Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Furry Walking collects, uses, stores, and protects personal data when you use our website, mobile application, and related services.

Furry Walking is operated by Bobcode s.r.o., Tolstého 5, 811 06 Bratislava - Staré Mesto, Slovakia. You can contact us at info@furrywalking.com.

By using Furry Walking, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you should not use the service.

1. What Furry Walking Does

Furry Walking is a dog-focused mobile app that helps users track walks, discover dog-friendly parks, connect with other dog owners, follow users, view walk activity, chat, and coordinate dog walking requests.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal data to:

• Create and manage user accounts
• Provide walk tracking and route features
• Show dogs, parks, walks, followers, feed content, and profile information
• Enable chat and dog walking request coordination
• Send push notifications when enabled
• Maintain app security and prevent misuse
• Debug, analyze, and improve the app
• Respond to support requests
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal data.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

If you are located in the European Economic Area, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Performance of a contract: to provide the Furry Walking app and its core features
• Consent: for permissions such as location access and push notifications where required
• Legitimate interests: to secure, maintain, debug, and improve the service
• Legal obligations: where we must comply with applicable law

You can withdraw consent-based permissions at any time through your device settings or by contacting us.

5. Sharing of Information

We may share data with service providers that help us operate the app, such as hosting providers, database providers, infrastructure providers, analytics or crash reporting providers, email providers, and push notification services.

These providers may only process data as needed to provide their services to us.

We may also share information if required by law, to protect our rights, to prevent fraud or abuse, or in connection with a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

We do not sell personal data to advertisers.

6. Public Content and Other Users

Some parts of Furry Walking are social. Depending on your privacy settings and how you use the app, other users may see information such as your profile, dogs, walks, photos, likes, follower relationships, and dog walking request-related activity.

You are responsible for the information you choose to share publicly or with other users.

7. Data Retention

We keep personal data only as long as necessary to provide the service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, maintain security, and enforce our terms.

If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize personal data associated with your account unless we are required or permitted to retain certain information for legal, security, or operational reasons.

Backup copies may remain for a limited period before being automatically deleted.

8. Account Deletion

You can request account deletion from within the app if the feature is available, or by contacting us at info@furrywalking.com.

When requesting deletion by email, use the email address connected to your Furry Walking account so we can verify the request.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data. However, no internet-based service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You should use a strong password, protect access to your device, and avoid sharing sensitive personal information in public areas of the app.

10. Children

Furry Walking is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.

If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, contact us at info@furrywalking.com and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

If your target minimum age in App Store Connect is higher than 13, update this section to match the actual app age rating and policy.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate personal data
• Delete your personal data
• Restrict or object to certain processing
• Receive a copy of your data
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority

To exercise these rights, contact us at info@furrywalking.com.

12. International Processing

Your data may be processed in countries other than your country of residence. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

13. Third-Party Links

The website or app may link to third-party websites, services, or app stores. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. You should review their privacy policies separately.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

If changes are significant, we may provide additional notice in the app or on the website.

15. Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact: