Last Updated: October 12, 2026
Folded Paws respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly and transparently.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit FoldedPaws.com, how that information may be used, when it may be shared, and the choices available to you.
By using Folded Paws, submitting a form, subscribing to our emails, leaving a comment where comments are available, or otherwise interacting with the website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Who We Are
Folded Paws is an independent educational website focused on Scottish Fold cats. We publish research based information about Scottish Fold health and care, kittens, behavior, breed characteristics, development, and everyday ownership.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Folded Paws,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the operator of FoldedPaws.com.
Folded Paws is operated from Pakistan.
For privacy related questions, requests, or concerns, contact us at:
Email: elverscottish@gmail.com
Website: FoldedPaws.com
Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you use the website.
Information You Provide Directly
You may provide information when you contact us, subscribe to our newsletter, submit feedback or a correction, leave a comment where comments are enabled, submit a contribution, or contact us about a partnership or advertising opportunity.
This information may include your name, email address, website address, message, professional information, social profile links, writing samples, and any other information you choose to provide.
Please do not send sensitive medical, financial, identification, or other confidential information through public website forms.
Folded Paws does not currently process payment card information directly through the website.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Folded Paws, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, security services, analytics services, and other technical providers.
This may include your IP address, browser and device information, operating system, approximate location derived from technical information, pages viewed, referral source, website interactions, date and time of visits, and cookie or similar identifiers.
This information helps us operate, secure, understand, and improve Folded Paws.
How We Use Information
We may use information to operate and maintain Folded Paws, respond to messages, send newsletters that users request, review corrections or contributions, improve our articles and website experience, understand how visitors use the website, detect spam and security threats, manage partnerships, and comply with applicable legal requirements.
We do not use personal information to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Legal Bases for Processing
Where applicable data protection law requires a legal basis, we may process personal information based on consent, legitimate interests, contractual necessity, or legal obligations.
Consent may apply when you subscribe to emails or agree to optional cookies.
Legitimate interests may apply when we operate, secure, analyze, or improve Folded Paws, provided those interests do not override applicable privacy rights.
Contractual necessity may apply when processing is reasonably required for a contribution, advertising, collaboration, or partnership request.
Legal obligations may require us to retain or disclose certain information.
Where processing depends on consent, you may withdraw that consent where applicable.
Contact Forms and Email Communications
When you submit a contact form, we may collect information such as your name, email address, subject, message, and any consent information associated with the form.
Form submissions may be stored in our website systems and delivered to our email inbox.
We use this information to respond to your inquiry, prevent abuse, maintain reasonable records, and improve our website.
Submitting a contact form does not automatically subscribe you to marketing emails.
Messages may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to handle the inquiry, maintain records, resolve disputes, or comply with legal obligations.
Newsletter Subscriptions
When you subscribe to a Folded Paws newsletter, we may collect your name, email address, subscription status, consent record, and limited interaction information where supported by the email service we use.
We use this information to send the newsletters, website updates, and Scottish Fold related content you requested.
You may unsubscribe at any time using an unsubscribe option included in our emails or by contacting us.
An external email service provider may process subscription information on our behalf according to its own privacy and security practices.
Comments
If comments are enabled on Folded Paws, information entered into the comment form may be collected together with technical information such as an IP address and browser details for spam prevention and website security.
Approved comments may remain publicly visible while the relevant page remains published.
Please do not include private, medical, financial, or other sensitive information in a public comment.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Folded Paws may use cookies and similar technologies to provide website functions, remember preferences, understand website usage, prevent abuse, and support analytics.
Cookies are small pieces of information stored on or accessed from your device.
Some cookies may be necessary for website operation, while others may support preferences, analytics, measurement, or future advertising services.
Where required by applicable law, optional cookies and similar technologies will be used only after the appropriate consent has been obtained.
You may also manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
Google Analytics and Google Services
Folded Paws currently uses Google Analytics through Google Site Kit to understand how visitors find and use the website.
Google Analytics may process technical and usage information such as browser and device details, general geographic information, pages visited, referral information, and interactions with the website.
We use analytics information to understand website performance, identify technical problems, improve content, and learn which parts of Folded Paws are useful to readers.
Google processes information according to its own privacy policies and service terms.
Where consent is required by law or Google policy, appropriate consent should be obtained before relevant Google technologies read or write optional cookies. Google states that website operators are responsible for implementing an appropriate consent mechanism where required.
Advertising and Google AdSense
Folded Paws may use Google AdSense or other advertising providers in the future to display advertisements on the website.
