PawSpot is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. We promise to work hard to earn and keep your trust, and therefore we will never rent or sell your personally identifiable information to third party services for marketing purposes or share your contact information with another member without your consent. By using the PawSpot website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement. Notices of all changes that materially affect ways that your personally identifiable information may be used or shared will be posted in updates to our privacy policy. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If you continue to use PawSpot's website and services after these notices of changes have been posted to the site, you hereby provide your consent to the changed practices. If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact admin@pawspot.com.

In order to become a PawSpot member you must first register for our service. During this registration process you are required to provide personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, and zip code. Once you are a member you may provide additional information for your member profile such as home address, gender, marital status, a brief biography, preferences, interests and favorites. Providing additional information beyond what is required at registration is optional, but will allow you to better identify yourself and find new connections at PawSpot.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by PawSpot. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by PawSpot for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the PawSpot Web site. In order to invite others to your network, you must provide PawSpot with their email addresses. PawSpot will use the addresses to send the individuals an email inviting them to register with PawSpot. All information that you enter about these individuals will be covered by the same terms of this Privacy Policy as your own personally identifiable information. PawSpot stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. Your friend(s) may contact us at admin@pawspot.com to request that we remove this information from our database.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through PawSpot public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: PawSpot does not read any of your private online communications.

PawSpot encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from PawSpot so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. PawSpot is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the PawSpot and PawSpot family of Web sites.

PawSpot collects and uses your personal information to operate the PawSpot Web site and deliver the services you have requested. PawSpot also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from PawSpot and its affiliates. PawSpot may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. PawSpot will communicate with you through emails and messages posted on the PawSpot website. When you register with PawSpot you will receive a confirmation message, as well as a welcome message describing the features in the site. After this, you will receive email notifications related to the day to day activities in your account For example, PawSpot will inform you through email when you receive a message from another member. PawSpot may also send you promotional information unless you have opted out of receiving that information.

We provide you the opportunity to ?opt-out? of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes, when we ask for this information. For example, if you purchase a product/service but do not wish to receive any additional marketing material from us, you can indicate your preference on our order form. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication or by emailing us at support@pawspot.com or you may contact us at:

PawSpot Mail Support:
600 West Cummings Park
Suite 1400
Woburn, MA 01801

PawSpot Support Telephone:
(781) 933-0074

You will be notified when your personal information is collected by any third party that is not our agent/service provider, so you can make an informed choice as to whether or not to share your information with that party. Information that you provide in your profile will allow us to better customize your experience on the PawSpot website.

If your personally identifiable information changes, you may correct and updated it by making the change on our member information page. If you no longer desire our service, you may delete or deactivate your account by emailing our Customer Support at support@pawspot.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.

Pawspot Mail Support:
600 West Cummings Park
Suite 1400
Woburn, MA 01801

Pawspot Support Telephone:
(781) 933-0074

PawSpot does not sell, rent, share or lease its customer lists to third parties. PawSpot may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, PawSpot may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to PawSpot, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

PawSpot does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

PawSpot keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within PawSpot, in order to determine what PawSpot services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within PawSpot to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

PawSpot Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 PawSpot or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PawSpot; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of PawSpot, or the public.

Like most websites, PawSpot uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a tiny data file which resides on your computer and allows PawSpot to recognize you as a member when you return to the PawSpot website from the same computer and browser. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize PawSpot pages, or register with PawSpot site or services, a cookie helps PawSpot to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same PawSpot Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the PawSpot features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web 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 interactive features of the PawSpot services or Web sites you visit.

PawSpot secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. PawSpot secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

xQVentures Inc. is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to build user?s trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy statement covers the site www.pawspot.com. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by TRUSTe.

If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact Frank Guinan at frank@pawspot.com. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily address, you should contact TRUSTe at (http://www.truste.org/consumers/watchdog_complaint.php). TRUSTe will then serve as a liaison with us to resolve your concerns.

PawSpot welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that PawSpot has not adhered to this Statement, please contact PawSpot at admin@pawspot.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.