Privacy Policy
Cat Friendly Stays respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you use Cat Friendly Stays, why we collect it, how it may be used and the choices available to you.
Last updated: October 2026
Who we are
Cat Friendly Stays is an online directory of accommodation where cats are welcome.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, Cat Friendly Stays is responsible for the personal information collected through this website.
You can contact us about privacy matters through our Contact page.
Information we collect
You can browse Cat Friendly Stays without directly providing us with personal information.
If you contact us through our website, we may collect information you choose to provide, including your name, email address, subject of your enquiry and the contents of your message.
Our website may also collect technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed and information about how you arrived at and used the website. Some of this information may be collected through cookies and similar technologies.
Our legal basis for using personal information
We process personal information only where we have a lawful basis under applicable data protection law.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include:
- Legitimate interests: To respond to enquiries, operate and improve our website, maintain security and manage our business activities, provided these interests do not override your rights.
- Consent: Where you have given permission for optional cookies or similar tracking technologies, or for another specific purpose requiring consent.
- Legal obligations: Where processing is necessary to comply with applicable laws or regulatory requirements.
How we use your information
We may use information collected through Cat Friendly Stays to:
- respond to enquiries and messages;
- deal with accommodation, partnership or business enquiries;
- operate, maintain and improve the website;
- understand how visitors use our website;
- monitor and protect the security of the website; and
- meet applicable legal or administrative requirements.
We do not sell your personal information.
Affiliate links and third-party websites
Cat Friendly Stays contains links to third-party websites, including accommodation providers, booking platforms and other travel-related businesses. Some of these links are affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you make a booking or purchase after following one of our links.
When you follow a link from Cat Friendly Stays to another website, you are leaving our website. The third-party website may collect information about you and may use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with its own privacy and cookie policies.
Cat Friendly Stays does not control how third-party websites collect or use your information. We recommend reviewing the privacy information provided by the relevant website before providing personal information or making a booking.
Third-party service providers
We use third-party services to help operate, maintain and protect Cat Friendly Stays. These may include website hosting, contact forms, website security, analytics and affiliate tracking services.
These providers may process certain personal information, such as contact details or technical information, where necessary to deliver their services.
Where providers process personal information on our behalf, we take appropriate steps to ensure suitable data protection arrangements are in place.
Some services may involve transferring personal information outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, we use appropriate safeguards where required by UK data protection law.
Cookies, analytics and affiliate tracking
Cat Friendly Stays uses cookies and similar technologies where necessary for website functionality and, where applicable, to understand visitor activity and measure the performance of our content.
Some cookies are essential for the website to operate correctly. Others, including certain analytics and affiliate tracking technologies, may require your consent before being placed or accessed.
We use CookieYes to manage cookie consent preferences. Where consent is required, visitors can accept or reject non-essential cookies through our cookie consent banner and update their preferences using the cookie settings available on our website.
Affiliate links may use tracking technologies to identify when a visitor follows a link from Cat Friendly Stays and subsequently completes a booking or purchase. This allows the relevant affiliate partner or network to attribute the transaction and, where applicable, pay us a commission.
Further information about the cookies used, their purposes and how to manage preferences is available in our Cookie Policy.
How long we keep your information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
For example, information submitted through our contact form may be retained while we respond to your enquiry and for a reasonable period afterwards where it is necessary for our records, ongoing correspondence or applicable legal requirements.
We may retain certain technical, security or administrative records for longer where reasonably necessary to operate and protect the website.
Your data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request the deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Request that we restrict how your information is used.
- Object to certain types of processing.
- Request the transfer of your personal information where the right to data portability applies.
- Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exemptions.
To exercise your rights, please contact us through our Contact page.
We normally respond to valid data protection requests within one month, although this period may be extended where permitted by law.
You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you are concerned about how your personal information has been handled.
Keeping your information secure
We take reasonable steps to protect information submitted through Cat Friendly Stays and to maintain the security of our website.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to Cat Friendly Stays, the services and technologies we use, or our legal obligations.
The latest version will always be published on this page and the date at the top of the policy will be updated when appropriate.
Contact us
If you have a question about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact us through our Contact page.