When advertising is enabled, Google and other third party advertising vendors may place and read cookies on your browser or use web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, and similar technologies as a result of advertisements being served on Folded Paws.
These technologies may be used to serve and measure advertisements, prevent fraud and invalid activity, limit repeated ads, understand ad performance, and provide personalized or non personalized advertising where permitted.
Google may use information collected from websites that use its services to provide, maintain, measure, personalize, and improve advertising and related services.
Where required by applicable law, Folded Paws will request appropriate consent before using cookies or personal information for advertising purposes.
Users may be able to manage advertising and privacy choices through consent controls provided on the website and through controls made available by Google.
Folded Paws does not directly control every cookie or technology used by third party advertising providers. Users should review the privacy information provided by those companies for additional details.
Folded Paws does not sell personal information for direct monetary payment. However, some advertising technologies may involve the processing or sharing of online identifiers under certain regional privacy laws. Where applicable, relevant consent and opt out choices will be provided.
Google specifically requires publishers to disclose that third parties may place/read cookies or use web beacons, IP addresses and other identifiers as a result of ad serving.
Affiliate Links and External Services
Some Folded Paws pages may contain affiliate links, sponsored links, or links to independent products or services.
If you click an external link, the destination website may collect information according to its own privacy policy.
Folded Paws does not control the privacy, security, or data practices of independent websites.
Where Folded Paws may receive a commission or other benefit from a link, we aim to disclose that relationship clearly.
Folded Paws is an educational website and is not a veterinary clinic. We do not directly provide veterinary diagnosis or treatment.
Embedded Content and Social Media
Pages may include embedded videos, images, social media posts, or other third party content.
Embedded content may behave in a similar way to visiting the third party website directly. Those services may collect information, use cookies, or record interactions according to their own privacy policies.
Folded Paws may also link to social media and other external platforms. Your use of those services is governed by the policies of the relevant provider.
Service Providers
We may use third party service providers to operate and maintain Folded Paws.
These may include website hosting providers, security and content delivery providers, Google services, analytics tools, email and newsletter providers, form and spam protection services, advertising or affiliate platforms if enabled, and technical development or support providers.
These providers may process limited information as required to provide their services or as independently described in their own privacy policies.
Information may also be disclosed where required by applicable law, a valid legal request, or where reasonably necessary to protect Folded Paws, its users, rights, or security.
International Data Transfers
Folded Paws operates from Pakistan and may use service providers located in other countries.
As a result, information may be processed in countries whose privacy laws differ from those of your country.
Where required, applicable safeguards, contractual protections, consent, or other legally permitted transfer mechanisms may be used.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Contact messages may be retained while an inquiry is handled and while reasonable records are required.
Newsletter information may be retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to limited records that may need to be kept to document the request.
Comments, where enabled, may remain while the related discussion remains publicly available.
Contributor or partnership information may be retained for editorial, attribution, administrative, or legal record keeping purposes.
Analytics and technical information is retained according to our configuration and the policies of the relevant service providers.
Information may be retained longer where reasonably necessary for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or enforcement of agreements.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, loss, or disclosure.
These measures may include HTTPS connections, restricted administrative access, security services, backups, software updates, and access controls.
No internet transmission or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and the law that applies to you, you may have rights relating to access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, withdrawal of consent, portability, direct marketing, cookie preferences, and complaints to an appropriate privacy authority.
To make a privacy request, contact:
Use the subject line:
Privacy Request
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests and will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.
Privacy Rights for United States Residents
Residents of certain United States states may have additional privacy rights under applicable state law.
Depending on the jurisdiction, those rights may include access to certain personal information, correction, deletion, and the ability to opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing practices.
Folded Paws does not sell personal information for direct monetary payment.
If future advertising technologies fall within definitions of targeted advertising, sale, or sharing under applicable law, eligible users will be provided with appropriate choices where required.
We will not discriminate against users for exercising applicable privacy rights.
Children’s Privacy
Folded Paws provides general educational information for cat owners and is not specifically directed toward children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where parental consent is required by applicable law.
If you believe a child has provided personal information without appropriate permission, contact us so that we can review the situation and remove the information where appropriate.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, services, technology, legal obligations, or data handling practices change.
The latest version will be published on this page with a revised update date.
We encourage users to review this page periodically.
Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or how Folded Paws handles personal information, contact:
Folded Paws
Email: elverscottish@gmail.com
Website: FoldedPaws.com