Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 1, 2024

Our website is OCAnimalAllies.org. We are committed to protecting the personal information that you provide to us when using our website.

This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for Orange County Animal Allies. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website, except where stated otherwise. It will notify you of the following:

What information we collect;
With whom it is shared;
How it can be corrected;
How it is secured;
How policy changes will be communicated; and
How to address concerns over misuse of personal data.

What information do you collect?

We collect information from you when you sign up for our mailing list or fill out a form on this website.

What do we use your information for?

We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email, form submissions, or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

Mailing List: We send out emails to our mailing list regularly to share news and updates about OC Animal Allies. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving our future emails, at the bottom of our emails is an unsubscribe button. We do not use the information you submitted when signing up for our mailing list for any other purpose.

Contact Forms: If you have filled out a form on this website, we use your information to answer your inquiry or fulfill your order. We do not share your information with any third parties unless it’s to fulfill your request (make a donation, ship an order, etc.)

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information.

Do we use cookies?

We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

We also use Google Analytics to analyze our site. Google analytics uses cookies to monitor your behavior on our website. These cookies do not collect any personal identifying information such as your name, specific location, etc. If you block cookies in your browser, google analytics will not be on.

Embedded Content

We embedded content from other websites on our site, including our list of available animals from Animal Shelter Manager and Mailchimp. Verde Valley Humane Society is not liable for any information collected through these embedded features.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer information to outside parties.

Third Party Links

On our website we may include third party links for additional information. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.

Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as email addresses and credit card numbers), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.

While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

Contacting us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below:

info@ocanimalallies.org
PO Box 6507 Huntington Beach, CA 92615