Privacy Policy
Last updated: 30/04/2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Dogs Cyprus and AtlasNet Solutions Ltd collect, use, store and protect personal data when you use our website, platform and related services.
We are committed to handling personal data in a transparent and lawful manner and in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where applicable.
1. Data Controller
The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data through Dogs Cyprus is:
AtlasNet Solutions Ltd
Registered office: 6 Anti Pernari, Larnaca 6057, Cyprus
Email: info@atlasnetsolutions.com.cy
2. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected through the Dogs Cyprus website and platform, including account registration, listings, contact forms, profile submissions, communications and other interactions with the website.
3. Personal Data We May Collect
Depending on how you use the platform, we may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
• Full name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Account and login details
• Profile information
• Listing information you submit
• Photos and other content you upload
• Location-related information that you choose to provide in a listing or profile
• Messages or enquiries sent through the platform
• Technical and usage information, such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited and website interaction data
• Data generated through embedded or third-party services used on the website, such as Google Maps and analytics tools, where enabled
• Cookie related identifiers and similar technology data, where applicable
Please do not upload or include unnecessary sensitive personal data in listings, forms or messages.
4. How We Collect Personal Data
We may collect personal data:
• Directly from you when you create an account, submit a form, publish a listing or contact us
• Automatically when you browse and interact with the website
• Through cookies and similar technologies, where applicable
• Through embedded services and third party tools used on the website, such as Google Maps and analytics tools
• Through security and performance tools that may be enabled in the future, such as reCAPTCHA
• Through Google reCAPTCHA when you submit selected public forms, such as contact or newsletter forms, for spam prevention and website security purposes
• From third party services integrated into the website, where relevant and lawful
5. Purposes of Processing
We may process personal data for the following purposes:
• To operate and manage our services
• To publish, manage and moderate listings and submitted content
• To facilitate communication between users, where platform features allow this
• To respond to enquiries, support requests and other communications
• To operate, maintain and improve the website and platform
• To display map based or location related content through embedded services such as Google Maps
• To protect forms and the platform from spam, abuse and automated submissions using tools such as reCAPTCHA, where enabled
• To understand website usage, improve performance and support analytics and reporting, where analytics tools are enabled
• To prevent fraud, misuse, errors and other platform abuse
• To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
• To maintain internal records and platform administration
• To send service-related communications
• To send marketing communications where you have consented, or where otherwise permitted by law
6. Legal Bases for Processing
We rely on one or more of the following legal bases for processing personal data, depending on the context and purpose of the processing:
• Your consent
• The performance of a contract or steps taken at your request before entering into a contract
• Our legitimate interests in operating, securing, improving and developing the platform
• Compliance with legal obligations
Where cookies, similar technologies, analytics tools, reCAPTCHA or other third-party services require consent, we will rely on consent where required by law.
7. User Listings and Public Content
Please note that if you submit listings, profile information, contact details, images or other content for publication on the platform, some of that information may become publicly visible to other users and visitors.
You are responsible for the personal data you choose to include in public listings or submissions.
Photos uploaded to the website may contain embedded metadata, including location data, depending on the device or file settings used. Users should avoid uploading images containing location metadata if they do not wish to disclose that information.
8. Sharing of Personal Data
We may share personal data with:
• Service providers and processors who help us operate the website and platform, such as hosting, email, technical support, analytics, forms management or security providers
• Third-party technology providers that support mapping, spam protection, analytics, website functionality or embedded services, including Google services such as Google Maps, reCAPTCHA and other Google APIs where enabled
• Professional advisers, where necessary
• Competent authorities, regulators or law enforcement bodies where required by law
• Other entities where you have given your consent or where disclosure is otherwise lawful
We do not sell your personal data.
9. International Transfers
Some of our service providers may process personal data outside Cyprus or outside the European Economic Area.
This may include providers of hosting, embedded services, analytics, spam protection, security tools or other website technologies.
Where personal data is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the data is protected in accordance with applicable law, including relying on lawful transfer mechanisms where required.
10. Data Retention
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including for legal, regulatory, administrative and security purposes.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data, the nature of the service, our legal obligations and, where applicable, the settings or retention periods associated with third-party service providers such as analytics or security tools.
11. Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
• Request access to your personal data
• Request rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing
• Object to certain types of processing
• Request data portability where applicable
• Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent
• Lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details set out below.
13. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, improve functionality, understand website usage and support analytics, security or other services.
These technologies may include cookies, local storage, pixels, tags, embedded content, scripts and similar tools used by us or by third-party services integrated into the website.
More information is available in our .
We currently use Google Maps and Google Analytics / Google Tag on the website. Google Analytics / Google Tag are activated only after the user has provided consent. We may also enable additional tools in the future, including reCAPTCHA for form protection.
Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google reCAPTCHA on selected public forms, including contact and newsletter forms, to protect our website from spam, abuse and automated submissions.
Google reCAPTCHA may process technical information such as IP address, browser and device information, interaction data, cookies and similar technologies to determine whether a form submission is made by a real person or an automated system.
Google reCAPTCHA may set a cookie such as _GRECAPTCHA for risk analysis and spam protection purposes.
Provider: Google Ireland Limited / Google LLC
Purpose: Spam protection, website security and prevention of automated submissions
Legal basis: Legitimate interest in protecting our website and services from spam, abuse and automated activity
Consent Management Tool
To manage the cookies and similar technologies used, including tracking pixels, web beacons and related consents, we use the consent tool “Real Cookie Banner”. Details on how “Real Cookie Banner” works can be found at
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How Cookies and Similar Technologies May Be Used
Depending on the features enabled on the website, cookies and similar technologies may be used for:
• Essential website functionality and user preferences
• Displaying embedded content such as Google Maps
• Protecting forms and preventing spam or abusive submissions through services such as reCAPTCHA, where enabled
• Measuring traffic, understanding user behaviour and improving the website through analytics tools, where enabled
Legal Basis
For the management of cookie and similar technology consents, the legal basis for the processing of personal data is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the management of the cookies and similar technologies used and the related consents.
Where required by law, we will also request your consent before enabling non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
Provision of Personal Data
The provision of personal data is neither contractually required nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. If you do not provide the personal data, we may not be able to manage your consents properly or provide certain optional features that rely on those technologies.
More information is available in our Cookie Policy and through the settings available in the cookie consent banner.
14. Third-Party Links
The platform may include links to third party websites, including shelters, rescues, businesses, donation pages or social media platforms.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third party websites. You should review their privacy policies separately.
15. Children’s Privacy
Dogs Cyprus is not intended to knowingly collect personal data from children without appropriate legal basis or authorisation. If you believe that personal data relating to a child has been submitted improperly, please contact us and we will review the matter.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page together with an updated “Last updated” date.
17. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how personal data is handled, please contact:
AtlasNet Solutions Ltd
Email: info@atlasnetsolutions.com.cy
Address: 6 Anti Pernari, Larnaca 6057, Cyprus
18. Complaints
If you are not satisfied with how we handle your personal data, you may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus or another competent supervisory authority, as applicable.
