Terms and Conditions
PRIVACY POLICY
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Vetsguide.com collects customer information to improve this site and to enhance your experience. This privacy policy is intended to assist you in understanding what information we gather about you when you visit this website, how we use that information, and the safeguards we have in place to protect that information. This privacy policy applies only to the information collected online at Vetsguide.com.
If you have any questions about this policy you can contact Vetsguide.com directly:
info@vetsguide.com
School Guide Publications
210 North Avenue
New Rochelle, NY 10801
When you request to be on our mailing list we collect your name and e-mail address. Your information will not be shared with any third party companies.
When you submit a question to customer service, we need your e-mail address to respond.
2. HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
We may use your information in the following ways:
1. To improve the content on our website. For example, we may use cookies to find out which parts of our site or our products are visited most often. However, at Vetsguide.com, we store no personal information about you in cookies. Anything you choose to tell us about yourself as a customer (like your address and e-mail address) is stored separately on our servers.
2. For marketing and promotional purposes. For example, send out e-mails and direct mail to you about features or events that we think may interest you. We may also send you offers for discounts or promotions, new arrivals or new site features. See mailing list if you wish to unsubscribe.
3. IS MY INFORMATION SECURE?
Vetsguide.com has put in place various procedural, technical and administrative measures to try to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
To the extent customer information is maintained, it is located on a secured server behind a firewall; it is not directly connected to the Internet. The firewall meets recognized industry standards.
We designed Vetsguide.com to accept orders only from Web browsers that permit communication through Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology; for example, versions 5.01 or higher of Internet Explorer, versions 0.8 or higher of Firefox and versions 1.2 or higher of Safari. SSL is encryption technology that provides security while information is being transmitted over the Internet.
While we implement the above security measures on this site, you should be aware that 100% security is not always possible.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE. All users of this site agree that access to and use of this site are subject to the following terms and conditions and other applicable law. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site.
Copyright
The entire content included in this site, including but not limited to text, graphics or code is copyrighted as a collective work under the United States and other copyright laws, and is the property of Vetsguide.com. The collective work includes works that are licensed to Vetsguide.com. Copyright 2012, Vetsguide.com. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download or print portions of the material from the different areas of the site solely for your own non-commercial use. Any other use, including but not limited to the reproduction, distribution, display or transmission of the content of this site is strictly prohibited, unless authorized by Vetsguide.com. You further agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from the site.
Trademarks
All trademarks, service marks and trade names of Vetsguide.com used in the site are trademarks or registered trademarks of School Guide Publications.
Limitation of Liability
Vetsguide.com shall not be liable for any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials on this site or the performance of the products, even if Vetsguide.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation of exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
Term; Termination
These terms and conditions are applicable to you upon your accessing the site and/or completing the registration process. These terms and conditions, or any part of them, may be terminated by Vetsguide.com without notice at any time, for any reason. The provisions relating to Copyrights, Trademark, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification and Miscellaneous, shall survive any termination.
Notice
Vetsguide.com may deliver notice to you by means of e-mail, a general notice on the site, or by other reliable method to the address you have provided to Vetsguide.com
Miscellaneous
Your use of this site shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the state of New York, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law provisions. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this site shall be in the state or federal courts located in Westchester County, New York. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the site (including but not limited to the purchase of Vetsguide.com products) must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises. Vetsguide.com's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these terms and conditions. Vetsguide.com may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.
Use of Site
Harassment in any manner or form on the site, including via e-mail, chat, or by use of obscene or abusive language, is strictly forbidden. Impersonation of others, including a Vetsguide.com or other licensed employee, host, or representative, as well as other members or visitors on the site is prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through the site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise objectionable which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or which may otherwise give rise to liability or violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the site or use the site to solicit others to join or become members of any other commercial online service or other organization.
Participation Disclaimer
Vetsguide.com does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted to or created by users accessing the site, and is not in any manner responsible for the content of these communications and materials. You acknowledge that by providing you with the ability to view and distribute user-generated content on the site, Vetsguide.com is merely acting as a passive conduit for such distribution and is not undertaking any obligation or liability relating to any contents or activities on the site. However, Vetsguide.com reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials that it determines to be (a) abusive, defamatory, or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright, trademark or; other intellectual property right of another or (d) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to Vetsguide.com in its sole discretion.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Vetsguide.com, its officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers (collectively the "Service Providers") from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these terms and conditions or any activity related to your account (including negligent or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the site using your Internet account.
Third-Party Links
In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, Vetsguide.com may link to sites operated by third parties. However, even if the third party is affiliated with Vetsguide.com, Vetsguide.com has no control over these linked sites, all of which have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent of Vetsguide.com. These linked sites are only for your convenience and therefore you access them at your own risk. Nonetheless, Vetsguide.com seeks to protect the integrity of its web site and the links placed upon it and therefore requests any feedback on not only its own site, but for sites it links to as well (including if a specific link does not work).
