Privacy Policy
Last updated: 18 September 2026
Cosmic Hamsters is an independent hamster information and education website built using Wix.
Cosmic Hamsters respects the privacy of visitors to this website. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be processed when visiting Cosmic Hamsters, how it is used, and the services involved.
Who is responsible for your information
Cosmic Hamsters is responsible for the personal information processed in connection with this website.
If you need to contact Cosmic Hamsters about privacy or personal information, you can use the contact details provided on this website.
Information processed when visiting the website
When visiting Cosmic Hamsters, certain technical information may be processed automatically by the website platform or third-party services.
This may include information such as device and browser information, IP address, approximate location, pages visited, how the website is accessed and used, and information about the source a visitor came from.
Some information, such as an IP address, may be processed by Wix or other third-party services as part of providing, securing, analysing and improving their services. Cosmic Hamsters does not use this information to personally identify individual visitors. Where IP addresses are processed by Wix or other third-party services, they are handled by those services in accordance with their own privacy practices.
Why information is processed
Personal information that is necessary for the website to operate, provide essential functionality and maintain security may be processed as part of providing the website.
Cosmic Hamsters relies on legitimate interests for this processing, including operating and securing the website.
Where consent is required for cookies or similar technologies, Cosmic Hamsters relies on the visitor's consent. This includes Wix Analytics cookies, as explained in the Cookie Policy.
Wix
Cosmic Hamsters is hosted and built using Wix. Wix may process certain information about visitors as part of providing website hosting, security, functionality and other website services.
Some Wix technologies are essential to the operation of the website and cannot be disabled.
Wix may process or store information in countries outside the UK as part of providing its services. Wix explains how it handles personal information and international data transfers in its own privacy documentation.
For more information about how Wix handles personal information, please refer to Wix's own privacy documentation.
Wix Analytics
Cosmic Hamsters uses Wix Analytics to understand how visitors use the website and how the site is performing.
Analytics may provide information such as visitor numbers, pages viewed, traffic sources, approximate visitor locations and interactions with the website.
This information helps Cosmic Hamsters understand such things as which content visitors find useful, which pages are visited most often, and where the website could be improved.
Wix Analytics cookies are only used where the visitor has given the relevant consent through the cookie consent system.
YouTube
Cosmic Hamsters includes videos from YouTube in galleries and blog posts on the website.
YouTube is operated by Google and may process information when YouTube content is viewed or interacted with. This can include information about a device, browser, IP address and activity relating to YouTube content.
YouTube may also use cookies and similar technologies for purposes including advertising and measurement.
Cosmic Hamsters does not control the information collected or processed by YouTube. Google's own privacy practices apply to information processed by YouTube.
Other websites
Cosmic Hamsters contains links to other websites, including hamster-related resources, shops, rescues, organisations and other external websites.
Once a visitor follows a link to another website, that website's own privacy policy and data practices apply. Cosmic Hamsters has no control over how external websites collect or use information.
Information provided directly by visitors
Cosmic Hamsters does not operate user accounts, customer accounts, online ordering or an online contact form, and therefore does not ask visitors to provide personal information such as names, addresses or payment details.
How long information is kept
Cosmic Hamsters does not maintain a database or other record of website visitors.
Information processed by Wix, Wix Analytics, Usercentrics, YouTube or other third-party services is retained according to their own policies and retention periods, which Cosmic Hamsters does not control.
Your privacy rights
Depending on the circumstances, you may have rights over your personal information, including the right to access, correct, erase or restrict the use of your information, and the right to object to certain processing.
If you want to exercise a privacy right in relation to Cosmic Hamsters, you can contact Cosmic Hamsters through the social media contact details provided on this website.
Where personal information is processed directly by Wix, YouTube, Usercentrics or another third-party service, you may also need to contact that service directly about information it holds under its own privacy practices.
Your privacy choices
Visitors can manage their choices for cookies or similar technologies that require consent through the cookie consent system.
More information about the specific cookies and services used by Cosmic Hamsters can be found in the Cookie Policy.
Complaints
If you have a concern about how your personal information is handled, you can contact Cosmic Hamsters using the contact details provided on this website. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time if the website, services or the way information is handled changes.
The date at the top of this page shows when the policy was last updated.