General
SPCA International understands the importance of controlling the use of personal information. SPCA International (“SPCA International”) provides this website (“site”) or any affiliates as a service to those individuals wishing to participate. Use of the site is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in SPCA International’s Privacy Policy (“policy”) and the Terms of Use of this website.
SPCA International collects information from its website. The Privacy Policy governs users’ interaction with the site and the organization’s use of online and offline donor information. Except as set forth in this Privacy Policy, the site’s Terms of Use agreement, and/or other published guidelines, SPCA International does not release personally identifiable information about the site’s visitors without their permission.
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
SPCA International respects the privacy of every individual who visits our website(s). This notice explains our online information practices. Because your privacy is important to us, we provide you with notice and choices about the collection and use of your information. By visiting any of our sites, you accept the practices described in our policies. If you do not accept this privacy policy, please do not use the website.
Web Content Usage
All information contained on this website or its affiliates is copyrighted by and proprietary to SPCA International, Inc. (SPCAI) and may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, performed, distributed, altered, stored for subsequent use or otherwise used in whole or in part in any manner without the prior written consent of SPCAI. To obtain permission to use or copy SPCAI-copyrighted materials, please mail your request to SPCA International, P.O. Box 8682, New York, NY 10001, or e-mail us via our website at www.spcai.org. SPCAI may grant permission to use portions of its materials if the material will be reproduced for educational purposes and if it will not be used in connection with commercial or for-profit activities.
What Information Does SPCA International Gather?
SPCA International gathers two types of information about the site’s users: non-personally identifiable information and personally identifiable information.
Non-personally identifiable information. As users access the site, SPCA International collects and aggregates information indicating, among other things, which pages were visited, the order in which they were visited, and which hyperlinks were employed. Collecting such information involves the logging of IP addresses, operating systems, and browser software used by each visitor. Although such information is not personally identifiable, SPCA International may be able to determine from the IP address of a visitor’s Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of the user’s point of connectivity.
The non-personally identifiable information collected helps in diagnosing any server problems, administering the site, identifying the most popular areas of the site, and determining the effectiveness of promotional activities.
Use of Cookies
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SPCA International uses cookies, small files that are sent to your web browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive, to improve our website’s operation. The cookie is used to speed up your access to the site and the information you wish to see, and the usage of services offered, but it does not contain any personal information. The majority of browsers accept cookies, but your browser will also give you options for preventing, accepting, or receiving notice of new cookies. Please be advised that if you block cookies, some site functionality may be lost. For information on how users can control their web browser’s acceptance of cookies, please refer to the documentation accompanying your browser.
Personally identifiable information. When registering or otherwise, you are required to provide personally identifiable information, including your name, date of birth, email, phone, address, zip code where you live, and gender. This information is gathered so that SPCA International can better serve you and for social media networking.
SPCA International does not control the acts of this site’s members or visitors. All members and visitors should be aware that their disclosure of personally identifiable information in a bulletin board, chat room, guest book, or other forum allows other parties to send them unsolicited emails. In the event visitors encounter any user on this site who is improperly collecting or using information provided by the site’s members or visitors, please contact [email protected].
What About Children’s Online Privacy?
SPCA International does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children (defined herein as minors younger than thirteen (13) years of age). SPCA International requests that all minors have their parents read the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use of the website.
How Does SPCA International Use Gathered Information?
If you do not make a service request or donation or otherwise identify yourself, we will have no personally identifiable information about you. We will only use aggregate information derived, in part, from your use of our website to improve our site and our service to you.
If you provide personal information, we may enter your name into our constituent database and contact you in order to complete voluntary surveys seeking feedback for quality and service improvement purposes, supply you with information regarding our programs and services, request voluntary time or monetary contributions to SPCAI; and/or request your participation in any SPCAI research studies. We collect the e-mail addresses of those who communicate with us by e-mail. If your name is entered into the database, we may contact you as outlined above.
SPCA International encourages all third parties involved to adhere to this site’s Privacy Policy and to otherwise handle personal information in a responsible manner. However, SPCA International cannot and does not assume any responsibility for any actions or omissions of third parties. Nevertheless, in the event users encounter any third party associated with, or who claims association with SPCA International, who is improperly collecting or using personal information, please contact [email protected], who will forward the message to the third party.
