Privacy Policy | kittybungalow

Kitty Bungalow – Charm School for Wayward Cats

Introduction. The following privacy policy outlines the types of personal information the Kitty Bungalow – Charm School for Wayward Cats (“Kitty Bungalow”) collects, the reason it is collected, how the information is used and shared, how Kitty Bungalow safeguards your information, how to request deletion of your personal data, and hot to opt-out of Kitty Bungalow selling your personal data. This policy applies when you visit our website (www.kittybungalow.org), our social media accounts (e.g., Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, TikTok), and/or use our hashtags on social media (e.g., #kittybungalow, #charmschool) (collectively, our “Digital Properties”), as well as information you provide to us in person or through the mail. Kitty Bungalow is located at 2032 W Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90062, and is responsible for the content on the Digital Properties as well as user information collection and management.

Updates. This policy was last updated on February 6, 2024. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove any portion of this Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. By using this website, you agree to be bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to determine the then current terms of use to which you are bound.

Information We Collect. We collect the following types of information when you interact with our Digital Properties:

Personal Information. Your pronouns, first and last name, address, email address, phone number, company name, birthdate, number of persons in your household, and any other information you provide during a pet adoption or when claiming a prize through one of our online sweepstakes. If you make public posts from your social media accounts that include our specialized hashtags (including, but not limited to, #kittybungalow, #charmschool), or tag our own social media accounts, we may collect and use that information. You can control whether we see this information by not using our specialized hashtags.

Usage Information.

Cookies Generally. To help us serve you better, we collect information that identifies the computer or browser used to access our Digital Properties, through the use of Cookies, which are pieces of information placed in the settings of your web browser by a website server to identify your computer when you return to a website. Whenever a site welcomes you and tailors data to your specifications, it is reading a cookie left in your browser and identifying information that you may have registered during previous visits, such as your viewing preferences. The use of cookies is a standard practice among Internet websites and most Internet web browsers may be customized to reject cookies, to only accept or reject cookies by user intervention, or to delete cookies. Please note that some website features may not function properly if all cookies are blocked.

Necessary Cookies. Certain cookies placed by our Digital Properties do not collect any personal information and are essential to provision of a functional website and/or app, which we have a legitimate interest in providing (these are known as “Necessary Cookies” and include cookies that drive your navigation on one of our Digital Properties).

Cookie Preferences. You are not, however, required to accept other types of cookies that collect personal information to use our Digital Properties. When you access our home page, you will see an option to update your cookie preferences at the bottom of the page titled “Privacy Settings.” We encourage you to personalize your experience by clicking on that option. This includes a choice as to whether you accept placement of cookies that collect personal information. You may withdraw this consent at any time by altering these settings. You will be given the choice of whether to accept cookies that collect personal information each time you access one of our Digital Properties. Click here for a list of the potential cookies (organized by category) that our Digital Properties currently use.

General Usage Information. When you interact with our Digital Properties, we collect limited non-personally identifying information that the browser you used makes available automatically. This information includes the internet address of the computer or network you used to access our site, the date, time, location, and page(s) you visited on our site, the browser and operating system you used, and the referring page (the webpage that contained the link to our site that you clicked on to get there). Once you leave our Digital Properties, you have the right to request that we delete selected cookies or to ask that we delete all cookies by altering your cookie preferences as noted above.

How We Use Your Information.

We have a legitimate business interest in ensuring that our Digital Properties operate correctly and efficiently. To that end, we use the aggregated nonpersonal data and information from all users of our Digital Properties to measure server performance, analyze user traffic patterns, and improve the content of our Digital Properties.

We have a legitimate business interest in communicating with you through our mailing lists and, with your consent, will use your email address and/or other personal information to provide you with information we think you will be interested in. For example, we may send you emails with content that is reasonable and consistent with the specific mailing list(s) with which you are associated such as new adoption events, sweepstakes, fundraisers, and/or to inform you about updates to our website. Even if you have agreed to receive such messages, you can let us know at any time if you would prefer not to receive any or all of this information either directly or through our Digital Properties, by following the unsubscribe instructions in any email you receive from us, or by sending an email to communications@kittybungalow.org that contains the email address you wish us to unsubscribe from our lists.

