Privacy Policy

Last updated November 8, 2026.

What this policy covers

This policy explains how information is handled when you use anythingpawsable.com, its reader tools or its article finder, or contact the AP team.

Anything Pawsable is operated by EBC Partners LLC. This policy does not cover Service Dog Standards or United States Service Dog Registry (USSDR) accounts, registration, purchases or other services. Read the policies that apply to those services when you visit them.

Information you send us

If you use Contact Us or send us a question, correction, submission, photograph or other material, we receive what you choose to send. That may include your name, email address, message and attachments. Email providers also process information needed to deliver and store the message.

We use this information to respond, review corrections and submissions, arrange editorial work and maintain appropriate records. Private correspondence is not automatically intended for publication. Material agreed for publication, including contributor credits and approved photographs or biographies, may be publicly available with the article.

Please do not send medical records or unnecessary disability information. Do not share someone else’s private information without appropriate permission.

Email updates

When you subscribe, AP saves your email address, signup date, source page and subscription status in WordPress and a private Google Sheet. We use these records to send the updates you requested, retry delivery failures and honor unsubscribe requests. Signing up also sends you a welcome email.

GoDaddy hosts the site and sends its confirmation emails. Google stores the signup sheet under Google’s privacy policy. We don’t sell the signup list. AP emails include an unsubscribe link. Unsubscribing stops newsletter emails; we may retain a record of your choice so we can honor it.

If you choose to share a reason or note when you unsubscribe, we save that feedback privately with your signup record in WordPress and our Google Sheet to improve AP emails. You can leave this blank. If you change your mind, choose Undo unsubscribe to restart your AP emails.

For help with your subscription or a request to remove your information, contact editor@anythingpawsable.com.

Article comments

When you comment, WordPress stores your name, email address and comment, along with your IP address and browser information for moderation and spam prevention. Comments are reviewed before they appear. Approved comments display your chosen name and comment publicly; your email address is not displayed with them.

AP uses Gravatar to display a profile picture associated with your email address. An encoded version of your email address, called a hash, is sent to Gravatar to look for that picture. Loading the picture also sends a request from your browser to Gravatar. See Automattic’s privacy policy for details. If you do not have a Gravatar picture, a generic avatar appears.

You can choose to save your comment name and email in browser cookies so you do not have to enter them next time. Approved comments and their moderation records may remain with the article unless removed. Please do not include private medical information or another person’s private details in a comment.

Browsing and website delivery

AP’s hosting and security services process technical information needed to deliver pages, maintain reliability and protect against abuse. This may include your IP address, requested page address, browser or device information and request time.

GoDaddy hosts the website. Hosting, delivery and security providers process technical information to operate and protect the site. Provider retention of technical information depends on the services and logging settings in use.

Form spam protection

The contact and email signup forms use Cloudflare Turnstile to check for automated submissions. Cloudflare processes technical information for that security check under its Turnstile privacy terms. Passing the check allows AP to process the form you submit; it does not enroll you in another service.

Search and the article finder

Ordinary site search filters AP’s article index in your browser. Search terms may appear in the page address and may be included in routine request information when you open or share a search link.

The article finder matches your question with public AP articles in your browser. It does not send your question to an AI model or another AI service.

AP saves submitted search terms and article-finder questions privately to help plan useful articles. The record includes the question or search text, when it was submitted, how often it was asked and which AP articles matched. The question record does not include your IP address or a visitor account. The tool removes recognizable email addresses, web addresses and long numbers before saving, but it cannot identify every kind of personal information.

Do not enter names, contact details, medical records or other sensitive information into search or the article finder. Search and the article finder should not be treated as confidential channels.

Saved names

The name shortlist stores saved names in your browser on your device. Its code does not send those names to AP. Downloaded shortlists are generated on your device.

People who use the same browser or device may be able to see saved entries. Use the tool’s clear function or your browser’s site-storage controls to remove them. Clearing browser storage may remove your saved entries; AP cannot restore them. Copies you download remain on your device until you delete them.

