DogMatch My selection FR

Your data stays with you.

DogMatch is built to work without collecting any personal data. This page details what is technically processed, what is not, and the rights you hold under the GDPR. Updated May 2, 2026.

The 30-second summary

  • Your quiz answers are stored only in your browser's localStorage, on your device.
  • No quiz data is sent to a third-party server or to the site publisher.
  • No cookie is set. There is no user account — nothing to create and nothing to delete.
  • The host (Cloudflare) collects anonymized technical logs for security and load measurement.
  • No advertising pixel, no behavioral analytics tool (Google Analytics, Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity and the like), no third-party tracker active on the site.
  • The site contains affiliate links; they may set a cookie at the merchant's after your click, but no cookie is set by DogMatch itself.

Data controller

The data controller within the meaning of the GDPR is the site publisher, whose details appear in the legal notice. For any question about your data, write to lamypro66@gmail.com.

Quiz answers — local storage

When you answer a quiz question, your answer is saved in your browser's localStorage, under the key dogmatch_quiz_answers. The content is a plain JSON object mapping each question identifier to your answer (a string, an array or a number depending on the question type).

Technical characteristics:

  • Storage is local and persistent — it survives closing the tab and restarting the browser, but stays confined to your device and to the browser you used.
  • It is never transmitted to the publisher, to the hosting server, or to a third party — the results page reads localStorage client-side (in your browser) to compute the ranking.
  • You can erase it at any time through your browser settings (usually: Preferences → Privacy → Delete site data). Nothing remains after deletion.

The quiz asks for no identifying data (surname, first name, email, address). No piece of information can identify you, even indirectly.

Technical data — Cloudflare hosting

The site is hosted by Cloudflare Pages. On every visit, Cloudflare records some technical data needed to run and secure the service:

  • IP address (anonymized per Cloudflare standards, limited retention)
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • HTTP referrer (the page you came from)
  • Pages viewed and timestamps

This data is collected by Cloudflare as a processor (GDPR article 28) and used solely for security purposes (DDoS detection, blocking malicious bots) and anonymous statistical aggregation. It is not used to profile users, nor cross-referenced with other databases by the site publisher. See Cloudflare's privacy policy ↗.

Cookies

DogMatch sets no cookie in your browser. The site is fully functional without a session cookie, without an audience measurement cookie, and without an advertising cookie. No consent banner is required to browse DogMatch.

Affiliate links and third-party cookies: some pages of the site (breed profiles, results page) contain affiliate links to partner merchants (Amazon Associates, Awin and its merchants: Zooplus, Maxi Zoo, Pepette, SantéVet, and others). When you click one of those links, the destination merchant may set a tracking cookie on its own domain to attribute the affiliate commission. That happens after your click, on the merchant's site, and is governed by its own privacy policy — not by DogMatch's. See the legal notice, affiliate section for the detail.

If a future update of the site introduced cookies set by DogMatch (analytics, user accounts, and so on), a consent banner compliant with the ePrivacy directive would be put in place and this page updated accordingly.

Data processed outside the quiz

If you write to us through the contact page, your email address and the content of your message are received by the publisher in a personal mailbox. That data is not used for any purpose other than answering your request, is not stored in a structured database, and is never passed on to third parties.

Your GDPR rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you hold the following rights:

  • Right of access: to obtain confirmation that data concerning you is being processed and to receive a copy of it. In practice: the publisher processes no identifying data — your quiz lives in your browser, and you can read it directly through the developer tools.
  • Right to rectification: to have inaccurate data corrected. In practice: change your quiz answers directly, they update on their own.
  • Right to erasure: to have your data deleted. In practice: clear localStorage through your browser settings.
  • Right to object and right to restriction of processing: you can stop using the site at any time, which is enough to end all processing.
  • Right to portability: to retrieve your data in a structured format. In practice: copy the value of localStorage["dogmatch_quiz_answers"] from your browser console (F12).

If you believe the processing of your data does not comply with the GDPR, you can lodge a complaint with the CNIL ↗ (the French data protection authority).

Updates to this policy

This privacy policy may change if the practices of the site change (introducing analytics, adding user accounts, partnerships requiring data sharing). Any change will be signalled by updating the date at the top of this page, and significant changes will be announced on the home page for at least 30 days.

Last updated: May 2, 2026.