Privacy Policy
Last revised: April 14, 2024.
This Privacy Policy describes how we, Petmeet LLC, (“Petmeet,” “we,” and “our”), collect, use, share, retain and transfer information when you (“user,” “you,” and “your”) use the Petmeet services and products (the “Services”), which include:
- our websites and online platforms, such as petmeet.co
- our applications, such as Petmeet
- our newsletters
- our pages or advertisements on social media networks
- anywhere we gather information from you and reference this policy
Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Services. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this privacy policy. Petmeet may revise this privacy policy from time to time (as described below). Your continued use of the Services is deemed acceptance of those changes, we encourage you to check this privacy policy frequently for updates.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect and process about you depends on how you use our Services.
We collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us.
- Automatically as you use our Services.
- From third parties, for example, our business partners.
(a) Information you provide to us
When using the Services, we collect the information you provide. This includes:
- Information you enter when you create an account or register or subscribe to our Services, including contests and promotions, such as your name, phone number, and email address, information about your pets and pet photos, and other information requested as part of that process.
- Your feedback, testimonials, and responses to any forms or surveys, including those we may ask you to complete for research purposes.
- Profile, preferences and account information entered when you complete or update any of your profile or account information through the Services, such as your self-identified gender, reason for using Petmeet, matching preferences, bio, age, photos, pet names, pet photos, Petmeet profiles of other users in whom you indicated an interest or disinterest.
- Content you create.
- Audio or visual content you provide through use of the Services, which may include access to your device features such as your camera, microphone, or photo album.
- Messages you send through the Services and any communications with us.
- Details of your purchases and transactions conducted with us or through the Services, including any related financial information you provide.
- Information you provide about others, including your personal contacts and address book information.
- Information provided through the linking of external third party accounts to your Petmeet account.
You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of our Services, or transmitted to other users of the Services or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Even where we ask you to limit access to certain pages or set certain privacy settings for such information, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Services with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
(b) Information we collect automatically
When you use our Services, including through any software or applications you may download and install, we collect certain information automatically. This includes:
- Details about how you access and use the Services, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on or through the Services.
- Information about the devices and tools you use to access the Services such as your computer, mobile device or internet connection, including unique device identifiers, IP address, operating system, browser type, mobile network information, associated telephone number, and related settings.
- Metadata and other information associated with other files stored on your device, such as photographs, audio and video clips, personal contacts, and address book information.
With your permission, we may also automatically collect the following:
- The precise geolocation of your computer or device, which we may collect even while you are not using the Services depending on the permissions you have provided. If you decline permission for us to collect your precise geolocation, we will not collect it, and you will not be able to use the Services.
- Other information for which you have provided your permission.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Services.
- Web Beacons and other technologies. Our Services and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs), tracking URLs or software development kits (SDKs) that are used for similar purposes as cookies. Web beacons permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity). Tracking URLs are custom-generated links containing encoded data that allow us to monitor user interactions and gather information for analysis, similar to how cookies collect and store data about user behavior. SDKs (Software Development Kits) in mobile applications are like cookies as they are pre-packaged sets of tools and functionalities that enable developers to enhance app functionality and gather user data for improved user experiences, similar to how cookies store and retrieve information to enhance web browsing.
Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on our Services are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons, SDKs or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our Services. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
For example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how you use the Services and Google AdMob to provide the advertisements you see in the Services. You can read more about how Google uses your personal information at the site "How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services", (located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/).
2. Our Use of Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, to:
- provide and improve our Services, and any other information, products, or services that you request from us, and to develop new products and services;
- personalize the Services and content we deliver to you, including ads;
- communicate with you about the Services or provide you notices;
- conduct research and analytics about how you use and interact with the Services;
- conduct research;
- test new technologies and processes designed to enhance and improve the Services;
- resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems investigate fraud, protect our legal rights, and to enforce any of our terms and conditions related to the Services;
- de-identify, aggregate or anonymize the information;
- to send you information about the promotions and offers we have available by direct marketing or other modes of communication;
- protect our users and third parties from harm;
- display advertisements to our advertisers' target audiences;
- fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it; and
- carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
3. Sharing your information
We may share personal and other information that we collect or you provide:
- with our subsidiaries and affiliates;
- with contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business;
- with a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets;
- to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;
- for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information;
- with your consent;
- to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;
- to enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us and for billing and collection;
- if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect our rights, property, or safety and those of our customers or others.
We share personal information with our advertising partners. For example, we use Google AdMob to provide personalized advertisements in our Services. Admob collects personal data such as device IDs, precise geolocation data, demographic data and other similar information to be able to show you advertising that is relevant for you. AdMob’s use of this personal information is subject to their policies referenced above. You can opt-out from the AdMob by Google service by following the instructions described by Google.
We may share aggregated information, de-identified or anonymized information with third parties that includes personal information and other information you provide or we collect (but does not identify you directly).
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
- Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
- Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your email address/contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt-out by logging into the Services and adjusting your user preferences in your account profile by checking or unchecking the relevant boxes or by sending us an email stating your request to support@petmeet.co. If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to the Company as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions.
We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI's website.
4. Certain state privacy rights
State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits users who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us using the information at the end of this Privacy Policy. Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt-out of certain personal information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may submit a request to this designated address: support@petmeet.co
5. Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of our Services. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Services.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Services. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures we provide.
7. Children and Minors’ Privacy
The Services are not intended for use by children or persons under the age of 18. We will not knowingly collect any personal information from minors through the Services. If you think that we have collected personal information from a minor, please contact us immediately using the contact information listed below.
8. Other Websites and Software
The Services may contain links to third party websites or software applications. Petmeet is not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites or applications. This Privacy Policy only applies to information collected by Petmeet.
9. Changes to our privacy policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will post the new privacy policy on this page.
The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address and phone number for you and for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for any changes.
10. Contact Information
If you have any other questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your privacy please contact us via U.S. Mail or email to:
Petmeet LLC.
300 Civic Heights Dr #182
Circle Pines, MN 55014
support@petmeet.co
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