PRIVACY POLICY
In Circle Pets.Com is committed to protecting the privacy of our customer's personal information. This statement applies to the information we collect from the Company Web site, located at InCirclePets.com. Please note that this policy may be amended periodically to reflect changes and additions to the privacy policy. Please check back for the most current version before relying on any of the provisions in this privacy policy. This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the In Circle Pets.com Terms of Use. Your use of In Circle Pets.com and any personal information you provide on this site remains subject to this Privacy Notice and Terms of Use. Also note that any video, image, content, etc posted for users of In Circle Pets.com becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Notice.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
In Circle Pets.Com collects non-personally identifiable information about you in a number of ways, including tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings or most-recently visited URL. We may also ask you to provide certain non-personally identifiable information about yourself, such as your age, household income, buying preferences, etc. You may provide us with information about yourself, such as your e-mail address so that we can send you information about services. We use this information to respond to your requests, and to provide and improve our services. We may combine this information with other information we collect from our website or from other companies’ websites. We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, by, for example, filling out a survey or registration form. The types of information that may be requested include your name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number.
USE OF INFORMATION
In general, we will only use the information you provide to us for the purpose for which such information was provided. Any personal information, photo, video, or other content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, within your public profile page, etc.) becomes public and can be used and collected by others. Your account name is displayed to users when uploading videos and/or sending messages through our site and other users may by able to contact you. Any video or photo that you submit to In Circle Pets.com may be redistributed and viewed by the public. We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of this site and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing preferences and trends. Your information may also be used to contact you when necessary and may be shared with other companies that may want to contact you with offers consistent with your stated preferences. Users may opt-out of receiving future mailings from In Circle Pets.com and other entities by following the instructions set forth in the opt-out section. Non-personal demographic and profile data is used to tailor your experience at our site, showing you content we think you might be interested in. This information may also be shared with advertisers on an aggregate non-personal basis.
In Circle Pets.com may share personal information in the following circumstances:
Other Service Providers. We may disclose your personal information to trusted partners who work on behalf of IN CIRCLE PETS.COM under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help us serve you. However, these companies are not allowed to share this information or to use it for their own purposes.
Legal Obligation or Protection from Harm. When IN CIRCLE PETS.COM has a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the personal information is reasonably necessary to (1) satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, (2) enforce or investigate a potential violation of the Terms of Use, (3) detect, prevent, or otherwise respond to fraud, security or technical concerns, or (4) protect the rights, property, or safety of IN CIRCLE PETS.COM, its users, or the public against harm.
Merger or sale. When and if IN CIRCLE PETS.COM is involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its business, personal information may be transferred along with the business. We may share with third parties aggregate information or information that does not personally identify individuals.
USE OF IP ADDRESSES
We use your IP Address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site.
USE OF COOKIES
When you view our Web site we may store information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a "cookie" or similar file. Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your hard drive. Cookies do not spy on you or otherwise invade your privacy, and they cannot invade your hard drive and steal information. Rather, they help you navigate a Web site as easily as possible. We use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to prevent you from reentering all your registration data at each connection and also to (1) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit In Circle Pets.com; (2) provide custom, personalized content and information; (3) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.
We may use an outside advertisement server company to display ads on our site. These ads may contain cookies. The advertisement server company may collect cookies received with outside banner ads. We do not have access to information that would confirm the use of cookies by the advertisement server company.
SECURITY
Our site has industry standard security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we will take all reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal information.
OTHER WEB SITES; LINKS; THRID PARTY ADS
Our site contains links to other Websites. IN CIRCLE PETS.COM is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Websites. Other companies, called third-party ad servers, serve advertisements within In Circle Pets.com. These third-party ad servers use technology to send, directly to your browser, the advertisements and links that appear on In Circle Pets.com. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content you see. Please consult with the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. In Circle Pets.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
CORRECT; UPDATE
IN CIRCLE PETS.COM allows its users the option to change or modify information previously provided. This may be done through the Contact Us form.
Unfortunately, to the extent that such information is also stored in other databases, we cannot always ensure that such corrections or deletions will reach the other databases. We will use all reasonable efforts to ensure that your information is removed from or corrected in our records.
CHOICE; OPT OUT
You may opt-out of receiving communications from our partners, and from us, by using the Contact Us form and writing in the subject line CHOICE/OPT OUT.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
IN CIRCLE PETS.COM will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from any person under the age of 13. The Services are not designed to attract the attention of persons under the age of 13.
PUBLIC FORUMS
This site makes chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
STORAGE OF INFORMATION
Personal information will be processed and stored by IN CIRCLE PETS.COM in databases hosted in the United States. IN CIRCLE PETS.COM has taken reasonable steps to protect the information users share with us, including, but not limited to, setup of processes, equipment and software to avoid unauthorized access or disclosure of this information.
Contacting us:
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can send us an email using the Contact Us form.
Thank you!
Last Updated: September 13, 2007
