This Privacy Policy explains what information is collected when you visit Petopia (https://novquest.com), how it is used, and the choices you have.
Information we collect
Information you type into our tools. Our calculators run entirely in your web browser. The numbers and options you enter are not sent to or stored on our servers.
Information you send us. If you email us, we receive your email address and the content of your message. We use it only to reply and do not sell or share it.
Technical information. Like most websites, our hosting and security provider may automatically process technical data such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, in order to deliver the site and protect it against abuse.
Cookies and advertising
We use Google AdSense and Adsterra to show ads, which helps keep this site free. Adsterra is a third-party advertising network; it may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver and measure ads, and handles that data under its own privacy policy.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
- To learn more about how Google uses data, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
If you do not opt out, you may still see ads, but they will be less relevant to you.
Visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland. Where required by law, we ask for your consent before personalized ads are shown, using a consent management platform certified by Google. You can change your choice at any time using the privacy settings link shown by that tool.
California residents. We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. Advertising cookies may be considered “sharing” under California law; you can limit this through the opt-out links above or your browser’s Global Privacy Control setting.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Doing so will not prevent you from using our tools.
Voting
Our national animal popularity vote does not ask for your name or an account. To allow one vote per animal per day, we store a one-way hash made from your IP address, the date and a secret value, never the IP address itself. These hashes are deleted after about two days; only the vote totals are kept. Your browser also remembers which animals you voted for today (in local storage), and you can clear this at any time.
Maps
Pages that show a map load the Leaflet map library from cdnjs (operated by Cloudflare) and map images from OpenStreetMap’s tile servers when the map scrolls into view. These services receive your IP address and basic browser information as part of the request, and handle it under their own privacy policies.
Visitor statistics
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page views, see which pages are popular and measure how quickly pages load. It does not use cookies or local storage and does not track you across websites. It records the page address, the referring site, your country or region, your browser, operating system and device type, and page loading times. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy.
To learn which pages people actually read, each page also sends us one small message when you leave it or switch away. It contains only the page address, roughly how long the page was open in front of you, how far you scrolled, which kind of link on our site you clicked (for example a related article), and a broad category for how you arrived (a search engine, an AI assistant, another page here, or directly), not the referring address itself. We add these to daily totals for each page. We do not store your IP address, set cookies or keep any identifier that could tell visitors apart.
Site search
Our site search runs in your browser. It downloads parts of a search index from this site and matches your words on your device, so we do not store what you search for.
Children
This site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Links to other websites
Our pages may link to other websites, such as research papers or map services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to hello@novquest.com.