Privacy Policy
Protecting your privacy is important to The Cat Posse (also referred to as “we,” “us” or “our” for the rest of this agreement). We do not collect your personal information, such as names and mailing or e-mail addresses, unless you knowingly provide this information to us while visiting this website (“www.catposse.org”). By using the Website, you consent to this Privacy Policy and our Website Terms of Use.
What Personal Information Does The Cat Posse Collect About Me?
You may use the Website without registering or submitting any personal information. If you choose to engage in certain activities on the Website, such as making a donation, or subscribing to our mailing list, you will provide us with personal information that is linked to you specifically. This can include personal contact information (name, e-mail address, password, billing address, telephone number) and professional information (company name, position/title)
All information that www.catposse.org receives from its customers is secured against unauthorized use or access. If you make a donation on the Website, we do not store your credit card information. Before you make a donation via Paypal, you will login in directly through their payment gateway where your payment is processed through their secure servers. Your payment information and email are subject to their respective privacy policies. https://paypal.com/privacy
We use Squarespace to manage our signup list. There’s no third-party tracking in messages we send through Squarespace. Squarespace does not store the data you provide when you subscribe to our list. It is sent directly to our administrative team at CatPosse where we keep it private and secure.
You can unsubscribe from our list at any time by contacting us by form field on our website or by email. You can also email info@catposse.org to update your email address, or to request that we delete your email.
How Does The Cat Posse Use My Personal Information?
We may use personal information collected from you in the following ways:
To enable you to access and use our website, including submitting inquiry, adoption, sponsor and contact form information.
To process and complete transactions, and send you related information, including order confirmations and invoices. We may also contact you if we have questions about your communications.
To provide service and support, including responding to your comments, questions and requests, and sending you technical notices, updates and support messages.
To send promotional email communications, including occasional business announcements and updates. If you do not wish to receive these email announcements, please reply to us at info@catposse.org and request to be removed from the list.
To improve the Website.
Does The Cat Posse Share My Personal Information with Third Parties?
We will not share your personal information with third parties for the purpose of marketing their products. For example, we do not sell our email lists. But we may share your personal information with companies that provide us with support services in conducting our business, operating the Website and marketing our own products and services. This includes PayPal, our third-party payment vendors, and SquareSpace, our hosting and development service that provides limited website analytics to its clients. Squarespaces’s privacy policy is available at https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/. We share your personal information only if these companies require such information to perform their functions. We do not authorize these companies to use your personal information for any other purpose.
We will share your personal information with the appropriate authorities if we believe in good faith that doing so is required by law or court order, to protect our rights or property, or to protect the safety of our users or the public.
Does The Cat Posse Collect Any Other Information About Me?
In addition to personal information, we may also collect the following data that is not linked to you specifically:
Cookie Data. Cookies are small pieces of data that are transferred to your browser by a server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies to help us improve the website experience and deliver more personalized service to our customers. For instance, cookies enable our website to remember unique information about your visit such as traffic sources and unique visitors. Any cookies we may use are not linked to any Personally Identifiable Information on the website. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can set your browser preferences to block cookies and delete existing cookies from your browser. We recommend that you accept cookies so that all of the features of the website function properly.
Web Analytics Data. Like many website providers, we use Squarespace Analytics to monitor and analyze traffic to the Website. You can find further information on how Squarespace collects and processes data. https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205814168
Is My Information Secure?
We strive to maintain the safety of your information. All information you provide to us is stored on a secure server, hosted by Squarespace.
Notwithstanding our commitments to protect your information (including personally identifiable information), the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. As a result, although we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security and privacy of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. We assume no responsibility for unauthorized access to your information.
How Do I Update My Personal Information?
You have the right to access and update your personally identifiable information at any time. You may also submit any changes to your personally identifiable information and preferences by emailing info@catposse.org.
Our Policy Towards Children
In accordance with our Website Terms of Use, www.catposse.org is only intended for users aged 18 and above. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please do not provide us with any personal information. If we learn that we have collected any personally identifiable information from a child under 13, we will take steps to promptly delete the information.
International Visitors
We operate the Website in the United States. Although you may be in another country, when you visit the Website, you consent to have your personal data transferred, processed and stored in the United States, and allow The Cat Posse to use your information in the way described in this Privacy Policy.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Cat Posse may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time, posting notice on the Website. You can review the current version of the Privacy Policy by clicking on the Website’s “Privacy Policy” link, available at www.catposse.org/privacy. All modifications are effective immediately when we post them and will be prospective only, not retroactive. You agree that your use of the Website after a modification will be treated as acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy. We recommend that you check this Privacy Policy each time you plan to submit personally identifiable information so that you understand how the information you are submitting will be used.
Website Terms of Use
Please also visit The Cat Posse Website Terms of Use establishing the terms, disclaimers and limitations of liability governing your use of the Website.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or practices, please contact us at info@catposse.org.