protecting your privacy while providing free recipes, feeding guides, and educational resources for dog owners around the world.