{"id":3,"date":"2023-08-17T14:01:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2023-12-26T11:15:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T11:15:06","slug":"privacy-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/privacy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/privacy-policy\/#Cookies_Privacy_Identifiability\" >Cookies, Privacy &amp; Identifiability<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/privacy-policy\/#How_KatsBits_uses_Cookies\" >How KatsBits uses Cookies<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/privacy-policy\/#Your_Privacy\" >Your Privacy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/privacy-policy\/#What_does_KatsBits_use\" >What does KatsBits use<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/privacy-policy\/#Mail_communication_and_privacy\" >Mail communication and privacy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<br \/>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cookies_Privacy_Identifiability\"><\/span>Cookies, Privacy &amp; Identifiability<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>KatsBits uses a number of applications written by third party persons or companies which make use of &#8216;cookies&#8217;, small text files containing basic usage information stored temporarily via your web browser on your computer. These files help with the functionality of  much of the site and whilst they can be removed, doing so may mean  certain functions and features become unusable or unavailable.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&bull; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTTP_cookie\" title=\"More about Cookies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For more information about cookies visit the Wiki Page on the subject<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_KatsBits_uses_Cookies\"><\/span>How KatsBits uses Cookies<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The applications  on KatsBits tend to use cookies to  monitor activity, mainly to check where you are on the site and what the site is doing relative to your visit. Cookies are also used for general &#8216;site statistics&#8217; &#8211; where visitors are from, what pages are popular and so on &#8211;   helpful for content and demographic measurement. With respect to Advertising,  although KatsBits does not as a rule carry third party  offsite advertising, it may from time-to-time appear and in doing so a cookie may be associated with that format.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>At all times, cookie data is <b>temporary in nature<\/b> and is either deleted after use, after a certain period has elapsed, or can be easily removed by clearing your browser cache.  For more information about the removal of cookies visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutcookies.org\/Default.aspx?page=2\" title=\"Deleting cookies from browser caches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AboutCookies.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_Privacy\"><\/span> Your Privacy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cookies used on this site do not contain  personally identifiable information (PII).<\/li>\n<li>Cookie data   cannot be used to identify you as a living breathing person.<\/li>\n<li>Data also tends to be anonymous and &#8216;statistically&#8217; general in nature.<\/li>\n<li>KatsBits does not harvest, or solicit for  harvesting, emails or other contact details.<\/li>\n<li>KatsBits does not sell any email address and\/or contact details to any third parties^.<\/li>\n<li>Contact details used for comments and\/or   account access is kept strictly private*.<\/li>\n<li>Your privacy is very important to us and respected at all times*.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>^ Unless otherwise required for Legal reasons through the action of a  Court issued Warrant.<br \/>\n            * Unless otherwise posted by the user.<\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_KatsBits_use\"><\/span>What does KatsBits use<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Cookies are used for the following services\/functions;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\">\n<tr align=\"center\" style=\"color:#fff;\">\n<td width=\"137\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#666666\">Cookie name<\/td>\n<td width=\"75\" bgcolor=\"#666666\">3rd Party Offsite<\/td>\n<td width=\"382\" bgcolor=\"#666666\">General Purpose<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/analytics\/\" title=\"Google Analytics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Google Analytics<br \/>\n                  <\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CC0000\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><b>Yes<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Used to monitor visitors activity across the site for demographic purposed &#8211; country of origin, pages visited, time spent etc. <i>Site wide usage<\/i>. For more details visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/intl\/en\/policies\/\" title=\"Google's Privacy Policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Google<\/a>. Alternatively <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.google.com\/dlpage\/gaoptout\/\" title=\"OpOut of Google anon visitor data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read how to &#8216;OptOut&#8217; here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/\" title=\"StatCounter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">StatCounter<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CC0000\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><b>Yes<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Used to monitor visitors activity across the site for demographic purposed &#8211; country of origin, pages visited, time spent etc. <i>Site wide usage<\/i>. For more details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/about\/legal\/\" title=\"StatCounter Privacy Policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">StatCounter<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/\" title=\"KatsBits\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">KatsBits<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">No<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Used for general site access.  <i>Application specific usage<\/i>. Cookie data can be found by searching clearing browser cache or specifically for &quot;KatsBits&quot;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">Social Media<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#CC0000\" style=\"color:#fff;\"><b>Yes<\/b><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Please refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/about\/privacy\/\" title=\"FaceBook Privacy Policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FaceBook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/static?key=privacy_policy&amp;trk=hb_ft_priv\" title=\"LinkedIn Privacy Policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/privacy\" title=\"Privacy Policy of Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.disqus.com\/customer\/portal\/topics\/215159-terms-and-policies\/articles\" title=\"Disqus Terms &amp; Privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disqus<\/a> Discord, Instagram and other service providers for specific details.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mail_communication_and_privacy\"><\/span>Mail communication and privacy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Email and\/or comments sent to KatsBits.com via the <a href=\"\/contact\/\" title=\"Contact KatsBits\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">contact form<\/a> or using the general contact e-mail address for the site &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:info@katsbits.com?subject=privacy%20policy\">info@katsbits.com<\/a> &#8211; are private, confidential and kept in the strictest confidence.<\/p>\n<p>KatsBits.com does not knowingly engage in spam of any kind, if you find you are in receipt of some purporting to be from KatsBits that you have not explicitly signed up for them it&#8217;s likely a &#8216;spoofed&#8217; email and can be safely deleted. If you experience problems or have comments or questions about this  privacy policy, send them to <a href=\"..\/htm\/mailto@abuse@katsbits.com\" title=\"Contact KatsBits if you have a Privacy concern\">abuse@katsbits.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last updated Dec 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":657,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","comments-off"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/2414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}