Last Updated: October 28, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to Barbet & French Water Dog (“we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Website”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with care and respect. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you visit our website at barbet-frenchwaterdog.com.​

By using our Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Website.​

Website Owner and Data Controller:
Barbet & French Water Dog
Email: [Your contact email]
Location: Czech Republic

For residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), we are the data controller responsible for your personal information.​

Information We Collect

Information You Provide to Us

Contact Form Submissions: When you contact us through our contact form, we collect your name, email address, subject line, and message content. This information is provided voluntarily and is necessary for us to respond to your inquiries.​

Comments and Feedback: If we enable commenting features in the future, we may collect your name, email address, and any information you choose to share in your comments.

Information Collected Automatically

Usage Data: When you visit our Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing behavior, including:​

• IP address

• Browser type and version

• Pages you visit on our Website

• Time and date of your visit

• Time spent on pages

• Unique device identifiers

• Diagnostic data

Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Website and store certain information. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent.​

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:​

To Provide and Maintain Our Service: Including monitoring the usage of our Website and ensuring it functions properly.

To Respond to Your Inquiries: When you contact us via our contact form, we use your information to respond to your questions and provide customer support.

To Improve Our Website: We analyze usage data to understand how visitors interact with our content, which helps us improve our articles, navigation, and overall user experience.

To Monitor and Analyze Usage: We use analytics tools to understand visitor behavior, popular content, and traffic sources.

For Advertising Purposes: We display advertisements through Google AdSense on our Website. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website or other websites. See the “Third-Party Services” section below for more details.

To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may process your information to comply with legal requirements, respond to legal requests, or protect our rights.

Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the specific context:​

Consent: We may process your personal data when you have given us explicit consent to do so for a specific purpose (e.g., submitting a contact form).

Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as analyzing website usage to improve our content, provided those interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.

Compliance with Legal Obligations: We may process your information where we are legally required to do so.

Cookies Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites remember your preferences and improve your browsing experience.​

Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly and cannot be disabled.

Analytics Cookies: We use analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to understand how visitors use our Website. These cookies collect information about page visits, traffic sources, and user behavior.

Advertising Cookies: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Website. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your browsing history across the internet.

Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. You can choose to:

• Accept all cookies

• Be notified when a cookie is set

• Refuse all cookies

Please note that refusing cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our Website. You can also opt out of personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or www.youronlinechoices.eu for EU residents.​

Third-Party Services

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Website. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Website or other websites on the internet. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites.​

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

For more information about how Google uses data, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze website traffic and usage patterns. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit our Website, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use this information to improve our Website and content.​

Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our site, not your name or other identifying information. For more information, visit Google Analytics Privacy Policy.

External Links

Our Website may contain links to external websites not operated by us. We have no control over the content and privacy practices of these sites and are not responsible for their privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.​

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.​

Contact Form Data: We retain contact form submissions for up to 2 years or until the inquiry is resolved, whichever is longer.

Analytics Data: Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics’ default retention settings (typically 26 months).

Cookies: Cookie retention periods vary depending on the type of cookie. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while persistent cookies may remain for months or years.

Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights:​

Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data that we hold.

Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.

Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.

Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.

Right to Object: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.

Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [Your contact email]. We will respond to your request within one month. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.​

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe we have not handled your personal data properly.

Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you become aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we discover that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information.​

Data Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect it against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.​

However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.​

International Data Transfers

If you are accessing our Website from outside the Czech Republic, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the Czech Republic or other countries where our service providers operate.​

For EEA residents, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place when transferring your data outside the EEA, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top.​

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Your continued use of the Website after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.​

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us:

Email: [Your contact email]
Website: barbet-frenchwaterdog.com

For data protection inquiries specifically, you can reach our data protection contact at: [Your contact email]

We will respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made multiple requests.​

Additional Information for Specific Regions

For European Union (EU) Residents

This Privacy Policy complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You have specific rights as outlined in the “Your Data Protection Rights” section above.

The supervisory authority for data protection in the Czech Republic is:
Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů (ÚOOÚ)
Website: https://www.uoou.cz/

Cookie Consent

When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or reject non-essential cookies in compliance with GDPR and ePrivacy Directive requirements.​

This Privacy Policy is effective as of October 28, 2025.