Use of non-personally identifiable information. SPCA International uses non-personally identifiable information in aggregate form to build higher quality, more useful online services by performing statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of the site visitors and by measuring interests regarding specific areas of the site.
The site may contain links to other Internet websites, including other companies, charitable organizations, and other sites that may or may not be operated or associated with SPCA International. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, SPCA International is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites, including such sites’ use of any information (such as IP number, browser type, or operating system) collected when visitors to the site click through links to those sites. Even though such information might not identify the user personally, users should be familiar with the privacy practices of those other sites.
Use of personally identifiable information. The personally identifiable information collected including the entrant’s name, date of birth, e-mail address, phone, zip code of where they live, and gender, is gathered for the sole purpose of SPCA International to verify the age of the entrant and for social networking and purposes related to this site.
How do I “Opt-Out” from Receiving Promotional Communications or Services?
Individuals who provide personal information may choose to “opt-out” of receiving various promotional materials and services. If the user decides to discontinue receiving promotional information and services from SPCA International, you can choose the “opt-out” feature made available.
SPCA International is respectful of and limits its e-mail contact and solicitations to those users who have not “opted out” of receiving such communications. The solicitations are limited in that they, among other things, will clearly indicate the originator of the e-mail and provide the user with a method of “opting out” of receiving future communications of a similar nature.
When a Donor makes a donation online or offline, we collect personal information about the donor and may share such information as described in this Privacy Policy. Donors may opt-out of having their personal information shared and request that we remove their name and contact information from mailing lists we share or sell by contacting us as follows:
By Mail:
SPCA International, Attn: OPT-OUT
242 W 30th Street, Ste. 1503
New York, NY 10001
By Email:
[email protected]
By Phone:
212-244-7722
1-888-690-SPCA
To Whom Does SPCA International Share and Disclose Information It Collects?
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, SPCA International will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to comply with applicable law or to respond to a subpoena, court order, search warrant or other legal process received by SPCA International, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to protect or enforce our rights or the rights of a third party; (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service; or (4) to respond to an emergency. SPCA International also reserves the right to disclose personal information as necessary to enable third-party service providers to support and maintain the operation of SPCAI.org and SPCA International’s services. We may share or sell your personal information, excluding financial information, with other companies whose products, offerings, or services may be of interest to you, including, but not limited to, sharing donor lists with selected organizations. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties unless required by law.
Third-Party Advertising
Ads may appear on this website by one of our web advertising partners. Our web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by SPCA International and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Links
SPCA International contains links to third-party sites. SPCA International is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on sites run by SPCA International.
Information Security
SPCA International is committed to the security of your personal information. SPCAI uses commercially reasonable physical, administrative and technological safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of all information collected through spcai.org and related sites. SPCAI uses industry-standard high encryption security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. All information processed on spcai.org is transmitted using Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) technology. SSL encrypts your information to avoid the decoding of that information by anyone other than the SPCAI.
However, it is important to note that no security system is impenetrable and we cannot guarantee the security of our systems 100%. In the event that any information under our control is compromised as a result of a breach of security, SPCAI will take reasonable steps to investigate the situation and, where appropriate, notify those individuals whose information may have been compromised in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
Please note that SPCA International reviews these privacy practices from time to time and that these practices are, therefore, subject to change. SPCA International asks users to periodically review this page to ensure continuing familiarity with the most current version of the site’s Privacy Policy. To contact SPCA International about privacy issues and report a violation of the site’s privacy policy, please send an e-mail to [email protected].
Changing/Deleting Personal Information
If users would like to have personally identifiable information changed or removed from SPCA International’s database, please contact [email protected]. Keep in mind that it can take up to 1-2 months or more to cancel or remove your information. There may be residual information remaining within the databases, access logs, and other records, which may or may not contain such personally identifiable information. The residual information will not be used for commercial purposes.
Questions?
Questions regarding the Privacy Policy should be directed to SPCA International at 212-244-7722 or [email protected] or write:
SPCA International
P.O. Box 8682
New York, NY 10116