Privacy Policy

Current site behavior

• Plant search runs in the browser
• Amazon affiliate links are present on selected guides
• JustAnswer affiliate links are present on selected toxic-plant records
• No Google AdSense or other display-advertising code is installed
• Optional Google Analytics loads only after Analytics acceptance
• No user accounts or medical-information submission forms are enabled; analytics page locations exclude query strings and fragments
• Contact is available by email rather than an online submission form

Optional Google Analytics

PawPlants uses optional Google Analytics for aggregate site measurement to understand which pages are useful. Google Analytics does not load or receive measurement requests until you choose Accept analytics. Reject analytics prevents it from loading. Your choice is remembered in this browser using first-party local storage, not a consent cookie. If the browser cannot save acceptance, analytics stays off.

After acceptance, Google Analytics may use analytics cookies and browser identifiers and receive browser or device information. PawPlants removes query parameters and fragments from the page location and referring-page address supplied to Analytics. Do not enter personal, medical, or other sensitive information in search fields or page URLs.

You can change your choice here at any time. Rejecting after acceptance disables measurement, removes accessible GA cookies, and reloads the page to stop the loaded tag. It cannot withdraw data already sent or a request already in flight. Clearing browser storage removes the saved choice; another browser or device has its own preference.

This implementation keeps advertising storage, advertising user data, and advertising personalization consent denied. It does not install Google Tag Manager or Google AdSense. Learn how Google collects and processes data on sites that use its services. Google also provides a browser opt-out add-on. Rejecting analytics does not prevent access to PawPlants content.

Analytics is optional. JavaScript is needed to load analytics and manage this local preference.

Affiliate destinations

If you follow an Amazon or JustAnswer affiliate link, the destination service or its affiliate network may handle referral tracking on its own service. PawPlants does not add a sitewide affiliate-tracking script.

Future advertising services

PawPlants may use third-party advertising services such as Google AdSense in the future. If advertising is enabled, those services may use cookies, device identifiers, or similar technologies to serve, measure, and personalize ads where permitted.

Users may have choices regarding personalized advertising. PawPlants may present consent mechanisms where legally required before enabling advertising technologies.

Email contact

If you contact PawPlants by email, include only the information needed for the question or correction. Do not send urgent exposure details by email.

Data minimization

PawPlants does not use contact as an emergency-response channel and does not ask for detailed medical histories.