Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 22/10/2025
This Privacy Policy describes how Oldham Cats Rescue collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit our website, https://www.oldhamcats.co.uk (the "Site"), and interact with our services.
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1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, including:
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Personal Information You Provide: This includes information you voluntarily submit to us, such as your name, email address, phone number, postal address, and any other information you provide when you fill out adoption applications, volunteer forms, contact forms, or make donations.
Automatically Collected Information: When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing activity. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits. We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect this information.
Information from Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third-party services, such as payment processors (e.g., PayPal, SumUp, Just Giving) when you make a donation, or social media platforms if you interact with us through those channels.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
To Provide and Improve Our Services: This includes processing adoption applications, managing volunteer programs, facilitating donations, responding to your inquiries, and improving the functionality and user experience of our Site.
For Fundraising and Donations: We use your information to process donations, send donation receipts, and acknowledge your support.
For Legal and Safety Reasons: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes, and to protect the rights, property, or safety of Oldham Cats Rescue, our users, or others.
For Analytics and Research: We use automatically collected information to understand how users interact with our Site, to analyse trends, and to improve our content and services.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:
Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, payment processing, email delivery, and data analysis. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.
Adoption and Foster Process: If you apply to adopt or foster a cat, we may share your information with relevant volunteers, foster parents, or other individuals involved in the adoption or foster process to facilitate the placement of cats.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.
4. Your Choices and Rights
You have certain rights regarding your personal information:
Access and Correction: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you and request corrections to any inaccuracies.
Opt-Out of Communications: You can opt out of receiving marketing or promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions included in those emails.
Do Not Track: Our Site does not currently respond to "Do Not Track" signals.
Cookies: You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Site may become inaccessible or not function properly.
5. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
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6. Children's Privacy
Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
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7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
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8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
By Email: oldhamcatsrescue@outlook.com
By Post: Toynton Villa Cattery, Saxon St, Middleton, Manchester M24 2AD