Dog Grounds
Online Privacy Policy

Summary

Dog Grounds has adopted the following Privacy Policy regarding your personal information. We respect your privacy and the privacy of all who take time to visit us online. Any information that you provide on this site will not be sold, leased, traded, or rented to any 3rd party.

Generally you can visit us on the Internet without volunteering any information about yourself at all. Our web servers do collect minimal browsing information, not email addresses, about our visitors without attempting to “identify” any of them. We use this aggregate browsing information (looking at all site visits at once) to measure and improve the online information and services we provide our website visitors.

You should read this entire privacy policy, as well as our website’s “Terms & Conditions” statement, to fully understand our position on privacy as well as any and all obligations you have in using our website and the information it contains. By using our website, you agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions [provide a link].

In the following sections of this document you’ll find a more detailed description of how we safeguard and how we use the information you provide. Our privacy policy will tell you:

• What information we collect
• How we may share information
• How you can limit sharing of information

If you have any questions about this please feel free to get in touch with us.

Details

Why do we gather personal information?
The information we gather about you and your visit helps us to:
? Measure the effectiveness of the services and information we provide online
? Create a more customized user experience online
? Make improvements in our user’s online experience
? Provide limited, necessary information to specific, value-added partners--only after you’ve volunteered information for that purpose and have agreed to that next level of contact. This would typically be (but not necessarily limited to) a user investigating a product and requesting a distributor contact for availability or pricing information. You will not be contacted at this level without your consent.

What types of information do we gather?
Browser: We analyze our website log files to help us improve the value of the information and experience available on our website. These logs do not identify you or anyone else personally and we make no attempt to associate or link the log information with specific users that browse our website.

We receive and may store any information you enter on our Web sites or give to our Web sites in any other way. For example, we collect information you provide when you contact us with questions or comments, register with us, or participate in a promotion or survey. This information may include your name, your mailing address, your e-mail address, your phone number, along with any other information you provide to us (such as product preferences and the like). You may choose not to provide certain requested information, but then some of our website features might not be available to you.

Our web servers may automatically collect clickstream information such as the address (or "URL") of the Web site that you came from before visiting our site, which pages you visit on our site, which browser you used to view our site and any search terms you may have entered on our site. We may also monitor the number of visitors to our website, and the average time spent on the site.

If you visit the websites of third party providers featured on or linked to by our websites, such as retailers of our products, you should know that their websites may also gather similar kinds of information.

Voluntary: Occasionally we may need personal information from you (e.g., name, address, customer identification number) for product or service offerings, to conduct surveys, for contest participation, product registrations, etc. Whenever this type of information is required we will try to inform you about the purpose at the time of the collection. You will be able to elect to not provide the information but we may be limited in the types of services we can provide in that situation. No credit card or any personal financial information is stored on any of our web servers.

Automatic: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our Web sites. For example, we use “cookies” (like many other Web sites). Through “cookies” we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses our Web sites. These let us “remember” information about your preferences and passwords and allow you to move within our Web sites without reintroducing yourself. “Cookies” are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser.

There are utilities designed to help you visit Web sites anonymously. You are free to do so, though we cannot provide you with a personalized experience or certain services at our Web sites if we cannot recognize you. The “help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie or how to disable cookies altogether.

What do we do with this information?
All information gathered is used to provide a richer online experience for users and to assist us in making continued improvements to our online information and services.

Dog Grounds: We may share information we collect at our Web sites or offline with other current or future Dog Grounds entities. They may use this information to offer you products and services that may be of interest to you.

Selected Organizations: We may share information with selected vendors, business partners and other organizations that are not part of Dog Grounds group of companies. These companies and organizations may use the information we share to provide special opportunities and offers to you. If you do not want us to share information you provide to our Web sites with vendors, business partners and other organizations which are not part of Dog Grounds family, please [click here.]

