LetsGetAPet.com's Privacy Policy

We are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of the visitors to our website. In particular, we are not in the business of selling or renting individuals' personal data to other companies for marketing purposes. This Privacy Policy provides detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how it is used, limited conditions under which it may be disclosed it to others, and how it will be kept secure.

Collection and Use of Personal Information

Personal information means any information that may be used to identify you, such as, your name, title, phone number, email address, or mailing address.

In general, you can browse the website without providing any personal information. We use industry standard products to analyse traffic to the website in order to understand its visitor's needs and to continually improve the site for them. The products collect only anonymous, aggregate statistics. For example, it does not tie a specific visit to a specific IP address.

If you subscribe to one of the newsletters, we ask you to simply provide your email address. In that case, we use your email address only in connection with providing you the newsletter and for no other purpose.

Additional activities on our site require you to be registered. As part of the registration process, we ask you to create an account where we collect additional personal information. We use that information for several general purposes: to tell you about new features; to fulfil your request; to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information; to verify the accuracy of our records; or to contact you regarding visitor satisfaction surveys.

Disclosure of Personal Information

In some instances we rely on our strategic partners to fulfil information requests. To do this, we may pass your information to them for that purpose only, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

We sometimes hire external companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering items, sending postal mail, providing technical support, and processing event registrations. We may also license/transfer or sell-off our technology to third parties, and in connection with such transitions, we may disclose customer data to the transferee solely for the purposes of fulfilling your requests and the obligations owed to you under the applicable agreements. We provide those companies only the information they need to perform the required tasks, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

By using our website and providing us with your personal data, you consent to this transfer of your personal data.

We may also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary in connection with a sale, merger, transfer, exchange or other disposition (whether of assets, stock or otherwise) of all or a portion of a business of LetsGetAPet.com and/or its subsidiaries or to (1) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process served on LetsGetAPet.com or this website; (2) protect and defend the rights or property of LetsGetAPet.com and this web site; (3) enforce its agreements with you, or (4) act in urgent circumstances to protect personal safety or the public.

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small text file containing information that a website transfers to your computer's hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies allow us to analyse our site traffic patterns and to provide a user- friendly LetsGetAPet.com registration and log-in process. A cookie can not give us access to your computer or to information beyond what you provide to us. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies; consult your browser's manual or online help if you want information on restricting or disabling the browser's handling of cookies. If you disable cookies, you can still view the publicly available information on our website, but you will not be able to take advantage of offers or activities requiring an account, which includes accessing customer-only areas. If are using a shared computer and you have cookies turned on, be sure to log off when you finish.

Links to Other Web Sites

Our website contains links to information on other websites. We do not have any control over these other websites, and therefore we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting those sites. Those sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, and if you have questions about how a site uses your information, consult that site's privacy statement.

Accessing Your Personal Information

You are entitled to access the personal information that we hold. Email your request to our Data Privacy Manager at info@letsgetapet.com. An administrative fee may be payable.

Your Consent

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of the information you provide to us as outlined in this Privacy Policy. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and without notice. If we change our Privacy Policy, we will publish those changes on this page.

If you have any questions or concerns about our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, please email our Data Privacy Manager at info@letsgetapet.com.

This document was last updated 28 September 2004.