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PRIVACY POLICY |
VetLife has the following
Privacy Policy with respect to information gathered on Web
pages hosted by VetLife.com
Our Commitment to Data
Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and
ensure the appropriate use of information, we have put in
place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial
procedures reasonably designed to safeguard and secure the
information we collect online.
Through this website VetLife
will collect information that can identify you, such as your
name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other
similar information ("Your Information") when it is
voluntarily submitted to us (however, see discussion below
about "IP Addresses" if you have a broadband connection). We
will use Your Information to respond to requests you may
make of us, and from time to time, we may refer to Your
Information to better understand your needs and how we can
improve our websites, products and services.
From time to time, we also use
the information you provide about yourself or others to
inform you of additions or improvements to the VetLife
services as well as conduct member surveys in order to
improve our services. These communications will only be sent
to the administrative account. We may also use personally
identifiable End-User information to provide targeted
content and commerce opportunities to End-Users based on
their demographic and behavioral information.
Any other information transferred by you in connection with
your visit to this site ("Other Information" - that is,
information that cannot be used to identify you) may be
included in databases owned and maintained by VetLife or its
agents. VetLife retains all rights to these databases and
the information contained in them. Other Information we
collect may include your IP Address and other information
gathered through our weblogs and cookies (see below).
This site may collect web log information. Web log
information is gathered when you visit one of our websites
by the computer that hosts our website (called a "webserver").
The webserver automatically recognizes some non-personal
information, such as the date and time you visited our site,
the pages you visited, the website you came from, the type
of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer), the type
of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows 2000), and
the domain name and address of your Internet service
provider (e.g., AOL).
This website may use a technology called a "cookie". A
cookie is a piece of information that our webserver sends to
your computer (actually to your browser file) when you
access a website. Then when you come back our site will
detect whether you have one of our cookies on your computer.
Our cookies help provide additional functionality to the
site and help us analyze site usage more accurately. For
instance, our site may set a cookie on your browser that
keeps you from needing to remember and then enter a password
more than once during a visit to the site.
This website uses Internet Protocol (IP) Addresses. An IP
Address is a number assigned to your computer by your
Internet service provider so you can access the Internet.
Generally, an IP address changes each time you connect to
the Internet (it is a "dynamic" address). Note, however,
that if you have a broadband connection, depending on your
individual circumstance, it is possible that your IP Address
that we collect, or even perhaps a cookie we use, may
contain information that could be deemed identifiable. This
is because with some broadband connections your IP Address
doesn't change (it is "static") and could be associated with
your personal computer. We use your IP address to report
aggregate information on use and to help improve the
website.
You should be aware that this site is not intended for, or
designed to attract, individuals under the age of 18. We do
not collect personally identifiable information from any
person we actually know is an individual under the age of
18.
We may share Your Information with agents, contractors or
partners of VetLife in connection with services that these
individuals or entities perform for, or with, VetLife. These
agents, contractors or partners are restricted from using
this data in any way other than to provide services for
VetLife, or services for the collaboration in which they and
VetLife are engaged (for example, some of our products are
developed and marketed through joint agreements with other
companies). We may, for example, provide your information to
agents, contractors or partners for hosting our databases,
for data processing services, or so that they can mail you
information that you requested.
VetLife reserves the right to share Your Information to
respond to duly authorized information requests of
governmental authorities or where required by law. In
exceptionally rare circumstances where national, state or
company security is at issue (such as with the World Trade
Center terrorist act in September, 2001), VetLife reserves
the right to share our entire database of visitors and
customers with appropriate governmental authorities.
We may also provide Your Information to a third party in
connection with the sale, assignment, or other transfer of
the business of this website to which the information
relates, in which case we will require any such buyer to
agree to treat Your Information in accordance with this
Privacy Policy.
As a convenience to our visitors, this Website may contain
links to a number of sites that we believe may offer useful
information. The policies and procedures we described here
do not apply to those sites. We suggest contacting those
sites directly for information on their privacy, security,
data collection, and distribution policies.
Finally, we never use or share
the personally identifiable information provided to us
online in ways or for reasons unrelated to the ones
described above without also providing an opportunity to
opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
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