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Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 5, 2026

1. Controller

adindex GmbH
Leopoldstraße 2-8
32051 Herford, Germany

Email: mail@adindex.com
Phone: 05221 - 141 2620

2. Scope of this policy

This policy explains how personal data is processed when you visit SmartPetOwner.net, contact us, or interact with content containing affiliate links.

3. Categories of personal data

Depending on your use of the website, we may process:

  • Technical usage data (for example IP address, browser type, access time, requested URL, referrer URL).
  • Communication data (for example your email content when you contact us).
  • Consent preferences (for example cookie/consent choices where applicable).
  • Affiliate attribution data (for example partner tracking parameters when you click affiliate links).

4. Purposes and legal bases (GDPR)

We process data for the following purposes and legal bases under Art. 6(1) GDPR:

  • Website delivery and security (Art. 6(1)(f), legitimate interests): stable, secure operation, abuse prevention, and troubleshooting.
  • Handling inquiries (Art. 6(1)(b) and/or Art. 6(1)(f)): responding to messages and business communication.
  • Legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c)): compliance with legal retention and documentation duties.
  • Optional analytics/marketing technologies (Art. 6(1)(a)): only where consent is required and obtained.

5. Server log files

When you access this website, server log files are processed automatically to provide the site, protect infrastructure, and detect misuse. Log data is generally stored only as long as necessary for these purposes.

6. Contact by email or phone

If you contact us, we process your data to handle your request. We store communications only as long as necessary to process the request and meet legal retention obligations.

7. Affiliate links and partner tracking

This website contains affiliate links. If you click a partner link, affiliate partners may process attribution data (for example URL parameters, cookies, or similar identifiers) to assign commissions. Processing on partner websites is controlled by those partners and their privacy policies.

8. Cookies and similar technologies

We may use technically necessary technologies for site operation. Non-essential analytics/marketing technologies are only used where the applicable law requires and valid consent has been collected.

9. Recipients and processors

Personal data may be shared with service providers that support hosting, infrastructure security, and website operation, as required for the purposes described above. These providers process data under appropriate contractual safeguards where required.

10. International transfers

If data is transferred outside the EU/EEA, we apply appropriate safeguards under GDPR (for example adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses), where legally required.

11. Storage duration

We store personal data only for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose, statutory retention periods, and legal defense/documentation requirements.

12. Your rights under GDPR

You may have the following rights, subject to legal conditions:

  • Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR).
  • Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR).
  • Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR).
  • Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR).
  • Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR).
  • Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR), including objection to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Right to withdraw consent at any time for future processing where consent is the legal basis.

13. Right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory data protection authority, in particular in the EU member state of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement.

14. Data security

We apply appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or unauthorized access.

15. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect legal, technical, or business changes. The current version is always published on this page with the update date.