How We Handle Your Information

01 Who We Are

Royal Dachshunds UK is a small, home-based dachshund breeder based in the UK. For the purposes of data protection law, we're the "data controller" for any personal information collected through this website — meaning we decide what's collected and why, and we're the ones responsible for looking after it properly.

02 What We Collect

We only collect what we actually need to run things properly. Depending on how you interact with us, that might include:

• Your name, email address and phone number, if you contact us with an enquiry
• Your delivery address, if you go on to reserve a puppy and choose delivery over collection
• Basic details about how visitors use this website, gathered automatically through standard analytics tools

We don't ask for anything unusual, and we don't collect sensitive personal information through this site.

03 Why We Collect It

Every piece of information we ask for has a job to do:

• Responding to your questions about a puppy or a litter
• Arranging collection or delivery once a puppy is reserved
• Understanding, in general terms, how people use the site so we can make it easier to use

We're not building a marketing list from your enquiry, and we won't add you to anything you didn't ask for.

04 Cookies & Analytics

Like most websites, this one may use small files called cookies, along with standard analytics tools, to understand roughly how many people visit, which pages they look at, and whether the site is working properly. This is aggregate, technical information — it's not used to build a profile of you personally.

05 Who We Share It With

We don't sell your information, and we're not interested in doing so. The only times your details might be passed on are practical ones — for instance, sharing a delivery address with whoever is arranging transport for your puppy, or using standard website hosting and email tools to run this site day to day.

Anyone we do share information with is only given what they need to do their specific job, nothing more.

06 How Long We Keep It

We keep enquiry and purchase-related information for as long as it's genuinely useful — for example, in case you get back in touch about a puppy you bought from us — and not indefinitely for no reason. When there's no longer a good reason to hold onto something, we remove it.

07 Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you have a genuine say in what happens to your own information. In short, you can:

If you'd rather raise a concern with an independent body instead of (or as well as) us, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

08 Children's Privacy

This website isn't aimed at children, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us information without appropriate consent, please let us know and we'll deal with it properly.

09 Keeping Your Information Safe

We take reasonable, practical steps to keep your information secure — but it's worth being honest that no website can promise to be completely risk-free. If we ever became aware of an issue affecting your information, we'd take it seriously and act on it properly.

10 Changes to This Policy

We might update this page occasionally as our processes change. The version live on the site is always the current one, so it's worth checking back now and then if it matters to you.

11 Getting in Touch

Questions about your information, or want to use any of the rights above? Reach out through our Contact Us page — a real person reads and handles every message.