This website ("Site") is owned and operated by the Duffield Family Foundation, a Nevada Corporation, doing business as Maddie's Fund ("we", "our," or "us"). This Privacy Policy discloses our collection of information through any use of the Site by you ("you," "your," or "User") and how we may use the information. By accessing, browsing, or otherwise using the Site, you acknowledge and consent to our collection and use of information as set forth in this Privacy Policy.

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. YOUR USE OF THE SITE CONSTITUTES YOUR CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. PLEASE DO NOT USE THE SITE IF YOU ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Please check back periodically as this Privacy Policy may change from time to time.

Information Collection & Use

The Site is a general-audience website, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you should not and may not provide any personal information to us through or on the Site.

In using the Site, you have the option of signing up to be on our mailing list to receive electronic or other communications from us, such as when you click on the option to "Subscribe to Our Newsletter." In signing up, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address or other forms of contact information, and you will have the option to provide information such as your name and company name (if applicable).

We use this information to send you our eNewsletter ("Maddie's Mailing List"). We will also use this information periodically to send you other communications that we believe will be of interest to you, such as those containing information relating to our programs, grants, conferences, campaigns, and other information that pertains to our activities or more broadly to the status and well-being of companion animals.

Out of respect for your privacy, we provide you a way to unsubscribe and thereby be removed from our mailing list. Please see the "Choice and Opt-out" section.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

Personally Identifiable Information
We use a third-party company to assist in our management and distribution of our e-newsletters and similar mailings. Apart from this company, we DO NOT share personally identifiable information with third parties.

Legal Disclaimer
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

Choice/Opt-Out

We provide you the opportunity to ‘opt-out' of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes when we ask for this information. For example, if you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and other communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each newsletter or communication.

Log Files

As is true of most websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in cookies and log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.

Links to Other Sites

The Site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by us. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by the Site.

Maddie's®University and Maddie's® Pet Forum

The terms of this privacy policy also apply to information collected through use of the Maddie's® University and Maddie's® Pet Forum and usage of the Site/App constitutes consent to this privacy policy.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Business Transitions

In the event we go through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via e-mail of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

Changes in this Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at: info@maddiesfund.org


Updated/Effective Date: April 8, 2021