Privacy and Cookies Policy

We, at Pisicile.ro, we respect your privacy and appreciate the trust you place in us. Your privacy is extremely important to us, and we are always committed to protecting it.

On this page we will mention what personal information we collect and why we collect it, what rights you have over your data, what cookies are, what cookies we use, how you can disable or delete cookies, etc.

Who we are?

Pisicile.ro is a web project founded by Laurențiu Piron, in the year 2019, out of passion and love for these wonderful felines, the cats. Lover and "master" of cats, for more than 35 years, shares on this website, together with other editors, both personal experiences with cats, as well as interesting and useful articles for all cat lovers.

Our website address is: https://pisicile.ro.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Pisicile.ro does not collect any identifiable information about you, such as your name, address, telephone number or email address, without your consent. When you provide your email address while posting a comment or get in touch using the contact page, we never share it with anyone. Your email address will only be used to respond to your email or comment, if requested, and will not be made public.

You can leave comments on this site and do so completely anonymously. When you leave comments on the site, we collect the data displayed in the comment form. You can (but don't have to) use your email address or real name. We do not associate IP addresses with comments or store them.

Who we share your data with

We do not share or sell any personal information with anyone.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, your comment, name and email address are retained indefinitely until we manually remove them from the site to reduce database load. This is done to automatically recognize and approve any subsequent comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal or security purposes. If you wish to delete one or more comments made by you on the article pages of this site for privacy reasons, you can request us and we will remove the comments within 24 hours. You can also ask us to change your name or email address used to post a comment and we will do so as requested. Note that you will need to provide your email address in order to link the data to you.

Where we send your data

Information about visitors, such as IP address and comments, is verified by our security mechanisms (firewall) for a legitimate interest in securing and protecting this site against spam and hacking attempts, and based on these verification results, the user is allowed or denied access to this site.

Like other websites, we also use the Google Analytics service to understand the traffic coming to our website and to improve our website. It helps us understand how visitors use our site so we can improve their experience. It tells us how many visitors are coming from desktops or mobile phones, how many visitors are using Windows or Linux or macOS, and other things like that. These statistics help us understand how we can improve the site for our readers. The information collected is anonymous, so we don't know who you are. It's like someone visiting our website. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this site. We use Google Analytics with the anonymized IP feature that prevents the full IP address of visitors from being stored. We have also configured Google Analytics to use the shortest time frame for which collected data is associated with cookies and user identifiers. If you wish, you can opt out of the analytics feature using this official browser add-on provided by Google.

We use third-party advertisements on this site, such as Google AdSense, to pay our hosting server bills and to maintain the functionality and smooth running of this site. These advertising companies may use cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visit and serve ads of interest to you. You can manage, delete or disable them at any time using your web browser settings. You can also opt out of Google's use of the DART cookie using this link.

You can visit the page of Google's privacy policy to learn more about Google services.

By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies. Note that cookies are automatically stored by your web browser whenever you visit a website. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer to help a website distinguish you from other users and provide you with a better and easier user experience. In general, cookies will improve your browsing experience.

However, you can withdraw your consent at any time. If you do not want to accept cookies, you will need to delete or block cookies on this site and others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your web browser settings, but note that this may prevent some pages from displaying correctly and affect the functionality of many sites, such as connecting to email services, websites and forums, etc. Many websites require cookies to function properly. If you do not want to disable cookies, you can use your browser's settings page to delete/delete existing cookies created by a website. You can also use the help this tutorial to learn more about deleting cookies in all popular web browsers. You can also configure your web browser to delete/automatically delete cookies when you close your browser. Options to change cookie settings are usually found in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your web browser. You can also use the "Help" option in your web browser to learn more about cookie settings.

Changes to the privacy policy

Although most changes are likely to be minor, we may change our privacy policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. If we decide to make changes to our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. We encourage visitors to periodically check this page to ensure that you are familiar with the most recent version. Your continued use of this site after any change in this privacy policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Contact information

If you still have concerns or questions, Please contact us for any privacy questions or concerns.