Privacy policy
This page explains what information marshtown.com uses, why, and what you can do about it. We keep it to a minimum.
Who we are
Marsh's Dog Sanctuary is run by the creator of @marshwhatif on Instagram, based in the UK. We are the "controller" of the information described here under UK data protection law (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). To contact us about anything on this page, send a DM to @marshwhatif on Instagram or a message through our Ko-fi page.
Your dog on the sanctuary
When you follow @marshwhatif and ask for a dog, we may add a dog to the site showing your public Instagram username, the breed you chose, your follower number and what your dog is doing that day. We take this from what you share with us publicly on Instagram. We don't collect your real name, age, email or anything else.
We do this because it's the point of the sanctuary and something you asked to be part of (our "legitimate interests"). Your dog stays until you ask us to remove it or the site closes. To remove it, DM @marshwhatif and we'll take it off in the next update.
Buying an upgrade
Upgrades are bought through Ko-fi, and payments are handled by Ko-fi and its payment providers (such as PayPal or Stripe). We never see your card details. Ko-fi tells us your name or display name, email address, what you bought and the message you write, including your Instagram username.
We use this only to add your upgrade, answer questions and handle refunds (to perform our contract with you), and we keep sales records for as long as UK tax law requires, normally up to 6 years. Ko-fi's own use of your information is covered by Ko-fi's privacy policy.
Visit statistics
We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics. It uses no cookies and doesn't track you across sites or identify you. It tells us things like how many people visited, which pages they viewed, and the type of device and country, as totals. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Cookies
The site doesn't use cookies or show ads. Your browser may remember a few settings for the site on your own device, which never reach us.
Hosting
The site is hosted on GitHub Pages, and the domain is run through Cloudflare. Like any website, their servers receive your IP address and browser details to deliver the page, and may keep them in logs for security. See GitHub's privacy statement.
Some of these companies are based in the USA, so information may be processed there under the safeguards UK law requires.
Children
Many of our followers are young. We don't knowingly collect anything from children beyond a public Instagram username they choose to share. Instagram itself is for ages 13 and up. Under 18s should ask a parent or guardian before buying anything.
Your rights
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we hold about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. You can also object to how we use it or ask us to limit it. DM @marshwhatif and we'll reply within one month. We don't sell your information, and we don't make automated decisions about you.
If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. We'd appreciate the chance to sort it out first.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update it here and change the date at the top.