At The Cat Critic, accessible at https://thecatcritic.com/, visitor privacy is one of our top priorities. This document describes the types of information that The Cat Critic collects and stores, as well as how that information is used.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have additional questions or require additional information regarding our privacy statement.
This privacy policy applies only to The Cat Critic’s online activities and to information shared and/or collected by website visitors. This policy does not apply to data collected offline or through channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information we collect
At the time we request your personal information, we will make it clear what information is being requested and why it is being requested.
If you contact us directly, we may collect more information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of any messages and/or attachments you send us, and any other information you choose to give us.
We may request your name, company name, address, email address when you register for an account.
How we use your information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website
- Understand and analyze how you use our website
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- Send you emails
- Find and prevent fraud
Log Files
The Cat Critic follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, The Cat Critic uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of The Cat Critic.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on The Cat Critic, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that The Cat Critic has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
The Cat Critic’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We want to ensure that you are aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user has the following rights:
The right of entry: You may request copies of your personal information. We may assess a nominal fee for this service.
The right to rectification: you have the right to request corrections to any data you believe to be inaccurate. In addition, you have the right to request the completion of any information you believe to be incomplete.
The right to be forgotten Under certain conditions, you have the right to request that we delete your personal information.
The right to restrict processing: You have the right, under certain conditions, to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
The right to object to processing: under certain conditions, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
The right to data portability: Under certain conditions, you have the right to request that we transfer the data we’ve collected to another organisation or directly to you.
If you submit a request, we will respond within one month. Please contact us if you wish to exercise any of these rights.
Children’s Information
Adding protection for children while they use the internet is an additional priority of ours. We want parents and guardians to watch, guide, and/or take part in what their kids do online.
The Cat Critic does not collect any personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. If you believe your child has provided this kind of information on our website, please contact us immediately, and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.