Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 18, 2026

Paws Akimbo ("we," "our," or "us") operates the website pawsakimbo.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Personal Information We Collect

A. Information Automatically Collected

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as "Device Information."

We collect Device Information using the following tracking technologies:

  • Cookies: Data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier.

  • Log Files: Track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.

  • Web Beacons, Tags, and Pixels: Electronic tracking files utilized by third-party advertising platforms to record information about how you browse the Site.

B. Information You Provide to Us

Additionally, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect specific information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (processed securely through PCI-compliant gateways; we do not store raw credit card numbers), email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as "Order Information."

When we reference "Personal Information" in this Privacy Policy, we are referring both to Device Information and Order Information.

2. How Do We Use Your Personal Information?

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping logistics, and providing you with invoices, order confirmations, and tracking updates). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

  • Communicate with you and provide ongoing customer support;

  • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and

  • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with informational or targeted advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve, secure, and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the performance of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

3. Disclosures & Sharing of Personal Information

To maintain transparency under applicable state laws, we explicitly disclose the categories of third-party partners and service providers with whom we share your Personal Information:

  • E-Commerce Platform Providers: We utilize Shopify to power our online storefront. You can review how Shopify manages your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

  • Data Analytics Platforms: We use Google Analytics to analyze traffic and understand customer behavior on the Site. You can review how Google handles data here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

  • Advertising & Cross-Context Behavioral Tracking Networks: We share online identifiers and browsing activity with Meta (Facebook & Instagram) and TikTok via tracking pixels, cookies, and Server APIs. These tools allow us to serve personalized ads, track conversion performance, and build targeted marketing audiences.
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  • Payment Processors: Your payment data is securely passed directly to integrated, PCI-DSS compliant financial institutions (such as Shopify Payments, Stripe, or PayPal) to authorize and complete transactions.

  • Fulfillment & Shipping Partners: We share your physical delivery address, name, and phone number with third-party logistics agents, couriers, and fulfillment services strictly to handle product delivery.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

4. Behavioral Advertising & Opt-Out Rights

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For comprehensive details on how targeted advertising functions, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s ("NAI") educational page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/.

You can opt-out of targeted advertising directly through our primary marketing partners via the following links:

5. Comprehensive US State Privacy Rights (Including CA, IN, KY, RI)

Depending on your state of residence within the United States, you are granted specific legal rights regarding your Personal Information under frameworks including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA) and subsequent state regulations:

  • Right to Know & Access: You have the right to request disclosure regarding what specific pieces and categories of personal information we collect, use, and share.
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  • Right to Delete: You have the right to request the permanent deletion of your personal information collected or maintained by us, subject to legal transaction retention exemptions.

  • Right to Correct: You have the right to request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data we maintain about you.

  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: Paws Akimbo does not sell your personal information to third parties for monetary compensation. However, our deployment of third-party tracking pixels (Meta and TikTok) to optimize digital marketing is legally classified as "sharing" or "selling" data for cross-context behavioral advertising under certain state laws. You maintain the absolute right to opt out of this tracking.

  • Global Privacy Control (GPC): Our systems are configured to process and automatically honor browser-level universal opt-out mechanisms like the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal.

  • Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you, alter your consumer experience, or change product pricing because you choose to exercise your privacy rights.

To formally exercise any of these privacy rights, please submit a verifiable data request to our compliance team using the email address provided in Section 9.

6. Children's Privacy Protection (COPPA)

Our Site and products are directed exclusively to adults and individuals over the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from individuals under the age of 13, in strict accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you have reason to believe a minor under 13 has transmitted personal data to us, contact us immediately so we can execute immediate deletion.

7. Data Retention Policy

When you execute an order through the Site, we retain your Order Information safely within our secure databases for accounting, taxation, warranty, and operational tracking purposes. We will maintain this data unless and until you submit a formal request demanding deletion.

8. Amendments & Changes

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time to accurately reflect operational adjustments, security enhancements, or regulatory modifications. The "Last Updated" timestamp at the apex of this document will always indicate the most recent revision.

9. Contact Us

For more information about our privacy governance, if you have specific data questions, or if you would like to initiate a formal consumer rights data request, please contact our privacy compliance team via email at support@pawsakimbo.com or by mail using the infrastructure below:

Paws Akimbo

Attn: Privacy Compliance

2108 N St, Sacramento, CA, 95816, United States