Who operates this site
CatAbroad.com is operated by Andy Ward. Questions about this policy or your personal information can be sent through the contact page.
Information we collect
When you use the contact form, we receive the email address, subject, and message you submit. When you ask the Cat Travel Planner to email you a PDF, we store your name, your cats' names if provided, email address, selected route details, consent record, technical referrer or landing page, IP address, and country derived from the IP address. We also use self-hosted Matomo analytics to understand general site usage, such as pages viewed, referral information, device type, and approximate location derived from technical data. When advertising is enabled, Google and its advertising partners may receive information such as your IP address, browser and device information, the page you visited, ad interactions, and cookie or similar identifiers.
How information is used
Contact and planner information is used to answer questions, deliver requested planner PDFs, review corrections, understand where planner enquiries originate, respond to enquiries, and protect the site from abuse. Analytics information is used to maintain and improve the website. Advertising information may be used to select, deliver, measure, and prevent abuse of contextual or, where permitted by your consent choices, personalized advertising. We do not sell personal information.
Service providers
The contact form is processed by CatAbroad's own server to deliver your message to the site operator's email account and to keep a private enquiry record with referral and approximate country metadata. The receiving email provider may process the information you submit. Matomo analytics is hosted on CatAbroad.com's server. CatAbroad.com uses Google AdSense as an advertising provider. Google and participating advertising technology providers may process data in accordance with their own privacy policies and your consent choices.
Legal basis and retention
Information is processed where necessary to respond to your request and for the legitimate interests of operating, securing, and improving the site. Messages are retained only for as long as reasonably needed for those purposes, legal obligations, or dispute resolution.
Cookies and analytics
Matomo may use cookies or similar browser storage to distinguish visits and measure site performance. When Google advertising is enabled, Google and third-party advertising providers may place or read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons, IP addresses, and other identifiers to collect information as a result of ad serving on this website. You can restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings, although this may affect some site functions.
Advertising, consent, and your choices
Before personalized advertising is served where consent is required, CatAbroad.com uses a Google-certified consent management platform to present the available choices and communicate them to advertising providers. You can accept, refuse, or manage advertising choices through that message and revisit them using the site's privacy options when available. You can also review Google's explanation of how it uses information from partner sites and manage advertising personalization through Google's Ads Settings.
Your choices and rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or objection concerning your personal information. Use the contact page to make a request. We may need to verify your identity before acting on it.
Security and international processing
Reasonable technical and organizational measures are used to protect information, but no internet transmission is completely secure. Service providers may process information in countries other than your own, subject to their applicable safeguards and terms.
Policy updates
This policy may be updated when site practices or legal requirements change. The effective date above shows the latest revision.