PRIVACY AND INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY
Penn Veterinary Supply, Inc. (“Penn Vet”) is committed to safeguarding your online privacy with respect to the personally identifiable information that we may obtain from you at the http://www.pennvet.com website (the “Website”). This Privacy and Information Security Policy (“Privacy Policy”) answers frequently asked questions about your online privacy, including what personally identifiable information we may obtain from you and how it will be used and protected. Penn Vet may from time to time change this Privacy Policy, so please check back periodically.
What personally identifiable information do we obtain from you? When do we obtain such information?
If, upon visiting our Website, your use is limited to browsing our informational content, we will not require that you provide us with any personally identifiable information. However, we may request personal information from you at other times. For example:
How do we protect the security and quality of your personal information?
To protect the security and quality of your personal information, we have implemented technical and managerial procedures to maintain accurate, current and complete information as well as to protect your personal information against loss, misuse or alteration when it is under our control. Your personally identifiable information will be encrypted and stored on our secured servers. Your personal information is also password protected so that access is limited to yourself and those with whom you share your password, Penn Vet, as well as third-party access facilitated by Penn Vet with your prior permission. We have also taken steps to help protect the integrity of your personal financial information when you complete a purchase transaction on our Website by utilizing a third party processor as noted above. Please consult their applicable policies for their treatment of your personal information and the security and risk management technologies used by them.
How do we use your information?
Our primary use of your information is to administer, maintain and improve your experience on our Website generally as well as provide you with customized, personalization services and interactive communications.
Can you “Opt-Out” of receiving communications from Penn Vet?
If you change your mind and decide that you no longer want to receive promotional emails and/or direct mailings, you may opt-out at any time by simply editing your preferences through the “My Profile” section of the website. Similarly, if you are not receiving our promotional emails and/or direct mailings and wish to receive these materials, you may opt-in at any time by simply editing your preferences through the “My Profile” section of the website.
Privacy Policies of Penn Vet Partners
Third parties that have links on our Website may collect personally identifiable information about you. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of such sites and the practices of these sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about the privacy policies or practices of a third party site, you should contact the site administrator or web-master of the specific site. We may from time to time partner with other companies to offer co-branded services as well as sweepstakes, contests and promotions. Any information that you provide in connection with the co-branded services or any jointly sponsored sweepstakes, contests or promotions will become the joint property of Penn Vet and its business partners. We will maintain your information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. However, this Privacy Policy does not govern the privacy policies and practices of our business partners. If you have questions about the privacy policies or practices of our business partners, you should contact them directly.
Do we sell or rent your personally identifiable information?
No, as a general rule, we do not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone. If and whenever we intend to share your personally identifiable information with a third party (other than to a business partner as provided herein), you will be notified at the time of data collection or transfer, and you will have the option of not permitting the transfer. However, we may from time to time rent or sell demographic information in the aggregate that does not contain your personally identifiable information.
With whom do we share information?
We generally will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information except when we have your permission to do so or under some special circumstances described below.
How can you update, correct, or delete your personally identifiable information?
You may edit your personally identifiable information and your password at any time by accessing the “My Profile” area of the website.
What are cookies? How do we use cookies?
Cookies enable us to customize and personalize your experience on our Website, including the products and promotions that are offered to you. Essentially, a cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and is stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies for several purposes in connection with the operation of our Website
Business partners that offer co-branded services and jointly-sponsored sweepstakes, contests and promotions on our Website, may use their own cookies. We have no control over those cookies, nor does this Privacy Policy cover how your personal information contained in those cookies may be used or protected. If you have any questions about the cookies of such third parties, or about the use of your personal information by such third parties, you should contact the site administrator or web-master of the third party site.
Do you have choices about cookies?
Yes, you have several choices with respect to cookies. You can modify your browser preferences to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. However, our Website uses cookie-based authentication. Accordingly, if you choose to reject all cookies, you may not be able to log onto our Website and/or use our services or participate in our sweepstakes, contests or promotions.
What else should you know about your online privacy?
It is important to remember that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online, your information can be collected and used by others. If you transmit or post personal information on-line that is accessible to others, you will not be able to control how that information is used by others. When we receive the transmitted information, we will use the procedures summarized in this Privacy Policy to ensure the integrity and security of that information in our systems. Unfortunately, notwithstanding any of the steps taken by us, it is not possible to guarantee the security and integrity of data transmitted over the Internet. Consequently, while we take the above-described reasonable steps to protect your personal information, we cannot and do not warrant the security or integrity of any information you transmit to us when registering for our Website or otherwise. All such transmission of information is at your own risk. Moreover, though we are committed to having our Website comply with this Privacy Policy, you are ultimately responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your password and your personally identifiable information. If you are careless with your password, or you decide to share your password with third parties, you must be aware of the risk that such third parties will have access to all your personally identifiable information.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Statement or the practices of our Website, please feel free to email us at [email protected] or visit our contact page, or by sending your comments to:
Penn Veterinary Supply, Inc.
53 Industrial Circle
Lancaster, PA 17601
Fax: 717-656-6707
EFFECTIVE AS OF: February 19, 2019
LAST UPDATED: February 19, 2019