Effective Date: August, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how pettingzoo.fun (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use our website.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect several types of information from and about users of our website, including:
- Information You Provide to Us:
- We do not require users to register or provide any personal information to use our website.
- Users cannot leave comments or log in.
- We do not collect email addresses from users.
- Information We Collect Automatically:
- Log Data: Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.
- Cookies: Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. We use cookies to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our site.
- Geolocation Data: When you use the “Near Me” feature on our website, we may collect and process information about your actual location. We use this information to provide you with a list of petting zoos near your current location. This feature requires your consent, which is typically provided through your web browser’s settings. You can enable or disable location services when you use our website at any time through your device settings.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To provide and maintain our website
- To improve our website
- To monitor the usage of our website
- To provide you with the “Near Me” feature
- To serve advertisements through Google AdSense.
3. Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our website. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website or other websites.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.
4. Google Search Console
We use Google Search Console to monitor our website’s performance in Google Search. This tool helps us understand how Google views our site and to optimize it for better search engine performance.
5. External Links
Our website contains links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
- Google Maps: Some links on our website will redirect you to Google Maps to provide directions to petting zoos. When you use Google Maps, you are subject to Google’s Privacy Policy.
6. Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
- The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification.
- The right to object.
- The right of restriction.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to withdraw consent.
Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.
8. 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.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.
