Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 17, 2026
Animal Advocacy Academy ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information only as necessary to provide, maintain, and optimize our website and educational resources.
A. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our site, certain information is collected automatically by our analytics and performance monitoring tools:
- Device & Usage Details: IP address (anonymized/truncated where applicable), browser type, operating system, pages viewed, time spent on pages, referral URLs, and interactions.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Small data files stored on your browser to measure aggregate site performance and visitor trends.
B. Information You Voluntarily Provide
If you contact us via an online form or direct email, we may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Any additional information you include in your message
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data exclusively for the following purposes:
- To monitor, analyze, and optimize website traffic, search performance, and user engagement.
- To detect, prevent, and fix technical errors, broken links, and security vulnerabilities.
- To respond to inquiries and communications sent directly to us.
We do not sell personal data, host third-party advertising, or share your information for behavioral ad targeting.
3. Third-Party Tools We Use
We do not use advertising networks or invasive trackers. Our third-party integrations are limited strictly to:
- Google Analytics 4 (GA4): Analyzes aggregated visitor interactions and engagement patterns. GA4 anonymizes IP addresses by default and does not log individual identifiers.
- Google Search Console: Monitors organic search indexing, keyword impressions, and crawl health. This provides high-level aggregate reporting without tracking individual users.
- Siteguru: Audits technical SEO, metadata, broken links, and site performance. Siteguru analyzes site code and architecture without profiling visitors.
4. Cookies & Tracking Choices
You can choose how cookies are handled by modifying your web browser settings:
- Most browsers permit you to reject all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or clear cookies when closing your session. Disabling cookies will not restrict your access to content on our site.
- To opt out of Google Analytics measurement across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
5. Data Retention & Security
We employ standard technical measures to safeguard site data. Aggregated analytics logs are retained in accordance with standard GA4 data retention limits (typically 2 to 14 months) before being purged automatically.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may hold rights under applicable privacy laws (such as GDPR, CCPA, or state-level privacy statutes) to request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal information you have directly provided to us. Contact us below to submit a request.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this policy, please contact us at:
Animal Advocacy Academy