Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for SnackVet.com

Effective Date: June 12, 2025

Welcome to SnackVet.com! We understand that your privacy is paramount, just as your pet’s health is. This Privacy Policy outlines how SnackVet.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, protects, and discloses your personal information when you visit or use our website. By accessing or using SnackVet.com, you agree to the terms of this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to help us understand our audience, improve your experience, and provide relevant content. The types of information we may collect include:

  • Information You Voluntarily Provide:
    • Contact Information: If you subscribe to our newsletter, submit a contact form, or leave comments on our articles, we may collect your name and email address.
    • Correspondence: Records of any communications you have with us.
  • Information We Collect Automatically (through technology):
    • Usage Data: Details about how you interact with our website, such as the pages you visit, the time spent on pages, the links you click, and the sequence of your visit.
    • Device Information: Information about the device you use to access our site, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
    • Location Data: General location data derived from your IP address (e.g., city, country).
    • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your Browse activities. For more details, please see the “Cookies and Tracking Technologies” section below.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To provide and maintain SnackVet.com, including monitoring its usage.
  • To deliver newsletters and other communications you have subscribed to.
  • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
  • To analyze and understand user behavior to improve our content, website functionality, and user experience.
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and ensure the security of our website.
  • To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms of service.
  • For marketing and promotional purposes (e.g., showing you relevant ads), where permissible and with your consent if required.

3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors and service providers who perform functions on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, analytics services like Google Analytics, email marketing platforms). These providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was provided.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will notify you before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
  • With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

SnackVet.com uses “cookies” and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. A cookie is a small data file placed on your device. We use them for:

  • Essential Website Functionality: To make our website work correctly.
  • Analytics: To understand how users interact with our site, which helps us improve it.
  • Personalization: To remember your preferences.
  • Advertising: To deliver more relevant advertisements to you on other websites (if applicable).

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly.

5. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have specific rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

6. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Children’s Privacy

SnackVet.com is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by visiting the Contact Us page on SnackVet.com.