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pupforum.com privacy policy
The privacy of our users on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. Since pupforum.com and its services
do gather certain types of information about our users, we feel that you should completely understand the
conditions and terms surrounding the gathering and use of information about those using our sites and services.
This Privacy Policy Statement describes the information we gather, how we use it,
and how to correct or change it. In the policy, the pronouns "you" and "your" are used to refer to the end user,
while "we," "us" and "our" are used to refer to pupforum.com.
By visiting pupforum.com or by using one of its services,
you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy Statement. We may amend this
Statement at any time; if we make changes to our privacy policy, we will post those changes on
this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances we disclose it. This Statement was last revised on April 16, 2004.
Any questions regarding our Privacy Policy Statement should be directed to pupforum.com (support@pupforum.com)
for clarification and further elaboration.
1. Collecting Information
pupforum.com gathers and tracks information/data
that users provide through registration on our sites for most services.
In addition to this gathering of information by the registration of users,
pupforum.com also gathers information through an aggregated tracking
system that derives data mainly by tallying page views throughout our
sites and capturing information on the type of browser being used to
view the site. This information enables us to better provide content
and to respond to our users' needs. It also is used to help subscribers
and sponsors to better understand the demographics of subscribers and users.
As pupforum.com derives its revenue mainly from various subscription
and fee-based services, it is necessary for us to provide such
aggregated demographic data to our sponsors and subscribers.
This allows us to keep our services as low as possible. pupforum.com does
not divulge any personal information about an individual user to any third party.
pupforum.com may gather information on our users in the following ways:
Registration
Most pupforum.com services require user registration.
For the registration process, pupforum.com may require some information,
such as name, email address, location, type of user and other information,
while other information requested will be voluntary and optional. Information
collected in the registration process is never shared with third parties in a
personally identifiable way unless authorized by the registrant.
User ID and Passwords
Registered users and subscribers establish their own user identification and passwords.
To maximize the privacy and protection of user and subscriber personal information,
users are expected to safeguard their user ID and passwords, never allow someone
else to use them, and change their passwords periodically.
Optional Personal Information
pupforum.com allows job seeking users and subscribers to voluntarily submit
additional and optional information such as contact information and other
information. pupforum.com may utilize this optional information to help
improve services to users and subscribers on an individual and collective basis.
Users and subscribers may specify the extent to which this optional
information may be disclosed to others utilizing
pupforum.com services. Optional information will not be shared with third
parties in a personally identifiable way unless authorized by the user.
Credit Card Information
Fee-based subscriptions and services usually require payment by credit card.
pupforum.com collects only the credit card-related information that is necessary
to process the payment.
Credit card information as only as long as is necessary to process the payment
transaction unless otherwise authorized by the user.
Electronic Alert Notifications
All the sites in the pupforum.com network offer free electronic Alert notifications to users,
providing specific information to them on columns published, forum postings, and new pupforum features.
To provide this service, pupforum.com must gather the email addresses of users who
register for and subscribe to said service. You may remove yourself from any
pupforum.com mailing list at any time by following the instructions provided at the end of every notification.
Usage Tracking
pupforum.com uses traffic analysis software on our servers to track user traffic
patterns throughout all of our sites. This information is not correlated with personal
information about specific individual users. pupforum.com does use this data to break
down overall usage statistics according to IP address, domain name, browser type,
and MIME type by reading this information from the data automatically sent by the browser whenever a web page is requested.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that resides only on your own computer and
that can be accessed only by the server that originally created the cookie.
A cookie cannot store or send back any information to pupforum.com that you
have not specifically and voluntarily provided while on a pupforum.com site,
or that is not among the information mentioned above that is contained in
every user's browser (i.e., domain name, browser type). We use cookies
only so that we may tally the number of unique users who visit our sites,
and potentially to permit greater personalization of the site to your preferences
and specifications. Even when you may have provided to pupforum.com
information that is stored in a cookie on your computer, pupforum.com
will not share personally identifiable information about you to third parties.
2. Sharing of the information
pupforum.com uses the above-described information to tailor our services
to suit your needs and help subscribers and sponsors better understand
our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service
fee as low as possible. We do not share information about individual
users with any third party. pupforum.com will divulge information only as necessary to comply with state and federal laws.
Please note that pupforum.com does not control the practices of dog trainers, dog rescues, or other sites.
When you click on links to other sites that take you to third-party web sites, you will be subject to
the third parties' privacy policies. We encourage you to read the posted privacy policy
statement whenever interacting with any web site. If you have questions about how
any linked site uses information about you when visit their site, and view their content, please contact them directly.
3. "No-spam" policy
Your email address will not be sold or provided to a third party if you register
or subscribe with pupforum.com unless you specifically authorize communication
of your email address to another party such as a prospective clients.
If you sign up for an email Alert notifications at pupforum.com, you will receive only
the notifications you have requested. On occasion you may receive information from
pupforum.com about our services, including periodic reminders that you have not utilized pupforum.com services for a period.
4. Delete/deactivate policy
Users may unsubscribe to any of Alert notifications at any time by following the instructions
contained at the end of every Alert, and also on the web site. If you no
longer wish to use any pupforum.com services or receive any information from pupforum.com,
you may request to have your personal information permanently removed from pupforum.com's
databases by sending a request via email (support@pupforum.com) or by mail to:
pupforum, inc.
2 Tall Oaks Ct.
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
Please include your first and last names, email address, and other relevant information with which you originally registered.
Changes or corrections to your information may be submitted in the same fashion.
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