Privacy Policy

Our Commitment To Privacy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online
information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make
this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable


The Information We Collect:

Some Technology discussed below is planned but not yet available at ThePracticalPet.com
Members of the ThePracticalPet.com community who register can participate in all of our community offerings
available for that level of membership, which may include participating and posting in discussion boards and
blogs, and interacting with other registered users via our messaging software, in addition to many other
activities such as contests, polls and topical newsletters. To become a registered user of our community you need
to select a unique user name and password, and we need to collect some personally identifiable information
including your email address, birth date (in order to ensure that you're old enough to participate in our
community) and zip code.

Additional optional personally identifiable information may include your telephone number, and information about
your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services. Occasionally, we may also use the
information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we
think you will find valuable.


This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the ThePracticalPet.com website. On some pages,
you can order products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The types of personal information
collected at these pages are:
Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Credit/Debit Card Information
(etc.)

On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, if you order a gift online and want it
sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient's address. In this circumstance, the types
of personal information collected are:
Name
Address
Phone Number
(etc.)

Email Information

If you choose to correspond with us through e-mail, we may retain the content of your e-mail messages together
with your e-mail address and our responses. If you use ThePracticalPet.com's "E-mail this page" feature to send a
copy of that page to someone else, your e-mail address will appear as the sender of the e-mail. Both your e-mail
address and the recipient's e-mail address will not be used for any other purpose.

Other Information

We also may collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our Web pages such as
the type of browser you are using (e.g., Firefox, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using
(e.g., Windows or Mac OS), and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online,
Earthlink).


What Are Cookies?

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a Web
site, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive
specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's
preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it
has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.


How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?

As you visit our Web site, the site uses its cookies to differentiate you from other customers. In some cases, we
also use cookies to prevent you from seeing unnecessary advertisements or requiring you to log in more than is
necessary for security.
Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people
visiting our Web site and which parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order to
constantly improve our Web site and better serve our customers. Cookies do not allow us to gather any personal
information about you and we do not generally store any personal information that you provided to us in your
cookies.

We, our advertisers and ad serving companies may also use small pieces of code called "web beacons" or "clear
gifs" to determine which advertisements and promotions users have seen and how users responded to them.


Use and Disclosure of Information:

We use the personally identifiable information you provide about yourself to respond to your inquiries about our
offerings, fulfill your requests for our products, programs, and services, and to offer you other products,
programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you.
We also use this information to communicate with you, such as to notify you when you have won one of our
sweepstakes or contests, to fulfill your request for an online newsletter, or to contact you about your account.
To personalize your site experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which
you are most interested

We use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site
and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience.
At ThePracticalPet.com, we may, from time to time, share non-individual, aggregate information (e.g.
non-personally identifiable information) about our users internally within ThePracticalPet.com and externally
with third parties, such as advertisers and business partners. We also use personal information collected on our
site internally within ThePracticalPet.com, however, it is our policy to not disclose externally with third
parties personally identifiable information collected on our site, except in the following instances:

Third Party Businesses

We may enter into alliances, partnerships or other business arrangements with third parties who may be given
access to personal information including your name, address, telephone number and e-mail for the purpose of
providing you information regarding products and services that we think will be of interest to you.
In connection with alliances, partnerships or arrangements, we may also provide certain information to third
parties if we have determined that the information will be used in a responsible manner by a responsible third
party.

We also use third parties to facilitate our business, including, but not limited to, sending e-mail and processing

credit card payments. In connection with these offerings and business operations, our partners and other third

parties may have access to your personal information for use in connection with business activities.

Agents

The personal information provided to ThePracticalPet.com may be transferred, disclosed or shared with third
parties who may be engaged by us specifically to handle and deliver certain activities (e.g., discussion boards,
sweepstakes, newsletters) and perform other technical and processing functions, such as sending postal mail and
e-mail, removing repetitive information from registration lists, programming, providing user services to our
users, or otherwise operating our site. They have access to personal information needed to perform their
functions, but may not use it for other purposes and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such
information and have agreed to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

Business Transfers

As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customer, e-mail, and visitor
information is generally one of the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also
transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, or any dissolution.

Special Cases

We may also disclose personally identifiable information to third parties in order to comply with law or requests
by law enforcement agencies to protect the rights, property, or safety of our
website, users of our website, and others.


Choice/Opt-Out

ThePracticalPet.com allows you the choice to opt-out of having your information used for purposes not directly related to
our site, when we ask for the information.

How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information

You can access your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by viewing your member
profile. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information.

You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by updating your member profile and/or
by sending us a request that credibly shows error by clicking the contact us link.

To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting
access or making corrections.


Our Commitment To Data Security

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in
place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we
collect online.

We employ reasonable Internet security measures and technologies, such as password protection, encryption,
physical locks, etc., to ensure the confidentiality of your personal information. However, you should be aware
that no data transmission can be 100% guaranteed, and our security measures do not protect your information once
it leaves our web server’s control.

Secure Information Transmissions

E-mail is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send
private information to us by e-mail. Some of the information you may enter on our Web site may be transmitted
securely via Secure Sockets Layer SSL, 128 bit encryption services. Pages utilizing this technology will have URLs
that start with HTTPS instead of HTTP

Third Party Links

In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may include third party links on our site. These linked
sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the
content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and
welcome any feedback about these linked sites (including if a specific link does not work).


Updates

ThePracticalPet.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change, modify, or otherwise alter this
Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon the posting
thereof in this space. Please review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Site following
the posting of changes and/or modifications will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

For your information, this page was last updated on July 11, 2007.


Questions and Feedback

We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy. Please send us any and all feedback pertaining to
privacy, or any other issue by clicking the Contact Us Link on the site or by mailing us at the address provided
in the How to Contact Us Section of this policy.


Technical Problems

If you have any problems with the ThePracticalPet.com Web site, or any other technical problem related to the Web
site, please email us at : support@ThePracticalPet.com


Online Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information
collected offline.


Your California Privacy Rights

Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits our visitors who are California
residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of personal information to third parties for
their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to Contact Us or write us at the
address provided in the How to Contact Us Section of this policy.

EU/USA Safe Harbor

Personal information from the European Union and/or on EU citizens may be collected by us and may be stored and
processed in the United States or any other country in which ThePracticalPet.com or its affiliates, subsidiaries
or agents maintain facilities, and by using ThePracticalPet.com, you consent to any such transfer of information
outside of your country. ThePracticalPet.com abides by the privacy principles of the Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the
US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union. If you
believe your privacy may have been violated based on the principles set forth in the Safe Harbor framework, please
contact us at support@ThePracticalPet.com and provide a description of the possible violation. Wel will
investigate and attempt to resolve any such possible violation. If you do not find the proposed solution
satisfactory, we will resolve the dispute under the enforcement principle of the Safe Harbor framework through the
American Arbitration Association, our selected third-party dispute mechanism, or the EU Data Protection Agency for
EU


Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.


How To Contact Us

• Click Contact Us on the website
• Email Support@ThePracticalPet.com