Privacy Policy
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Introduction
DogEncyclopedia.net wants you to understand how we use the information you provide to us. We believe that you should have the right to approve the use of that information. By visiting our website, you are agreeing to abide by the terms set forth in this privacy policy as well as our Disclaimer and Terms and Conditions. You must be at least 13 years old to browse DogEncyclopedia.net. All the information provided on our website pertains to the opinions and interpretations of the laws of the United States.
How We Gather Information
Our site’s registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name, email, and postal address) and demographic information (like their zip/postal code, age, or income level). Contact information from the registration forms is used to provide information about our company. The customer’s contact information is also used to get in touch with the customer when necessary.
Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor’s experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.
Additionally, users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) on non-secure areas of the DogEncyclopedia.net site, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the user’s communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of DogEncyclopedia.net.
We work closely with our affiliates, and in some cases we offer services or sell documents jointly with these affiliates. If you purchase documents or services that are provided jointly by DogEncyclopedia.net and one of its affiliates, we share our customer information with that affiliate with respect to your purchase.
We also employ agents to fulfill other functions on our behalf, such as providing marketing assistance, analyzing data, preparing and maintaining site content, processing credit card payments and providing customer service. These agents have access to customer information as required in order to help them perform their functions on our behalf, but they are not allowed to use that information for any other purpose.
We receive and store certain information whenever you visit our website. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site, and to help identify you. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information, and for other purposes. Any information you voluntarily provide to us is used for such purposes as customizing your shopping experience, allowing us to respond to your requests and comments, and improving our website.
DogEncyclopedia.net reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of our site(s) and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners.
DogEncyclopedia.net will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties. Also, you should be aware that DogEncyclopedia.net may sometimes permit third parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through the website.DogEncyclopedia.net is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties and you should check the applicable privacy policy of such third party when providing personally identifiable information.
Minors
Visitors browsing, visiting or obtaining services from DogEncyclopedia.net must be at least 13 years of age.
How We Use this Information
DogEncyclopedia.net uses your email address to send you news about or updates about DogEncyclopedia.net, to forward special offers or ads from our affiliates and to respond to customer service issues or comments and questions received from you. Upon request, DogEncyclopedia.net will allow any user to “opt out” of further promotional contacts at any time. If you do not wish to receive notification of special offers or news and/or updates to our site(s), please Contact us.
Credit card or other financial information that is collected is used for billing and payment purposes for products and services you have ordered through DogEncyclopedia.net, and is submitted to the appropriate financial institution in order to process your credit card transaction, and will not be provided to any other person or party. All other private information submitted by you is confidential. You can update or delete your private information at any time by contacting us. However, it may be impossible to delete a user’s information without some residual information being left in our customer database due to backups and records of deletions.
Information submitted by our affiliates is used for the purposes of maintaining the business relationship between DogEncyclopedia.net and its affiliates and will not be provided to any third party. Our affiliates are not provided with any access to private information you have provided to us, whether or not such information was provided in connection with the purchase of goods or services from an affiliate’s site.
Use of Cookies
You should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the standard operation of DogEncyclopedia.net’s internet servers or through the use of “cookies.” “Cookies” are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements and targeted advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto a user’s system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Users should be aware that DogEncyclopedia.net cannot control the use of cookies or the resulting information by advertisers or third parties hosting data for DogEncyclopedia.net. If a user does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, users should note that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on DogEncyclopedia.net.
Cookie Choices
All Web browsers have the ability to accept cookies, reject cookies or to prompt the user before accepting them. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you have to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, affecting the acceptance of cookies means that you may not be able to use important portions of the DogEncyclopedia.net website.
Release of Information When Required
DogEncyclopedia.net will release customer information to the appropriate authorities if we are required to do so by law. DogEncyclopedia.net will also release such information if we feel it is necessary in order to protect our rights or the rights of our customers, affiliates, partners, or any other party, and for purposes of protection from fraud and credit risk.
Policy on sharing your information
DogEncyclopedia.net will not sell, rent or lease your personal information to others. DogEncyclopedia.net may share personal information with companies working our behalf and DogEncyclopedia.net owned business entities for the purposes detailed above. In any such cases, however, we require that the companies or entities adhere to privacy standards and policies at least as restrictive as those DogEncyclopedia.net has in place.
Circumstances may arise, whether for strategic or other business reasons, in which DogEncyclopedia.net decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize businesses in various countries. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or, conversely, the receipt of such personal information from sellers. It is DogEncyclopedia.net’s established practice to seek appropriate protection for all personal information in advance of any such transaction.
We may have a good faith that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to: (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or legitimate governmental request, (b) detect, prevent, or otherwise address suspected fraud,s ecurity or technical issues, (c) enforce any applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of DogEncyclopedia.net, its users or the general public as required or permitted by law.