We also have a legitimate business interest in complying with our legal obligations. To that end, we may release personal information if we believe in good faith that: the law or legal process requires it; we have received a valid administrative request from a law enforcement agency; or such release is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of our respective affiliates, business partners, customers, or others.

In the event Kitty Bungalow conducts an online promotion, contest, or sweepstakes (collectively, a “Promotion”), information we collect will be used consistent with the terms and conditions outlined in the promotion guidelines or rules, which may include a reference to this Policy. You can elect to provide permission for Kitty Bungalow to use the email address and/or telephone number you provide when entering a Promotion for sending you marketing messages. For instance, if we request your email address or your social media handle because it is used to notify you if you’ve won and/or to send your prize, and you do not want to provide it, you will not be able to participate in the promotion. Information you provide us will be used to administer the promotion. If you have not opted in to receive further communications about upcoming promotions, your identifying data will be retained only for as long as it is necessary to administer the promotion and legally comply with our obligations.

Sharing Your Information. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

Your Rights.

Access. You may access and update the personal information you have provided to us by emailing such request to communications@kittybungalow.org. Please note that requests to update your personal information may take up to fifteen (15) business days.

Retention. Some services made available through our Digital Properties require that we collect certain personal information including your name, email address, mailing address, and other information you elect to provide. All personal information we collect is stored and processed in the United States. We will retain your personal information while you have an active relationship with Kitty Bungalow, including if you have subscribed to a mailing list, newsletter, opted to receive commercial content from us, have participated in a promotion, or have affirmatively made requests of us that we, or our data processors, are fulfilling. If Kitty Bungalow determines that it no longer requires your information for the purposes set forth herein, it will delete your information.

Deletion. If you would like us to delete all your personal information, contact us at communications@kittybungalow.org and request that your information be deleted. Please note that because names may be similar, you must include in your request all associated email addresses, mailing addresses, and phone numbers (if any) that you wish to be removed in the body of the email. We reserve the right to contact you to request more information to assist us in deleting your information, such as verifying your identity. Once we can verify your identity, we will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete your information from our active files within thirty (30) days, provided, however, that we may retain—for legal compliance purposes only—your request and associated email. Notwithstanding the above, Kitty Bungalow will retain your information indefinitely if it believes in good faith that it has a legal obligation to do so.

Do-Not-Track. A Do-Not-Track Signal (DNT) is used by some web browsers to automatically request that a web application disable site tracking. Because a DNT may not reflect the actual preferences of an individual consumer, our website does not respond to a DNT. Instead, and in order to allow you to personalize your experience with our Digital Properties, you may elect not to receive marketing messages and/or have certain cookies placed on their browser, as discussed earlier in this Policy.

Children’s Access. Our website is a general audience website, intended for adult use only. Kitty Bungalow does not market to and does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from, children under sixteen (16) years of age. If we become aware that someone under the age of 16 has provided personal information us, we will immediately delete such information from our files.

Foreign Access. Our Digital Properties are located and hosted in the United States. If you access any of our Digital Properties in a jurisdiction other than the United States, you must be of an appropriate age to consent to the processing of your data under the laws of your country. If you are under age sixteen (16), please do not register for any of our Digital Properties or provide us with any personally identifying information (such as your name, address, email address, or phone number). Please contact our customer service department if you are aware of any personal information supplied to the Site by a child under the age of sixteen (16) so that it can be removed.

Links. Our Digital Properties may contain links to other sites, including those of our business partners. Those sites may have their own privacy policies, or no privacy policies at all. Kitty Bungalow is not responsible for the privacy practices employed by other sites and those other sites have not agreed to our privacy policy. Kitty Bungalow has no control over or responsibility for any unaffiliated third-party sites or the content contained in them, and we provide these links solely for the convenience of our visitors. We do not sponsor, endorse, or otherwise recommend such sites or any products or services they may offer.

Site Security. We take reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect unauthorized access, alteration or destruction of data located on and collected by our Digital Properties. We exercise reasonable care to protect your non-public personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your non-public personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us while it is in transit. Once we receive your personal information, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect it.

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