Privacy Policy

Updated 11th of May 2018

Katzenworld Ltd respects the privacy of every individual who visits its websites. Any information collected about you will be used to fulfil any service you might request, to inform you about new stories that you’d be interested in and also to improve how we serve you. Your data will be treated in accordance with relevant European Union and local country legal provisions. Your information will not be disclosed to anyone outside of Katzenworld, its affiliated or associated companies, and its partners, agencies and licensees of any of these companies, and any other companies with which Katzenworld has directly or indirectly arranged services for your benefit.

Katzenworld will not collect personal information about you using cookies however by enabling cookies or keeping cookies enabled, you are providing your consent to Katzenworld storing cookies on your browser. Please note that disabling cookies is likely to impact website functionality and your experience of the Katzenworld website.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to describe the types of information that we collect from you when you visit our site and explain how we use this information.

Katzenworld stores all of it’s data on an EU server apart from the legacy MailChimp newsletter list. All new subscribers and contact requests are stored within the local and protected database of Katzenworld.

By providing us with your details through our contact forms you permit us to contact you in regard to your query or other areas if relevant and in line with our below Privacy Policy.

DATA PROTECTION

We protect the data in strict accordance with the Principles of the European Union Data Protection Framework Directives, in particular EU Directive 95/46/EC

Any information that you choose to provide us with about yourself will be held on a secure computer server in the United Kingdom. The server software (SSL) encrypts all the information you supply us.

This ensures, among other things, that data we hold about you is processed lawfully and fairly. We aim to ensure that the personal data stored will be accurate, relevant and not excessive. We will keep the data up to date and not retain the information longer than is necessary. We will keep data securely to prevent unauthorised access by other people. You have the right to see what is held about you and correct any inaccuracies.

Katzenworld will not share or loan any identifiable information about you to any third party without your consent. We may share generalised information about site visitor patterns with partners or other parties in such a way that individual visitors can never be identified. It is possible to view our site without providing any personal details. However, without registering your details you will not be able to receive further communications from us such as new post notifications or the ability to submit your own stories to our website.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED

We collect your personal information via a registration / contact us forms as well as through our order page.

This information may include data such as your name, email address and in the case of a purchase your billing and delivery address.

We use this information:

To help make your visit more enjoyable
To send you relevant content as per your chosen options
To answer any questions you may have about our site or products purchased
To deliver purchased goods to you

If you choose to receive information or other communications from us, you can select that option by ticking the relevant box on the registration form. You can also contact us at any time if you don’t want to receive any more communications from us by using the Contact Us link on the website to request deletion of your data or in the case of our Newsletter by unsubscribing within your Newsletter.

OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTED DURING YOUR VISIT TO OUR SITE

Whenever you browse the katzenworld.shop website, read pages, or download information, our computers automatically record certain information about your visit from the computer you use to access our site.

This information does not identify you personally. It just tells us how many visitors come to our site and the types of computers they use. With this information, we can improve our site for all our visitors and make it more useful to you.

The information includes the following:

The date and time you access our site.
How many and which pages you visit during a ‘session’ on our site and how long you were on the site.
Your Internet domain name (this might be your internet service provider such as BT, Sky, TalkTalk or your place of work) and the ‘IP’ address (this is a number assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web) which allows you to access our website.
The Internet browser you use (e.g. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox) and your computer’s operating system (e.g. Windows 10, macOS).
The site you were on before you linked to katzenworld.shop (e.g. Google or Bing if you found us from a search engine).

PROTECTION OF EMAIL ADDRESSES

Your email address is only used for the purposes of replying to you unless you have given consent by signing up to one of our Newsletter options.

PROTECTION OF PHYSICAL ADDRESSES

Your physical address is used only to full-fill your order. An order may include discounts and info material of our partners which will be send as part of your initial order. We won’t ever send out additional marketing material to your physical address.

DATA PROTECTION ON PIXEL TAGS

We may use “pixel tags,” which are small graphic files that allow us to monitor the use of our websites. A pixel tag can collect information such as the IP (Internet Protocol) address of the computer that downloaded the page on which the tag appears; the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the page on which the pixel tag appears; the time the page containing the pixel tag was viewed; the type of browser that fetched the pixel tag; and the identification number of any cookie on the computer previously placed by that server. When corresponding with you via HTML capable e-mail, we may use “format sensing” technology, which allows pixel tags to let us know whether you received and opened our e-mail.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies some of which are essential and others that a user can disable. For full details on what cookies we use and further details relating to our Cookies policy please click here.

Third party websites

Users may find advertising or other content on our Site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.

Changes to this privacy policy

Katzenworld has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, revise the updated date at the top of this page,send you an email. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy and terms of service. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.