PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY. IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE USING THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES. BY USING THE WEBSITE OR SERVICES, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED WEAREPUPPIES’S PRIVACY POLICY.
Protecting the personal information of the Users of the Website is of utmost importance here at wearepuppies.com (the “Website”). Detailed hereinafter is the Privacy Policy (the “Policy” or “Privacy Policy”) of the Website. The relationship between the Website and the Users shall be subject to the terms of this Policy coupled with the provisions contained in our Policy as well as the Terms of Use. The moment the User accesses the Website or uses any of the services present herein, he/she becomes subject to the terms of this Policy. Those who do not wish to bind themselves by this Policy shall not use the Website or any of the services available through the Website. This Policy outlines how we collect, use and store User information. Except as provided in this Policy, we do not sell, share or use the information. Wearepuppies reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting such changes on this page. Please check the revision date below to determine if this Privacy Policy has been modified since you last reviewed it. Your continued use of any portion of the Website or Services following posting of the updated Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
This privacy statement was last updated on 07.22.2024. We are puppies created this privacy statement in order to disclose its information, gathering and dissemination practices for its website located at wearepuppies.com and other related websites owned and/or operated by Wearepuppies.com (together, the “Website”), products, and the services offered and provided through the Website (the “Services” as described in the Terms of Use).
A note about the Website and Services: Some of our Services, data centers, service providers, affiliates or operating partners and servers may be located outside the United States. As such, the Website and Services may be subject to the laws of numerous countries and jurisdictions, some of which may require us to disclose certain information about our users. We are committed to keeping your information private, while still complying with all applicable laws in jurisdictions in which we operate.
Should you have any concerns or believe that there are problems or issues relating to compliance with the policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, please notify us by e-mail at: sales@wearepuppies.com
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We want you to always be aware of what personal and other information we collect, how we use that information, and under what circumstances we may disclose it. All personal information that we collect will be handled according to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time the information is collected. If the Privacy Policy changes in any significant respect in the meantime, we will not (without your permission) use your personal data in a manner that is inconsistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time your information was collected.
From time to time, we may find the need to make changes to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may be amended by Wearepuppies upon notice given through the Website or via email. Please check the Privacy Policy published on this Website regularly to ensure that you are aware of all terms governing your use of this Website.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
This Website does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse the Website and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, your email address, or any other personally identifiable information. Some of the Services offered to users of the Website require you to register for a user account with Wearepuppies (“User Account”).
We collect and store certain User information related to a User Account, including, but not limited to, your name, age, gender, address, phone number, and email in order to provide the best quality services to you. Most of this information is collected at the time of your registration and creation of a User Account. You may also register with Wearepuppies through your account with certain third party social networking services, including but not limited Facebook/Twitter/Instagram (collectively, “SNS”).
This information you provide is used for such purposes as allowing you to set up a User Account and profile that can be used to improve the content of the Service, customize the advertising and content you see, and communicate with you about special sales and new features. It is completely optional for you to engage in these activities and/or make any purchases from wearepuppies.com. If you wish to deactivate your personal User Account, you can contact us and our technical support Service and Website at sales@wearepuppies.com When you deactivate your personal account, all information stored and maintained as part of your account, including, without limitation, information obtained from your SNS will be deactivated (although some information may be retained for archival, analytics, backup and record purposes). You may change your personal information and privacy preferences at any time by logging into your personal account. You may also access and change your personal information and privacy preferences by contacting us and our technical support Service and Website at: [email protected].
User information is also collected through your correspondences or interactions with us or with any other User on the Website. Information submitted while making a payment or placing an order on the Website, including, but not limited to, information relating to credit card numbers, account information, or any PIN numbers, may also be collected and stored by the Website.