Service Providers: Our Web sites may also share information with companies that provide support services to us (such as a web host) or that help us market our products and services. These companies may need information about you in order to perform their functions. For example, we may release personal information to third parties to perform services on our behalf, fulfill our customers' orders, send marketing communications, deliver packages, send postal mail and email or process credit card payments.

We do not sell, rent, trade, or lease any personal information we collect.

How do we safeguard this information?
Certain users may have online accounts that are password protected for your privacy and security. In certain areas we may use industry standard security measures (e.g., Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), etc.) to protect data transmissions.

How do I discontinue future email contacts?

If you have provided us with your e-mail address, you may receive e-mails from our Web site, as well as our other Web sites in Dog Grounds group of companies. If you no longer want to receive marketing or promotional e-mails from our Web sites, please [click here].

You may still receive e-mail from other members of Dog Grounds group if they received your e-mail address from other sources or as a result of their interactions with you.

How do I discontinue future postal direct mail marketing?

If you provide your name and address, we will add you to our mailing list and we may send you product information and marketing materials as a result of your visiting our web site. If you prefer not to receive any of these materials, please contact us. Please note that if you specifically order products, we will fill your order request.

How can I update or change my information?

To update or change your information:

[If you are a registered member on our site, click on “my profile.” Review your profile and make necessary changes, then click on “Update Information” and make all necessary changes.]

Business Transfers
We may sell or buy business units or subsidiaries. If some or all of the business assets of our Web sites are sold or transferred, we generally would transfer the corresponding information regarding our customers, such as information gathered on the websites. We also may retain a copy of that information.

External Links
Our Web site may feature or offer links to other sites operated by third parties. We do not control the privacy policies of these other sites. If you visit one of these sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policy on that site. If you cannot find the privacy policy of any such website provider through a link either from the site's homepage or from the pages on which the products or services are offered, you should contact the provider directly for more information. In addition, you may have linked to one of our Web sites through another site. You should also refer to the privacy policies on those sites to see how they collect and use this information.

Whom do I contact if I have questions or concerns?

Please contact us in any of the following ways to report any known or suspected privacy or security breaches or to submit privacy-related questions or complaints:

1) By Postal Mail:
Dog Grounds, Inc.
Attn:Privacy Officer
3010 Lyndale Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408

2) By Email: privacy_officer@doggrounds.org

3) Phone: (612) ___________________

Ownership of information

Our website may provide visitors with opportunities to submit ideas, suggestions, feedback and other opinions. All such information may be used by us without restriction and free of charge.

Revisions to this policy
We may amend this policy upon occasion. If substantial changes are made in the way personal information is used we will post a prominent notice in our privacy policy or other locations in our website.

Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our Web site to keep you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it.

Welcome to www.doggrounds.org. Dog Grounds provides its services to you subject to the following conditions. Please take a few minutes to review these Conditions. These are Terms and Conditions concerning your use of the Dog Grounds Web site. By accessing and using this Web site, you agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any of these Terms and Conditions, do not use the Dog Grounds Web site.
In addition, when you use any current or future www.doggrounds.org service or visit or purchase from any business affiliated with www.doggrounds.org, whether or not included in the www.doggrounds.org Web site, you also will be subject to the guidelines and conditions applicable to such service or business.
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE MAY CHANGE
Dog Grounds reserves the right to update or modify these Terms and Conditions of Use at any time without prior notice. Your use of this Web site following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Terms and Conditions of Use as changed. For this reason, we encourage you to review these Terms and Conditions of Use whenever you use the www.doggrounds.org Web site.
PRIVACY

Please review our Privacy Policy, which also governs your visit to www.doggrounds.org to understand our practices.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
When you visit this Web site, you are communicating to us electronically. You consent to receive communications from Dog Grounds electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirements that such communications be in writing.
LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS

Dog Grounds grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of Dog Grounds. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of Dog Grounds. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout or form) of Dog Grounds without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other ““hidden text”” utilizing Dog Grounds’ name or trademarks without the express written consent of Dog Grounds. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by Dog Grounds. You are granted a limited, revocable and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of Dog Grounds so long as the link does not portray Dog Grounds, its affiliates or their products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory or otherwise offensive manner. You may not use any of Dog Grounds’ logos or other proprietary graphics or trademarks as part of the link without express written permission.

