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LEGAL NOTICES

Please read these Legal Notices carefully before using this website.

Terms of Use

Corene Anderson, known as An Expat and Her Cats are not liable for anything that happens to the user or viewer while using this website. If any action is taken by the user or viewer based on the information found on this website, the user or viewer assumes all the responsibility for the actions taken. I am not liable for any action the user or viewer takes after view information on this website.

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Consent

The Website and its Content is owned by Corene Anderson (“Company”, “I”, or “me” or “us”). The term “you” refers to the user or viewer of www.expatanthercats.com (“Website”).

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. I reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy on the Website at any time without notice. Use of any information or contribution that you provide to me, or which is collected by me on on or through this Website or its Content is governed by this Privacy Policy. By using this Website or its Content, you consent to this Privacy Policy, whether or not you have read it. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Website or its Content.

Submissions, Storage and Sharing of Personal Data

To use this Website or its Content, I may seek personal data including your name, e-mail address, street address, city, state or province, billing information, or other personally-identifying information (“Confidential Information”), or you may offer or provide a comment, photo, image, video or any other submission to me when visiting or interacting with this Website and its Content (“Other Information”). By providing such Confidential Information or Other Information to me, you grant me permission to use and store such information. 

Your Confidential Information is stored by me internally or through a data management system. Your Confidential Information will only be accessed by those who help to obtain, manage or store that Information, or who have a legitimate need to know such Confidential Information. I will never sell or pass along your personal information to 3rd parties who do not have legitimate need to access your information.

When you submit information to this website via webform, I collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. I share this information with Squarespace, my hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to me.

Confidentiality

I aim to keep the Confidential Information that you share with me confidential. Please note that I may disclose such Confidential Information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that: (1) such action is necessary to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or licensees, (2) to act as immediately necessary in order to protect the personal safety or rights of our users or the public, or (3) to investigate or respond to any real or perceived violation of this Privacy Policy or of our Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, or any other terms of use or agreement with me.

Website Visitor Data

When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order. We may collect information like your:

Billing and shipping address

Details relating to your purchase (for example, your shirt size)

Email address

Name

Phone number

We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

Information about your browser, network and device

Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

Web pages you view while on this website

Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form. 

Use of "Cookies" 

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

These functional and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

Information about your browser, network, and device

Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

Clicks

Internal links

Pages visited

Scrolling

Searches

Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Service Providers

I may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

• To facilitate my service;

• To provide the service on my behalf;

• To perform service-related services; or

• To assist us in analyzing how my service is used.

Security

I strive to use commercially acceptable means of protecting your personal information, however method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and I cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Content

Unless otherwise and expressly specified, the copying, redistribution, use, or publication by you of any Content contained on this website is strictly prohibited. Your use of this Website and does not grant you any ownership rights to it’s Content.

You may not use Content to:

• Create compilations or derivative works as defined under United States copyright laws

• Redistribute it in any manner, including, but not limited to, sale, license, lease, rental, subscription, or any other distribution mechanism

• Use this Website or Services in any manner that violates this Agreement or any local, state, federal, or international laws

Links to Other Sites

My Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that external sites are not operated by me. Therefore, I strongly advise that you review the Privacy Policy of these websites. I assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection

My Services are not intended for anyone under the age of 13. I do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the event it is discovered that a child under 13 has provided me with personal information, I will immediately delete this from my servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided me with personal information, please contact me immediately at hello@expatandhercats.com so that I can take the necessary actions.

Viewing by Others

Note that when making your personal information available for viewing online through this Website or its content, it may be seen, collected and used by others, and therefore, I cannot be responsible for any unauthorized or improper use of the Confidential Information or other personal information which you voluntarily share.

Emails and newsletters 

I may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Unsubscribe

You may unsubscribe from my newsletters or updates at any time through the unsubscribe link at the footer of all e-mail communications. You may also put your request in writing and send it to hello@expatandhercats.com

I manage e-mail lists through a list management system. This includes Squarespace and Mailchimp. Their Privacy Policies can be found here SQUARESPACE MAILCHIMP

Anonymous Data Collection and Use

To maintain my Website’s high quality, I may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with my server and to administer the Website by identifying which areas of the Website are most heavily used, and to display content according to your preferences. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essentially "traffic data" which cannot personally identify you, but is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on any other Websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate basis.

Privacy Policies of Other Websites

I assume no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of any other individual, company or entity whose website or materials may be linked to our Website or its Content, and thus we cannot be held liable for the privacy of the information on their website or that you voluntarily share with their website. Please review their privacy policies for guidelines as to how they respectively store, use and protect the privacy of your Confidential Information and Other Information.

Assignment of Rights

In the event of an assignment, sale, joint venture, or other transfer of some or all of our assets, you agree we can assign, sell, license or transfer any information that you have provided to me. Please note, however, that any purchasing party is prohibited from using the Confidential Information or Other Information submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy without your prior consent.

Notification of Changes

I may use your contact information to inform you of changes to the Website or its Content, or, if requested, to send you additional information about us. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter our Website, it’s Content and this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting our updated Privacy Policy.
Please review this Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of any of information obtained through or on the Website or its Content following the posting of changes and/or modifications constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

Contact me

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Legal Notices, do not hesitate to contact me at hello@expatandhercats.com.

Last Updated: August 2022