Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
The Royal Cattery Last updated: November 2026
1. Who We Are
The Royal Cattery is a cat boarding business based in Longwood, Co. Meath, Ireland. We are the data controller for any personal data collected through this website.
If you have any questions about this policy or how your data is handled, contact us at: Email: bookings.theroyalcattery@gmail.com Website: www.theroyalcattery.ie
2. What Information We Collect
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information only to:
Respond to your enquiry
Arrange and manage your cat's booking
Look after your cat during their stay, including contacting you or your vet if needed
Keep in touch with you about your booking
Comply with any legal obligations
We do not use your data for marketing without your explicit consent.
4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
We process your personal data under the following lawful bases:
Consent: when you contact us or send us an enquiry
Contract: where we need your details to arrange and carry out a booking
Legitimate interests: to run our business and keep your cat safe while in our care
Legal obligation: where the law requires us to keep or share information
5. How Long We Keep Your Information
Your information is kept only for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry, manage your booking, or meet any legal obligations. Once it is no longer needed it is securely deleted.
6. Cookies and Tracking
Our website is hosted on the Framer platform and uses Google Tag Manager (GTM).
Necessary cookies are set by Framer as part of running the website. These are needed for the site to work and do not require your consent.
Google Tag Manager is installed on the site but currently contains no analytics or tracking tags. It is there as infrastructure only and does not collect any personal data in its current setup.
No analytics, advertising or marketing cookies are currently active on this website.
When you visit the site you will see a cookie banner. You can accept, reject or customise your preferences at any time. If we add any tracking tools in future, we will update this policy.
Framer platform cookies Because our website is hosted on Framer, Framer may set certain cookies as part of running its platform. These are set by Framer directly and are outside our control. You can read more at framer.com/legal/privacy-statement.
7. Data Sharing
We do not sell, rent or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.
We may share your data with:
Our website hosting platform (Framer), which helps us run the site
Your vet, in the event your cat needs veterinary care while in our care
Authorities, if the law requires it
Any third party who handles data on our behalf is required to do so in line with GDPR.
8. Data Retention
We keep your personal data only for as long as we need it to deal with your enquiry, carry out your booking or meet our legal obligations. Once it is no longer needed, we delete it securely.
9. Data Security
We take appropriate technical and organisational steps to protect your personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorised access.
Your Rights Under GDPR
You have the right to:
Access the personal data we hold about you
Rectify anything that is inaccurate or incomplete
Erase your data (the right to be forgotten)
Restrict or object to how we use your data
Data portability: ask for your data in a portable format
Withdraw consent at any time, where we are relying on your consent
To use any of these rights, contact us at bookings.theroyalcattery@gmail.com. We will respond within one month.
If you are not happy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Irish Data Protection Commission at dataprotection.ie.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time, including if new tracking or analytics tools are added to the website. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last updated.