PRIVACY POLICY
This notice discloses the privacy policies and practices of www.ThePetSitterDirectory.com. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this web site. It will notify you of the following:
· What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the web site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
· What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
· The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
· How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
· Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
ThePetSitterDirectory.com directory service is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email, or other direct contact from you, including the online input forms with information to display your personal or business data for advertising purchased. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone and prohibit anyone from using the information for the purposes of spamming or any unauthorized use, according to the terms of service of ThePetSitterDirectory.com
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request.
Some communications in relation to your advertising, including reminder notices and other essential information are automated as part of our system. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about rate or service changes, dates when administrative services will not be available or changes to this privacy policy.
Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time, except as required to notify you of renewal of your advertising listing(s) or banner display(s). You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website, or logging on to your account at www.thepetsitterdirectory.com
See what data we have about you, if any.
Change/correct any data we have about you.
Delete any data we have about you.
Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Collection of sensitive information (such as credit card data), is encrypted and transmitted in a secure way, using PayPal® payment services. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the web page when using PayPal®.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only the administrator of ThePetSitterDirectory.com and authorized web designer and maintenance individuals who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information.
Privacy Policy
Some of our business partners and advertisers may use cookies on our site. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Email/Personal Information
Your E-mail address and other personal information is not disclosed or sold to any third party. ThePetSitterDirectory.com respects and protects your privacy.
Disclaimer
The operator of this Website disclaims all responsibility and liability for any harm and/or damage that could originate from using, accessing or downloading any information on the Internet through the use of www.thepetsitterdirectory.com
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
We accept no liability for text errors, bad links and the correctness of the classification and description of links, content or descriptions. We, in no way, identify ourselves with the contents of any site linked to or by ThePetSitterDirectory.com. We assume no responsibility for the contents of any site included by way of links or use of search mechanisms. The respective owner/operator of any linked site is liable for its content.
Online Forms
Our site requests information via online forms (such as to sign up for listings and banner advertisements). Participation in these online forms is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name, address, phone number), and demographic information (such as zip code). Contact information will be used in advertisements purchased by our advertisers, as shown in the sample listing, specifically for the purpose of making business information available to visitors of ThePetSitterDirectory.com seeking pet care providers.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 303-596-3796 or via email at: admin@thepetsitterdirectory.com
Copyright
© 2006 Copyright by Cindy Correa and ThePetSitterDirectory.com. All content of this website, including text and graphics, are copyright and protected by international copyright laws. No material from this site may be copied, reproduced, distributed, republished, posted or transmitted in any form or by any means, including, but not limited to, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Cindy Correa. The automatic collecting of data from this site by software (data mining robots or similar automated data gathering and extraction software) is prohibited.