Privacy Notice |
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THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER |
Last Updated on June 19, 2007 |
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Welcome to the web site of The Animal Medical Center, Inc. (“we” or “AMC”). This user agreement ("User Agreement"), which includes our Privacy Statement, sets forth the terms and conditions for your use of the web site we operate at amcny.org (“Our Site”). We may change this User Agreement (including the Privacy Statement) from time to time by posting an updated version on this page, or, if we determine that it’s appropriate, we may post a special notice of the changes on our home page. By continuing to use the Site after we have posted an updated User Agreement or special notice, you agree to the new User Agreement. |
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Please read this User Agreement carefully, because by using Our Site, you agree to be bound by and comply with its terms and conditions. If you do not consent to the User Agreement, you are not authorized to use Our Site. |
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TERMS OF USE |
| Persons Under Age 18 |
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| Our Site is designed for use solely by persons aged 18 years and older. By using Our Site, you represent to us that you are over 18. If you are not at least 18 years old, you may not use Our Site. |
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| Privacy Statement |
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| Please review our Privacy Statement, which forms a part of this User Agreement. The Privacy Statement describes our collection and use of information about you. |
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| Donations |
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To accept donations that you make in support of our programs, Our Site refers you to the Groundspring.org web site. Groundspring.org is a non-profit organization that helps other non-profit organizations (like AMC) with their fundraising activities. When you contribute through Groundspring.org’s web site, you are making a donation to Groundspring.org with a direction to grant the funds to AMC, so long as AMC meets Groundspring.org’s criteria for receiving donations. While your donation is in Groundspring.org’s hands, Groundspring.org has exclusive legal control over the funds. Groundspring.org commits in its policies to provide you with an acknowledgement of your donation for tax-deduction purposes. To learn more about how Groundspring.org handles your donation, please visit its web site.
Because Groundspring.org is a separate organization with a separate web site, our Privacy Statement does not apply to Groundspring. To learn more about how Groundspring handles your information, please review its privacy policy. |
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| No Unlawful or Prohibited Use |
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| By using Our Site, you warrant to us that you will not use Our Site, or any of the content on Our Site, for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by this User Agreement or any applicable law. If you violate any of provision of this User Agreement, your permission to use Our Site automatically terminates. |
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| Copyright |
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| All material on Our Site is protected by United States and international copyright law. You must abide by all copyright notices and restrictions contained in Our Site. |
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| You may download a single, machine-readable copy of the articles and other information posted on Our Site (“Site Content”) for your personal, non-commercial use as long as you do not alter the Site Content or remove any trademark, copyright or other notices displayed on the Site Content. Aside from this single copy, you may not reproduce, distribute (in any form, including over any local area or other network or service), display, perform, create derivative works of, sell, license, extract for use in a database, or otherwise use any Site Content (or any computer programs and other code) on Our Site. |
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| Trademarks |
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| “THE ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER,” “The AMC,” and other logos and trademarks featured on Our Site are trademarks and/or service marks owned by The AMC ("Our Trademarks"). You may not use Our Trademarks without express written authorization from us. Additionally, you may not use Our Trademarks (a) in connection with any product or service that does not belong to us; (b) in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among users about whether we are the source, sponsor, or endorser of a product, service, or activity; (c) or in any manner that disparages or discredits us. You may not register any domain names containing any of Our Trademarks without our prior written consent in each case. |
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| Links, Frames and Metatags |
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| You may not frame the content of Our Site on any other web site unless you first obtain our express and prior written consent in each case. You may not use metatags or any other "hidden text" that incorporates Our Trademarks, marks confusingly similar to Our Trademarks, or our name without our express and prior written consent. You may link to the home page of Our Site (http://www.amcny.org/) as long as the link does not cast us in a false or misleading light. You may not link to any page on Our Site except the home page unless the link clearly identifies Our Site as the location of the linked page. |
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| Links to Third-Party Sites |
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| As a courtesy only, Our Site may contain links to web sites controlled by third parties. We are not responsible for these third-party sites or their content, activities, or privacy practices. The inclusion of links on Our Site does not imply our endorsement of the linked web sites, their content, or any associated organization or activity. We make no representation or warranty whatsoever about the nature of the linked sites. You should read the terms of use and privacy policies that govern your use of third-party sites. |
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| Disclaimers |
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| OUR SITE AND THE SERVICES AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH IT ARE AVAILABLE "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT OUR SITE OR ANY OF THE SERVICES OR MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH IT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE. THERE MAY BE DELAYS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS AND INACCURACIES IN MATERIALS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, TIMELINESS, RELIABILITY OR NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY CONTENT ON OUR SITE OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH IT OR THROUGH LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CORRECT ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN OUR SITE AND OUR SERVICES. IF YOU RELY ON OUR SITE AND ANY MATERIALS OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, YOU DO SO ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. |
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| TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO OUR SITE AND ANY CONTENT, INFORMATION, GOODS OR SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH IT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (EVEN IF THAT PURPOSE HAS BEEN DISCLOSED). |
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| ALTHOUGH WE INTEND TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF VIRUSES, WORMS, "TROJAN HORSES" OR OTHER MALICIOUS CODE TO OUR SITE, WE DO NOT GUARANTEE OR WARRANT THAT OUR SITE, OR SERVICES OR MATERIALS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE, ARE FREE FROM SUCH DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR HARM ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUCH FEATURES. |
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| Limitation of Liability |
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| THE AMC AND ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER BASED ON LOSS OR INJURY BECAUSE OF ERRORS, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS OR INACCURACIES IN OUR SITE OR ANY SERVICES OR MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE INCLUDING LOSS OR INJURY THAT RESULTS FROM YOUR BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS USER AGREEMENT. |
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| UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THE AMC OR ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUES OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR LOSS OF DATA) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OUR SITE OR SERVICES AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR SITE OR THIS USER AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY. |
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| SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR THESE KINDS OF DAMAGES, SO THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. |
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| Indemnification |
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| You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The AMC and its officers, directors, employees and agents against all liabilities, losses, damages and costs (including reasonable attorneys' fees), that they may incur based on claims arising out of your violation of this User Agreement. We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which we are entitled to indemnification. You agree to provide us with whatever cooperation we reasonably request. |
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| Termination |
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| We reserve the right to terminate any services offered through Our Site or to terminate Our Site and this User Agreement at any time without notice, for any reason, including, in the case of the User Agreement, because of your violation of any of these provisions. The "Disclaimers," "Limitation of Liability," "Indemnification," and "General" sections of this Agreement (along with any other provision that by its terms contemplates survival) survive such termination. |
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| General |
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| This User Agreement, which includes the Privacy Statement, is the complete agreement between you and The AMC regarding your use of Our Site and is governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and completely performed there. You irrevocably agree to bring any claim or dispute relating to your use of Our Site and this User Agreement exclusively in the state and federal courts located in the State and County of New York, to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of those courts, and to waive any jurisdictional, venue or inconvenient forum objections to such courts. If a court determines that any provision of this User Agreement is unenforceable for any reason, then that provision will be deleted and the remaining provisions will be enforceable to fullest extent permitted by law (unless doing so would deprive either party of a material benefit of the User Agreement). |
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| Institutional Information |
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| Our Site includes information about our Board of Trustees. |
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| You may also view The AMC's IRS Form 990s from recent years: www.guidestar.org |
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| Questions |
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| Please email us at webmaster@amcny.org with any questions you may have about this User Agreement. |
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PRIVACY STATEMENT |
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| The Animal Medical Center, Inc. ("we" or "The AMC") is committed to protecting your privacy. Specifically, this Privacy Statement describes what information we collect through the web site we operate at amcny.org ("Our Site"), how we use it, and how you can make choices about our use of that information. |
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| By using Our Site, you consent to our collection and use of information about you in accordance with this Privacy Statement. |
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| Location of Servers and Transfer of Information |
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| Our servers are located in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, be aware that the information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using our Site or providing your Personal Information (as defined below) to us, you consent to this transfer and to the collection, storage, processing and use of your Personal Information in the United States. |
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| Collection of Personal Information |
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| We collect personally identifiable information about you when you voluntarily provide it ("Personal Information"). For example, we collect Personal Information when you complete an online form. The Personal Information we collect includes your name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, job information, information about your pet and your pet's health, and information about your referring veterinarian. |
