Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://vtcrittersitters.com, VT Critter Sitters mobile app (iOS and Android), and Vermont Critter Sitters LLC and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Vermont Critter Sitters LLC include https://vtcrittersitters.com, VT Critter Sitters mobile app (iOS and Android) and Vermont Critter Sitters. The Vermont Critter Sitters website and mobile app is a Dog Walking, Pet Sitting, and House Sitting Services site and app. By using the Vermont Critter Sitters website and mobile app, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site and Mobile App, Vermont Critter Sitters may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name Mailing Address
- E-mail Address
- Phone Number
- Pet Name
- Pet Kind
- Pet Breed
- Pet Species
- Pet Age
- Emergency Contact Info
- Alarm Code
- Access Key
- Alarm Instructions
- Home Entry Instructions
If you purchase Vermont Critter Sitters’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site and Mobile App; (b) entering a sweepstake or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site and Mobile App. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
Vermont Critter Sitters collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested.
Vermont Critter Sitters may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Vermont Critter Sitters and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Vermont Critter Sitters does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Vermont Critter Sitters may share data with trusted partners to help 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 Vermont Critter Sitters, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Vermont Critter Sitters may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 Vermont Critter Sitters or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Vermont Critter Sitters; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Vermont Critter Sitters, or the public.
Tracking User Behavior
Vermont Critter Sitters may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Vermont Critter Sitters, in order to determine what Vermont Critter Sitters services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Vermont Critter Sitters to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Vermont Critter Sitters. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Vermont Critter Sitters website.
Use of Cookies
The Vermont Critter Sitters website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. 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 Vermont Critter Sitters pages, or register with Vermont Critter Sitters site or services, a cookie helps Vermont Critter Sitters 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 Vermont Critter Sitters website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Vermont Critter Sitters 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 Vermont Critter Sitters services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Vermont Critter Sitters secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Vermont Critter Sitters uses the following methods for this purpose:
– SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Children Under Thirteen
Vermont Critter Sitters does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Vermont Critter Sitters may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Vermont Critter Sitters or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Vermont Critter Sitters, you may opt-out of such communications by Customers may unsubscribe from emails by replying STOP or clicking on the UNSUBSCRIBE button.
Changes to this Statement
Vermont Critter Sitters reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our Site and Mobile App, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Vermont Critter Sitters welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Vermont Critter Sitters has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Vermont Critter Sitters at:
Vermont Critter Sitters LLC
41 Brooklyn Street Unit 6
Morrisville, Vermont 05661
Email Address:
info@vtcrittersitters.com
Telephone number:
802-277-3969
Effective as of September 05, 2019