Dog Grounds reserves the right, in its sole discretion, without any obligation and without any notice requirement, to change, improve or correct the information, materials and descriptions on this Web site and to suspend and/or deny access to this Web site for scheduled or unscheduled maintenance, upgrades, improvements or corrections. The information and materials on this Web site may contain typographical errors or inaccuracies. Any dated information is published as of its date only, and Dog Grounds does not undertake any obligation or responsibility to update or amend any such information.

COPYRIGHT

All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, illustrations, page headers audio clips, video clips, digital downloads, data compilations and software is the property of Dog Grounds or its content suppliers and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. The collection, compilation, assembly and arrangement of all content on this site is the exclusive property of Dog Grounds and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.

TRADEMARKS
Dog Grounds and other marks indicated on our site from time to time are trademarks of Dog Grounds in the U.S. or other jurisdictions. This list is not exhaustive and the absence of a mark from this list should not be viewed as a waiver by Dog Grounds of any of its rights concerning that mark. Other Dog Grounds product or service names, logos, graphics, page headers, button icons and scripts are trademarks or trade dress of Dog Grounds and may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not Dog Grounds’ in any manner, but especially that which is likely to cause confusion in the marketplace or in any matter that disparages or discredits Dog Grounds. All other trademarks not owned by Dog Grounds that appear on this site are the property of their respective owners who may or may not be affiliated with or connected to Dog Grounds. You are not permitted to use any mark displayed on this site for any purpose without the prior written consent of the owner.

FEEDBACK, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER CONTENT

Visitors may post comments and other content; send e-cards and other communications; and submit suggestions, ideas, product ideas, photographs, comments, questions or other information so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, harassing, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights or otherwise injurious or objectionable to third parties, and does not consist of or contain software viruses or malicious code, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings or any form of “spam.” You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of any content. Dog Grounds reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content. If you do post content or submit material, Dog Grounds may use it royalty-free on an unrestricted basis. In such event you grant Dog Grounds a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and fully sublicenseable right to use, reproduce, commercialize, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant Dog Grounds and sublicensees the right to use any product idea and the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they so choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you submit, that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify Dog Grounds for all claims resulting from your submissions. No material will be returned to you. Dog Grounds has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any submission. Dog Grounds takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

