Privacy Policy
LostPet.com takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. Also, please read our Childrens Privacy Policy to learn more about how we treat personally identifiable information collected from children and Privacy Information to learn how we treat such information collected in connection with LostPet financial products and services.
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Your LostPet Account Information is password-protected for your privacy and security. In certain areas LostPet uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions.
LostPet has established this privacy policy to explain to you how your information is protected, collected and used, which may be updated by LostPet from time to time. LostPet will provide notice of materially significant changes to this privacy policy by posting notice on the LostPet site.
1. Protecting your privacy
We don't run banner ads, pop ups, pop under, or any other kind of commercial ads. We don't share your information with third parties for marketing purposes. We don't engage in cross-marketing or link-referral programs with other sites. We don't send you unsolicited communications for marketing purposes.
Account information is password-protected. Keep your password safe. Forums use basic web server authentication. Close your browser to log out. LostPet does not knowingly collect any information from persons under the age of 13. If LostPet learns that a posting is by a person under the age of 13, LostPet will remove that post.
LostPet, or people who post on LostPet, may provide links to third party websites, which may have different privacy practices. We are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.
2. Data we collect
We collect your email address, for purposes such as sending self-publishing and confirmation emails, authenticating user accounts, providing subscription email services, registering for forums, etc.
We sometimes collect your phone number for account authentication purposes, and may transmit it to a third party service for tele-robotic verification.
LostPet does not store credit card information. Credit card transactions are transmitted to a financial gateway, and we endeavor to protect the security of your payment information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
We may collect personal information if you provide it in feedback or comments, post it on our classifieds or interactive forums, or if you contact us directly. Please do not post any personal information on LostPet's forums or classifieds that you expect to keep private.
Our web logs collect standard web log entries for each page served, including your IP address, page URL, and timestamp. Web logs help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer the LostPet site, and to otherwise provide our service to you.
3. Data we store
All postings are stored in our database, even after "deletion," and may be archived elsewhere.
Our web logs and other records are stored indefinitely.
Although we make good faith efforts to store the information in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security.
4. Archive and/or display of LostPet postings by search engines and other sites
Search engines and other sites not affiliated with LostPet - including archive.org, google.com, MSN Search, and Yahoo Search- archive or otherwise make available LostPet postings, and or pet related information.
5. Circumstances in which LostPet may release information
LostPet may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
LostPet may also disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use; respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of LostPet, its users or the general public.
6. International Users
By visiting our web site and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that due to the international dimension of LostPet we may use the data collected in the course of our relationship for the purposes identified in this policy or in our other communications with you, including the transmission of information outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, please understand that such data may be stored on servers located in the United States. By providing us with your data, you consent to the transfer of such data.
7. Feedback
We welcome your feedback on this document in our Suggestions.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy
LostPet may amend this policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal information we will notify you by posting a prominent announcement on our pages.
