At Doggo 108 (www.doggo108.com), we are committed to protecting your privacy. We are based in the United Kingdom and our data protection policy is governed by British law. Specifically the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you use our website and reminder service.
Our website offers an online game for dog owners.
Cookies
Doggo108.com uses cookies to manage user sessions. These cookies are essential for the game to function correctly. Cookie consent is requested from users the first time they visit the website. This cookie contains no personal data.
Our email reminder service runs on the MailerLite.com platform. MailerLite only uses cookies that are necessary for its operation. MailerLite adds a cookie to your browser when you register to play the game.
MailerLite forms, including the form used to register for our reminder service, have the ml_guid local storage cookie. We utilize this cookie to identify users that submit MailerLite surveys, and we display accurate survey results based on it.
The cookies used by MailerLite forms are:
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Information We Collect
Location Data
When you upload a record of your walk we pass it through an analysis programme that extracts metadata from your walk. This includes the following information:
| Identity | |
user_id | UID of the dog owner the walk is attributed to |
co_walker_uid | UID of the person who recorded it (only when different from owner) |
timezone_offset_hours | Player's UTC offset at time of upload |
| Timing | |
analyzed_at | When the walk was processed |
created_at | Same as above |
start_time | First GPS waypoint timestamp |
end_time | Last GPS waypoint timestamp |
duration_seconds | Total walk duration |
| Pattern | |
pattern_type | 1=Out-and-Back, 0=Single Loop, 8=Figure-of-Eight |
num_loops | Raw loop count (0, 1, 2+) |
distance_meters | Total track length |
| Direction & Bearings | |
direction | Clockwise or counter-clockwise — loop walks only |
start_bearing_deg | Compass bearing of the first few waypoints |
start_centroid_bearing_deg | Bearing from start point to centroid |
| Out-and-Back walks only | |
start_midpoint_bearing_deg | Bearing from start to the turnaround point |
bearing_delta_deg | Angular difference between start→centroid and start→midpoint |
centroid_to_start_m | Distance from centroid to the start/finish point |
centroid_to_midpoint_m | Distance from centroid to the turnaround point |
time_start_to_midpoint_s | Outbound leg duration in seconds |
time_midpoint_to_finish_s | Return leg duration in seconds |
half_time_delta_s | Absolute difference between outbound and return times |
| Single Loop walks only | |
loop_area_m2 | Area enclosed by the loop in m² |
centroid_distances_m | Array of 4 distances [start, ¼, ½, ¾] from centroid |
| Figure-of-Eight walks only | |
figure_eight.loop1_area_m2 | Area of first lobe |
figure_eight.loop2_area_m2 | Area of second lobe |
figure_eight.area_ratio | Ratio of smaller to larger lobe (1.0 = equal) |
figure_eight.loop1_direction | Clockwise or counter-clockwise |
figure_eight.loop2_direction | Clockwise or counter-clockwise |
figure_eight.loop1_centroid_bearing_deg | Bearing from start to lobe 1 centroid |
figure_eight.loop2_centroid_bearing_deg | Bearing from start to lobe 2 centroid |
figure_eight.loop_bearing_spread_deg | Angular spread between the two lobe centroids |
| Track Statistics | |
waypoint_count | Number of GPS fixes recorded |
bbox | North/south/east/west bounding box |
bbox_width_m | Width of bounding box in metres |
bbox_height_m | Height of bounding box in metres |
max_dist_from_start_m | Furthest point from the start |
total_turning_deg | Sum of all bearing changes — measures path complexity |
avg_sample_interval_s | Average time between GPS fixes |
avg_speed_ms | Average speed in m/s |
pace_cv | Pace consistency (0 = perfectly steady) |
| Elevation | |
elevation_gain_m | Total ascent |
elevation_loss_m | Total descent |
elevation_min_m | Lowest point |
elevation_max_m | Highest point |
elevation_range_m | Difference between highest and lowest |
We also record timezone_offset_hours — your device's UTC offset, reported by your phone at the time of upload — which we use to place each walk in the correct local day for scoring. It is not derived from your coordinates.
We never receive the location of your walk. Before your walk ever leaves your phone, every coordinate is moved to a single fixed point on the map (latitude 0, longitude 0) — so the only thing that travels to Doggo 108 is the shape of your walk, never where it happened. No real latitude or longitude is stored in the Doggo 108 game apps, the Doggo 108 website, or the Doggo 108 game servers (hosted by Google Firebase).
The shape we keep is an anonymised, relocated copy of your track. In the interest of honesty: a very distinctive route silhouette could in theory be matched to a real-world location by someone who already knew the place, so we describe it as anonymised and relocated rather than impossible to locate. The relocated track file is processed and its metadata extracted; we never hold a file containing your real latitude and longitude, because one never reaches us.
Reminder Service
Players get regular emails from Doggo 108 reminding them of their next challenge and their score. Players can opt out of this service at any time.
What rights you have over your data
As a registered user of Doggo 108 you can request a copy an CSV file of any data we hold about you. This is limited to the data that you submit to the game. You can also request that we erase all the data we hold about you and your pet. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Your email address, which we use to remind you of what's going on at Doggo 108 is held in the MailerLite system and can be deleted by clicking on the 'unsubscribe' link that is part of every email that we send you.
You can delete all your information by following the simple instructions found at the bottom of your Account Page.
Additional information
If you have any questions about this policy please email: info@doggo108.com