Privacy Notice
Effective Date: Date when it goes up on website.
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for Paw Works and our website; http://www.pawworks.org (add other domains owned by Paw Works). This privacy notice applies solely to the information collected by this website, except where stated otherwise. Will notify you of the following
- What information we collect;
- With whom it is shared;
- How it can be corrected;
- How policy changes will be communicated; and
- How to address concerns over misuse of personal data.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing.
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this website. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via E-mail or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to ship an order.
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about events, specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
- To facilitate our services;
- To provide services on our behalf;
- To perform Service-related services; or
- To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
We want to inform our service users that these third parties may have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the task assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
Your Access to and Control Over Information.
You may opt out of any future contact from us at any time. You can do the following at any time contacting us via the email address or phone number provided on our website:
- See what data we have about you, if any;
- Change/correct any data we have about you;
- Have us delete any data we have about you, except if you adopted an animal(s) from us;
- Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Orders.
We request information from you on our order form. To buy from us, you must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you.
Sharing.
We us an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.
We partner with another party to provide specific services. When a user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
Security.
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for the “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g. Billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
Cookies.
We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve you access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interest of our users to enhance their experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site. Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (e.g., advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Links to other Sites.
Our Services may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that sire. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do the necessary actions.
Surveys and Contests.
From time-to-time our site will request information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via Email at info@pawworks.org