Cookies and analytics

AP uses Google Analytics to learn which pages people read and how they find the site. Google receives page addresses without search terms or other address parameters, the referring website, and technical information such as browser and device details. For selected AP promotions, we send a fixed campaign label so we can compare which links bring readers here. We also count clicks on email-signup links and selected article resources using fixed labels, without sending their text or destination addresses. A signup-link click does not mean someone subscribed. We do not send form entries, email addresses, reader questions, saved names or account identifiers to Analytics. Google signals and advertising personalization are disabled. Advertising trackers are not currently enabled.

Hosting and security services may use necessary cookies or similar technologies to deliver and protect the website, depending on the services enabled. Reader tools use browser storage as described above. You can manage cookies and site storage in your browser settings.

Analytics cookies last up to six months. For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Analytics cookies are disabled unless you choose Allow analytics below; Google may receive limited measurements without those cookies. Elsewhere, Analytics cookies are enabled by default unless you turn them off. An earlier choice to decline Analytics is respected. AP also stops Analytics when your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track. These limits mean our reports do not count every visit. Learn more in Google’s Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

You can turn off Analytics below without affecting access to AP. Your choice is saved in this browser for six months. If you change devices or clear browser storage, you may need to choose again. Future changes to advertising or other information handling will be described here before they are enabled.

Advertising and Google AdSense

Google AdSense ads are not currently enabled on AP. This section explains the information handling that may apply if we enable them. Advertising choices are separate from the Analytics preferences below.

When Google ads are served, Google and participating advertising providers may place and read cookies in your browser, use web beacons or other identifiers, and receive information such as your IP address, browser and device details, the page you visit, and your interactions with an ad. They use this information to deliver and measure advertising, limit repeated ads, and detect fraud or abuse. Where permitted and subject to the choices that apply, information about activity on this and other sites may also be used to personalize advertising.

Read how Google uses information from sites that use its services and Google’s Privacy Policy. You can manage Google’s personalized advertising through My Ad Center. Turning off personalization does not necessarily stop ads or the information processing needed to serve and measure them. Your browser also provides controls for cookies and site storage.

Before enabling advertising, AP will provide the notices and choices required for the advertising services and the regions where they operate. Where consent is required, the relevant advertising will remain off until that consent is obtained. Allowing Analytics below does not give consent to advertising, and an Analytics preference does not control Google’s separate advertising settings.

Who may receive information

Relevant AP staff, contractors and providers may receive the information needed to respond to a request, carry out agreed editorial work, host the website, maintain records or protect security.

Information may be shared within the operating organization when needed to handle a request. Contacting AP does not automatically create a public SDS or USSDR profile or enrollment in those services.

We do not sell or rent editorial correspondence or submissions. AP may disclose information when required by law or reasonably necessary to respond to abuse, protect safety or protect legal rights.

External links and services

Links to videos, organizations, products, SDS, USSDR and other resources take you to services with their own privacy practices. Those services may collect information when you use them. AP’s policy does not replace theirs.

Retention and security

We keep correspondence and submission records only as long as reasonably needed for the request, editorial work, legitimate recordkeeping, disputes or legal obligations. Published articles and contributor credits may remain in the publication archive.

We use reasonable safeguards appropriate to the information we handle. No website, device or email system can guarantee absolute security. This policy does not promise that AP can delete information from every provider system immediately or prevent every unauthorized disclosure.

Your choices and requests

You can ask about information you provided, request a correction or deletion, or raise a privacy concern through the Contact Us page. Rights, deadlines and exceptions depend on applicable law. AP may need proportionate information to verify and respond to a request; published editorial records or legally required records may need to be retained.

For saved reader-tool entries, use the tools or browser controls described above. AP does not receive those locally saved entries and cannot remove them from your device for you.

If you believe a child has sent personal information that should not have been collected or published, contact AP so the situation can be reviewed. Do not send additional unnecessary personal information about the child.

Contact and updates

Use the Contact Us page for privacy requests. Choose “Privacy request” and include enough information to identify the request without sending unnecessary sensitive details.

AP will update this policy when practices change, revise the date above and provide additional notice where required by law.