PRIVACY POLICY.
Thank you for visiting the website of the Cat Care Community association. Your privacy is important to us, and we want you to feel comfortable when visiting our site. Accordingly, we have prepared the principles of our Privacy Policy, which apply to the collection, use, disclosure, transfer, and storage of personal data. Our online activities are carried out in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Latvia as well as the relevant European Union legislation. Please take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with our Privacy Policy principles.
The owner of the website www.catcarecommunity.com is the Cat Care Community association, registered in Latvia, reg. No. 40008240732.
When cooperating with the Cat Care Community association, a person may be asked to provide personal information, including name and surname, phone number, and e-mail address. This information is necessary to ensure direct cooperation – for providing assistance to a person who has requested help with a cat(s), for delivering a street cat house, and for communicating with the person. Within the Cat Care Community association, personal data is used in compliance with the highest security standards.
1. Data Controller and Contact Information
1.1. The data controller is the Cat Care Community association, reg. No. 40008240732. The Cat Care Community contact information for questions related to personal data processing is phone number +371 22346437 or e-mail address catcare.community@gmail.com. Using this contact information, you may ask questions about the processing of personal data.
1.2. The Cat Care Community association is the sole owner of the information collected on the website.
1.3. Personal data is any information about an identified or identifiable natural person – a Cat Care Community cooperation partner, member, volunteer, or visitor of the association. This Privacy Policy applies to the protection of privacy and personal data in relation to:
Natural persons – members, potential members, cooperation partners, volunteers, and other users (including potential, former, and current ones).
1.4. This Privacy Policy describes the private information that the association collects from website visitors, the method of collection, and the purposes for which such information is disclosed or withheld. The term “Private Information” in this Privacy Policy refers to information such as your name, e-mail address, postal address, or phone number, etc., which can be used to identify you.
1.5. By using the Cat Care Community websites, you agree to the collection, use, and disclosure of Private Information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, do not continue using the Cat Care Community website.
1.6. We collect Private Information that you provide or make available to us (for example, via e-mail or by filling out the contact form) or that is necessary for us to provide our services and/or improve them, to contact you, to conduct research and prepare internal reports, to provide assistance to a person who has requested help with a cat(s), for delivering a street cat house, to provide information to public authorities and law enforcement agencies in cases and to the extent specified in external regulatory enactments; and for other specific purposes about which the person is informed at the time of providing the relevant data to the Cat Care Community association.
1.7. We also collect information about your use of the website through cookies. For more information, please see the “Cookies” section of the Privacy Policy.
1.8. Finally, when you use our website, your computer automatically discloses certain technical and other information to us, which we record (for example, your network address, browser type, the site from which you arrived at our website) for operational and security purposes, as well as to better understand how our website is being used.
1.9. The above-mentioned data provided by the User is protected.
1.10. The data mentioned in section 1.3. may be collected and used on the website www.catcarecommunity.com. These data will not be used for purposes other than those mentioned in points 1.6. and 1.8., as well as in connection with applicable laws and rights. Data processing on the www.catcarecommunity.com website means collecting data from website users. The information stored includes: location, IP address, and internet traffic on this site.
1.11. We will not use any information you provide without your consent.
1.12. We use cookies to collect additional information about visits to our website.
1.13. The Cat Care Community association processes personal data using modern technological capabilities, taking into account existing privacy risks and available organizational, financial, and technical resources.
2. Processing of Personal Data
2.1. The Cat Care Community association stores and processes personal data as long as at least one of the following criteria exists:
only as long as the contract concluded with the person is in force;
as long as either party has a legal obligation to store the data;
as long as the person’s consent for the relevant data processing is valid, if no other legal basis for data processing exists.
After the above-mentioned conditions cease, personal data is archived, deleted, or destroyed.
2.2. The Cat Care Community association does not disclose personal data of cooperation partners, visitors, volunteers, etc., to third parties except in the following cases:
if the relevant third party must be provided with the data within the framework of a concluded contract (e.g., goods delivery);
if the person has given clear and unambiguous consent;
to persons specified in external regulatory enactments upon their justified request, in accordance with the procedure and to the extent specified in such enactments;
in cases provided for in external regulatory enactments to protect the legitimate interests of the Cat Care Community association.
3. Access to Personal Data and Other Rights of the Individual
3.1. A person has the right to receive information specified in regulatory enactments regarding the processing of their data.
3.2. A person, in accordance with regulatory enactments, also has the right to request that the Cat Care Community association provide access to their personal data, as well as to request their supplementation, correction, or deletion, or restriction of processing in relation to the person, or to object to the processing (including the processing of personal data carried out on the basis of the Cat Care Community association’s legitimate interests), as well as the right to data portability. These rights may be exercised insofar as data processing does not result from the obligations imposed on the Cat Care Community association by applicable laws and which are carried out in the public interest.
3.3. A person may submit a request to exercise their rights:
in writing in person, presenting an identity document;
electronically, by signing with a secure electronic signature.
3.4. Upon receiving a person’s request to exercise their rights, the Cat Care Community association verifies the person’s identity, evaluates the request, and fulfills it in accordance with regulatory enactments. The Cat Care Community association sends the answer to the person by mail to their specified contact address by registered letter or by e-mail, taking into account, as far as possible, the person’s preferred method of receiving the reply.
3.5. The Cat Care Community association ensures compliance with data processing and protection requirements in accordance with regulatory enactments and, in case of an objection, takes appropriate actions to resolve it. However, if resolution is not possible, the person has the right to contact the supervisory authority – the Data State Inspectorate.
4. Cookies
4.1. Depending on the settings of the device from which www.catcarecommunity.com is visited, cookies will be stored on that device. These files are used for more efficient use of the website’s functionality. In the short term, cookies do not adversely affect the computer or the software installed on it. Cookies do not process personal data and do not contain information to identify the User. Data collected with the help of cookies is used only for statistical and website user behavior analysis purposes. Internet browsers have the option to block the storage of cookies on your computer, but using this control may affect the functionality of www.catcarecommunity.com. Additional information about cookies can be found here: www.allaboutcookies.org or www.aboutcookies.org.
5. Links to Other Websites
5.1. This Privacy Policy applies only to Cat Care Community websites, but not to websites owned by third parties. We may provide links to other websites that we believe may be of interest to you. However, due to the nature of the internet, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality standards of such websites or assume responsibility for the content of other websites.
5.2. This Privacy Policy is not intended to apply to any linked website that is not a Cat Care Community website. When you open a link to other websites, please be careful and read the respective website’s confidentiality/privacy policy.
6. Other Provisions
6.1. The Cat Care Community association has the right to make additions to the Privacy Policy, making the updated version available on the association’s website. The last line of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was last updated.
7. How to Contact Us
7.1. If you have questions about our Privacy Policy or the Private Information we collect about you, please contact us by e-mail at catcare.community@gmail.com.
Last changes made on 20.01.2022.