Privacy Policy
Welcome to animal-urn.com (“Animal Urn”). Animal Urn values your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide while using animal-urn.com. Please read the following carefully.
Who are we
Our website address is: animal-urn.com.
What information do we collect?
Personal information is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information also includes anonymous information that is linked to information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Personal information does not include information that has been irreversibly anonymized or aggregated so that we cannot identify you, whether combined with other information or otherwise.
We only collect and use personal information that is necessary to comply with our legal obligations and to help us manage our business and provide you with the services you request.
We collect information from you when you register on our website, comment, subscribe to our newsletter, or participate in a survey. When you comment or register on our website, we may ask you to enter the following information: your name, email address. However, you can also visit our website anonymously.
What will we use your information for?
We will use the information you provide for the specific purpose stated when you provide it and in other ways permitted by law. We may use the information collected from you in the following ways:
Personalize your experience (your information helps us better meet your individual needs)
Improve our website and your reading experience (we will continue to optimize content and features based on your suggestions and feedback)
Improve customer service
The information you provide helps us respond to your questions, feedback or technical support needs more quickly and accurately.
Personalize website features
Based on user behavior and preferences, optimize website content and features to provide you with a more relevant reading and interactive experience.
User account management
If you register to become a member, we will use the information you provide (such as username, email) to create and manage your account for you to log in, post comments, save articles or participate in other member features.
Comments and community interaction
When visitors leave comments on the website, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, and for spam and abuse prevention.
An anonymous string generated from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to confirm whether you are using that service. The privacy policy for the Gravatar service can be viewed here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly visible in your comment.
Content Notifications and Updates
If you choose to subscribe to our content, we may send you new articles, updates, or recommendations for content relevant to your interests by email.
We promise not to sell, rent, or share your personal information with unauthorized third parties, unless you have given us your explicit consent or for legal reasons.
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information
If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we will process your personal information on the following basis: To the extent we have your consent to the processing of your personal information, such processing will be carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”). To the extent that the processing of your personal information is necessary for the performance of a contract between you and us or to take pre-contractual steps at your request, such processing will be based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR. We process your personal information on the basis of Article 6(1)(c) of the GDPR if the processing is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation and on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR if the processing is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests.
Please note that if you have consented to the processing of your personal information, you may withdraw your consent, for example by sending an email to contact@animal-urn.com at any time, but withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of any processing previously carried out based on your consent.
Your rights
We take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. You have the right to access, correct or delete the personal information we collect. You also have the right to restrict or object to further processing of your personal information at any time. You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured and standardised format and, where technically feasible, to have your personal information transmitted directly to a third party. You may lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority regarding the processing of your personal information.
To protect the privacy and security of your personal information, we may request information from you so that we can confirm your identity and right to access such information, as well as search for and provide you with the personal information we hold. In certain circumstances, applicable laws or regulatory requirements may allow or require us to refuse to provide or delete some or all of the personal information we hold.
You may exercise your rights by sending an email to contact@animal-urn.com. We will respond to your request within a reasonable time. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is accurate and up-to-date.
You are responsible for keeping your username and password secure on www.animal-urn.com. We recommend that you choose a strong password and change it frequently. Do not use the same login information (email and password) on multiple websites.
Nevertheless, we do implement various security measures, including providing a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and encrypted into our payment gateway provider’s database, which is only accessible to authorized personnel who have been granted special access rights to such systems, and who are required to keep the information confidential. Once a transaction is completed, your private information (credit card, social security number, financial information, etc.) is not stored on our servers.
Our servers and websites are scanned and fully externally verified by Symantec’s McAfee Secure every day to protect your online security.
Yes. Cookies are small files that a website or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you have allowed it in your settings). This enables the website’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We use cookies to help us remember and process your login status and user preferences so that you can have a more convenient experience when you visit again; to support commenting so that you don’t have to re-enter your username or email address the next time you comment; and to analyze website traffic and user behavior to help us understand what content is more popular, so as to improve website performance and security, identify technical problems in a timely manner, and continuously optimize service quality.
We may contract with third-party service providers to help us better understand website visitors. However, these service providers are not allowed to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us directly conduct and improve our business. For example, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to help us better understand how users interact with our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about the use of our website. This information is used to compile reports and create services that help us improve the website and its related services. These reports reveal website trends but do not identify individual visitors. The information generated by the Google Cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) may be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
On some pages of our website, third parties that provide applications through our website may set their own cookies in order to provide the service, track the success of their application, or customize the application for you. For example, when you share content using a social media sharing button such as Facebook or Twitter, the social network that created the button will record your action. Because of the way cookies work, we cannot access these cookies, and third parties cannot access the data in the cookies we use.
If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies through your browser settings. Like most websites, some of our services may not function properly if you turn cookies off.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personal information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, fulfilling payments, delivering purchased products or services, sending you information or updates, or otherwise servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep such information confidential. We may also disclose your information when we believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by tax, accounting, or other applicable law.