OTHER BUSINESSES

Dog Grounds provides links to the sites of affiliated companies and certain other businesses. Regardless of whether they are an approved affiliate or business partner, Dog Grounds, and its subsidiaries are not responsible for examining or evaluating and does not endorse or warrant the offerings of, any of these businesses, affiliates or individuals or the content of their Web sites. Dog Grounds does not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, product, and content of all these, including affiliates and any other third parties. Your dealings with them are strictly between you and them and you should carefully review their privacy statements and other conditions of use.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THE INFORMATION, AND SERVICES ON THIS WEB SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. DOG GROUNDS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS WEB SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS WEB SITE OR YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE FULL EXTEND PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, DOG GROUNDS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THIS WEB SITE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND USE.
NEITHER DOG GROUNDS, NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS EMPLOYEES, OR THIRD PARTY VENDORS, WILL BE LIABLE OR HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY KIND FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE THAT YOU INCUR IN THE EVENT OF ANY FAILURE OR INTERRUPTION OF THIS WEB SITE, OR RESULTING FROM THE ACT OR OMISSION OF ANY OTHER PARTY INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS WEB SITE, THE DATA CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OFFERED ON THIS WEB SITE AVAILABLE TO YOU, OR FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE RELATING TO YOUR ACCESS TO, INABILITY TO ACCESS, OR USE OF THE WEB SITE OR THESE MATERIALS, WHETHER OR NOT THE CIRCUMSTANCES GIVING RISE TO SUCH CAUSE MAY HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE CONTROL OF DOG GROUNDS OR OF ANY OR ITS VENDORS PROVIDING SOFTWARE OR SERVICES. IN NO EVENT WILL DOG GROUNDS OR ANY SUCH PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF DOG GROUNDS OR ANY OTHER SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.
DOG GROUNDS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS WEB SITE IS FREE FROM THE TRANSMISSION OF ANY VIRUSES WHICH MAY INFECT A USER'S EQUIPMENT, OR THAT THERE WILL BE NO FAILURE OF MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT OR COMMUNICATION LINES, TELEPHONE OR OTHER INTERCONNECT PROBLEMS (E.G., YOU CANNOT ACCESS YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER), UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, THEFT, OPERATOR ERRORS, STRIKES OR OTHER LABOR PROBLEMS OR ANY FORCE MAJEURE. DOG GROUNDS CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THE WEB SITE.
DOG GROUNDS MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT CONTENT PROVIDED ON THIS WEBSITE IS APPLICABLE OR APPROPRIATE FOR USE OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS. IF ANY PART OF THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY IS FOUND TO BE INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE FOR ANY REASON, THEN THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF DOG GROUNDS UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES FOR LIABILITIES WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIMITED SHALL NOT EXCEED $100.
ONLINE SERVICES
To the extent you utilize Dog Grounds Web site, you acknowledge that there is no guarantee that communications or transactions conducted online will be secure. You further acknowledge that there may be system failures that may limit your ability to use the online services. You agree to assume all risk and liability arising from your use of Dog Grounds Web site, including the risk of breach in the security of the communications or transactions you conduct with or through Dog Grounds Web site. DOG GROUNDS’ WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION , THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND USE.
DELIVERY OF NOTIFICATION
You may receive e-mail notification of the delivery of invoices and shipment of products at the e-mail address provided in your registration. It is your responsibility as a user to maintain accurate records of these invoices and e-mails and accurate updates of changes to your e-mail address. You further acknowledge that there may be system failures that may limit your ability to use the Web site services and you agree that you will react accordingly when the Web site system once again becomes available. Your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions constitutes the acceptance of web delivery of invoices and notifications in lieu of any other submission from Dog Grounds and failure to receive any other form of this data is not defensible grounds for non-payment of monies due from you to Dog Grounds.

YOUR ACCOUNT
You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and agree that Dog Grounds will have no obligations with regard thereto. You agree not to give your password to any third party. If you believe your password has been lost or stolen or someone has gained access to your password without your permission, call us immediately at _______________________.
You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur through your account and password. Dog Grounds does not sell products for purchase by children. If you are under 18, you may use this website only with involvement of a parent of guardian. Dog Grounds and its affiliates reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content or cancel orders in their sole discretion.
For purposes of identification, billing and marketing, you agree to provide Dog Grounds with current, accurate, complete, and updated information required by the registration for online ordering, including your legal name, address and telephone number(s). You agree to notify Dog Grounds immediately of any changes in your registration data. Proceeding with the registration process indicates your intent to comply with this term.
APPLICABLE LAW
By visiting Dog Grounds Web site, you agree that the laws of the State of Minnesota, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms and Conditions and any dispute of any sort that may arise between you and Dog Grounds or its affiliates. You agree that any dispute relating in any way to your visit to this Web site shall be submitted to any state or federal court in the State of Minnesota, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts.

SITE POLICIES , MODIFICATIONS, AND SEVERABILITY

Please review our other policies, such as those relating to Privacy which are posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to this web site. We may make changes to our site, policies and these Terms and Conditions at any time, so you should review the policies and these Terms and Conditions each time you visit the site. If any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed invalid, void or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition. You also may be subject to additional terms and conditions contained in our invoices or purchase orders or terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate services. The failure of Dog Grounds to exercise or enforce any right or provision shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the site must be filed within six (6) months after such claim arose or be forever barred.

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