PetMatch AI

Privacy Notice

Last updated: June 10, 2026

This Privacy Notice explains how PetMatch AI ("PetMatch AI", "we", "us", or "our"), collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit https://pet-match.app/, contact us through the website, or interact with our privacy and cookie preferences.

PetMatch AI is developing an AI-assisted pet matching and readiness platform that helps people choose, prepare for, and succeed with the right pet. This website is currently intended mainly to provide information about PetMatch AI to potential investors, partners, advisors, and early users.

1. Who we are

The controller responsible for your personal information is:

PetMatch AI is currently an early-stage project operated by its founder. Once a legal entity is registered, this Privacy Notice will be updated with the relevant company details.
Trading as: PetMatch AI
Email: info@pet-match.app

If we appoint a UK, EU, or other privacy representative in the future, we will update this Privacy Notice with their contact details.

2. Information we collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Information you provide directly

When you use the "Contact Founder" form or contact us by email, we may collect:

  • your name;
  • your email address;
  • your message;
  • your company, role, or investor/partner context if you choose to include it;
  • any other information you voluntarily provide.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the contact form unless we specifically ask for it.

Website and technical information

When you visit our website, we may collect limited technical information, such as:

  • IP address;
  • browser type and version;
  • device type;
  • operating system;
  • pages viewed;
  • referring website or source;
  • approximate location derived from technical data;
  • date and time of visit;
  • website interaction data.

Cookie and consent information

We use Ketch or a similar consent management platform to manage cookie and privacy preferences. This may involve collecting and storing your consent choices, preference settings, region, device/browser identifiers, and related technical information necessary to respect your choices.

3. How we use your information

We use personal information for the following purposes:

To respond to enquiries

We use your name, email address, and message to respond to your enquiry, investor interest, partnership proposal, feedback, or other request.

To communicate with investors, partners, and advisors

If you contact us in a business or investor context, we may use your details to continue the conversation, send relevant follow-up information, arrange calls, or maintain a record of our communications.

To operate and secure the website

We use technical data to maintain website functionality, prevent abuse, troubleshoot issues, monitor security, and improve reliability.

To understand website performance

Where permitted by law and subject to your cookie choices, we may use analytics data to understand how visitors use the website and improve our messaging, design, and investor communications.

To manage cookie and privacy preferences

We use consent and preference information to remember and apply your privacy choices.

To comply with legal obligations

We may use or retain information where necessary to comply with applicable law, regulatory requests, legal claims, accounting obligations, or corporate recordkeeping requirements.

4. Legal basis for processing

Where UK GDPR, EU GDPR, or similar laws apply, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Consent - for non-essential cookies, analytics where required, and certain optional communications.
  • Legitimate interests - to respond to business enquiries, operate our website, communicate with potential investors or partners, protect our website, and develop our business, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
  • Contract or pre-contractual steps - where communications relate to a potential agreement, investment process, advisory relationship, partnership, or service relationship.
  • Legal obligation - where we need to process or retain information to comply with applicable law.

You may withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent.

5. Cookies and similar technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember privacy choices, understand website performance, and, where applicable, support analytics or marketing tools.

Non-essential cookies will be managed through our cookie banner or privacy preference tool. You can update your choices at any time by using the "Privacy Preferences" or similar link on our website.

Some cookies are necessary for the website to work correctly and cannot be disabled through our preference tool.

6. Who we share information with

We may share personal information with:

  • website hosting and infrastructure providers;
  • email and communication service providers;
  • analytics providers, where enabled and permitted;
  • Ketch or another consent management provider;
  • professional advisors, including lawyers, accountants, and corporate advisors;
  • potential investors, acquirers, or business partners where necessary for legitimate corporate purposes and subject to appropriate confidentiality protections;
  • regulators, authorities, courts, or other parties where required by law.

We do not sell your personal information.

7. International transfers

We may use service providers or business systems located in countries other than your country of residence. Where required by applicable law, we will use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, the UK Addendum to EU standard contractual clauses, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

8. How long we keep your information

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice.

As a general guide:

  • contact form enquiries may be kept for up to 24 months after the last meaningful interaction;
  • investor, partner, advisor, or corporate communications may be kept for longer if needed for legitimate business, legal, corporate, or recordkeeping purposes;
  • cookie and consent records are kept for the period necessary to demonstrate and respect your choices;
  • technical logs are kept for a limited period unless required for security, fraud prevention, or legal reasons.

We may retain anonymised or aggregated information that no longer identifies you.

9. How we protect information

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. These measures may include access controls, secure hosting, encryption in transit, encryption at rest where supported, monitoring, and limiting access to people who need the information for legitimate purposes.

No website, server, or transmission method is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Your rights

Depending on where you are located, you may have rights over your personal information, including the right to:

  • access your personal information;
  • correct inaccurate information;
  • request deletion;
  • restrict processing;
  • object to processing;
  • withdraw consent;
  • request a copy of your information in a portable format;
  • complain to a data protection authority.

To exercise your rights, contact us at info@pet-match.app.

If you are in the UK, you may also contact the UK Information Commissioner's Office. If you are in the EEA, you may contact your local data protection authority.

11. Children

This website is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps.

12. Third-party links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, tools, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. You should review their privacy notices before providing information to them.

13. Future product and app

This Privacy Notice applies to the current PetMatch AI website. When we launch our app, beta product, pet compatibility assessments, premium reports, user accounts, payments, or lifecycle features, we may publish additional privacy notices or update this Privacy Notice to explain those activities.

14. Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The latest version will always be posted on this page with the updated date.

15. Contact us

For privacy questions or requests, contact:
Email: info@pet-match.app
Website: https://pet-match.app/