At Readaboutpet.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any queries or concerns regarding the usage of your Personal Data, and we will be happy to help you.
Your use of this website and our services we offer indicates your agreement to the processing of your personal data as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Definitions:
Data subject – refers to the individual whose personal information is being processed.
Personal information – refers to any details that pertain to a specific or identifiable individual.
Processing – pertains to any actions or series of actions done on personal information, whether automated or not.
Child/Children – Any person below the age of 16 years old
We or Us (in any format) – refers to readaboutpet.com
Data Protection Principles:
We are committed to adhering to the following data protection principles:
Lawful, fair, and transparent processing: Our processing of personal information is based on lawful grounds and conducted in a fair and transparent manner. We always prioritize your rights before processing any personal data and will provide you with relevant information upon request.
Limited processing: Our processing activities are limited to the purpose for which personal information was collected. We ensure that personal data is processed only to the extent necessary for the specific purpose.
Minimal data collection: We only collect and process the minimum amount of personal data required to achieve the intended purpose.
Limited storage: We will not retain your personal data for longer than necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected.
Accurate data: We strive to maintain the accuracy of personal data and take necessary steps to ensure that it is up to date.
Data integrity and confidentiality: We make every effort to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personal data, taking appropriate measures to protect it from unauthorized access or disclosure.
Data Subject’s right:
Right of access: You can have the right to request access to your personal information and to receive a copy of that information.
Right to rectification: You can have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Right to erasure: You can have the right to request that your personal information be erased, also known as the “right to be forgotten”, in certain circumstances.
Right to restrict processing: You can have the right to request that the processing of your personal information be restricted in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability: You can have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transmit that information to another controller.
Right to object to processing: You can have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as for direct marketing purposes.
Right to withdraw consent: Where you feel your personal information is processed based on consent, you can have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Right to lodge a complaint: If we reject your request for access to your personal data, we will explain the reason for the refusal. If you are not satisfied with how we handle your request, please contact us to discuss your concerns.
Right for the help of supervisory authority: You have the right to seek the assistance of a supervisory authority and other legal remedies, such as claiming damages, if you believe that your data protection rights have been violated.
Data we Collect
Manually Data Collection:
We collect information that you provide to us, such as your name, email address, billing address, and home address, which are necessary to deliver products/services or enhance your customer experience. We store this information to allow you to comment or perform other activities on our website.
Automatically Data Collection:
We also automatically collect information about you through cookies and other session tools. This includes your shopping cart information, IP address, shopping history (if any), and other activities to improve your customer experience. We may log your activities when you use our services or visit our website.
Information Collection from our Partners:
We may also gather information from our trusted partners, who have legal grounds to share the information with us. This can be information you have provided them directly or that they have collected about you on other legal grounds.
Publicly Data Collection:
We may collect publicly available information about you.
Technical Information:
we collect technical information to ensure that each visitor can effectively use and navigate our website. This information includes:
Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect your device to the Internet
Your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions
Operating system and platform;
Information about your visit, including the Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
clickstream to, though, and from our site.
Comments:
If you leave a comment on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
Media:
If you upload images to our website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to our website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms:
We use contact form submissions to get in touch with you, but we do not use the information for marketing purposes.
Embedded content from other websites:
Our website may contain embedded content from other websites. This embedded content behaves in the 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 the embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Advertising:
We use Google AdSense and Amazon Advertising on our website. Google may use cookies to serve ads on our site based on your previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. We use:
- Google AdSense for remarketing
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting
- Demographics and Interests Reporting
- DoubleClick Platform Integration.
We use first-party and third-party cookies or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions related to our website.
Third parties:
We may offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites, but we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
How we use your Personal Data
The Personal Data that you provide to us is used for various purposes, including but not limited to:
- Providing you with the products and services you requested, such as registering your account.
- Improving your customer experience and our website to better serve you.
- Fulfilling any legal or contractual obligations we have.
- Providing you with relevant information that you requested or have shown interest in.
- Ensuring the security and proper functioning of our websites and underlying business infrastructure.
- Personalizing your experience and delivering content and products that match your interests.
- Managing communications between you and us.
If you have not told us otherwise, we may use your Personal Data to offer you products or services that are similar to what you have purchased or browsed before, as we consider it our legitimate interest.
We may also process your Personal Data with your consent for purposes such as sending you newsletters and campaign offers from us and our partners.
Who else can access your Personal Data
We don’t share your Personal Data with strangers, but we may provide it to our trusted partners, such as
- Google Analytics
- Google AdSense
- Amazon Associates
to provide our service or enhance your experience. We only work with partners who can adequately protect your Personal Data. We may disclose your Personal Data to third parties or public officials when legally obliged to do so, or with your consent or other legal grounds.
How we secure your data
Our top priority is to ensure the safety of your Personal Data, and we take several measures to achieve this. We continuously monitor our systems to identify and prevent possible vulnerabilities and cyber-attacks. However, we do not perform vulnerability or PCI scanning.
We strive to prevent security breaches, and if any data breaches occur, we will notify the relevant authorities and inform you if there is a potential threat to your rights or interests. It is essential to keep your username and password confidential if you have an account with us.
We do not collect or target children’s information intentionally. Additionally, we use cookies and similar technologies to analyze customer behavior, administer the website, and personalize your experience with us. Cookies are tiny text files stored on your computer that help websites function efficiently. You can control your cookies at the browser level. We use different types of cookies, including necessary, functionality, analytics, and advertising cookies.
Cookies and other technologies we use
Necessary cookies are required to use important features of our website, such as logging in, and do not collect any personal information. Functionality cookies provide more personalized features and enhance your experience with us. Analytics cookies help us track our website’s performance and usage. Advertising cookies deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and limit the number of times you see them.
If you turn cookies off, it won’t affect your website experience.
We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here. If you’d like to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.