Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we, Hope For Paws, have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose personal information. This Privacy Policy explains data collection and use practices of the Hope For Paws website and Mobile Application (the “Website”); this Policy does not apply to the practices of other online or offline websites, products or services. By accessing the Website, you, the visitor, are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal Information Provided By You. We may ask you to provide information that personally identifies you (“personal information”) as reasonably necessary or to contact you to provide a product or service or to carry out a transaction that you have requested. The personal information we collect may include, without limitation, your name, e-mail address, mailing address, and phone number.
Website Usage Information. The Website may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Website; the pages that you access while at the Website and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to the Website. This usage information helps improve the Website, analyze trends, and administer the Website.
2. USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
The personal information collected on this Website will be used to operate the Website and to provide the products or services or carry out the transactions you have requested or authorized. Hope For Paws may hire other companies to provide products or services on our behalf, and we may provide such companies with the personal information they need to perform their duties.
Improve Website Experience. In support of these uses, Hope For Paws may use personal information to provide you with more effective service, to improve the Website and any related Hope For Paws products or services, and to make the Website easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your interactions with Hope For Paws, information collected by the Website may be combined with information collected by Hope For Paws from other sources.
Provide information regarding products and services. We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about the product or service that you have purchased or inquired about and may send you information about other Hope For Paws products and services. We will make available to select Hope For Paws partners online reports that may include, without limitation, the name, address, email, and other information relating to your activity on the Website.
Improve personalized content. We may merge the Website’s traffic data with demographic information, and we may use this information to provide more relevant content. We may combine traffic data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content.
Legal Disclosure. Hope For Paws may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Hope For Paws; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hope For Paws or its affiliates; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Hope For Paws employees or agents, users of Hope For Paws products or services, or members of the public.
Geographical Transfer. Personal information collected on the Website may be stored and processed in the State of California or any other state or country in which Hope For Paws or its affiliates or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Website you consent to any such transfer of information to another state or country.
3. CONTROL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy and any choices you make on the Website will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to Hope For Paws in the context of other Hope For Paws products or services.
Hope For Paws may send out periodic e-mails to you with information on our products or services. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from these mailings.
4. DATA SECURITY
Hope For Paws will use commercially reasonable efforts to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, due to computer hackers, electronic malfunctions, and other events, Hope For Paws cannot guarantee that such safeguards will always protect such information.
5. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THIRD PARTIES
Hope For Paws collects your information from third parties to facilitate activities and transactions for the operation of the Website and its services, to improve your Website user experiences, and to further the Hope For Paws mission and activities.
6. REFERRAL SERVICE AND THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
Sending Donations as Gifts. If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about your Donation and our Website, Hope For Paws will store the friend's name and email. Your friend may contact us at to request that we remove this information from our database.
As part of our website, we use an API Client from YouTube and the YouTube API Services which are are governed in part by the Google Privacy Policy, available at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy. By using our website, and the YouTube API Client, you are agreeing to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms.
The YouTube API Services allow us to display YouTube channel names and channel IDs, and YouTube video post data including video content, published time, title, description, thumbnails, tags, category ID, and post statistics. We collect this information from YouTube API Services to display video content from the Hope For Paws YouTube channel on our website and mobile applications. None of this information is shared with third parties.
7. USE OF COOKIES
Storing cookies. We may use cookies on this Website to enhance your user experience. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you navigate within a website, a cookie helps the website to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases website navigation, and so on.
Browser Setting. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the features of this or other websites you visit.
Aggregated Website Statistics. Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on the Website. We may use this technology as a tool to compile aggregated statistics about the Website usage, such as how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a webpage. We may share such Website statistics with partner companies.
8. SPECIAL NOTICE ABOUT CHILDREN AND MINORS
Children. We ask that children under the age of 13 not submit any personal information to us. Children may only use this service in conjunction with a parent or guardian.
Minors. If you are a minor between the ages of 13 and 17 (inclusive), you may only use this service with the permission of parent or guardian. By accessing this Website, you acknowledge that you have your parent or guardian’s permission.
9. CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about our practices. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and any updates.
10. ENFORCEMENT OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should contact Hope For Paws.
11. CONTACT INFORMATION
Hope For Paws welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that Hope For Paws has not adhered to this Privacy Policy, please contact us electronically or via postal mail at the address provided below, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
8950 W. Olympic Blvd. #525
Los Angeles, CA 90211
