Privacy Policy

The Cat Connection (TCC) is committed to your right to privacy and to keeping your personal information private. You can visit the TCC website without telling us who you are or revealing any identifying information about yourself. However, because our website includes areas in which visitors can provide personally identifying information, we have developed this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policies and practices regarding information we collect about you.

This Privacy Policy governs the URL https://thecatconnection.org/ and certain electronic communications sent out by TCC. This website is owned and operated by the The Cat Connection for the benefit of its volunteers and other visitors interested in cat rescue.

How we collect information about you

Information you voluntarily provide

TCC collects and maintains certain personal information about you when you send us an email or complete any of our online forms, such as when you make a donation, purchase tickets, subscribe to one of our online newsletters, or fill out an application. Such information may include your name, mailing address and email address; it may also include a mobile phone number and any other information collected in the forms. You may be asked to provide credit card information to make a donation to TCC or purchase tickets to a TCC event. Your credit card number is transmitted directly to our credit card processor; we do not store your credit card number, we never see your credit card number, and we do not have access to this number. When you make a donation, your personal information is used to acknowledge receipt of your donation. When you send a donation in honor of or in memory of someone and request that an acknowledgement be sent to another individual or a family, we will use the name and address of that individual or family for acknowledgement purposes only.

Other information

thecatconnection.org also collects certain other information that cannot identify you personally when you visit our website. This information includes your IP address and your domain name. thecatconneciton.org logs these IP addresses and domain names and aggregates them for system administration and to monitor the use of our site. We use the aggregated information to measure the number of visits to our site, the average time spent on our site, the number of pages viewed and various other site statistics. This monitoring helps us to provide a more useful and engaging online experience to thecatconnection.org visitors and helps us to improve the quality of our content.

TCC uses cookies in order to make the results available for your on-site searches. Cookies are not used for any other reason on this site. A cookie is a small file that is sent out by a website, accepted by the user’s browser and placed on the user’s hard drive. You can always set your browser to warn of cookies being placed and then choose which cookies you want to accept. TCC does not match any information gathered by cookies with personal information you may have voluntarily submitted to TCC.

TCC uses single pixel gifs, also called web beacons, in our emails. Web beacons track behavior such as who has opened an email and when, the IP address, the browser or email type, which links were clicked and other similar information. This allows us to measure the performance of email campaigns, see what actions subscribers took, create reports about email performance, improve the quality of our emails and segment messages for specific audiences.

Ways information about you is used

We may use the information you voluntarily provided to contact you regarding cat-related issues we feel you may be interested in, to keep you updated regarding TCC’s programs and to extend an invitation to you to support our programs. Every recipient of our electronic communications can quickly and easily “opt out” of future such communications by following the instructions on any electronic communication we send.

TCC never shares your information with a third party. 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. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.

Other

From time to time, TCC may link to other websites not affiliated with TCC. TCC attempts to link only to those websites which also respect a visitor’s privacy and the goals of TCC. However, TCC cannot be responsible for the content or policies of third-party websites. Please check with these third-party organizations or companies for their specific privacy policies. If you find inoperable links or are concerned about any of the sites that TCC currently links to, please inform TCC via email (info@thecatconnection.org).

Security

TCC uses generally accepted, industry-standard security systems, software and encryption technologies—Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)—for the secure transfer of personal and financial data and to protect against unauthorized access to the TCC’s servers, equipment and other components of our online presence. This includes using industry-standard security systems to protect credit card processing information. Our web servers are stored off-site at multiple, physically secure facilities with limited access. Your personal information is held in a secure, password-protected database with access strictly restricted only to TCC personnel who require access to carry out their function for TCC. All TCC personnel are made aware of our data and privacy policies as a part of volunteer orientation and hiring process.

Contacting TCC

If you would like to contact TCC about correcting information we might have collected or if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us: info@thecatconnection.org or write to us at the address below.

The Cat Connection

PO Box 541435

Waltham MA 02454