PetPals Privacy Policy

Privacy

PetPals Inc. (“PetPals”/”we”/”us”) provides this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) to inform you, the user of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information (“Personal Information”) belonging to users. PetPals respects your privacy, and is committed to protecting such Personal Information. The Policy applies to you and all users who browse the PetPals website at https://www.PetPals.com (the “Site”) or download and install, and/or use, the PetPals app (the “App”), whether through a mobile device, mobile application or computer in order to access and use the PetPals service made available through the Site and the App (collectively, the “Service”).

ABUSIVE CONTENT ZERO TOLERANCE

In our App we don’t have any tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users, and we provide our users with the tools to report, flag or block any user or content that users might consider abusive, also our Admin team is constantly monitoring the content to make sure the experience of our app is safe.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

In order to facilitate and support the features of the Service, we collect Personal Information through the Service and other services such as Facebook, Google, or other E-Mail services. Such Personal Information may include but is not limited to your name, Facebook name, Facebook ID, User Name, current location, future locations, e-mail address, gender, birthdate, sport preferences, and the positions you play respective to specific sports.

Creating an Account

In order to use the Service, you must create an account (an “Account”) and sign in using your email address which will require validation. You may also be able to create an Account and login to your Account through online accounts you may have with third party social networking sites such as Facebook or Google+ by either providing your SNS Account login information through the PetPals Service or allowing PetPals to access your SNS Account. By granting PetPals access to any SNS Accounts, you understand that PetPals may access, make available and store any content that you have provided to and stored in your SNS Account, including without limitation any friend, mutual friends, contacts or following/followed lists (the “SNS Content”) so that it is available on and through the PetPals Service to other Users. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all SNS Content, if any, shall be considered to be your information. Depending on the privacy settings that you have set in such SNS Accounts, personally identifiable information that you post to your SNS Accounts may be available on and through the PetPals Service.

Using the Service

We also track areas of interest, including: the types of events that interest you; information about how you interact with PetPals or the Site, such as the products or services you view or share; and how you interact with us, our Partners, and other members that use the Service. We also collect information related to contact you may have with us via telephone, email, text, postal mail, social media interaction, or other methods of communication, for reasons such as customer support. We may also collect Personal Information from time to time through other communications with you, information you download, product or service purchases or sharing, and user support. As you use the Service, certain information may be passively collected (that is, gathered without you explicitly providing the information), including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, operating system, browser type, the address of a referring site and your Site or App activity, and your location. We use Google Analytics, and your Internet browser may, for instance, use small files called “cookies,” to automatically transmit information to us, such as the date and time you access the Service. We use such information to better understand how you interact with our services, while monitoring traffic to our services, with the aim of improving our services. This information is not treated as Personal Information unless we combine it with or link it to any of the Personal Information mentioned above. While you may be able to disable cookies with your browser, doing so may affect the performance and functionality of the Site and the App.

INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE

We will not transfer your Personal Information to third parties without your express consent, except for the following. We share with our Partners anonymized statistics pertaining to the types of users using the Service and their general behavior; we may also share your Personal Information including your name, location, age and gender, and sport preferences from time to time with Partners at their request; we may also disclose or transfer your Personal Information without your express consent to the extent required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (i) comply with applicable laws or with legal process served on us; (ii) protect or defend our rights or property; (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety, property, or privacy of our employees, users, or members of the public; or (iv) effect a transaction, restructuring or proceeding that transfers to a third party the assets or line of business to which the information pertains (see “Business or Asset Transfer or Sale”, below). In addition, we may disclose your Personal Information to other companies or people under any of the following circumstances: when we have your express consent to share the information; or, without your express consent, when we need to share your information to provide the product or service you have requested; or we need to send the information to companies who work on our behalf to provide a product or service to you, such as registration and bookings, payment processing, and background checks, as required (we will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service).

CHANGING OR DELETING YOUR INFORMATION

Please contact us should you desire an update, correction or other change to your Personal Information, and we will respond to your request as quickly as possible. See below for contact information.

DATA SECURITY

Your Personal Information is protected for your privacy and security. We safeguard the security and confidentiality of your data using physical, technical, and operational procedures. Please be aware that, despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER

Your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your jurisdiction, where the privacy laws may differ from, and may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. PetPals may transfer Personal Information across the United States and/or Canada and process and/or store it there.

BUSINESS OR ASSET TRANSFER OR SALE

PetPals may be sold, might sell or buy businesses or assets of businesses, or PetPals might merge with another business. Normally, in the instance such transactions, user information is one of the transferred business assets. In the event that PetPals, a line of business of PetPals, or substantially all the assets of PetPals are transferred as part of such a transaction, your information may well be one of the transferred assets. Where and as required by law, PetPals will make reasonable effort to provide notice on PetPals and to notify you via email to the most recent email address that you have provided to PetPals of any such change in ownership or control of your Personal Information.

PROTECTION OF CHILDREN

Children under the age of 13 are not permitted to register for, or use, the Service without consent from a parent or guardian. Please see eligibility information in our Terms of Use.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

If we decide to make material changes to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you and other users by placing a notice on our website www.PetPals.com/app/privacy. You should periodically check www.PetPals.com/app/privacy for updates.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact us electronically at staff@PetPals.com.