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Your privacy is important. We have established this privacy policy to let you know how your personal information is processed and used. The following discloses our privacy policy for our web site at HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM. What information are we collecting and how are we collecting it? Every device connected to the Internet is given a set of numbers that serve as that device's "Internet Protocol" address also known as its IP address. In cases where visitors access the internet behind a router performing network address translation (NAT), the IP address is given to the router and not to the computer. When a visitor requests a page from any Web site within the HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM, our Web servers automatically recognize that visitor's IP address. The IP address reveal nothing personal about you other than the IP address from where you have accessed our site. We use this information to examine our traffic in aggregate and to investigate misuse of the HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM Network, its users, or to cooperate with law enforcement. We do not collect and evaluate this information for specific individuals. What are cookies? From time to time, HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM or its advertisers may send a "cookie" to your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other Web sites. Cookies do not damage your system. We use cookies to identify which areas of HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM's Network of Web sites you have visited or customized so the next time you visit; those pages may be readily accessible. Our advertisers may also use cookies to ascertain how many times you have seen an advertisement. HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM and its advertisers may use this information to better personalize the content, banners, and promotions that you see on our site. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept these cookies, your experience at our Site and other Web sites may be diminished and some features may not work as intended. How do we use single-pixel gifs? HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM and its advertisers may use single-pixel gif images, sometimes referred to as web bugs or web beacons, to count Web page accesses and gather some general statistical information. HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM does not gather personal information through the use of these images. Our advertisers may use single-pixel gifs that can track personal information from cookies that may have been previously placed on a user's computer by an advertiser. What information do we collect when you register for something? HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM offers access to some services that are free but that require registration. We may use your registration and pre-registration contact information to send notification of HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM products and services by e-mail and/or postal mail. We also may share that information with our clients. Our clients may send you promotional material that is related to the topic of the service for which you registered unless you have chosen not to receive it. We may also use your IP address internally and share it with third parties. What other information do we request and do we collect? We may also request your e-mail address or mailing address for the purposes of conducting a survey or to provide additional services such as: subscriptions to e-mail newsletters, announcement lists, information about conferences and trade shows, or other products and services. We may collect any information that you have entered. We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy that means that we do not intend to sell, rent, or otherwise give your e-mail address to a third-party without your consent. We may, from time to time, send e-mail announcing new HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM products and services, and other products and services. If you choose to supply your postal address in an online form, you may receive mailings from other third party companies. When you enter a contest or other promotion, we may ask for your name, address, and e-mail address so we can administer the contest and notify winners. You will have the ability to opt-out of mailings at any time by selecting the Unsubscribe link within email mailings. What information do we collect when you purchase something? If you are purchasing something from HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM, we need to know your name, e-mail address, mailing address, credit card number and expiration date. This allows us to process and fulfill your order and to notify you of your order status. This information may also be used by us to notify you of related products and services. Credit card and e-mail information will not be shared or sold to third parties for any purpose without your permission. Certain HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM properties use a shopping cart feature that safeguards this information by using industry standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypted servers. SSL codes the information transferred between you and the server, protecting it from anyone trying to intercept the information. Wherever HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM collects personal information we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page. We do not engage in the practice of selling, renting, or sharing our customer lists or customer information to third parties. Exceptions include release of information which is required by law, which is pertinent to legal investigations or proceedings, which we believe is relevant to illegal activities, fraud, or threats, and which may be relevant if we are acquired by or merged with another company. Will we disclose the information we collect to outside third parties? HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM will disclose personal information and/or an IP address when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: 1) Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM, 2) Protect and defend the rights or property of the HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM Network of sites and related properties, or visitors to the HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM Network of sites and related properties, 3) Identify persons who may be violating the law, the HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM legal notice and Web site User Agreement, the rights of third parties, or otherwise misusing the HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM Network or its related properties, 4) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities. HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM uses reasonable precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure. HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM reserves the right to transfer all such information in connection with the sale of all or part of HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM's capital stock or assets. Furthermore, we are not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information. We are not responsible for such third party privacy policies or how they treat information about their users. What should you know about changes and links? HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM may update or change this privacy policy at any time and such changes will become effective immediately unless otherwise stated. Our web site will state the date of the most recent update. Please note that this site may contain links to other sites and that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites. Opt-in announcement and List Privacy Policy. As an added benefit to the visitors of the HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM Network of sites, we have a relationship with OfferShot, an independent, third party company that sends e-mail announcements to individuals who request to receive them. When you sign up for a HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM e-mail newsletter, you are given the opportunity to also receive announcement lists from OfferShot. Whether you want to receive these announcement lists is your choice; you should only receive those lists you affirmatively choose to. If you choose to receive a specific announcement list, you will receive commercial messages that are related to the topic of the list from independent third parties that have contracted with HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM and/or OfferShot to send messages to the list. Personally identifiable information will not be used by HTTP://WWW.DOGSTIFFY.COM or OfferShot for any purposes other than to deliver the e-mail announcements. You may stop the arrival of these announcement lists at any time by removing your e-mail address from the list by following the instructions on the e-mails you receive. Please note that this site may contain links to other sites and that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those sites. Updated: 4/16/09 OfferShot |