Privacy Policy

(Last Updated: July 29, 2015)

Petmapz Marketing Inc. (“Petmapz”, “us”, “we” or “our”) operates the website http://www.Petmapz.com (the “Website”).

We at Petmapz strive is to become your one stop destination for all your pet needs. In providing our services to our Website’s visitors and account holders (“you”, “your” or “them”) we engage in the collection, use and, at times, the disclosure of your personal information. Protecting your personal information is one of our highest priorities. We take extensive measures to ensure our compliance with all laws regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information. We are committed to ensuring the accuracy, confidentiality, and security of your personal information and allowing you to request access to, and correction of, your personal information.

This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Website.

 

Personal Information Collection, Use, Disclosure and Consent

“Personal Information” may include but is not limited to your name, age, date of birth, home address, phone number, and email address, marital status, income, credit history, medical information, education, employment information and social registration numbers.

We will not use or share your Personal Information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We will only collect Personal Information in order to:

– to verify identity;

– to identify your preferences;

– to open and manage an account;

– to ensure you receive a high standard of service;

– to meet regulatory requirements; or

– other legal reasons as apply to the goods and services requested.

 

Except for the circumstances noted below, we will obtain your express or implied consent to collect, use or disclose your Personal Information. You can provide consent orally, in writing, electronically or through an authorized representative.

You provide implied consent where our purpose for collecting using or disclosing your Personal Information would be considered obvious or reasonable in the circumstances. Consent may also be implied where you have notice and a reasonable opportunity to opt-out of having your Personal Information used for mail-outs, marketing or fundraising and you do not opt-out.

We may collect, use or disclose Personal Information without your consent in the following circumstances:

– when permitted or required by law;

– in an emergency that threatens an individual’s life, health, or personal security;

– when the Personal Information is available from a public source;

– when we require legal advice from a lawyer;

– for the purposes of collecting a debt or protection from fraud;

– other legally established reasons.

We will not sell your Personal Information to other parties unless consent has been provided or implied. We retain your Personal Information for the time necessary to fulfill the identified purposes or a legal or business purpose.

Accuracy and Security

We will make reasonable efforts to ensure that your Personal Information is accurate and complete. You may request in writing a correction to your Personal Information. All requests must be in writing and provide sufficient detail to identify your Personal Information and the correction being sought.

We are committed to ensuring the security of your Personal Information and may use passwords, encryption, firewalls, restricted employee access or other methods, in our discretion. We will use appropriate security measures when destroying your Personal Information such as shredding documents or deleting electronically stored information, in our discretion.

The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Log Data

We may collect information that your web browser sends whenever you visit our Website, including but not limited to your computer’s Internet Protocol address (“IP”), your browser type and version, the pages of our Website that you frequent, or other such statistics (“Log Data”). We may use third party services that collect, monitor and analyze Log Data to increase our Website’s functionality and in turn offer more effective service to you. The third party service providers may have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

Cookies

We may use cookies to collect information. You may instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use or access certain pages or services of our Website. If you do not instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent, your consent to our use of your personal information may be implied.

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to perform Website-related services on our behalf, or to assist us in analyzing our Website’s use. Such third party companies may have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Links to Other Sites

Our Website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by Petmapz or its subsidiaries or affiliates. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Website does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Minor”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from Minors. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Minor has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from Minors without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our Website.

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.

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