Our Commitment to Privacy

Your privacy is important to K9-1 Specialized Dog Training, LLC (“K9-1,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your information when you use our website at DogTraining.World (the “Website”) and our services, including educational coursework (“Courses”) and other resources (collectively, “Services”). This policy is incorporated into our Website Service Agreement and Terms of Use (“Agreement”), available via the “Terms of Use” link at the bottom of our web pages. By using the Website or Services, you consent to the practices described herein.

1. Information We Collect
We collect the following information when you interact with our Website or Services:

• Personal Information: When you register, place an order, or enroll in Courses, we may collect your name, email address, and payment information (e.g., credit/debit card details).
• Course Activity Data: We track your progress in Courses, including completion of units, to manage access per the Agreement’s coursework policy.
• Website Analytics Information: We collect the browser, usage and campaign information described in the Website analytics section below to improve our Services and understand incoming traffic.
  We do not knowingly collect information from individuals under 18, and our Website and Services are not designed to attract users under 18.

2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:

• To provide and manage the Services, including processing orders, delivering Courses, and maintaining your account.
• To track Course progress and enforce access policies, such as inactivity or completion deadlines, as outlined in the Agreement.
• To communicate with you about your account, Services, or updates (e.g., new Courses), unless you opt out of marketing communications.
• To improve the Website and Services by analyzing aggregated, non-identifying data.
• To comply with legal obligations or protect our rights, such as record-keeping or dispute resolution.
  We do not use your personal information for purposes unrelated to those described above.

3. How We Share Your Information
We share your personal information only in the following limited circumstances:

• With third-party service providers (e.g., payment processors) to complete transactions or deliver Services, under agreements that require them to protect your data.
• To comply with legal requirements, such as responding to court orders or government requests.
• To protect K9-1’s rights, property, or safety, or that of our Users or others, including in connection with business transitions (e.g., mergers, sales) as described in the Agreement.
  We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for their marketing purposes.

4. Data Retention
K9-1 retains your information for as long as necessary to provide the Services and fulfill legitimate business purposes, such as record-keeping, compliance, or dispute resolution. We are not obligated to delete information you submit to the Website, as retention is necessary to manage our operations and comply with the Agreement. You may contact us to opt out of marketing communications, but this does not affect our retention of data for other purposes.

5. Data Security
We implement reasonable physical, electronic, and managerial measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no online system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security, as noted in the Agreement’s warranty disclaimers.

6. Accessing or Correcting Your Information
You may request access to or correction of your personal information by emailing [email protected] with “Personal Information Request” in the subject line and your contact details in the email body. We will verify your identity before responding to protect your privacy. You may correct factual errors by providing credible evidence. We are not obligated to delete your information, as retention supports our business operations.

7. Children’s Privacy
Our Website and Services are intended for users 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect or maintain information from individuals under 18. If we learn that such information has been collected, we will take steps to remove it.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, with changes effective upon posting on the Website or notification via email. Continued use of the Website or Services after changes constitutes your acceptance. The current version is accessible via the “Privacy Policy” link at the bottom of our web pages.

9. Contact Us
For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, contact us at [email protected]. All correspondence must be sent via email, per the Agreement’s notice provisions.

Website analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how prospective customers find selected public pages, which approved advertising and other campaign links bring useful traffic, and how visitors reach membership offers and begin checkout. Checkout activity is not proof of a completed purchase. We use separate payment and membership records for operational and financial reporting.

When enabled, Google Analytics uses analytics cookies and pseudonymous browser identifiers to recognize visits and sessions. Google receives selected page locations, static page categories or public knowledge-base content identifiers, approved referring website origins and campaign labels, event times, and browser/device information. Network connections also expose an IP address to the receiving service. We use aggregate reports, but this collection is not limited to anonymous aggregate data at the point of transmission. Google processes information as described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

Our site analytics adapter does not send form contents, email addresses, account or member identifiers, private messages, or paid members' course or video-viewing activity to Google. It excludes logged-in visits, registration wrappers, unapproved private areas and sensitive URLs. It removes unapproved URL parameters and referrer paths, and uses only approved campaign labels. Google Signals and advertising personalization are disabled in this integration; advertising storage, advertising user data and advertising personalization permissions are denied. We do not use this integration for remarketing or customer matching.

On eligible public pages, core analytics may start automatically when our existing website infrastructure identifies the connection as being in the United States, unless you have rejected analytics or a recognized Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal is present. This country check is not a record of affirmative consent and may be affected by VPNs or other network conditions. Outside the United States, or when that check is unavailable or inconclusive, analytics remains off unless you explicitly allow it. Simply using this website does not record an affirmative analytics choice.

You can open the analytics choices below to accept or reject analytics for this browser. Essential site features work either way. An explicit choice is stored in this browser; acceptance is valid for up to 180 days, and rejection remains effective until you change it or remove browser storage. Choices do not automatically apply across browsers or devices. Rejecting stops new site-generated analytics events and removes accessible first-party Google Analytics cookies. Google may finish sending events it processed before analytics was turned off; already transmitted information cannot be recalled by this control. The privacy page itself is not measured by this adapter.

Google Analytics event and user data retention is configured for 14 months, with user-data retention reset by new activity. Aggregated reports may have different retention. Account, payment, hosting/security logs and embedded services are separate from this analytics configuration and may use cookies or process information as described elsewhere in this policy.