Privacy policy

Updated: January 2026

Protecting your privacy and personal information

Dogs in History is committed to protecting your privacy and any personal information you may share with us while using our website. This policy describes why and how we collect personal information about you and your visit, how we use it and how we keep it secure. We may adjust our policy occasionally by updating this page.

By visiting our website you agree to our privacy policy. If you have any questions please contact us.

Who we are:

Dogs in History is an independent digital publication and social media account. We are based in the United States and you can contact us through our website.

How we collect information from you

Most of the personal information we process is provided by you when you:

  • Subscribe to our Newsletter.

  • Use our Contact Us form

We may also receive personal information indirectly via:

What information we collect from you

  • Website: We collect your IP address when you use our website. This data is anonymized before being used for analytics processing (see Cookies below).

  • Direct sign up: If you choose to subscribe to our Newsletter we will collect your email address and consent for receiving direct marketing.

  • Contact Us form: If you complete our form we will collect your name, email address and consent for receiving direct marketing.

How your information is used

We use your information to:

  • Send you emails when you subscribe to our newsletter

  • Send you our email newsletter

  • Ask you to participate in surveys

  • Send you information you may have requested

  • Analyze how our website is used and by whom

  • Process our forms when submitted by you

We will not contact you for marketing purposes unless you have given us your consent or we believe you have a legitimate interest in the content. You can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of the email, or contact us.

How your information is stored

We may collect and store your information via third-party data processors including Squarespace and Google.

We will hold your personal information on our secure systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity. We review and manage our data retention on a regular basis.

Who has access to your information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we are required to do so by law.

Cookies

We use cookies to help our site run effectively and provide the best experience when you visit our website. A cookie and similar technologies are small files or pieces of text that download to your device when you accesses our website.

Dog in History uses two types of cookies:

  1. Functional and required cookies: These are always used and allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you. They are necessary so you can navigate and use key features on our website. For example remembering your video player preferences and showing when you've ‘liked’ content.

  2. Analytics and performance cookies: These are used to collect information about how you interact with our site. These cookies are only used when you acknowledge our cookie banner.

For website visitors

Our website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit our website including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs this data to run our website and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses this data in a de-personalized form.

For form submissions

When you submit information to Dogs in History we collect the data you submit so we can track and respond to your submissions. We share this information with Google Workspace for storage.

Marketing emails

We may send you emails if you have subscribed to our free membership and/or signed up to receive our newsletters. You can unsubscribe by clicking the link at the bottom of the email, or contact us.

Notifications

Unless you otherwise indicate in writing, Dogs in History will communicate with you by email, or by posting communications on the Dogs in History Platform. You consent to receive communications from us electronically, and you agree that these electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. You will be considered to have received a communication when we send it to the email address you have provided to Dogs in History within your account or when we post such communication on the Dogs in History Platform. You should keep your email address updated in your account and regularly check this Website for postings. If you fail to respond to an email message from Dogs in History regarding a violation, dispute, or complaint within 2 (two) business days, we will have the right to terminate or suspend your account. All notices to Dogs in History intended to have a legal effect concerning these terms must be in writing via the Dogs in History website.

To stop receiving specific communications from Dogs in History, please contact us.

Fonts

Our website uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you including information about your browser, network, device or your IP address.

Embedded content

Pages on DogsinHistory.com may include embedded content from third party services, such as YouTube. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you had visited their sites. They may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into the third party service.

Your data protection rights

You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. If you believe any information we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us. We will correct any errors as soon as possible.

You have a right to ask us to erase your personal information. You have a right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in some circumstances. For example if you no longer want to receive our email newsletter, please unsubscribe or contact us.

You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay a charge to exercise your rights. If you make a request we have one month to respond to you.

If you wish to make a request please contact us.

Copyright

All images used on this site are believed to be included within the scope of appropriate copyright permission and licensing. If an image has been erroneously or inappropriately used on the site, please contact us so that it may be quickly removed.

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information please contact us.

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