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PetChitChat.com is committed to protecting your privacy. We want you to feel comfortable using our site knowing that any personal information you share with us is treated safely and securely. This Privacy Policy explains how we at PetChitChat.com collect, store and use your information on the site. We may update this policy from time to time but will always post the most updated version and notify all of our registered members who have agreed to receive communications from us of the posted change. By visiting our site or providing us with personal information you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy at that time. Please review the Privacy Policy and if you have any further questions, feel free to contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Information Collected When you register to become a member of PetChitChat.com we collect your name, zip code, email address, year of birth and optionally your street address, city, state and gender. All Personally Identifiable Information (PII) gathered on the site will never be shared, rented, bartered or sold with other users or third-party companies. The website, however, is accessible by anyone with an internet connection and a web browser, which means that any words, photos and videos you post can be copied by any other internet user. That is the nature of the internet and though we discourage anyone from abusing that option, it is something that must be noted. In order to provide the best possible service and detect and correct site errors, we collect aggregate information about use of the site (such as which page is viewed the most often) as well as information about your computer, such as the browser type, and browser language. This information will never be shared with anyone outside of PetChitChat.com and will be used solely for analytics. Use of Collected Information Your PII will never be shared with anyone in anyway. Currently we use your submitted email and other personal information to help us efficiently operate PetChitChat.com such as contacting you with new password requests and other activities on the Site (including, but not limited to, confirmation emails or important news that could affect your relationship with PetChitChat.com). We may also review your personal information for demographic analysis. We may use demographic information to tailor the Site and communications to your interests. We may also share demographic information with advertisers on an anonymous and aggregated basis (i.e., without telling the advertisers your identity). One of the reasons we may do this is to increase the likelihood that our advertisers' goods and services will appeal to PetChitChat.com users, so that we may target specific ads at specific demographic groups. Our sharing of demographic information with advertisers is anonymous (i.e., we do not tell advertisers which particular PetChitChat.com users are members of which demographic groups), subject to the rest of this privacy policy. Children PetChitChat.com has no intention of collecting any personal information from individuals under thirteen years of age. Where appropriate, PetChitChat.com will specifically instruct children not to submit such information on our site. If a child has provided us with information, a parent or guardian of that child should contact us if they would like this information deleted from our records. We will then use reasonable efforts to delete the child's information from our existing files. Legal Requests PetChitChat.com may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information and the contents of your account if required to do so by law or in a good faith belief that such access preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, or court order, or to protect the rights and property of PetChitChat.com, its affiliates or the public. User Control of Personal Information You have complete control of the information you submit to the site. Please note, we reserve the right to transfer your submitted information in the event of a transfer of ownership of PetChitChat.com, such as acquisition by or merger with another company. In such an event, PetChitChat.com will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. We give you the opportunity to opt-out of certain communications and modify personal information or demographic information you have provided to us at anytime by going to the My Account section of the Site when you login. You may also choose to delete your account entirely. External LinksPetChitChat.com may contain links to other sites. These other sites maintain their own policies regarding cookies and the collection and use of personal information. When you click on these links and visit these other Websites please be aware that we do not control these other Websites or these other Websites' business practices, and that this privacy policy does not apply to these other Websites. Consequently, the operators of these other Websites may collect different kinds of information about you, and may use and disclose that information in different ways than we would if it were collected on our Site. We encourage you to review their privacy policies and remind you that we will not be responsible for their actions. Security We use industry standard security measures to protect your information so that it is not made available to unauthorized parties. If you have any questions regarding which measures and techniques we use, feel free to contact us. Online Behavior Member submissions that appear on the public area of the site are moderated and, if necessary, we reserve the right to edit, delete, remove or not use any communication on a public area of the site. Changes to the Privacy Policy PetChitChat.com will continue to have the right to change this privacy policy and practices, and how we use your personally identifiable information, without notice, as described in the first paragraph of this Privacy Policy, provided that such changes shall only apply to information gathered on or after the date of the change. All changes to the privacy policy shall be posted online and made available to all PetChitChat.com members. Email notifications will also be sent to the users who have chosen to receive communications from us via email. Additional Privacy Information Listed below are a couple of links to other privacy organizations that you may review for more information. Additional Questions If you have any other questions about the practices outlined in this Privacy Policy, feel free to contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it PetChitChat, LLC |
