Homeformyhorse.com has established this privacy policy to explain to you how your information is protected, collected and used, which may be updated by homeformyhorse.com from time to time. homeformyhorse.com will provide notice of materially significant changes to this privacy policy by posting notice on the homeformyhorse.com site.
1. Protecting your privacy
- We don't share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
- We don't employ tracking devices for marketing purposes ("cookies", "web beacons," single-pixel gifs).
- Account information is password-protected. Keep your password safe.
- homeformyhorse.com does not knowingly collect any information from persons under the age of 13. If homeformyhorse.com learns that a posting is by a person under the age of 13, homeformyhorse.com will remove that post.
- homeformyhorse.com, or people who post on homeformyhorse.com, may provide links to third party websites, which may have different privacy practices. We are not responsible for, nor have any control over, the privacy policies of those third party websites, and encourage all users to read the privacy policies of each and every website visited.
2. Data we collect
- We sometimes collect your email address, for purposes such as sending self-publishing and confirmation emails, authenticating user accounts, providing subscription email services, registering for forums, etc.
- For paid stable listings, we collect contact information, such as name(s), phone/fax number(s), and address for billing purposes.
- We sometimes collect your phone number for account authentication purposes, and may transmit it to a third party service for tele-robotic verification.
- homeformyhorse.com does not store credit card information. Credit card transactions are transmitted to a financial gateway, and we endeavor to protect the security of your payment information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
- We may collect personal information if you provide it in feedback or comments, post it on our listings or interactive forums, or if you contact us directly. Please do not post any personal information on homeformyhorse.com forums or listings that you expect to keep private.
- Our web logs collect standard web log entries for each page served, including your IP address, page URL, and timestamp. Web logs help us to diagnose problems with our server, to administer the homeformyhorse.com site, and to otherwise provide our service to you.
3. Data we store
- All listing and forum postings are stored in our database, even after "deletion," and may be archived elsewhere.
- Our web logs and other records are stored indefinitely.
- Registered advertisers can access and update their account information through the account homepage.
- Although we make good faith efforts to store the information in a secure operating environment that is not available to the public, we cannot guarantee complete security.
4. Archiving and display of homeformyhorse.com postings by search engines and other sites
Search engines and other sites not affiliated with homeformyhorse.com - including archive.org, google.com, and groups.yahoo.com - archive or otherwise make available homeformyhorse.com postings, including stable listings.
5. Circumstances in which homeformyhorse.com may release information
- homeformyhorse.com may disclose information about its users if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process.
- homeformyhorse.com may also disclose information about its users to law enforcement officers or others, in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms of Use; respond to claims that any posting or other content violates the rights of third-parties; or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of homeformyhorse.com, its users or the general public.
6. International Users
By visiting our web site and providing us with data, you acknowledge and agree that due to the international dimension of homeformyhorse.com we may use the data collected in the course of our relationship for the purposes identified in this policy or in our other communications with you, including the transmission of information outside your resident jurisdiction. In addition, please understand that such data may be stored on servers located in the United States. By providing us with your data, you consent to the transfer of such data.
7. Message Boards
homeformyhorse.com also may offer message boards, bulletin boards, chat rooms, comments areas or other forums ("Forums") on the Site for use by visitors who are 13 years of age or older. Any information you disclose when posting a message in these Forums may become public. You should not include any information in your posting that you do not want other parties to see or use. Moreover, if you post any messages in the Forums that include your email address or phone number you may receive unsolicited emails or calls from third parties.
8. Email a Page
homeformyhorse.com offers you the ability to email certain pages of the Site to a friend or other third party. If you choose to use the "Email a Page" functionality, your name, email address and any message you are allowed to include will be visible to the recipient of the email. The "Email a Page" functionality is for informational purposes only and may not be used for any unlawful purpose, including any harassment or threats. Information collected by homeformyhorse.com through the "Email a Page" functionality shall be used in accordance with this Statement.
9. Changes to this Statement
Any changes to this Statement will be posted on homeformyhorse.com in this location and this Statement will be identified as "Updated". Your continued use of the Site after such notice constitutes acceptance of such changes. In the event of such changes, you can then choose to do nothing, modify the personally identifiable information in your account, change your email preferences or deactivate your account.
10. Security
Your personally identifiable information is one of our most valuable assets. We take steps to keep it physically secure in our data centers and it is accessible only to authorized personnel as needed to perform operations governed by this policy. In addition, when homeformyhorse.com collects credit card information from you, homeformyhorse.com uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, the industry standard for protecting privacy in web transactions. Please keep in mind that despite these measures, homeformyhorse.com cannot guarantee or warrant 100 percent security of its servers and databases. Moreover, homeformyhorse.com cannot guarantee that personally identifiable information that you submit through the Site will not be intercepted or otherwise disclosed.
11. Children
homeformyhorse.com believes that it is especially important to protect children's privacy online. homeformyhorse.com does not knowingly collect or use any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 and homeformyhorse.com does not knowingly provide any personally identifiable information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever from visitors younger than 13 years old. No information should be submitted to or posted at homeformyhorse.com by visitors younger than 13 years old.
12. Links
homeformyhorse.com contains links to other sites. While homeformyhorse.com encourages our business partners to adopt privacy policies that build users' trust and confidence in the internet, homeformyhorse.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of websites linked to the Site or any third-party products or services offered through the Site.
13. Feedback
We welcome your feedback on this document via email at privacy@homeformyhorse.com |