Effective Date: February 26, 2024
Last Updated: February 26, 2024
Introduction
Welcome to Finding A Cat! Our website, located at https://findingacat.com/, is dedicated to providing valuable insights and information about pets, particularly cats and dogs. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data in compliance with the laws of the United States of America.
Comments
When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data displayed in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string, to help us detect spam. Additionally, if you have a Gravatar account, an anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) will be visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, please ensure that they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year. Additionally:
- A temporary cookie is set when you visit our login page to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- When you log in, cookies are set to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.
- An additional cookie is saved in your browser if you edit or publish an article. This cookie expires after 1 day and contains no personal data.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites. Embedded content behaves similarly to if you visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic approval of follow-up comments. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for their username, which cannot be changed. Website administrators also have access to and can edit this information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].
Additional Information
We employ industry-standard security measures to protect your data and have procedures in place to respond to data breaches if they occur. We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling with user data. We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Thank you for trusting Finding A Cat with your privacy.