Privacy Policy
Last Updated Date: July 20, 2023
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy describes how King Kat (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses personal information when you visit our website kingkat.co. Read the following carefully to understand how we will treat and regard your personal data.
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://kingkat.co
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal Information
When you visit the Service, we may collect certain personal information that you voluntarily provide, such as your name and email address, when you comment on blog posts or subscribe to our newsletter. We collect this information to facilitate communication and provide a personalized experience for our users.
Comments – When visitors leave comments on the Service, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if you have one) is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media –Â If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our Service you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie 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, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your 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. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Sensitive Personal Information
We ask that you not provide us with any sensitive personal information on or through the Service, or otherwise to us. We DO NOT collect any sensitive information about you. Sensitive information refers to data that includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health and genetic and biometric data. We do not collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
If you do not consent to our processing and use of such sensitive personal information, you must not submit such sensitive personal information through our Service.
Where we are required to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of the contract between us and you do not provide us with that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract (for example, to deliver goods or services to you). If you don’t provide us with the requested data, we may have to cancel a product or service you have ordered but if we do, we will notify you at the time.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
PURPOSES OF PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We will only use your personal data when legally permitted. The most common uses of your personal data are:
-Where we need to perform the contract between us.
-Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
-Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Research and Development
We analyze use of the Service to analyze and improve the Service and to develop new products and services, including by studying user demographics and use of the Service.
Display Advertisements
We work with advertising partners to display advertisements on the Service. These advertisements are delivered by our advertising partners and may be targeted based on your use of the Service or you activity elsewhere online.
Communication
We may use your personal information to communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide you with updates, newsletters, or other promotional materials related to our content or affiliated products or services. You can opt-out of receiving these communications at any time by following the unsubscribe link in the emails.
Analytics
We use third-party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to gather information about how users interact with our Service. These tools collect information such as your IP address, the pages you visit, the duration of your visit, and other similar information. We use this information to analyze user behavior, improve our content, and optimize the user experience.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our Service. Cookies are small files stored on your device that enable us to recognize your browser and capture certain information. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings, but please note that disabling cookies may affect your experience on the site.
For example, when you visit a website for the first time, it may ask you to accept cookies. If you accept, the website will store a cookie on your device with a unique identifier. When you return to the website later, the site can recognize you based on the cookie and may tailor the experience based on your previous interactions.
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We respect your privacy and do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except in the following circumstances:
Service Providers
We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting business activities, or servicing you. These services may include hosting analytics, email delivery, marketing, and database management services, among others. These providers are subject to confidentiality obligations and are not permitted to use your information for any other purpose.
Affiliates
We may share your personal information with our affiliates for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Legal Compliance
We may disclose your information if required by law, regulation, or legal process, or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of others.
Other Users Of The Service And The Public
We may provide functionality that enables you to disclose personal information to other users of the Service of the public. For instance, you may be able to maintain a user profile with information about yourself that you can make available to other users or the public.
You may be able to submit content to the Service (such as comments, reviews, surveys, blogs, photos, and videos). and we will display your name, username, and a link to your user profile along with the content you submit. We do not control how other users or third parties use any personal information that you make available to other users or the public.
Once you have posted information publicly, while you will still be able to edit or delete such information cached, collected, and stored elsewhere by others (e.g., search engines).
For Compliance, Fraud Prevention and Safety
We may share your personal information for the compliance, fraud prevention, and safety purposes.
Also, if you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Advertising Partners
When we use third-party cookies and other tracking tools, we may disclose your personal information to those third-party companies to help us analyze use of the Service and display advertisements on the Service.
HOW WE COLLECT YOUR DATA
We collect data about you through a variety of different methods including:
Direct interactions: You may provide data by filling in forms on our site (or otherwise) or by communicating with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes when you order our products or services, create an account on our Service, request resources or marketing materials, or give us feedback.
Automated technologies or interactions: As you use our Service, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and usage patterns. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs and similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites that use our cookies. Please see our cookie policy at https://kingkat.co/cookie-policy/ for further details.
Third parties or publicly available sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
- Technical Data from the following parties:
- Analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU;
- Analytics providers such as HotJar based inside the EU;
- Search information providers
- Contact, Financial and Transaction Data from providers of technical, payment and delivery services.
- Identity and Contact Data from publicly availably sources such as Companies House and the Electoral Register based inside the EU.
DATA RETENTION
If you leave a comment on our website, we collect and retain the comment itself, along with associated metadata. This allows us to review and approve any follow-up comments automatically without placing them in a moderation queue. The comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All registered users have the ability to view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except for the username, which cannot be changed. Website administrators also have access to view and edit this information.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
DATA SECURITY
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service called Akismet.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
Our Service may contain links to third-party websites or services (plug-ins and applications) that are not owned or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party sites before providing any personal information.
UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we collect, use, and protect your information.
YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
If you have an account on this 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
You have the right to access, update, or delete your personal information held by us. If you wish to exercise any of these rights or have any questions regarding our privacy practices, please contact us using the information provided below.
You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact the information provided below.