Wearepuppies may establish relationships with various service providers whose services may become available to you from the Website or from other websites that are linked to the Website. Typically, these providers would offer services that Wearepuppies customers might find useful, such as those that can be used in conjunction with the Website and Services. In order to use these services, you may be required to provide personal information to the services providers. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, personal information that you provide while you are visiting a provider’s website will be subject to the privacy policy posted on such site, and personal information that you provide while on the Website in conjunction with a provider’s service will be subject to this Privacy Policy. For instance, credit card information entered as part of the filling out the purchase form or registration process is collected by the third parties registration services and subject to their respective privacy policies. You should be aware that our agreements with these service providers often provide that they will share with Wearepuppies personal information collected from you. In such instances, Wearepuppies may use this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Users may be permitted to upload certain content onto the Website and Services (“User Content”). By using the messaging feature on the Website or by posting, transmitting or making public any content, including, without limitation, User Content anywhere on the Website, you hereby irrevocably consent and grant us a non-exclusive, irrevocable, worldwide and royalty-free right to access, use, copy, modify, make public, transmitting or distributing such information or content. Neither shall the Wearepuppies, its directors, employees, agents, subcontractors, associates, or any other Users have any duty of confidentiality over such information or content that is posted, transmitted or otherwise made public by you.
When you submit personal information to Wearepuppies through the Website, you understand and agree that this information may be transferred across national boundaries and may be stored and processed in any of the countries in which Wearepuppies and its affiliates and subsidiaries maintain offices. You also acknowledge that in certain countries or with respect to certain activities, the collection, transferring, storage, and processing of your information may be undertaken by trusted vendors of Wearepuppies. Such vendors are bound by contract not to use your personal information for their own purposes or provide it to any third parties.
Wearepuppies also uses third party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website. These companies may use general information about your visits to the Website as well as other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
USE OF INFORMATION
This information is collected in aggregate form, without identifying any user individually. We are puppies may use this aggregate, non-identifying statistical data for statistical analysis, marketing, or similar promotional purposes.
During the course of your use of the Website or its Services, we may collect and/or use certain information about your use, access and activity related to the Website for our marketing and promotional purposes.
No personal information of any user would be disclosed without his/her prior consent. Your acceptance of this Policy indicates your express consent of our use and disclosure of your non-personal information. User information is also used for improving the Website, its interface and functionality as well as to improve our Services that we offer through the Services or to offer new Services. Your contact information may be used to send you communications with regard to any changes to the Website or to the Services or for any offers, promotions or discounts that we may offer.
We will work to ensure that all use and access of your information is for the purposes of providing our Services or to improve upon the Website and/or the Services. We will access or otherwise use your information only on a ‘need to’ basis and only employees specifically authorized by us will be permitted to access such information.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION shall mean that Website is a platform where Users may explore the assortment of puppies offered for sale by and buy the puppies of their choice.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Although we will always strive to guard your identity, we may disclose your personally identifiable information without your permission in limited circumstances. We will only do so if we have a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (1) comply with laws, regulations, or government requests or (2) to investigate or protect against harmful activities to our guests, visitors, associates, or property (including the Website or Services), or to others. If we are required by law enforcement or judicial authorities to provide your personally identifiable information, we will only do so upon receipt of appropriate documentation. We may also disclose your information to investigate violation of and enforce our Terms of Service. Please know that we do not take this responsibility lightly. Your privacy is of paramount importance to us.
Wearepuppies does use the services of third parties, such as e-mail service providers, purchase, shipping and order processing merchants and marketing companies that act as independent contractors on behalf of Wearepuppies. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose Wearepuppies specifies. We do provide non-personally identifiable information to certain service providers for their use on an aggregated basis for the purpose of performing their contractual obligations to us. We prohibit the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of the Wearepuppies affiliates for their use without your approval. In the event that all or substantially all of Wearepuppies’s stock and/or all or substantially all assets are transferred or sold to another entity, wearepuppies may transfer personally identifiable information to the acquiring entity. If, as a result of such a business transition, your personally identifiable information will be used in a materially different manner, you will be given a choice consistent with our policy regarding notification of changes.
Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information
Wearepuppies operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our users. Wearepuppies takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or from the Website or Services. Your use of the Website and Services is at your own risk.
We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company’s security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. After personally identifiable information reaches Wearepuppies it is stored on a server with physical and electronic security features as customary in the industry, including utilization of login/password procedures and electronic firewalls designed to block unauthorized access from outside of Wearepuppies. Because laws applicable to personal information vary by country, our offices or other business operations may put in place additional measures that vary depending on the applicable legal requirements. Information collected on the sites covered by this Privacy Policy is processed and stored in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions and also in other countries where Wearepuppies and its service providers conduct business. All Wearepuppies employees are aware of our privacy and security policies. Your information is only accessible to those employees who need it in order to perform their jobs.