Sites covered by this Privacy Policy
DogEncyclopedia.net may from time-to-time link to third-party websites for your convenience and to provide easy access to additional useful informaiton. Should you slect such a link you will leave theDogEncyclopedia.net website. DogEncyclopedia.net does not control those sites nor their privacy practices, which may differ from DogEncyclopedia.net’s practices and policies. Any personal data you choose to provide to or that is collected by such third parties is not in any way covered by the DogEncyclopedia.net Privacy Policy. We recommend that you read over such website’s privacy policy before providing any personal information. A link to another website from DogEncyclopedia.net does not constitute an endorsement or representation about the value, quality or usefuless of anything found on that third-party website.
DogEncyclopedia.net's Forum:
Questions posted by members are automatically added to our website and are visible to all visitors of DogEncyclopedia.net. These questions or any other communications posted on DogEncyclopedia.net are not confidential nor privileged in any capacity. Although the contents of the question are made available to the public, the contact information of the user who submitted the question remains private.
Business Transfers
To improve the offerings and selection at DogEncyclopedia.net, we may occasionally acquire subsidiaries or particular business units may be brought by or merged with another entity, entities or individuals. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing privacy notices. Additionally, in the event that DogEncyclopedia.net or substantially all of DogEncyclopedia.net’s assets are acquired, customer information may be one of the transferred assets.DogEncyclopedia.net resreves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of DogEncyclopedia.net’s assets to that successor in interest.
Anonymous Browsing
A large portion of our website may be accessed without the use of cookies, or anonymously. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission provides useful information about online privacy on its own Website, “Site Seeing on the Internet.”
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www. DogEncyclopedia.net .
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www. DogEncyclopedia.net and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – Advertising and Privacy ? Google Privacy Center
Modification to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. A user is bound by any minor changes to the policy when he or she uses this website after those changes have been posted. If, however, we are going to use a Registered Member’s personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify by posting a notice on the Website for 90 days.
If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post the modified Privacy Policy on this website to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can Contact us. Any dispute arising between you and DogEncyclopedia.net with respect to privacy is subject to the terms and conditions of use and this privacy statement, including limitations on damages, arbitration, and application of the laws of New York.
The foregoing policies are effective as of December 5, 2011. DogEncyclopedia.net reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying users of the existence of a new privacy statement. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.
DogEncyclopedia.net wants you to understand how we use the information you provide to us. We believe that you should have the right to approve the use of that information. By visiting our website, you are agreeing to abide by the terms set forth in this privacy policy as well as our Disclaimer and Terms and Conditions. You must be at least 13 years old to browse DogEncyclopedia.net. All the information provided on our website pertains to the opinions and interpretations of the laws of the United States.
How We Gather Information
Our site’s registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name, email, and postal address) and demographic information (like their zip/postal code, age, or income level). Contact information from the registration forms is used to provide information about our company. The customer’s contact information is also used to get in touch with the customer when necessary.
Demographic and profile data is also collected at our site. We use this data to tailor our visitor’s experience at our site showing them content that we think they might be interested in, and displaying the content according to their preferences.
Additionally, users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information (e.g., user name, e-mail address) on non-secure areas of the DogEncyclopedia.net site, that information, along with any substantive information disclosed in the user’s communication, can be collected and correlated and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other posters or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control of DogEncyclopedia.net.
We work closely with our affiliates, and in some cases we offer services or sell documents jointly with these affiliates. If you purchase documents or services that are provided jointly by DogEncyclopedia.net and one of its affiliates, we share our customer information with that affiliate with respect to your purchase.
We also employ agents to fulfill other functions on our behalf, such as providing marketing assistance, analyzing data, preparing and maintaining site content, processing credit card payments and providing customer service. These agents have access to customer information as required in order to help them perform their functions on our behalf, but they are not allowed to use that information for any other purpose.
We receive and store certain information whenever you visit our website. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site, and to help identify you. Your IP address is also used to gather broad demographic information, and for other purposes. Any information you voluntarily provide to us is used for such purposes as customizing your shopping experience, allowing us to respond to your requests and comments, and improving our website.
DogEncyclopedia.net reserves the right to perform statistical analyses of user behavior and characteristics in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas of our site(s) and to inform advertisers of such information as well as the number of users that have been exposed to or clicked on their advertising banners.
DogEncyclopedia.net will provide only aggregated data from these analyses to third parties. Also, you should be aware that DogEncyclopedia.net may sometimes permit third parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through the website.DogEncyclopedia.net is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties and you should check the applicable privacy policy of such third party when providing personally identifiable information.
Minors
Visitors browsing, visiting or obtaining services from DogEncyclopedia.net must be at least 13 years of age.
How We Use this Information
DogEncyclopedia.net uses your email address to send you news about or updates about DogEncyclopedia.net, to forward special offers or ads from our affiliates and to respond to customer service issues or comments and questions received from you. Upon request, DogEncyclopedia.net will allow any user to “opt out” of further promotional contacts at any time. If you do not wish to receive notification of special offers or news and/or updates to our site(s), please Contact us.
