Manage your privacy settings

Use privacy settings to control who can see your information on MyPetsWelcome. These settings allow you to customize the visibility of your name, profile photo, and full profile. 

PLEASE NOTE
We no longer display street names and addresses anywhere on MyPetsWelcome, so this option has been removed from settings.

Privacy settings

• Web
• iPhone
• Android

1. Click on your profile picture or initials in the top right corner.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Privacy.

Full name visibility
Decide what neighbors can see your full name (e.g. “John Doe”). Options include:

• Show my full name to anyone on MyPetsWelcome.
• Show my full name only to my neighborhood, nearby neighborhoods, and my connections.
• Show my full name just to my neighborhood and my connections.
• Show my full name only to my connections.

Profile photo visibility
Choose what neighbors can see your profile photo and what neighbors will see our default avatar. Options include:

• Show my profile photo to anyone on MyPetsWelcome.
• Show my profile photo only to my neighborhood, nearby neighborhoods, and my connections.
• Show my profile photo to my neighborhood and my connections.
• Show my profile photo only to my connections.

Profile visibility
Choose what neighbors can see your full profile and what neighbors will only see your location, public and shared groups, and messages you have posted that they have permission to view in the main feed. Options include:

• Show my full profile to anyone on MyPetsWelcome.
• Show my full profile only to my neighborhood, nearby neighborhoods, and my connections.
• Show my full profile to my neighborhood and my connections.
• Show my full profile only to my connections.

Discoverability
Choose what neighbors can search for you or have your name suggested as a possible “Neighbor You May Know.” Options include:

• Anyone on MyPetsWelcome can search for me or have my name suggested to them.
• My neighborhood and nearby neighborhoods can search for me or have my name suggested to them.
• My neighborhood can search for me or have my name suggested to them.
• No one can search for me or have my name suggested to them.

(Note: Search results are always based on full name. So a search for “John Smith” will show all “John Smith”s the searcher is able to discover, although some names may display as “John S.” based on that member’s full name visibility setting.)

Mention
Choose whether or not other neighbors can @mention you in posts or comments. Options include:

• Yes, neighbors can @mention me in posts or comments.
• No, neighbors cannot @mention me in posts or comments. 

Private message
Choose whether or not other neighbors can initiate a new private message to you (members will retain the ability to reply to messages already in their inbox). Options include:

• Anyone who visits my profile can private message me.
• My neighbors and nearby neighbors can private message me.
• My neighbors can private message me.
• Only my connections can private message me.

(Note: this setting does not apply to private messages coming through the Finds features)