Privacy Policy

Last updated: 16 July 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Cat Dog Central (catdogcentral.com, the “Site”) collects, uses, and protects your personal data. We are committed to processing your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable data protection law.

Data Controller

The data controller for the Site is Sowitty, a French société à responsabilité limitée (SARL) registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Register (RCS Paris) under number 497 912 618, whose registered office is at 66 rue René Boulanger, 75010 Paris, France. For any question about this policy or your personal data, contact us at contact@sowitty.com.

What Data We Collect

  • Comments: when you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user-agent string, to help detect spam.
  • Newsletter: if you subscribe, we collect your email address in order to send you our newsletter.
  • Contact: if you contact us, we collect the information you choose to provide (such as your name and email address) in order to respond.
  • Technical data: our servers and analytics tools automatically collect technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device, referring pages, and pages visited.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data, and we do not sell your personal data.

How We Use Your Data

  • To operate, secure, and maintain the Site and its features;
  • To publish and moderate comments;
  • To send our newsletter where you have subscribed;
  • To respond to your enquiries;
  • To measure audience and improve our content;
  • To comply with our legal obligations.

We process your data on the following legal bases under the GDPR: your consent (for the newsletter and non-essential cookies), the performance of a service you request (such as answering a message), our legitimate interest (in securing the Site, measuring audience, and moderating content), and our legal obligations where applicable. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

Cookies and Analytics

The Site uses cookies to ensure its proper functioning, to remember your preferences, and to measure audience. Some cookies may be set by third-party services, such as analytics providers or embedded content (for example videos or social media). You can accept or refuse non-essential cookies through the Site’s consent tool, and you can configure or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Refusing certain cookies may affect the availability of some features.

Sharing Your Data

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it only with:

  • Our hosting provider, ONLINE SAS (Scaleway), BP 438, 75366 Paris Cedex 08, France, which stores the Site’s data on our behalf;
  • Service providers that help us operate the Site (such as analytics or email-delivery providers), acting as our processors;
  • Public authorities, where required by law.

Data Retention

We keep your data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described above. Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised and approved automatically. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe. Contact messages are kept for the time needed to handle your request. Technical and analytics data is retained for a limited period in line with our audience-measurement needs.

Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, and port your personal data, to restrict or object to its processing, and to withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise these rights, contact us at contact@sowitty.com or by post at the registered office address above. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the CNIL (www.cnil.fr).

Data Transfers

Your data is primarily hosted within the European Union. Where a service provider transfers data outside the European Economic Area, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

Children

The Site is not directed at children. Minors must obtain the authorisation of a parent or legal guardian before providing any personal information.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The version in force is the one published on this page, and the date at the top indicates when it was last revised.

Contact

For any question about this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal data, contact us at contact@sowitty.com. See also our Legal Notice and Terms of Use.