Privacy Policy

Introduction and Summary

 

We want to make it easy for you to understand what information we collect from you, what we do with it, and how you can request access to this information.

 

We believe this is a best practice to maintain transparency and trust with our website visitors and clients, and it just so happens that this complies with the laws of many countries around the world, too. If you have questions about this policy, you can contact us at cat@getsocialwithcat.com.

 

We collect as little information from you as possible for a specific and identifiable purpose, and then we commit to using this information only in the way we have specified. When you visit this site, you are agreeing to this Privacy Policy, the collection of information identified in this policy, and you always have the ability to opt out.

 

What Personal Information We Collect and When

 

We collect information so that we can make our products and services better tailored to the people who visit our site and do business with us. We collect this information to (i) deliver products and services you have purchased from us, (ii) to notify you about our product or service offerings that you may be interested in, so long as you have given us consent to do so, and (iii) to keep track of visitor information to our site and/or or create retargeted and “lookalike” audiences for advertising purposes.

 

We collect information from you directly and indirectly through third-party services, as follows:

 

When you contact us…

  • With questions or comments in the contact form.
  • When you comment on a post directly on the website.
  • To request more information, schedule a telephone call, or sign up to the newsletter.
  • To place an order for products or services.
  • To receive your product or services.

 

When we contact you…

  • To provide the goods and services you requested.
  • To request occasional feedback.
  • To provide news, updates, and offers through the newsletter, usually by email.

When we contact others…

  • We may see certain personal information from third party apps and services that allow us to complete your order.
  • We may see certain personal information from third party installations that allow us to remarket our services and products to you on other websites.
  • We may see certain personal information from third party apps and services that allow us to monitor website traffic, email conversion, and other analytics data.
  • We may see your personal information when we work with third party processors, like our email provider and web host. For EU residents, please note that this means we may transmit your data across international borders.

 

Your Privacy Controls

We use third-party services on our websites to assist in communicating or interacting with the public, including social media services, widgets, apps, pixels, and plugins, as further identified below. These services may distinguish or trace your identity, through, for example, persistent, multi-session cookies.

You can configure your system to delete cookies or disable them. In general, we do not collect or disseminate information collected by these services. When interacting with these third parties, their privacy policies apply. As of the time of this writing, we use:

 

  • Google Analytics: Specifically, Google Analytics collects data about visitors to the Site via Google advertising cookiesand anonymous identifiers, in addition to other data which may be collected through a standard Google Analytics implementation. We do not merge personally-identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information collected through any Google advertising product or feature. Should you wish to opt out of any Google Analytics Advertising features, you are encouraged to change your Ad Settings and Ad Setting for mobile apps, through the NAI’s consumer opt-out, or by using any of the other opt-out options currently available: currently available opt-outs.
  • Facebook pixels. More information is available here and here.
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  • Amazon Affiliate. More information is available here.
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  • WP Forms. More information is available here.

 

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer to collect information about the pages you view and your activities on the site. They enable the site to recognize you by, for example, remembering your user name, offering a shopping cart, or keeping track of your preferences if you visit the site again. The cookie transmits this information back to the website’s computer (or server) which generally is the only computer that can read it. You can set your Web browser to warn you about attempts to place cookies on your computer, or to limit the type of cookies you allow. See also more information on how to change cookies settings in popular desktop browsers.

  • This site uses single and multi-session cookies to enhance the visitor experience. Use the link above to opt out.
  • This site does not sell or share its email list for use by third parties.

If you choose to opt out of some or all of our data collection, you may not be able to access all features of this website or our services.

 

Keeping Your Information Secure

 

We store personal information with third parties that use industry standard practices for data security.

 

Your Rights to Your Information

 

You own your personal information and have rights to it. For example, you have the rights to:

– Withdraw your consent for us to market our products and services to you and otherwise use the personal information you have provided to us. Withdrawing consent is easy. Simply click “unsubscribe” in the footer of our emails, or email cat@getsocialwithcat.com or write to us on the contact page.

– Request a copy of the information we have about you;

– Be forgotten (that is, have your data deleted and/or ask us to stop using your information for any purpose);

– Correct inaccurate information we have about you (and that means we will notify other service providers we use, and who hold your personal information for us, of those changes as well);

– Object to direct marketing and profiling (for example, we will remove you from our email list and from any list we have uploaded for the purposes of creating custom or retargeted audiences). We also encourage you to disable data collection services on your browser;

– Make complaints about the use of your data to regulatory authorities.

We will comply with these requests within 30 days.

Compliance

We make commercially reasonable efforts to work with data controllers (like our email provider) who guarantee compliance with privacy laws like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.

 

We store your personal information only for as long as it is needed to use it for the reasons you have consented to.

 

Occasionally we will revise this policy and will use your contact information to notify you of these changes if they reduce your privacy rights in any way.

 

Our data protection officer is Cat Smith, cat@getsocialwithcat.com.

 

Updated 1/6/2020

 

Cat Smith is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

 

I may earn a small commission for my endorsement, recommendation, testimonial, and/or link to any products or services from this website. I only recommend products and services I have used myself and my reviews are honest regardless of cost to me.

 

The information here contains both Privacy and Disclaimers for the business Get Social with Cat, which includes the sites GetSocialWithCat.com & CatKnowsSocial.com, as well as owner (sole proprietor), Cat Smith and her website CatSmith.net.

 

Topics covered in the “Social Graces” blog section of Get Social with Cat are considered “Online Advertising,” and the rules set forth by the Department of Consumer Affairs. If you are reading my posts about real estate, the additional rules of the California Association of Realtors (or your current state), National Association of Realtors, and your Broker should be followed, as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As things progress in the technological world, fines are being enforced more so than ever. All of my advice is given with this in mind and you are ultimately responsible for your own actions.

 

Disclaimer: All of Get Social with Cat’s advice is based on the personal study of these rules, as well as those of each individual website you may be present on. I am not responsible for actions taken or ignored after reading my advice.

 

Additional information on affiliate links:

At Get Social with Cat, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by www.getsocialwithcat.com and www.catknowssocial.com, and how it is used.

 

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, Get Social with Cat makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

 

Cookies and Web Beacons

Get Social with Cat does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

 

DoubleClick DART Cookie

.:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.getsocialwithcat.com and www.catknowssocial.com.

.:: Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www.getsocialwithcat.com, www.catknowssocial.com, and other sites on the Internet.

.:: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

 

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include:

Google Adsense

Amazon

Affiliate Links to Subscription Services we suggest

 

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on Get Social with Cat send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

 

Get Social with Cat has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

 

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. Get Social with Cat’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.

 

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

 

Here are some of the ways in which a typical WordPress site collects user information:

 

Name and email address in comment forms

Comment form cookie which remembers a user’s name or email address

Name and email addresses submitted by a user by using a contact form

Name and email address submitted to sign up for the email list

Information collected when users register on a website

Google Analytics tracking

Facebook page plugin and like button cookies

Other social media platform widgets that track users

Advertising programs like Google Adsense, Amazon Affiliates, and Facebook Pixel which track users

 

 

Get Social with Cat Website Disclaimer:

Get Social with Cat offers many paid services on and offline. It is our goal to also include great content, tutorials, and other forms of education completely free to the users. To continue to offer the free content, we need alternative methods to supplement the income of the business to keep this information available at no cost to visitors.