The Happy Dog Guide

Privacy Policy

Last updated November 6, 2026

The Happy Dog Guide is owned and operated by JPB Software Solutions LLC. This policy applies to our public site at www.thehappydogguide.com.

Information and services we use

  • Contact information: When you email us, we receive your email address, message and any information you choose to include. We use it to respond to questions, corrections and rights requests.
  • Hosting and server records: Lovable Cloud and its backend infrastructure provide hosting, database, authentication and storage services. Technical records may include IP addresses, requested pages, timestamps, device or browser information and error logs for security and site operation.
  • Administrator sign-in: Google sign-in is used for administrator access. Essential authentication and session storage supports that sign-in; readers do not need an account to read public articles.
  • Consent storage: We save your choice in your browser’s localStorage under pp_cookie_consent, along with the time of your choice.
  • Google Fonts: Our pages request fonts from Google. Your browser sends technical request information, including your IP address, to Google when loading these fonts.

Optional analytics

No optional analytics is currently deployed: a Google Analytics measurement ID is not configured. Analytics may run only when a measurement ID is configured and your saved consent is “Accept all.” Choosing essential only stops optional analytics on this site. Google Tag Manager (container GTM-T8HCRH7R) loads on every page in Google Consent Mode: until you choose “Accept all” (and without Global Privacy Control) analytics and advertising storage are denied, so it sends only cookieless signals and may pass ad click identifiers through page links. Accepting all lets it set measurement and advertising cookies.

Advertising measurement

When you reach this site from one of our Google ads, a small script (adpilot.js) records the click so that we can tell which ads lead to purchases. It records:

  • the ad click identifiers that Google adds to the page address (GCLID, GBRAID or WBRAID);
  • which ad was clicked: its campaign, ad group and ad numbers, the offer it promotes, and the audience the ad was aimed at (for example an age range, a gender and an interest category);
  • the website or app where the ad was shown;
  • your device type (phone, tablet or computer), your operating system family (for example Android or iOS) and an approximate location code, at city or region level, that Google passes along with the click;
  • the time of the click, and a random click number that we generate;
  • if you follow a link from this page to our merchant partner, the time of the click and the address of the destination site (for example, hop.clickbank.net).

We do not collect your name, email address, telephone number or IP address with this script, and we do not store your browser's user-agent text. The script sets no cookies. It keeps the random click number in your browser's session storage for the length of your visit, so that reloading the page is not counted as a second click. Your browser deletes it when you close the tab.

On those same visits, to detect fraudulent ad traffic (automated programs and fake clicks that advertising networks charge for), the script also records how the page is used, without its content:

  • characteristics of your device and browser: browser family and main version, operating system family, screen and window sizes, pixel density, language, time zone, number of processor cores, the kind of graphics renderer, and whether the browser reports being automated;
  • page visibility, focus and size changes, and when you leave the page;
  • for 30 seconds after your first interaction with the page: the movements, presses and releases of the mouse, finger or pen, scrolling and wheel movements, and the timing of key presses, with their positions on the page and their times. We record which kind of key was pressed (a letter, a digit, Enter), never which key, and never what you type, select or fill in;
  • the result of a short drawing test that your browser performs in the background, which tells us the kind of device and browser that drew it, not who you are;
  • the kind of network the request came from (for example a cloud provider, a privacy relay or a home connection), looked up from public lists. Your IP address is used for this lookup only and is not stored.

We use this information only to judge whether the websites and apps that show our ads send real visitors. We do not use it to identify you, to recognise you on later visits, or to make any decision about you.

When a purchase is made through our affiliate network, ClickBank tells us the order reference, the amount, the date and the click number from your link. It does not send us your name, email address or payment details.

Why we do this

To measure which ads lead to purchases, to adjust our bids and budgets, and to detect errors and fraud. We do not use this information to profile you, to make decisions about you personally or to contact you, and we do not sell it.

Who receives it

  • Google provides the ad click identifiers and the ad data, and processes the ads under its own privacy policy.
  • ClickBank, our affiliate network, receives the random click number in the link you follow as a tracking identifier. When you visit its pages it applies its own cookies and privacy policy.
  • Amazon Web Services hosts our systems and processes the data on our behalf.

We do not share this information with anyone else for their own purposes.

How long we keep it

Click and click-through records are deleted from our operating database 120 days after the click, or 120 days after the last purchase made from that click, if that is later. Purchase records and a copy of the click records used for analysis are kept for as long as we need them to evaluate how our advertising performs. The page-usage records described above are deleted from our operating database 45 days after the visit and from our analysis copy after 13 months; the result of the drawing test is deleted after 7 days. System logs that contain click numbers, never IP addresses, are deleted after 30 to 90 days.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live (for example California, Colorado, Virginia and other US states with privacy laws), you may ask us what we hold about you, ask us to delete it or correct it, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell personal information. Because we do not store your name, email address or IP address, we can find a record only through an identifier from your visit: send us the value of gclid in the address of the page you landed on, or the tid value in the link to our merchant partner, to jorge@jpbsoftwaresolutions.com. You can also stop the measurement by blocking scripts from cdn.ads.jpbsoftwaresolutions.com in your browser.

Last updated: November 6, 2026.

Affiliate links and Pinterest

When you follow an outbound affiliate link, the retailer or affiliate network may receive referral information and set attribution cookies on its own site. Its privacy policy and choices apply there; our banner cannot control cookies on other sites. Pinterest API requests are made server-side only when publishing human-approved pins. We do not embed Pinterest tracking on reader pages.

Purpose, sale and sharing choices

We use information to operate and secure the site, respond to messages and, with consent, understand readership. We do not sell personal information for money. Choose “Essential only / Do not sell or share” in Cookie preferences to opt out of optional tracking and targeted-advertising sale or sharing on this site. We honor Global Privacy Control when your browser supplies that signal by using essential-only consent.

US state privacy rights

Depending on applicable law, residents of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and other states may request access, correction, deletion or a portable copy of personal information, and opt out of sale, sharing or targeted advertising. You may also have rights to appeal a denied request and to receive service without unlawful discrimination. Email us to make a request or appeal. We may reasonably verify your identity and an authorized agent’s authority without requesting unnecessary information. Some information may be retained where law or security obligations require it.

Retention, security and international visitors

We retain messages, consent records and technical information for reasonable periods needed for their purpose, security, legal obligations or resolving disputes. We use reasonable safeguards, but no system is completely secure. Service providers may process information in the United States or other countries whose privacy laws differ from your own.

Children

This site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect their personal information. Contact us if you believe a child has provided it.

Questions and requests

Email jorge@jpbsoftwaresolutions.com for privacy requests. See our Cookie Policy and Contact page for more information.