At Puredogs, we understand the importance of safeguarding your personal information and respecting your privacy. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of data protection and transparency. To ensure that you have a clear understanding of how we collect, use, and protect your data, we have outlined our privacy guidelines and procedures in this Privacy Policy. By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have understood and accepted the practices and policies described in this Privacy Policy.
What information does Puredogs collect?
Information you provide to us: We may request personally identifiable information from you for various purposes, including processing and fulfilling online shopping transactions, email newsletter registrations, site registrations, customer service inquiries, and sweepstakes participation. This information may include your name, mailing address, email address, user name, password, and payment details (such as card information and billing address). To ensure that the content and offers we provide are tailored to your needs, we may also ask for information about your interests, such as health and pet-related topics.
It’s important to note that we do not collect sensitive information such as social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, medical history, race, ethnicity, geo-location, employment-related details, education information, or biometric data.
Information we collect from other sources: We may collect information about you or others through our affiliates, business partners, or through other non-affiliated third parties. This supplemental information serves various purposes, such as verifying your identity for fraud prevention, ensuring safety, or improving our ability to offer products and services that may align with your interests. We may also collaborate with business partners to integrate our services with theirs, or vice versa. If you choose to utilize these integrated services, we may receive information about you as part of the integration.
In certain cases, you may access our Services through your social networking accounts, such as Facebook. By accessing the Services through your Facebook account, you may grant us access to specific information within your Facebook profile, including but not limited to your name, profile picture, gender, networks, user IDs, list of friends, location, date of birth, email address, photos, videos, people you follow or who follow you, and your posts or “likes.”
Information Collected Automatically: Puredogs use tracking tools such as browser cookies and web beacons to automatically gather information about your interactions with our Sites and Services, as well as other websites, across multiple devices. These cookies enable us to customize the Sites to align with your interests and preferences. They also help maintain information like your shopping cart or login status as you navigate through the site. If you prefer not to accept cookies, you can adjust your browser settings to either reject cookies or receive notifications when a cookie is being sent. Additionally, you have the option to manually delete all cookie files from your computer.
We automatically collect non-personally identifiable information regarding your usage of the Sites. This includes details such as the domain through which you accessed the internet (e.g., Google.com if you arrived via a Google search), the date and time of your visit, and the internet address of the website that directly linked you to our Sites. This information will not be associated with personally identifiable information. Belvoir Media Group LLC may utilize this data for analysis and improvement of the Sites. Furthermore, we may aggregate this information and share it in an aggregated format with our business partners, sponsors, and other third parties.
Please note that this site uses IP addresses for purposes such as trend analysis, site administration, tracking user movements within the site, determining referral sources, and gathering very general demographic information. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
How does Puredogs use your information?
At our website, we value your privacy and are committed to using your information responsibly. Here’s how we use the information we collect from you:
- Personalized User Experience: We use the information you provide to tailor your experience on our website. This includes customizing the content, recommendations, and features based on your preferences and interests.
- Communication and Notifications: We may use your contact information, such as your email address, to send you important updates, notifications, or newsletters related to our website and its services. This helps us keep you informed about new features, promotions, and relevant information.
- Improving Our Services: We analyze the information we collect to understand how our website is being used, identify areas for improvement, and enhance the overall user experience. This may involve analyzing user behavior, preferences, and patterns to optimize our content and offerings.
- Research and Analytics: We may use your information for research purposes, such as conducting surveys or analyzing trends. This helps us gather insights about our users, improve our understanding of user needs, and develop better content and services.
- Security and Fraud Prevention: We take the security of your information seriously. We may use the data we collect to monitor and detect any unauthorized or fraudulent activities, ensuring the safety and integrity of our website and its users.
- Legal Compliance: In certain cases, we may be required to use and disclose your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests.
How we share your information?
We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients and for the stated purposes:
- Service providers: We may engage third-party service providers who perform specific functions on our behalf to assist us in providing our Services. These may include: Cloud hosting providers (to store and process data), communications providers (To manage queries and facilitate communication with you), third-party fulfillment providers (to deliver products or provide access to our Service).
- Payment processors: When you make a purchase directly with us, your billing information is collected and processed by our trusted service provider, Strategic Fulfillment Group (SFG), and our chosen payment processors, Paymentech or Stripe. We do not receive or store your credit card information.
- Marketing partners: We may share your name and mailing address with carefully screened third-party mailers for one-time use. These third-party mailers offer products or services that may be of interest to our readers. Additionally, we may share personal information with third-party marketing partners for commercial purposes.
- Commercial partners: We may share the information we collect with trusted third parties who assist us in providing our Services and identifying relevant leads.
- User content: If you choose to submit content such as online comments or communications to our editorial staff or members (“User Content”), we may publish your name, screen name, and other information you have provided to us on our Sites.
- Compliance with laws: We may disclose information when legally required to do so to comply with applicable laws, government requests, court orders, judicial proceedings, or other legal processes. This may include disclosures to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
- Vital interests and legal rights: We may disclose information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, potential threats to the safety of individuals, violations of our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy, or as evidence in litigation in whoich Puredogs may be involved.
- Business transfers: In the event of a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business, we may share or transfer information. However, we will inform the buyer that they must use your personal information only for the purposes disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
- Consent: We may share your information with other parties if we have obtained your consent to do so.
How does Puredogs protect your information?
At Puredogs, we take the protection of your information seriously. We have implemented a variety of security measures to safeguard your personal information and ensure its confidentiality. Here are some of the ways we protect your information:
- Secure data transmission: We use industry-standard encryption protocols (such as SSL/TLS) when transmitting data between your device and our servers. This helps protect your information from unauthorized access or interception during transmission.
- Robust security measures: We have implemented technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include firewalls, secure servers, access controls, and regular security audits.
- Restricted access: Access to your personal information is limited to authorized personnel who require it to perform their specific job responsibilities. We enforce strict access controls and provide training to our employees regarding the importance of protecting personal information and maintaining its confidentiality.
- Data minimization: We collect and retain only the personal information that is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. We regularly review our data collection practices to ensure that we collect only the minimum amount of information required.
- Third-party assessment: We carefully evaluate the privacy and security practices of third-party service providers with whom we share your information. We only work with trusted partners who have demonstrated their commitment to protecting the privacy and security of personal information.
- Regular security audits: We conduct regular audits and assessments of our systems, processes, and security measures to identify and address any vulnerabilities or risks. This helps us maintain a high level of security and protect your information from potential threats.
User responsibility: While we take extensive measures to protect your information, it is important for you to also take steps to safeguard your personal information. This includes using strong, unique passwords, keeping your login credentials confidential, and exercising caution when sharing personal information online.
Despite our best efforts, no security measure is completely foolproof, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. However, we are committed to continuously improving our security practices and staying up to date with the latest industry standards and best practices.
What if I have questions about this policy?
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policies, please contact us at here