PetWatchClub is strongly committed to protecting your
privacy and providing a safe online experience for all our
users. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected
online through PetWatchClub's Web site, which includes all
of the PetWatchClub.com Guide-Sites and governs online data
collection and usage by PetWatchClub. Please read the
complete PetWatchClub Online Privacy Policy below and
contact us if you have any questions.
COLLECTION AND TRACKING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
So that we can provide you with the most efficient and
enhanced service, we request information about you. We
collect personally identifiable information such as names,
addresses, zip codes, telephone number, fax numbers, email
addresses and information about your pet(s). We also may
collect your IP address, browser type, domain name, access
times and referring Web site address. This information is
collected both during registration on a site or in response
to specific requests, for example when signing up for a
newsletter, or answering a survey. Information collected at
one PetWatchClub Web site will be available within the
PetWatchClub family of Web sites.
Sometimes we will give you the opportunity to opt in to
offers from third parties not affiliated with PetWatchClub.
If you decide to accept these offers, we will provide, with
your consent, your information to the third party. However,
you should note that this Privacy Policy does not apply to
information users consent to give to third parties not
affiliated with PetWatchClub. Any information users give to
another party is governed by the rules of that party's
privacy policy, which may differ from this Privacy Policy.
PetWatchClub is not responsible for information given to
other parties. Please review their privacy policies prior to
providing any information to third parties.
WHAT WE DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION
We use personal information so that we may display custom,
personalized content to our visitors and send newsletters,
emails, features, promotional material, surveys and other
updates to our users. A user may, at any time, opt out of
receiving such information. We also use collected
information to evaluate and administer our service, respond
to any problems that may arise and to gauge user trends to
determine what part of our services are most popular with
users.
We may extend offers to users on behalf of our partners
about a particular product or service that may be of
interest to you, but we will never give out your name or
personal information at any time without your permission. As
result, although PetWatchClub may receive a fee from our
partners for this service, PetWatchClub sends all the offers
so that your personal information is never shared with any
outside third party.
We may, at times, produce reports for advertisers containing
aggregate information about our users such as demographic
and online usage information. This allows us to work more
closely with advertisers to provide content and offers that
are most relevant to our users. We will never include any
personal information of our users in these reports.
We allow users of our Web site to send articles or links by
email to other parties who may be interested in them. We do
not retain any email addresses (unless you are a member who
already has voluntarily provided your email address) of
either the sender or recipient of such articles or links
after they are sent.
We reserve the right to use or disclose any information
without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any law,
regulation or legal request; to conduct investigations of
consumer complaints or possible breaches of law; to protect
the integrity of our site and our property; to protect the
safety of our visitors or others; to fulfill your requests;
or to cooperate in any legal investigation.
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose
information online (whether through PetWatchClub's services
or any other service available online), personal or
otherwise, that information can be collected and used by
others. For example, if you use chat, forums, bulletin
boards, your e-mail or if you post personal information
online, you may receive unsolicited messages from others.
PetWatchClub has no control over this use of your personal
information.
USE OF COOKIES
Your browser offers so-called "cookies" which, if you allow
their use, store small amounts of data on your computer when
you visit a Web site. Cookies do not contain any personally
identifiable information about you and therefore cannot be
used to identify you personally. Cookies simply assist us in
tracking which of our features you like best. Cookies also
enable us to customize our content according to your
preferences. You have the ability to accept or decline
cookies by modifying your browser and our Web sites are
viewable even if you disable the cookie function on your
browser. However, if you disable cookies, some advanced and
customized features of our site, as well as other Web sites,
will not be available to you.
CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
A user may, at any time, change, correct, modify or delete
any personal information they may have provided to
PetWatchClub by visiting the Member Center located on the
PetWatchClub homepage. Users can also unsubscribe from any
newsletters or opt out of various promotional emailings at
any time by visiting the Newsletters section in the Member
Center or clicking on "unsubscribe" links in each of our
newsletters or emails.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
PetWatchClub employees are made aware of its privacy
practices through periodic communications and training. We
limit access to private and confidential data only to those
employees with a specific need to retrieve this information
and we store data on multiple service systems, in
controlled, secure environments. To maintain our level of
security, we conduct both internal reviews and external
audits of our security measures and procedures on a regular
basis.
CHANGES IN CORPORATE STRUCTURE
In developing our business, we might sell certain assets or
the company, or parts of it, may be sold, merged or
otherwise transferred. In such transactions, user
information, whether personally identifiable or otherwise,
may be one of the transferred assets.
VISITORS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
Our Web site and the servers that make this site available
worldwide are located in the United States. All matters
relating to these sites are governed by the laws of the
State of Virginia in the United States. Any information you
provide will be transferred to the United States. By
visiting our sites and submitting information, you authorize
this transfer.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary
to maintain the highest protection for our users and to
comply with a changing environment. We recommend that you
check the policy when you visit our site to be sure you are
aware of and understand our current policy. If we make
material changes to this policy or in how we will use or
collect your personally identifiable information, we will
prominently post such changes prior to implementing the
change. We will not make changes in how we handle previously
collected personal information that have retroactive effect
unless legally required to do so.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our
privacy practices, please visit us at
http://www.PetWatchClub.com/.
Or you can contact us by mail at:
PetWatchClub
P.O. Box 8001
Falls Church, VA 22041-9998
Updates August 22. 2006
