K9Club Inc, operating as “K9 Club” and its affiliated and subsidiary entities (“K9 Club”, “we”,“us”or any other name, trademark or representation used to describe, represent or stand for this business) is dedicated to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information. This website or mobile application is one of several websites (the “Sites”) or mobile applications (the “Apps”) (collectively, the “Digital Services”) relating to and/or operated by us. This Privacy Statement describes how we may collect, use and disclose personal information on our websites (“websites”). This Privacy Statement applies to any personal information we collect or receive about you, from any source. However, it does not apply to personal information that we collect, use or disclose for editorial purposes.
By submitting your personal information, using our websites, or subscribing to our services or products, you acknowledge your agreement to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Statement. Please check back periodically as this Privacy Statement may be amended from time to time. By continuing to use the sites and apps you hereby acknowledge that it is your duty to check for any updates and changes in your continuing use and/or subscriptions.
Personal Information
Personal information means information about an identifiable individual. Examples of personal information that we may collect, use and disclose include your contact information (name, address, phone number or email address), and other information that you may provide to us. Personal information does not include publicly available information or your business contact information.
What we Collect and to Whom we May Distribute the Information
In most cases, we will collect personal information directly from you, when you purchase or interact with us about a product or service that we offer or provide (for example, when you email us or contact us through our website). Occasionally, we may collect personal information from a third party based on your consent, or as otherwise permitted by law.
In general, you can browse our websites and “opt-out” from providing us with any personal information. Once you agree to provide us with personal information, you are known to us. If you choose to use and/or purchase certain services we may require you to provide contact and identification information, and other personal information as indicated on the forms throughout our websites. Where possible, we indicate which fields are required and which are optional. You always have the option to not provide information by choosing not to use or purchase a service from us.
IP Address and Click-Stream Data
We may collect IP addresses, click-stream data, length of session, and other information related to your use of our Digital Services for purposes of system administration, to improve the Digital Services, to report aggregate information to potential business partners or sponsors, and for other internal uses related to the Digital Services. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. When you request pages from the Site, our computers log your IP address. Click-stream data is information collected when you visit different pages on our Digital Services. Click-stream data may include information such as the page served, the time, the source of the request, the type of browser, the preceding page view, and other non-personal information. This data helps us analyze how visitors arrive at the Digital Services, what type of content is most popular, and other information about usage of our Digital Service.
Analytics Tools and Services
We may use Google Analytics or similar tools or services to collect information such as how often users visit our Digital Services, what pages or features they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our Digital Services. We use this analytics data to improve our Digital Services and tailor them to the needs of our users. Analytics providers may collect the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our Digital Services, as well as your gender, age, interest categories, and other information to the extent it is available to the provider (based on your browser settings and otherwise). Google’s use of information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent certain analytics providers from recognizing you on return visits to our Sites by disabling cookies on your browser.
We identify the purposes for which we may collect, use and disclose your personal information at the time that we collect such information. Such purposes include providing and delivering products or services to you, responding to your inquiries, and internal business purposes such as administering or improving our website. We obtain your consent for such purposes at or before the time that we collect, use or disclose your personal information, except where permitted or required by law.
K9 Club may share personal information to fulfill the purposes to which you have consented. We may also share your personal information with third party service providers as necessary for them to provide services on our behalf. Some service providers may be located outside of the United States where personal information may be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions.
Retaining and Safeguarding Information
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and as permitted or required by law. We have implemented, or intend to implement, physical, organizational, contractual and technological security measures to protect your personal information from loss or theft, and unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
How we Monitor our Website
Our website may place and access cookies when you visit our website. A cookie is a small data file that websites commonly write to your computer. A cookie file contains information that can identify you each time you visit the website. Our websites use cookies to measure website activity and traffic patterns. We may use third-party vendors and advertising networks to serve advertisements on our websites. Such third parties may place and access cookies on your browser for the purpose of delivering tailored advertisements to you. That activity is subject to such third-parties’ policies and terms. You may choose to set your computer to reject cookies if you desire. However, if you refuse to accept cookies, you may not be able to use some of the features available on our websites.
From time to time, we collect certain usage information from our servers, or servers that belong to third parties, that relates to the use of our websites. We use this information to improve our websites, for example by enhancing pages or features that are visited frequently, and on occasion we may share this information with our affiliates or other third party companies to provide them with an indication of the amount of interest in our websites for advertising purposes and to help us plan for technical improvements.
Accessing Your Personal Information
We will make available to you any personal information that we have collected, used or disclosed, upon your written request, to the extent permitted by law. We will attempt to respond to your written request within thirty (30) days. We will advise you in writing if we cannot meet your request within this time limit.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Notification
Our services are not designed or intended for use by children under 13. If you are under 18, you should use the services only with involvement of a parent or guardian.
Pursuant to 47 U.S.C. Section 230(d) as amended, K9 Club hereby notifies you that parental control protections (such as computer hardware, software, or filtering services) are commercially available that may assist you in limiting access to material that is harmful to minors. Information identifying current providers of such protections is available at the Electronic Frontier Foundation website http://www.eff.org.
Notice to Residents of Countries Outside the United States of America
K9Club Inc is headquartered in the United States of America. Personal information may be accessed by us or transferred to us in the United States or to our affiliates, business partners, or service providers elsewhere in the world. By providing us with personal information, you consent to this transfer. We will protect the privacy and security of personal information according to this Privacy Policy, regardless of where it is processed or stored.
Keeping Your Information Secure
We have implemented reasonable security measures to safeguard the Personal Information you provide us. However, please keep in mind that “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet, and accordingly we cannot provide any guarantee that your information will remain secure.
Links to Other Websites
You should be aware that when you use a Digital Service you could be directed to other sites beyond our control. For example, if you click on certain links, you will likely leave the Site or App and move to a different site which is not operated by us. These other services may send their own cookies to you, independently collect data or solicit Personal Information and may or may not have their own published privacy policies. If you visit a site that is linked to by a Digital Service, you should carefully review that site’s privacy policy before providing any Personal Information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information you submit to third-party sites
Limitation of Liability
By providing us with any Personal Information you expressly and unconditionally release and hold harmless K9 Club, K9Club Inc, and its or their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, related companies and their respective shareholders, owners, members, directors, officers, employees and agents (collectively, the “Releasees”) from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the use and/or misuse of your collected Personal Information. In addition, while we take reasonable steps to prevent third party companies from making unauthorized use of your Personal Information, we cannot be held be held liable for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the use and/or misuse thereof by those third parties.
Changes in this Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently.
This policy is effective as of February 1, 2018.
Contact Us
Our Compliance & Contracts Administrator is accountable for our compliance with this Privacy Statement and applicable privacy law. All comments, questions, concerns or complaints regarding your personal information should be forwarded to our Administrator as follows: