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Privacy Policy 

The privacy policy governs the URL http://www.seattlehumane.org and http://www.seattlehumane.com. This website is owned and operated by The Seattle Humane Society for the benefit of its members and other visitors interested in the protection of all animals. Our headquarter is located at 13212 S.E. Eastgate Way, Bellevue, Washington 98005-4408. The Seattle Humane Society reserves the right to modify or amend this privacy policy at any time and for any reason. Any changes to this privacy policy will be preceded by a notice posted to this policy at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date of such change.

How We Collect Information About You

Information You Voluntarily Provide. Seattlehumane.org collects an maintains certain personal information about you when you send us an e-mail or complete any of our online forms, such as when you request information from us or make a donation. Such information may include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, types of pets owned by you and various demographic data such as age, family size and Internet use. In limited context, you may be asked to provide credit card information but only where required to: contributions or purchase of certain information or materials from the Seattle Humane Society.

Other Information. Seattlehumane.org also collects certain other information that cannot identify you personally when you visit our web site. This information includes your IP address and your domain name. Seattlehumane.org logs these IP addresses and domain names and aggregates them for system administration and to monitor the use of our site. We use the aggregated information to measure the number of visits to our site, the average time spent on our site, the number of pages viewed, and various other site statistics. This monitoring helps us to provide a more useful and engaging online experience to seattlehumane.org visitors, and to improve the quality of our content.

The Seattle Humane Society uses cookies in order to make search results available for your searches. Cookies are not used for any other reason on this site. A cookie is a small file that is sent out by a web site, accepted by the user's browser and is placed on the user's hard drive. You can always set your browser to warn of cookies being placed and then chose which cookies you want to accept. However, you will not be able to view anything on seattlehumane.org unless you enable and/or accept temporary cookies. The Seattle Humane Society does not match any information gathered by cookies with personal information you may have voluntarily submitted to the Seattle Humane Society.

Ways Information About You is Used
We may use the information you voluntarily provided to contact you regarding animal-related issues we feel you may be interested in, to keep you updated regarding the Seattle Humane Society's programs, and to extend an invitation to support our various fundraising programs.

Protection of Children's Online Privacy. The Seattle Humane Society understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an online environment. Protecting children's identities and information online is important. While the Seattle Humane Society's web site can be used by individuals of all ages, the Seattle Humane Society does not knowingly solicit data from children online. No one under the age of 13 is allowed to register or subscribe on this site, nor will the Seattle Humane Society knowingly accept personal data from anyone under 13 on www.seattlehumane.org.

Other. From time to time, the Seattle Humane Society may link to other web sites not affiliated with the Seattle Humane Society. The Seattle Humane Society attempts to link only to those web sites which also respect a visitor's privacy and the goals of the Seattle Humane Society. However, the Seattle Humane Society cannot be responsible for the content or policies of third-party web sites. Please check with these third-party organizations or companies for their specific privacy policies. If you find inoperable links or are concerned about any of the sites that the Seattle Humane Society currently links to, please inform the Seattle Humane Society by contacting us at webmaster@seattlehumane.org.

Security. The Seattle Humane Society uses generally accepted, industry standard security systems, software and encryption technologies to protect against unauthorized access to the Seattle Humane Society servers, equipment and other component of the Seattle Humane Society's online presence. This includes using VeriSign security systems to protect credit card processing information.

Contacting the Seattle Humane Society. If you would like to contact the Seattle Humane Society about correcting information we might have collected, or if you have any questions about this privacy policy, please email us at webmaster@seattlehumane.org or write to us at: Webmaster, Seattle Humane Society, 13212 SE Eastgate Way, Bellevue, Washington 98005-4408.

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