Allaboutparrots.com is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to therein) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us will be processed by us.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For collecting data covered by The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), the Data Controller is Asa Ghaffar and can be reached at admin@allaboutparrots.com.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use using cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods vary from browser to browser and from version to version. However, you can obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Please note that blocking cookies may negatively impact the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
For European Economic Area Residents
If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws, you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing.
If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us or Raptive related to advertising on the Site, you can contact us at admin@allaboutparrots.com and contact Raptive at info@raptive.com.
If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site. (Available in the EU.)
For California Residents
California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, sharing your information with a service provider for advertising could be considered a “sale.”
To opt out of sharing your information for advertising information, click the opt-out link provided in the footer of this page. You also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided. To make such a request, please contact us at info@raptive.com.
To be clear, we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties, and the categories of third parties that we share information with for advertising purposes are supply-side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand-side platforms.
Information we may collect from you
We may collect and process the following data about you:
- Information that you provide by filling in an inquiry form on our site. We will use this information to send answers to your inquiries only. We may also ask for further information if you report problems with our website. This will be stored in our e-mail system. You can withdraw consent anytime by asking us to delete these e-mails.
- If you contact us by e-mail, we will record that correspondence. This will be stored in our e-mail system. You can withdraw consent by asking us to delete these e-mails.
- Details of your visits to our site, not limited to traffic data, location data, weblogs, and other communication data, whether this is required for our billing purposes or otherwise and the resources you access. This will be stored in our Google Analytics account – see our Cookie Policy for further information.
IP addresses
We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify anyone.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, see our Cookie Policy.
Where we store your personal data
The data that we collect from you may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the European Union (“EU”). It may also be processed by staff outside the EU who work for us or one of our suppliers.
Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfillment of your order, processing your payment details and providing support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
All information you provide is stored on our servers (see above Information we may collect from you). Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology and processed by an external payment processor, i.e., PayPal, Stripe or another.
Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to prevent unauthorized access.
Uses made of the information.
We use information held about you in the following ways:
- To reply to your inquiries.
- To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our service when you choose to do so.
If you are an existing customer, we will contact you by phone, e-mail or SMS with information about goods and services like those which were the subject of a previous sale to you.
You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.
Disclosure of your information
We may disclose your personal information to members of our company, which means our parent company, its subsidiaries, and colleagues, where appropriate.
Your rights
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes.
You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on our forms to collect your data. You can also exercise the right anytime by contacting us using our usual methods.
Our site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates.
If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that they have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
If you believe we have done something wrong by not complying with GDPR, please get in touch with us in the first instance to make a complaint, which we aim to resolve.
If you are unhappy with this resolution, you have the right to complain to the supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Access to information
GDPR gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £5 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page.
Contact
Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be sent to admin@allaboutparrots.com.