Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 12/15/2025
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://gracefulagingpets.org. We are a support and educational community located in Ohio, United States, dedicated to the care of senior pets.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website (for example, sharing a photo of your pet in the comments or a guest post), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
4. Cookies
Since we do not use a pop-up banner, your continued use of this site constitutes acceptance of our use of cookies.
Login & Comments: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Analytics: We use tools like Google Analytics to understand how visitors find and use our site. This places a cookie on your device to track anonymous usage data (e.g., how long you stayed on a page). This data is aggregated and does not identify you personally.
5. Affiliate Disclosure (Amazon & Others)
Graceful Aging Pets participates in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may get paid a small commission on products purchased through our links to retailer sites.
Amazon Associates Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, Graceful Aging Pets earns from qualifying purchases.
Note to User: This comes at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products (like orthopedic beds or supplements) that we believe will genuinely help senior pets.
6. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos of physical therapy exercises, Instagram posts). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
7. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (like Akismet).
Service Providers: We may share anonymous traffic data with analytics providers to help us improve the website.
8. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
9. Your Rights Over Your Data
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, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
10. Contact Information
For privacy-specific concerns, you can reach the site administrator at:
Email: gracefulagingpets@gmail.com