Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 1, 2025

This Privacy Statement explains how Popular Doodle (https://populardoodle.us/), referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our,” collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you visit the Website. By using the Website, you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website.

1. Information We Collect

a) Information You Provide Directly

• Contact messages: if you email us or use a contact form, we receive your name, email address, and anything you choose to include in your message.
• Comments: if you leave a comment, we collect the name, email address, website (if provided), and comment content you submit, along with your IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam.
• Quizzes, searches, and similar features: if the Website offers interactive features, we may process the inputs you provide to deliver the result.
• Newsletter or email sign-ups: if we offer email subscriptions, we collect your email address and any details you choose to share.

b) Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

• IP address (which may be used to estimate general location, such as country or city)
• Browser type and version, device type, and operating system
• Pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked, and the date and time of your visit
• Referring website or source (for example, if you arrive from a social media platform such as Facebook)
• Cookie identifiers, device identifiers, and similar technology data (see our Cookie Policy)

2. How We Use Your Information

• To operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website and its content
• To understand how visitors use the Website through analytics
• To display advertising, including personalized or non-personalized ads, and to measure ad performance
• To respond to your questions and messages
• To moderate comments and prevent spam, fraud, and abuse
• To send emails you have asked to receive, if applicable
• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms

3. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA, UK, and Similar Regions)

Where data protection laws such as the GDPR or UK GDPR apply, we process personal data based on: your consent (for example, for non-essential cookies and personalized advertising); our legitimate interests (such as securing and improving the Website and understanding its audience); performance of a contract or steps you request; and compliance with legal obligations.

4. Analytics

We use analytics services, including Google Analytics (which may be integrated through Google Site Kit), to understand how visitors find and use the Website. These services use cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as pages visited, time on site, and approximate location. You can learn more about how Google uses data at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and opt out using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

5. Advertising

We display ads provided by third-party advertising networks and partners. These partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, and device identifiers to serve ads, personalize ads based on your interests and prior browsing, limit how often you see an ad, and measure ad effectiveness. These third parties collect information under their own privacy policies, and we do not control their practices.

• Google’s advertising practices: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
• Opt out of personalized advertising from participating companies: Digital Advertising Alliance (US), Network Advertising Initiative, and Your Online Choices (EU)
• Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com/

6. Social Media

We may share content on social media platforms such as Facebook, and visitors may arrive at the Website from those platforms. If you interact with social media features or buttons on the Website, the platform may collect information about you according to its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review those policies.

7. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information for money. We may share information in the following ways:

• Service providers that help us operate the Website, such as hosting, analytics, security, and email providers, who may only use the data to provide services to us.
• Advertising partners, who may receive cookie identifiers, IP addresses, and browsing information as described above. Under some US state laws, this sharing may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” for targeted advertising, and you may have the right to opt out (see Section 10).
• Legal and safety reasons, when we believe disclosure is required by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of us, our visitors, or others.
• Business transfers, if the Website is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for essential functions, analytics, and advertising. For full details and instructions on how to manage them, please read our Cookie Policy.

9. Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this Statement, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law. Comments and their metadata are retained until deleted. Messages sent to us are kept for as long as needed to respond and for reasonable record-keeping. Analytics and advertising data are retained according to the settings of the respective providers.

10. Your Privacy Rights

All Visitors

You can contact us at any time to ask what personal information we hold about you or to request correction or deletion of information you have given us directly.

EEA, UK, and Switzerland

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to the processing of your personal data, the right to data portability, and the right to withdraw consent at any time (withdrawal does not affect processing done before withdrawal). You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

California and Other US States

Residents of California and certain other US states (such as Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, Utah, Oregon, and others with comprehensive privacy laws) may have the right to: know what personal information is collected, used, and disclosed; request access to or deletion of their personal information; correct inaccurate information; opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information and of targeted advertising; and not be discriminated against for exercising their rights.

In the past 12 months, the categories of personal information we may have collected include identifiers (such as IP address and online identifiers), internet or network activity (such as browsing and interaction data), approximate geolocation, and information you provide to us (such as name and email). We collect this information for the purposes described in this Statement.

To opt out of the sale or sharing of your information for targeted advertising, you can use the cookie settings or consent tool on the Website where available, enable a browser-based opt-out signal such as Global Privacy Control (we honor these signals where required by law), or email us at the address below.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at info@populardoodle.us with the subject line “Privacy Request.” We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request, and you may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13 (or under 16 in some jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

12. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information, including secure (HTTPS) connections. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

13. International Data Transfers

The Website is operated from, and our service providers may be located in, countries other than your own, including the United States. Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries whose data protection laws differ from those in your location. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for such transfers.

14. Third-Party Websites

The Website may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites and encourage you to read their privacy policies.

15. Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. Because there is no uniform standard for how to respond to these signals, the Website does not currently respond to them, except that we honor Global Privacy Control signals where required by applicable law.

16. Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time. Changes take effect when posted on this page, and the “Last updated” date above will be revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions or requests regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact us:

Popular Doodle
Website: https://populardoodle.us/
Email: info@populardoodle.us