Privacy Policy

Section 1

Who we are

Canine Origins is a digital education business providing dog behaviour resources, quizzes, and content for dog owners. The website is canineorigins.co.uk.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, Canine Origins is the data controller for personal data collected through this website.

Contact: hellohello@canineorigins.co.uk

Section 2

What data we collect and why

Newsletter sign-up

If you sign up to the Canine Origins newsletter, we collect your first name and email address. We use this to send you the newsletter and occasional updates about new tools, resources, and content.

We use double opt-in — you will receive a confirmation email before being added to any mailing list. This means we only contact people who have actively confirmed they want to hear from us.

Legal basis: Explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) UK GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email.

Quiz results by email

If you choose to receive your quiz results by email, we collect your email address to send the results. This is entirely optional — you can view results without providing an email.

Legal basis: Consent and legitimate interest in delivering the service you requested.

Providing your email for quiz results does not automatically add you to the newsletter. We will only add you to any mailing list with your explicit separate consent.

Quiz responses

Quiz answers are processed locally in your browser to calculate your result. If you do not provide an email address, no quiz data is stored or transmitted to us in any identifiable form.

If you provide an email to receive results, your result profile and score summary are submitted alongside your email address via Netlify Forms (see Section 4).

Future communications

Canine Origins is building a range of educational content including ebooks, online courses, and a book titled On the Origin of Dogs: Man's Best Mistake. If you have consented to receive our newsletter, we may contact you about these when they become available.

We will never contact you about third-party products or services, and we will never sell or share your contact details for marketing purposes.

Netlify server logs

Our website is hosted by Netlify. Netlify automatically logs server access data including IP addresses and browser information for security and infrastructure purposes. This data is retained and processed by Netlify under their own privacy policy. We do not access or use this data for marketing or analytics.

Section 3

Third-party services we use

We use a small number of third-party tools to operate this site. We have chosen each one for its reliability, its GDPR compliance, and the minimal data it requires.

What we do NOT use

• Google Analytics or any third-party analytics platform
• Facebook, Meta, or any advertising pixels
• Tracking or advertising cookies of any kind
• Any data broker or list-sharing service

Section 4

Cookies

This website uses only essential cookies — small pieces of data required for basic site security and functionality. No tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or analytics cookies are used.

The only cookie-adjacent storage we use is your browser's localStorage to remember whether you have dismissed the cookie notice. This data never leaves your device.

Because we only use essential cookies, UK PECR regulations do not require us to obtain your consent before setting them. Our cookie notice is informational only.

You can clear site data at any time via your browser settings. This will not affect your ability to use any tools on this site.

Section 5

How long we keep your data

• Newsletter subscribers: We retain your data for as long as you remain subscribed. When you unsubscribe, your data is removed from our active mailing list. You can request full deletion at any time.
• Quiz result emails: We retain these for up to 12 months for operational purposes, then delete them.
• Netlify form submissions: Retained in Netlify for up to 30 days then automatically deleted, by which point data has been passed to MailerLite.
• Consent records: We retain records of your consent for as long as we need to demonstrate compliance, typically up to 3 years.

Section 6

Your rights under UK GDPR

As a UK resident, you have the following rights over your personal data:

To exercise any of these rights, email us at hellohello@canineorigins.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days. We do not charge for exercising your rights.

Section 7

Children's data

This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

Section 8

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time as our services grow. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated. If we make significant changes that affect how we use your data, we will notify active subscribers by email.