Welcome to our Privacy Policy, and thank you for visiting the website for Paws-Cause, LLC, doing business as Paws For A Cause (“Paws For A Cause” or “us”). We recognize that many visitors to our website (the “Website”) are concerned about the information that they provide to us or that may be collected, and how we treat that information. In order to address those concerns we have developed this Privacy Policy. Please also read our Terms of Service, of which this Privacy Policy is a part.

1). TYPES OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

At the Website, we may collect both personally identifiable information and non-personal information from you.

Personally identifiable information. You don’t have to provide us with your personally identifiable information (such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, etc.) in order to access most of what’s posted on this Website. We may, however, collect personally identifiable information about you if you submit it to us, such as when you open an account with us, purchase items from us, email us, post content on our Website, or at times when we alert you that you must submit personally identifiable information. Without this information, we would not be able to respond to your purchases, orders, inquiries and requests. Please also note that the Website may offer features which may be operated by third parties (including but not limited to credit card processing). These third parties may also obtain personally identifiable information from you in order to use their services. Please check their privacy policies for information about their privacy practices. In some cases, these third parties may provide your personally identifiable information to us, and we may provide your personally identifiable information to them in order to complete your request. 

Non-personal information. We do automatically collect non-personal information about visitors to our website. By non-personal information, we mean information that by itself does not identify any specific individual. We collect non-personal information can be about visitors’ activities on our website (such as which pages on the Website are accessed, which products are viewed the most often, what information is downloaded, and referring and exit pages for visitors) or about the types of visitors to our website (such as what type of browser and operating system are being used, which Internet service provider is being used, and information about visitors’ zip codes, area codes, internet protocol (IP) addresses, unique device identifiers and time zones). Please note that while this information does not by itself identify individual visitors, it may do so when combined with other information. Specifically, your IP address is your computer or device’s address on the Internet and can be used to identify the computer or device used to interact with websites.

By collecting non-personal information, we learn how best to develop our website to meet the needs and desires of our visitors.

2). METHODS OF INFORMATION COLLECTION

Personally identifiable information is collected when submitted by you – such as when you sign up for an account with us or when you send us an email. Personally identifiable information may also be collected when you include it as part of a comment, email, photo, blog entry or other submission that you submit to us. Your personally identifiable information may be collected by third party service providers and then provided to us by the third party. Non-personal information may be collected via “cookies” (small text files placed on your computer’s hard drive), web beacons, or other technology. Generally, your website browser allows you to decide whether or not your device will accept cookies.

3). HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Personally identifiable information. If you sign up for an account with us, then we may use your personally identifiable information to maintain your account and to correspond with you. We may also use it to send you materials that we think would be of interest to you. If you purchase merchandise through our website, then we may use your personally identifiable information to maintain your account and/or process your order. If we offer a contest and you enter it, then we may use your personally identifiable information for purposes of the contest (such as to notify you if you win) and/or in accordance with the contest rules. We may also provide your personally identifiable information to the sponsor(s) of a contest and/or when publishing information concerning the winner of a contest. If you email us or ask to be placed on a mailing list that we maintain, then we may contact you and send information to you. If we receive your personally identifiable information from a third party service provider, then we may use the information to contact you and to assist in performing the service for which you have registered with the third party. In addition to the uses listed above, we may use your personally identifiable information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, as part of a statistical website usage analysis, and/or to improve the features and content of this website. We may also use your personally identifiable information to assist in delivery of content that is customized to your interests. We do not collect personally identifiable information on an automatic basis, but we may combine non-personal information (which may be automatically collected) with your previously submitted personally identifiable information. If we do combine non-personal information with personally identifiable information, the combined information will be treated as personally identifiable information. We may also use your personally identifiable information as set forth elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.

Non-personal information. We may use your non-personal information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts, as part of a statistical website usage analysis, to improve the features and content of this website, and/or for other purposes to assist our business. We may share such information with advertisers and other third parties, typically in the aggregate. We may also use your non-personal information as set forth elsewhere in this Privacy Policy.

Links from the Website to advertisers and other third parties. Please be aware that our advertisers, business partners, sponsors, service providers and other third parties accessible through the Website (such as via links from the website) may have their own privacy practices. We are not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of the third parties when providing information to them. These third parties may provide the personally identifiable information that they collect to us and may also use the information in accordance with their own privacy practices. Financial institutions, such as those which process credit card orders, are subject to federal privacy laws.

Other third parties. During the course of our business, we use third party service providers, such as lawyers and accountants, to perform a variety of functions. In some instances, we may need to provide personal and/or non-personal information about you to such third parties. However, all third party service providers which are not linked from the Website are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for which they were selected to work with us.

Other uses. In addition to the uses set forth elsewhere in this Privacy Policy, we may use or disclose personal or non-personal information: (i) in cases where we believe in good faith that it is necessary to prevent a crime, an injury or financial loss to ourselves or to third parties; (ii) to protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Website (including violation of our Terms of Service; (iii) pursuant to a court order, warrant, subpoena, discovery request, or as required by law; (iv) in conjunction with the sale or offering for sale of some or all of Paws For A Cause; (v) in the event of our bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or similar financial circumstances; and/or (vi) when you have been made aware of the possibility of use or disclosure of the information at or prior to the time of collection.

4). OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURITY

We have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures that we believe are appropriate to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of our databases or the Website, nor can we guarantee that information will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet. In order to use some of the features of the Website, you may be required to create an account with us. For your protection, this account will only be accessible by means of a password or similar security measure. If you believe that your password or email address has been compromised, you should change your account with us immediately. If you forget your password, follow the instructions on the login page.

5). CHILDREN

As set forth in our Terms of Service, children under the age of 18 are not permitted to purchase merchandise through this Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through this Website unless such collection is done in accordance with the law. If you are a child under the age of 13 that intends to submit information to us through the Website, you must obtain your parent’s consent prior to making such a submission. In the event that we obtain actual knowledge that you are a child under the age of 13, we may require that you (and/or your parent) prove to us your prior parental consent.

6). ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND “OPT OUT” PROCEDURES

You may change your online account information with us by accessing your account through the Website (if you forgot your password, follow the instructions on the login page). If you would like to access or change any other personal information that we have collected, or would like to “opt out” of our collection, retention or disclosure of any other information, please email us at bark@pawsforacause.com or contact us at the address set forth below. Subject to our protection of Paws For A Cause and others, disclosures for legal reasons, and our current technological capabilities, we may be able to assist you. Please keep in mind that to protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting you access to any personally identifiable information or “opt out” capabilities. To change the information that you submitted to third party service providers, such as in conjunction with personal ads, classified ads or blogs, please contact the service provider. Their policies will dictate the extent to which you can access or change the information that they have collected about you.

PARENTAL OPTIONS AND REVIEW

Parents of children under the age of 13 have the option to agree to the collection and use of their child’s personal information without consenting to the disclosure of the information to third parties (subject to our protection of Paws For A Cause and others, disclosures for legal reasons, and the our current technological capabilities). In addition, parents can review the personal information provided by their child under the age of 13, ask to have it deleted and refuse to allow any further collection or use of the child’s information (subject to the same items as above). In order to make these requests, parents should follow the “Opt Out” procedures set forth in the “Access to Your Personal Information and ‘Opt Out’ Procedures” section of this Privacy Policy. Please note that, while the Website will not require more information from children under 13 than is reasonably necessary to participate in any activity or event, deletion of required information (such as information that would permit us to contact the winner of a contest) may result in termination of the child’s participation in an event or activity. Parents should also note that the official rules for contests and promotions on the Website may contain additional information related to their children’s privacy and the parents’ rights and responsibilities.