Last updated: April 2026
At Pet Care Australia (petcareaustralia.com) we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect your personal information when you visit our website.
Who We Are
Our website address is https://petcareaustralia.com. We provide pet care advice, product reviews and guides for Australian pet owners.
What Information We Collect
When visitors leave comments on our site we collect the data shown in the comments form, including your name, email address and the comment itself. We also collect your IP address and browser information to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to display your profile picture alongside comments. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at automattic.com/privacy.
If you upload images to our website you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year. When you visit our login page a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies — this cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. If you log in to our site we set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select Remember Me your login will persist for two weeks.
Affiliate Disclosure
Pet Care Australia participates in affiliate marketing programs including Amazon Associates and other affiliate networks. This means we may earn a small commission when you click links on our site and make a purchase. This comes at no extra cost to you and helps us keep our content free. We only recommend products we believe are genuinely useful for Australian pet owners.
Embedded Content
Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images and articles from other websites. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited those websites directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies and monitor your interaction with that content.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit and what other sites they visited before coming to our site. We use this information to improve our content and user experience. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the site. We do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.
Advertising
We may display advertisements on our site through third party advertising networks. These networks may use cookies and similar technologies to show you relevant ads based on your browsing history.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. If you request a password reset your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognise and approve follow up comments automatically. For users who register on our website we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit or delete their personal information at any time except they cannot change their username.
Your Rights
If you have an account on this site or have left comments you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes. To make a request please contact us at the email address below.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us at: contact@petcareaustralia.com