Credit card or other financial information that is collected is used for billing and payment purposes for products and services you have ordered through DogEncyclopedia.net, and is submitted to the appropriate financial institution in order to process your credit card transaction, and will not be provided to any other person or party. All other private information submitted by you is confidential. You can update or delete your private information at any time by contacting us. However, it may be impossible to delete a user’s information without some residual information being left in our customer database due to backups and records of deletions.
Information submitted by our affiliates is used for the purposes of maintaining the business relationship between DogEncyclopedia.net and its affiliates and will not be provided to any third party. Our affiliates are not provided with any access to private information you have provided to us, whether or not such information was provided in connection with the purchase of goods or services from an affiliate’s site.
Use of Cookies
You should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected through the standard operation of DogEncyclopedia.net’s internet servers or through the use of “cookies.” “Cookies” are small text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users, facilitate the user’s ongoing access to and use of the site and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements and targeted advertising. Cookies are not programs that come onto a user’s system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the user that has no meaning outside the assigning site. Users should be aware that DogEncyclopedia.net cannot control the use of cookies or the resulting information by advertisers or third parties hosting data for DogEncyclopedia.net. If a user does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the user to deny or accept the cookie feature; however, users should note that cookies may be necessary to provide the user with certain features (e.g., customized delivery of information) available on DogEncyclopedia.net.
Cookie Choices
All Web browsers have the ability to accept cookies, reject cookies or to prompt the user before accepting them. The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you have to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, affecting the acceptance of cookies means that you may not be able to use important portions of the DogEncyclopedia.net website.
Release of Information When Required
DogEncyclopedia.net will release customer information to the appropriate authorities if we are required to do so by law. DogEncyclopedia.net will also release such information if we feel it is necessary in order to protect our rights or the rights of our customers, affiliates, partners, or any other party, and for purposes of protection from fraud and credit risk.
Policy on sharing your information
DogEncyclopedia.net will not sell, rent or lease your personal information to others. DogEncyclopedia.net may share personal information with companies working our behalf and DogEncyclopedia.net owned business entities for the purposes detailed above. In any such cases, however, we require that the companies or entities adhere to privacy standards and policies at least as restrictive as those DogEncyclopedia.net has in place.
Circumstances may arise, whether for strategic or other business reasons, in which DogEncyclopedia.net decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise reorganize businesses in various countries. Such a transaction may involve the disclosure of personal information to prospective or actual purchasers, or, conversely, the receipt of such personal information from sellers. It is DogEncyclopedia.net’s established practice to seek appropriate protection for all personal information in advance of any such transaction.
We may have a good faith that access, use, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to: (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or legitimate governmental request, (b) detect, prevent, or otherwise address suspected fraud,s ecurity or technical issues, (c) enforce any applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, or (d) protect against imminent harm to the rights, property or safety of DogEncyclopedia.net, its users or the general public as required or permitted by law.
Sites covered by this Privacy Policy
DogEncyclopedia.net may from time-to-time link to third-party websites for your convenience and to provide easy access to additional useful informaiton. Should you slect such a link you will leave theDogEncyclopedia.net website. DogEncyclopedia.net does not control those sites nor their privacy practices, which may differ from DogEncyclopedia.net’s practices and policies. Any personal data you choose to provide to or that is collected by such third parties is not in any way covered by the DogEncyclopedia.net Privacy Policy. We recommend that you read over such website’s privacy policy before providing any personal information. A link to another website from DogEncyclopedia.net does not constitute an endorsement or representation about the value, quality or usefuless of anything found on that third-party website.
DogEncyclopedia.net's Forum:
Questions posted by members are automatically added to our website and are visible to all visitors of DogEncyclopedia.net. These questions or any other communications posted on DogEncyclopedia.net are not confidential nor privileged in any capacity. Although the contents of the question are made available to the public, the contact information of the user who submitted the question remains private.
Business Transfers
To improve the offerings and selection at DogEncyclopedia.net, we may occasionally acquire subsidiaries or particular business units may be brought by or merged with another entity, entities or individuals. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing privacy notices. Additionally, in the event that DogEncyclopedia.net or substantially all of DogEncyclopedia.net’s assets are acquired, customer information may be one of the transferred assets.DogEncyclopedia.net resreves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of DogEncyclopedia.net’s assets to that successor in interest.
Anonymous Browsing
A large portion of our website may be accessed without the use of cookies, or anonymously. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission provides useful information about online privacy on its own Website, “Site Seeing on the Internet.”
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www. DogEncyclopedia.net .
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to www. DogEncyclopedia.net and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – Advertising and Privacy ? Google Privacy Center
Modification to the Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. A user is bound by any minor changes to the policy when he or she uses this website after those changes have been posted. If, however, we are going to use a Registered Member’s personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify by posting a notice on the Website for 90 days.
If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post the modified Privacy Policy on this website to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can Contact us. Any dispute arising between you and DogEncyclopedia.net with respect to privacy is subject to the terms and conditions of use and this privacy statement, including limitations on damages, arbitration, and application of the laws of New York.
The foregoing policies are effective as of December 5, 2011. DogEncyclopedia.net reserves the right to change this policy at any time by notifying users of the existence of a new privacy statement. This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.