Last Updated: August 10, 2026

At The Dog Sale, accessible at https://thedogsale.com/, we respect the privacy of our users and are committed to protecting the personal information that you share with us.

The Dog Sale is an online classified pet listing platform that enables users to browse, create, publish, and manage listings related to pets and animals and to connect with other users regarding such listings.

Our platform includes categories such as Dogs, Cats, Rabbit, Birds, Fish, Hen, and Others.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect information when you access or use our Website and related services.

By accessing or using The Dog Sale, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of the Website.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information from you when you register on our Website, create a listing, contact another user, contact us, or otherwise interact with our platform.

1.1 Information You Provide

Depending on how you use the Website, we may collect:

  • Full name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Account or username information
  • Password and authentication information
  • City, state, or general location
  • Information submitted through contact or enquiry forms
  • Information provided when communicating with us
  • Any other information you voluntarily provide

1.2 Information Included in Classified Listings

When you create a classified listing, you may provide information relating to the pet or animal, including:

  • Listing title
  • Pet name
  • Category
  • Breed
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Colour
  • Pet description
  • Health or vaccination information
  • Price
  • Location
  • Photographs
  • Videos
  • Seller information
  • Contact information
  • Other information voluntarily included in the listing

Because The Dog Sale is a classified platform, some of this information may be publicly displayed so that interested users can view the listing and contact the listing owner.

1.3 Information Collected Automatically

When you access the Website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited
  • Date and time of access
  • Referring website
  • Approximate geographic location
  • Website interaction data
  • Cookies and similar technologies

This information helps us maintain Website security, analyse usage, and improve the overall user experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information collected through The Dog Sale for legitimate business and operational purposes, including:

  • Creating and managing user accounts
  • Publishing and managing classified listings
  • Displaying listings to Website visitors
  • Enabling communication between interested users and listing owners
  • Responding to enquiries and support requests
  • Communicating important information regarding accounts or listings
  • Reviewing and moderating listings where appropriate
  • Detecting and preventing spam, fraud, scams, and misuse
  • Maintaining and improving Website security
  • Monitoring and improving Website performance
  • Analysing Website traffic and user behaviour
  • Troubleshooting technical problems
  • Enforcing our Terms & Conditions and other policies
  • Complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements

3. Information Displayed on Public Listings

The Dog Sale is designed to make classified listings accessible to interested users.

Information that you voluntarily publish as part of a listing may be visible to the public. This may include:

  • Pet information
  • Listing title and description
  • Photographs or videos
  • Price
  • Location
  • Seller or display name
  • Contact information, if included or enabled

You should carefully consider what information you choose to publish.

You should never include passwords, bank account details, payment card information, government identification numbers, or other sensitive confidential information in a public listing.

4. Communication Between Users

The Website may provide users with ways to communicate with listing owners or other users, including through:

  • Phone
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • Enquiry forms
  • Website messaging features
  • Other communication methods made available through a listing

If you choose to contact another user, information necessary for that communication may be made available to the relevant party.

The Dog Sale is a platform that facilitates connections between users. We do not control private communications or arrangements made between users outside the Website.

Users should exercise appropriate caution and conduct their own verification before sharing personal information or entering into any arrangement with another user.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Dog Sale may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, and similar technologies to operate and improve the Website.

These technologies may be used to:

  • Maintain login sessions
  • Remember user preferences
  • Improve Website functionality
  • Understand Website traffic
  • Analyse performance
  • Improve security
  • Provide a better browsing experience

You may control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the availability or functionality of some Website features.

6. Analytics and Website Usage

We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with our Website.

Such information may include:

  • Pages viewed
  • Time spent on pages
  • Traffic sources
  • Device and browser information
  • General location information
  • Website interactions

Analytics information may be used in aggregated or statistical form to improve our Website, services, content, and user experience.

7. Third-Party Service Providers

We may engage trusted third-party service providers to support the operation of The Dog Sale.

These providers may assist with:

  • Website hosting
  • Website security
  • Analytics
  • Email communication
  • Spam protection
  • Fraud prevention
  • Technical support
  • Advertising
  • Other Website-related services

Where appropriate, such providers may have access to information only to the extent necessary to perform services on our behalf.

Third-party providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable laws.

8. Disclosure of Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.

We may disclose information in the following circumstances:

8.1 Service Providers

We may share information with service providers who help us operate, maintain, secure, or improve the Website.

8.2 Legal and Regulatory Requirements

We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, legal proceedings, or lawful requests from government authorities.

8.3 Protection and Security

We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:

  • Prevent fraud or scams
  • Investigate suspicious activity
  • Protect users
  • Protect the Website
  • Investigate security incidents
  • Enforce our policies
  • Protect our legal rights

8.4 Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale, or transfer of all or part of our business or assets, user information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

9. User-Generated Content

Users may submit content to The Dog Sale, including:

  • Classified listings
  • Pet photographs
  • Videos
  • Descriptions
  • Reviews
  • Comments
  • Questions
  • Enquiries
  • Other listing-related content

You are responsible for the content you submit.