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| We use your Personal Information for the purposes for which you provide it, as well as to keep track of what services from The AMC you have received so that we can improve our offerings to you. For example, when you give us information about your pet's health along with your contact information, we use that information to provide veterinary care to your pet and to communicate with you and your referring veterinarian about that care. From time to time, we may provide third parties, such as our marketing partners, with Personal Information in an aggregate form that does not identify you or enable them to contact you. |
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| We also use your Personal Information send you information about The AMC and our services. If you no longer wish to receive communications from us, you can follow the opt-out instructions in the materials you receive or email us at webmaster@amcny.org. Clients may also call 212 329-8690 and veterinarians who receive our fax updates may call 212-329-8890. |
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| Collection of Donations via Groundspring.org |
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To accept your donations to support our programs, Our Site refers you to the Groundspring.org web site. Groundspring.org is a not-for-profit organization that accepts donations on behalf of other not-for-profit organizations like AMC. Because Groundspring.org is a separate organization with a separate web site, our Privacy Statement does not apply to Groundspring.org. Rather, Groundspring.org follows its own privacy practices for the collection and use of information you provide to it via its web site. To learn more about how Groundspring.org handles your information, please review its privacy policy.
Groundspring.org makes available to us some of the information you provide when you make a donation, such as your name, contact information, the amount of your gift, the particular AMC fund you designated to benefit from your donation, and any honorary or memorial dedications (e.g. gifts "in honor of" or "in memory of" a person or pet). We treat this information just like any other Personal Information we collect via Our Site. Groundspring.org does not share your credit-card number with us. |
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| Anonymous Information and Cookies |
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| We may also collect anonymous information about each user of Our Site, such as the time and date of visits to Our Site, the type of web browser used, the web site that referred or linked a user to Our Site, the top search keywords that lead users to Our Site, the first page viewed by a user upon arrival to Our Site, the other pages of Our Site subsequently viewed by a user, the time spent on each page, and the user's IP address, which is the number assigned to the user's computer to identify its location on the Internet. |
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| Some parts of Our Site rely on cookies, which are small data files placed on your computer. We use these cookies solely to facilitate your use of Our Site. For example, cookies help make certain web-based forms work properly. You are not required to accept cookies from Our Site. You can disable the cookies function (or delete existing cookies) using your web browser's options, although some functions of Our Site may not work properly if you do so. |
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| Sharing Information With Third Parties |
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| We do not share your Personal Information with anyone except for our service providers, such as the companies that help us operate Our Site. |
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| We reserve the right to disclose and use Personal Information and anonymous information in special circumstances including: To enforce this Privacy Statement or any other part of our User Agreement to protect our property or rights; to protect the safety of any one; to carry out a merger or consolidation with another entity, a sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, or any similar transaction; or for other reasons we determine in good faith are necessary, appropriate, or required by law. |
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| Review and Correction of Personal Information |
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| We will make reasonable efforts to enable you to review your Personal Information and, upon your instructions, to correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information. If you wish to review or correct your Personal Information, or if you would like to request that we not use your Personal Information in certain ways, please email us at webmaster@amcny.org or write to the Director of Marketing and Communications, The Animal Medical Center, 510 East 62nd Street, New York, NY 10021. |
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| Security |
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| We strive to keep your Personal Information secure and to safeguard it from unauthorized access. For example, we use password protection, firewalls and intrusion detection software to guard databases containing Personal Information. |
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| Of course, no online or offline security measure can be guaranteed to be 100% effective, so we cannot promise that your Personal Information is always secure. You provide your Personal Information at your own risk. |
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| Persons Under Age 18 |
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| We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from persons under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child under age 18 may have provided personally identifiable information through the Site, please email us at webmaster@amcny.org. |
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| Links to Third-Party Web Sites |
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| Solely for your convenience, Our Site may contain links to third-party web sites and content providers which may interest you. If you follow any link to a third-party site, you leave Our Site. You should review those sites' privacy statements to find out how they protect your privacy. |
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| Questions |
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| Please email us at privacy@amcny.org with any questions about this Privacy Statement.
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