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Privacy Statement – effective 08.05.09 Barf World, Inc. is a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, 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 Web site www.barfworld.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 email us at info@barfworld.com. If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, 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. BARF World, Inc. does not automatically collect personal and confidential information on the people who visit the BARF World, Inc. Web site. Here's how we handle the information we receive: Information Collected and Stored Automatically Every time you visit, we automatically store information on what Web browser you are using, what pages you are accessing, the date and time, and what site you came from. However, we don't know who you are. This type of information is used to identify trends and plan upgrades to the Web site. For example, if we notice a section of the site rarely gets visited, we may pull the material, or re-work it to make it more useful to visitors. We do not does not share, sell, rent, or trade PII with third parties for their promotional purposes.
Cookies A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.
Personal Information You may choose to provide us with personal information. For example, you may send us an e-mail that would identify you, or send personal details to a BARF World, Inc. staff member. Such communications are governed by the same policy as any other conversation; that is, they are considered private and confidential. We will not release any of your personal information unless you specifically tell us to do so.
Financial Transactions Some sections of the BARF World, Inc. site are set up for e-commerce. This involves sensitive information such as your credit card number. We also collect personal information such as email address, mailing address, phone number and name along with the financial information given to create a user profile. BARF World, Inc. and its suppliers adhere to the highest industry standards to ensure this information is secure.
Coupons / Discounts Discount does not apply to taxes, shipping and handling charges or any similar processing charges. If discounted merchandise is returned, the discount will be first deducted from the value of the returned item prior to a refund/credit being issued. Discount cannot be combined with any other promotional offer nor can it be applied to previous purchases or gift certificates.
Links to Third Party Sites BARF World, Inc. may provide links to the Web sites of other companies or organizations. However, BARF World, Inc. does not control any of these sites and is not responsible for their privacy practices. You are encouraged to seek out and read the privacy policy of any site you visit.
Newsletters / eZines If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter / eZine, we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, you can opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the functioning unsubscribe mechanism in each newsletter we send you.
Service Providers We use an outside shipping company to fulfill orders, and a credit card processing company to bill you for goods and services. We also use a third party to host the Live Chat feature on the site. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes. These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any other purpose.
Legal Disclaimer We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
Access to Personally Identifiable Information If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update, delete or deactivate it by making the change on our member information page or by emailing our Customer Support at info@barfworld.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed below.
Security The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information such as credit card number on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Testimonials We post customer testimonials on our web site which may contain personally identifiable information such as the customer's name. We do obtain the customer's consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their name along with their testimonial.
Blog If you use a bulletin board, blog, or chat room on this Web site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected, or used by other users of these forums, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums.
Changes in this Privacy Statement If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the home page, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page. BARF World, Inc.
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