Last Updated October 30, 2024
Introduction: In the digital age, safeguarding personal data is of paramount importance. At Stannyfield Shorthairs & Welsh, we are dedicated to upholding your privacy and protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy is designed to explain how we gather, utilize, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you access and use our website. Your use of our website implies your consent to the practices detailed herein.
Information We Collect
Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you willingly provide when utilizing our services, including but not limited to:
Name: To personalize your experience.
Email Address: To communicate with you and send updates.
Postal Address: When necessary for specific services.
Phone Number: To contact you, if required.
Any other data: You may provide voluntarily, such as preferences or user-generated content.
This information might be collected during application submission, subscription to our blog (Stannyfield Dispatch), when you comment on a blog or when you contact us. By sharing your contact information with us through your interaction with our website, you grant us permission to contact you. Your email address is shared with Squarespace, our website hosting provider as well as Zoho, our email platform. Both Squarespace and Zoho use your information to fulfill their services to us and do not share your information with any third party.
Automatically Collected Information
When you access our website, certain information is automatically collected, including:
IP Address: For security and analytics.
Browser Type: To optimize your browsing experience.
Operating System: To ensure compatibility.
Referring URLs: To understand how you found our website.
Pages Visited: For site improvement and analytics.
This information may also include more specific details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
This data helps us enhance our website and improve your user experience. We share this information with Squarespace and Google Analytics, our website analytics providers, to learn about site traffic and activity. Squarespace and Google Analytics use your data to fulfill their services to us and do not share your specific information with any third party.
Information Collected Through Share or Third Party Link Buttons
Stannyfield Dispatch, our blog, includes share buttons that enable you to share pages or other content from this site to the following third party services: Facebook and Instagram. Additionally, our website has links to both Facebook and Instagram. If you click on a link or a share button, these third parties may receive your personal data, including:
Information about your browser, network and device
Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share
The referring URL
Your IP address
How We Use Your Information: We employ your data for various purposes, including:
Providing and Enhancing Services: We use your personal information to deliver the services you request and continually enhance your experience on our website.
Personalization: We may personalize your website experience based on the data we collect to make your interactions more relevant and enjoyable.
Communication: Your contact information allows us to respond to your inquiries, provide updates, and engage with you when necessary.
Analytics and Security: We monitor and analyze usage patterns to bolster our website’s functionality and security.
Data Security Measures: The security of your data is a top priority. We implement robust security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments.
Sharing of Information: We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent. However, we may share your data with trusted service providers who assist us in operating our website, subject to strict confidentiality agreements.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Our website utilizes cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior. These technologies are small files or pieces of text that download to a visitor’s device that give us specific types of information. Types of cookies and tracking technologies we use include:
Necessary and required cookies: Always used to allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
Analytics and performance cookies: Used only when you acknowledge our cookie pop-up banner. These cookies allow us to analyze and view site traffic, activity, and other data.
You can manage your cookie preferences by disabling or limiting cookie usage in your browser settings.
Your Rights
Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you. Feel free to contact us for a copy of your data.
Correction: If you believe the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you can request corrections.
Deletion: You can request the deletion of your personal information.
Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information for certain purposes, such as direct marketing.
Data Portability: You can request your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Changes to this Privacy Policy: We may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. Significant changes will be communicated by posting the revised Privacy Policy on our website.
Contact Us: If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at Emily MacKinnon, info@stannyfield.com