I desperately want to explain this topic here. And I desperately hope you are reading this before finding that insanely tiny “Terms and Policies” link at the bottom of the page.
Please know that WE – CavRecue.org (or Cavalier Rescue USA) do not sell your info. Not once. Nada. Never. Zip.
However, you can say WE might, if you define “WE” as all the businesses that touch your data as you make a purchase here. Which is pretty much true of any and all online merchants, right?
The actual text (and tiny presentation of the link) is required by Shopify, the e-commerce platform the merchants we do business with. I cannot edit that one piece of this website.
And Shopify being just a platform that connects us with potentially several manufacturers, well, they can’t say what anyone along the line might be doing. So their lawyers wrote it to protect the greater ecosystem they create.
And truly, with all the web tracking technologies at play, it’s just one puzzle piece. I mean, I hate it when I accidentally fumble-fingeredly clicked on an ad for a cruise line and now all the internet thinks I’m ready to go on a year of vacations.
What you CAN do!
Here’s a distilled message of what power you do have. Buried in the text in the How We Disclose Personal Information section is your “Opt Out” page link, leading to a page titled Your Privacy Choices and at the bottom is a button to “Opt Out” of sharing your data (at least beyond some requirements). Can we say, thank you Consumer Protection Bureau?
We encourage you to Opt Out there. Should be easier, huh. Well, it can be, because some browsers support sending an Opt Out signal automatically to every page you visit. It’s why for over a decade now I use Firefox from Mozilla as my browser and stay away from those big guys that are monetizing us at every chance they get.
Currently, I believe browsers Mozilla Firefox, DuckDuckGo, and Brave currently support opt-out preference signals, allowing users to prevent the sale and sharing of their personal information. Starting January 1, 2027, all web browsers will be required to include this functionality under California's new law. Another point at where California pretty much forces their hand for all of us.
So, thanks for being interested and Be Well and Be Safe Online! Tim