Privacy Policy

We take the privacy of all visitors to this Website very seriously and therefore set out in this privacy policy our position regarding certain privacy matters and the use of cookies on this Website.

This policy covers all data that is shared by a visitor with us whether directly via bg.point.pet or via email.

This policy provides an explanation as to what happens to any personal data that you share with us, or that we collect from you either directly via this Website or via email.

What Information Do We Collect

In operating our Website we may collect and process the following data about you:

Details of your visits to our Website and the resources that you access including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblog statistics, and other communication data.

Information that you provide by filling in forms on our Website, such as when you register to receive information such as a newsletter or contact us via the contact us page.

Information provided to us when you communicate with us for any reason.

What Do We Use Your Information For

The information we collect is primarily used to track the success of our Website. We endeavour to track which areas of the site are most popular and how we can serve our customer’s needs. The information is collected to keep track our of customer base and send weekly newsletters to those who opt-in (if you do not sign up to the newsletter, you will not be contacted weekly).

The information collected can be used to improve our Website so that you can get information that is better suited to you and your demographic and geographic location. The information collected helps us gauge what articles will be more appealing to our visitors.

The sole purpose of collecting information is to better serve our readers.

How Do We Protect Your Information

Security is of utmost importance to us and we make certain that we employ the most efficient and latest data protection software to keep our visitor’s data safe and secure.

Use Of Cookies

We may gather information about your general Internet use by using a cookie file that is downloaded to your computer. Where used, these cookies are downloaded to your computer automatically.  This cookie file is stored on the hard drive of your computer as cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive. They help us to improve our Website and the service that we provide to you.

All computers have the ability to decline cookies. This can be done by activating the setting on your browser which enables you to decline the cookies. Please note that should you choose to decline cookies, you may be unable to access particular areas of our Website.

Any advertising featured on this Website may also incorporate cookies, over which we have no control. Such cookies (if used) would be downloaded once you click on advertisements on our Website.

We may contract with third-party service providers to aid us in analyzing our site visitors. The service providers have no ground to use the information we attain, but only to help improve our Website.

For more information on cookies you can read the guidance at All About Cookies.

Cookie Policy

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers
The cookie settings on this website are set to “allow cookies” to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click “Accept” below then you are consenting to this.

What Are Cookies

As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the sites functionality.

For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.

How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.

The Cookies We Set

Site Preferences Cookies

In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page is affected by your preferences.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content.

For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.

From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.

As we sell products it’s important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.

The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you.

For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.

We use adverts to offset the costs of running this site and provide funding for further development. The behavioral advertising cookies used by this site are designed to ensure that we provide you with the most relevant adverts where possible by anonymously tracking your interests and presenting similar things that may be of interest.

Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube), will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Do We Disclose Any Information To Outside Parties?

Any data we collect is not sold or traded. Information provided to us is kept secure, this does not include the third parties who aid us in keeping track and improving our Website, as long as they keep the data safe.

However, if there was a need to comply with law enforcement or implement our site policies, then data may be released to the appropriate parties where necessary.

Third Party Links

Any third-party links on our site that offer products or services have their own privacy policies, we bare no liability or responsibility from third-parties, as they have their own terms of use.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We will not distribute your information without your approval.

Privacy Of Children

We adhere to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, we do not collect information from those who are under 13 years of age. our website is aimed at those who are 13 years old or older. If we do discover that we have collected information from someone who is under the age of 13, the information will be deleted from our database.

Adapex Privacy Statement:

When you use our website and enter your email address on our website (either to log in, or sign up for a newsletter, or similar), we may share with solution providers and its group companies information that we collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, pseudonymous form), IP address, or information about your browser or operating system, with any of the following, acting as “joint controllers” (as applicable and defined in the GDPR). 

This Site is affiliated with Adapex INC for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Adapex INC will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. Learn more about Adapex’s data usage here.

Changes To The Privacy Policy 

If the policy is ever updated there will be an announcement on this page.

Contacting Us

If you have any questions in regards to the privacy policy you can get in touch with us via our email address.
Email: [email protected]