Guardian Paws Service Dogs Privacy Policy

Guardian Paws Service Dogs operates guardianpaws.com. It is Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Guardian Paws Service Dogs collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ visitors use its website. From time to time, Guardian Paws Service Dogs may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Guardian Paws Service Dogs also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments. Guardian Paws Service Dogs only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ website choose to interact with Guardian Paws Service Dogs in ways that require Guardian Paws Service Dogs to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Guardian Paws Service Dogs gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. Those who engage in transactions with Guardian Paws Service Dogs are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Guardian Paws Service Dogs collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Guardian Paws Service Dogs. Guardian Paws Service Dogs does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Guardian Paws Service Dogs may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. For instance, Guardian Paws Service Dogs may monitor the most popular posts on Guardian Paws Service Dogs and may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Guardian Paws Service Dogs does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Guardian Paws Service Dogs discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ behalf or to provide services available at Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Guardian Paws Service Dogs discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Guardian Paws Service Dogs believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Guardian Paws Service Dogs, third parties or the public at large. Guardian Paws Service Dogs takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Guardian Paws Service Dogs uses cookies to help Guardian Paws Service Dogs identify and track visitors, their usage of Guardian Paws Service Dogs website, and their website access preferences. Guardian Paws Service Dogs visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ website, with the drawback that certain features of Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Guardian Paws Service Dogs, or substantially all of its assets were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Guardian Paws Service Dogs goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Guardian Paws Service Dogs may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Guardian Paws Service Dogs may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Guardian Paws Service Dogs’ sole discretion. Guardian Paws Service Dogs encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.