Who we are
Our website address is: kccat.co. This website has been created and is managed by Rob Williams. Our family lives on McGee Street in the Southmoreland Neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
What data we collect and why we collect it
Cat Stories & Comments
When visitors leave stories and comments on the site, we collect the data you submit via online form(s), and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. By clicking submit on any form(s) linked here, you explicitly agree to our Privacy Policy terms and understand we will use the content you share and may post it to this site.
We may, at our sole discretion, edit any content you submit before sharing. We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, it is up to you to check when something has changed. This website is provided for entertainment purposes only. We do not represent or warrant any content here.
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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images via our website form, you agree that you not only own the rights but are granting us a perpetual, royalty-free license to use those images on this website. You further understand that after we post such images, they will be available in a public manner. You can remove embedded location or other meta data (EXIF GPS) you do not want exposed before uploading. Any visitors to this website can download and extract any meta data you share from images you submit to this website. We cannot control how others may use these images; you agree and understand that too.
Cookies
If you leave a story or comment on our site, our site may automatically save your name, email address and/or other content shared in cookies. These are for your convenience, so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment or submit another story. These cookies will last for one year.
How we use the data you submit
Any cat stories of Gandalf and Vader you submit, you agree to allow us to post here on this public website and keep forever. You can always send us a note, if you’d like us to remove your story and related media and/or any other information you share with us.
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 that we have no control over.
Who we share your data with
Any information you submit into our share your cat story to our site we will share here, pending our review. Please do not enter anything you do not want to be shared, or please tell us in the form not to share any piece of information you submit (e.g. your full last name, etc).
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment or submit content to this site, the information shared will be retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, have left comments, or submitted a cat story, you may request to receive an exported file of the data you have submitted. You may also request that we erase any data you have shared with us. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments and posts will be checked through an automated spam detection service. Anything else you share may be posted to this website for all visitors to see. We cannot control how others may use your information once submitted to this site and shared.
Our contact information
Questions or comments about this policy, including copyright and/or removal requests, may be submitted via the below online form.