By publishing content publicly on the Website, you acknowledge that such content may be viewed, accessed, or shared by other Website users.

You should not publish confidential or sensitive personal information that you do not want to make publicly available.

10. Pet and Animal Information

The Dog Sale allows users to publish classified listings concerning various types of pets and animals, including:

  • Dogs
  • Cats
  • Rabbit
  • Birds
  • Fish
  • Hen
  • Others

Information regarding pets is generally submitted by individual users.

The Dog Sale does not independently guarantee or verify the accuracy of information provided in every listing, including information relating to breed, age, ownership, health, vaccination, price, or other characteristics.

Users are responsible for conducting their own verification before proceeding with any communication, transaction, purchase, sale, adoption, transfer, or other arrangement.

11. Account Security

If you create an account with The Dog Sale, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials.

You should:

  • Keep your password confidential
  • Avoid sharing your login credentials
  • Use appropriate security measures
  • Immediately notify us if you suspect unauthorized access to your account

We reserve the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate accounts where we reasonably believe there has been misuse, fraud, a security concern, or a violation of our policies.

12. Listing Moderation and Removal

To maintain the quality, integrity, and safety of the platform, The Dog Sale may review, moderate, restrict, or remove listings that we reasonably believe:

  • Violate our Terms & Conditions
  • Contain misleading or fraudulent information
  • Contain prohibited content
  • Violate applicable laws
  • Present a security or safety concern
  • Are reported as suspicious or abusive
  • Otherwise misuse the Website

We may also restrict or suspend accounts associated with repeated or serious violations.

13. Data Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction.

However, no Internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Accordingly, while we take reasonable measures to protect information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

14. Data Retention

We retain personal information for only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:

  • Providing and maintaining Website services
  • Managing accounts and listings
  • Providing customer support
  • Preventing fraud and abuse
  • Maintaining security
  • Resolving disputes
  • Complying with legal obligations
  • Enforcing our agreements and policies

When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal requirements.

15. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

  • Request access to personal information held about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of certain personal information
  • Request removal or modification of your listing
  • Request information about how your information is processed
  • Withdraw consent where applicable
  • Raise a privacy-related concern or complaint

To exercise an applicable privacy right, please contact us using the details provided in the Contact Us section.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

16. Account and Listing Deletion

If you wish to remove a classified listing or request deletion of your account, you may contact us using the information provided below.

Please note that certain information may be retained where reasonably necessary for:

  • Legal compliance
  • Fraud prevention
  • Security purposes
  • Dispute resolution
  • Record keeping
  • Enforcement of our policies

Information may also remain temporarily in backups or technical systems in accordance with our normal data retention practices.

17. Children’s Privacy

The Dog Sale is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate authorization, please contact us.

Where required by applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to investigate and delete such information.

18. Third-Party Websites and Links

Our Website may contain links to third-party websites, applications, social media platforms, or other external services.

We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information.

19. Advertising

The Dog Sale may display advertisements or promotional content from third-party advertising providers.

Advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies to display, personalise, measure, or improve advertisements.

Such providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies.

20. Fraud Prevention and User Safety

The Dog Sale provides a platform through which users can discover classified pet listings and connect with other users.

We do not guarantee the identity, conduct, reputation, ownership, health, condition, authenticity, legality, or representations of any user or pet listed on the Website.

Users are responsible for conducting appropriate verification before entering into any arrangement with another user.

We recommend that users:

  • Verify the identity of the other party
  • Verify the details of the pet
  • Exercise caution before making payments
  • Avoid sharing sensitive financial information
  • Be cautious of unusually low prices
  • Be cautious of requests for urgent payments
  • Report suspicious listings or activity to us

21. The Dog Sale as a Classified Platform

The Dog Sale primarily provides an online platform for users to publish, discover, and respond to classified pet listings.

Unless expressly stated otherwise on the Website, The Dog Sale is not a party to any private transaction or arrangement between users.

Any sale, purchase, adoption, transfer, payment, meeting, delivery, or other arrangement made between users is the responsibility of the parties involved.

Users should independently verify all relevant information and comply with applicable laws before proceeding with any arrangement.

22. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Website, services, technology, business practices, or applicable legal requirements.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how we handle personal information.

Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes may constitute acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy to the extent permitted by applicable law.

23. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us.

The Dog Sale

Website: https://thedogsale.com/
Email: info@thedogsale.com
Phone: 9035915830

Registered/Contact Address:
1/6, 4th A Main Road,
Near Yediur Lake, Obalappa Garden,
Bangalore, Karnataka – 560082, India