Information Relating to Children
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in November 1998. COPPA provides parents with specific rights regarding their children's privacy. For additional information and resources on COPPA, please visit the Federal Trade Commission Web site at http://www.ftc.gov/. The wearepuppiesWebsite and any Software or Services available on this site are not directed at children under 13 years of age and, therefore, COPPA does not apply. However, we recognize that children under the age of 13 may access this Website and subscribe to the newsletter, purchase Software and Services, or download software programs. The collection of information is covered above. Parents and Legal Guardians may request from us to review, delete or stop the collection of the personally identifiable information of their child. You may do so by contacting us by email to: [email protected]
California Online Privacy Protection Act Notice
Wearepuppies does not track users over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not track (DNT) signals. However, some third party sites may keep track of your browsing activities when they serve you content, which enables them to tailor what they present to you. If you are visiting such sites, your web browser may allow you to set the DNT signal on your browser so that third parties (particularly advertisers) know you do not want to be tracked.
Wearepuppies does not authorize the collection of personally identifiable information by third parties and third parties cannot collect this information unless you provide it to them directly.
COOKIES – LOG FILES – LINKS – REFERENCES
Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored on your system. Cookies contain certain non-personally identifiable information about Users. Cookies help us in understanding your browsing patterns, preferences, as well as browsing history. However, none of the information collected and stored in our cookies will be personally identifiable to you. We reserve the right to send and access cookies in your system as and when you log in to the Website. Should you disable any of the Website’s cookies, you will still be able to use our site. However, by disabling the cookies you may face limited access in some areas of the Website. These cookies will enable us to send promotional discounts on our Website to benefit you. It also allows us to improve upon our existing Services and features based on the information provided to us by the cookies. While generally advertisers do not have access to our cookies, we have allowed certain advertisers that advertise on our Website to send and access their own cookies on your computer. These cookies will be governed as per the provisions contained in the respective site’s Privacy Policy.
IP addresses of Users may be used to recognize, analyze and understand the present trends, manage the Website, track User’s searches. We do not use IP addresses to track, record or store the personal information of any User.
The Website may contain links to other sites. wearepuppiesdoes not control these third party websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices or content. Users may use any information contained on such third party websites at their own risk, Wearepuppieswill not be responsible for any loss incurred due to use of such third party websites. Each site to which the Website has been linked to may have its own Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Users are advised to read through these before entering the site as they may have their own Policy with regard to collecting and using your personal information. This Policy applies only to your use of the Website and shall not be applicable on any other site. Third parties may also set their own cookies and/or use web beacons, which may be used to identify some of your preferences or to recognize you if you have previously had contact these third parties. Wearepuppies does not control the use of such technology by third parties, the information they collect, or how they use such information. You should direct all concerns regarding any third party website to the site administrator or webmaster of such website.
We also have a special referral system wherein Users may recommend or refer our Website to a friend. We may collect certain information including the name and email address of the person referred. There is an automated invite email which is immediately sent to the referred person. This information is stored only to send a one-time email to the referred person. If the person referred is not interested, he/she may contact us for the removal of their information from our databases.
MANAGEMENT & CONTROL OF INFORMATION
From time to time we may send Website and Service related announcements and updates. Your use of the Website and Services available through the Website indicates your acceptance to receive such communication. When Users place a request for a particular service or lodge a complaint about issues pertaining to the User Account on email or phone, we retain a right to communicate to such User.
STORAGE AND SECURITY OF INFORMATION
Protection of User information is very important to Wearepuppies. No personal information is disclosed unless in accordance with the provisions of this Policy. However, it is essential that Users understand that no safety measure or precaution taken by us may prove sufficient. Hence the Website does not warrant the safety of any information collected or stored.
Users may observe that a lock sign on the bottom of the web browser appears locked when he/she enters into a secure page such as the payment page which requires the disclosure of sensitive information like credit card number by the User. The locked symbol indicates that the current page is secure.
AMENDMENTS TO THE POLICY
We hold a right to change the terms of this Policy or update them at any time without any prior notice. Notifications shall be sent to the User with regard to any changes that have been made including the changes in the way in which we treat personal and sensitive information to the primary email id specified in the account or by placing a notice on our Website.
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