Privacy Statement
SPECIALTYPET.COM (SPS) is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of our web site.
This policy may change from time to time so please check back periodically.
- This policy will let you know:
- What personally identifiable information is collected.
- How your information is used.
- Who is collecting your information.
- With whom your information may be shared.
- Choices about collection, use, & distribution of info.
- How you can access, update or delete your information.
- Security precautions used to protect your information.
- What else you should know about your online privacy.
What personally identifiable information does SPS collect from me?
SPS collects information in several ways.
SPS may ask you for personal information at other times, including (but not limited to) when you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by SPS; when you subscribe to our electronic coupon notices; and when you report a problem with one of our sites or services.
If you contact SPS we may keep a record of that correspondence. SPS also occasionally asks users to complete surveys that we use for research purposes. Wherever SPS collects personal information we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.
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How does SPS use my information?
SPS's primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you, the user, with an intuitive experience on our web site. This includes interactive communications, online shopping and many other types of services, most of which are completely free to you.
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Who is collecting information?
When you are on a SPS site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with SPS alone, unless it is specifically stated otherwise.
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With whom does
SPS share my information?
As a general rule, SPS will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances described below.
The following describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.
- From time to time, you may be offered the opportunity to receive materials or special offers from third parties. If you opt-in to receive information from these third parties, SPS will (with your permission) share your name and email address with them.
- Third Party Data & Data in the Aggregate:
Under confidentiality agreements, SPS may match user information with third party data. Also, SPS discloses aggregated user statistics (for example, 45% of our users are female) in order to describe our services to current and prospective partners, advertisers, and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes. - Other:
SPS may also disclose account information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating SPS's Terms of Service or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) SPS's rights or property, other SPS users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. - SPS may disclose or access account information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products and services.
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Choices regarding collection, use, and
distribution of my information?
You also have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. If you choose to reject all cookies you will be unable to use SPS services. These services include (but are not limited to): SPS DISCOUNT COUPON SERVICE.
SPS does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your data will be shared with a third party and you will always have the option of not permitting the transfer. If you do not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not to use a particular service or not to participate in certain promotions or contests.
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What is
SPS's policy on allowing me to update,
correct, or delete my personally identifiable information?
Your
SPS account can be
edited, deactivated or deleted, but in some cases doing so will
result in not being able to access various areas
of our web site.
Contact 
info@specialtypet.com
to request deleting or deactivating
your SPS account. Residual information will remain within our archive records.
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Security precautions used to protect
the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?
If you are on any area of our site that requires a password, we recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. SPS will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also, remember to sign out of your SPS account by closing your browser window when you have finished your work.
This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.
SPS takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with the relevant Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy.
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, SPS cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
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What else should I know about my privacy?
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you're online.
SPECIALTYPET.COM
Terri Bennett