PRIVACY POLICY
It is the goal of PupPal.com LLC (PupPal) to be the number one source for puppy buyers in the world. We take great care in protecting your personal information by strictly adhering to all Federal and State privacy laws as well as many internal standards and safeguards. We value your privacy and are committed to responsible handling of your personal information. PupPal is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways inconsistent with this statement.
REGISTRATION
In order to use the services of this website, a user must complete the registration form. The registration form requires contact information. This information is used to contact the user about the services for which they have subscribed to or expressed an interest in. Other users will have access to some of the contact information (email address and phone number) in order to contact the user about their product or service.
COOKIES
Certain aspects of the service require the use of cookies. These cookies are for identification only.
SHARING
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information. We will share this information with our partners and advertisers. This information is general and is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
We use the services of Authorize.net to process credit card information when billing users for goods or services. The information shared with Authorize.net is subject to its privacy policy.
LINKS
This web site contains links to other sites. PupPal is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. Users should take care to read the privacy statements of each and every site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website.
SECURITY
PupPal takes every precaution to protect our user’s information. Information submitted through this website is protected both online and off-line. When information is requested via our registration/order form, it is encrypted and protected by the best encryption software in the industry (SSL). While on a secure page, such as our registration/order form or a PayPal order form, the lock icon on the bottom of the web browser becomes locked (as opposed to un-locked when merely surfing).
While we use SSL to protect your information online, we also take safeguards to protect your information off-line. All of our user’s information is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need certain information to perform a specified task are given access to the information. The servers where this information is stored is protected by security both physically and technologically. The location of these servers is not public information and is never given out to our users.
CORRECTING/UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
If a user’s personal information changes or a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update, or remove that user’s personal information provided to us. This can usually be done by the user on the member information page or by emailing customer support.
SCAMMERS, SPAMMERS, HACKERS, & ABUSERS
PupPal has a zero tolerance policy for those engaged in criminal activity or heckling. PupPal may display the following information publicly on the website when rules, abuse, hacking attempts, or intent to harm any advertiser or staff member takes place: IP address, email, ISP information, name, city, state, country, and zip code. PupPal will also provide this information to the appropriate authority at its discretion.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
Should PupPal decide to change its privacy policy, it will make those changes available via the website. If at any point PupPal decides to use information inconsistent with the policy at the time the information was collected, user’s will be notified via email and given the opportunity to decide whether or not PupPal uses their information in the different manner.
