Last Updated: February 25, 2026

Introduction

Animal Shelter Tips ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.animalsheltertips.com and use our calculator tools.

Information We Collect

Calculator Usage Data

When you use our calculator tools, all calculations are performed locally in your browser. We do not collect, store, or transmit any data you enter into our calculators. Your shelter's operational data remains completely private and is never sent to our servers.

Automatically Collected Information

We may collect certain information automatically when you visit our website, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referring website
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Date and time of visit

Contact Form Information

If you choose to contact us through our contact form, we collect the information you provide, including your name, email address, and message content.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide and maintain our website and tools
  • Respond to your inquiries and support requests
  • Improve our website and develop new features
  • Monitor and analyze usage patterns and trends
  • Detect and prevent technical issues
  • Comply with legal obligations

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Third-Party Services

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google AdSense

We may display advertisements from Google AdSense on our website. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or access. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access: Request access to your personal information
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
  • Portability: Request a copy of your information in a portable format
  • Opt-out: Opt out of marketing communications

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

  • By email: caannschacko@gmail.com
  • Via our contact form: Contact Page
  • By mail: Animal Shelter Tips, United States

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These include the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete your information, and the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information (which we do not sell).

European Privacy Rights

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal information.