PRIVACY POLICY
Who we are: Our website address is: https://www.barnbuddy.co/
Last updated on February 3, 2024. This Privacy Policy is effective immediately for users.
This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our websites, mobile applications and related services (“Site”). The terms “we”, “us”, and “Barnbuddy.co” refer to BarnBuddy. When you use the Site, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT
We may store the information you submit to or through the Site, as well as information we collect in connection with your use of the Site.
We use the information to fulfill your requests, provide the Site’s functionality, improve the Site’s quality, personalize your experience, track usage of the Site, provide feedback to businesses that are listed on the Site, display relevant advertising, provide customer support, message you, back up our systems and allow for disaster recovery, enhance the security of the Site, and comply with legal obligations.
Among the information we collect, please note:
- Account Information: If you create an account on the Site, we may store and use your full name, email address, user name and other information you may provide with your account. The personal information you submit through the registration process will not be publicly displayed. The information you submit through contact clinic forms on the Site is not stored or used.
- Communications: When you sign up for an account or subscribe to our newsletter, you are opting in to receive emails from Barnbuddy.co itself and third parties that send email on behalf of Barnbuddy.co. You cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative or legal notices from Barnbuddy.co. When you submit information through a contact clinic form on the Site you are opting in to receive emails from the recipient.
- Site Activity: We may store information about your use of the Site, such as your search activity, the pages you view, the date and time of your visit, your geographic location, and the businesses you visit from the Site. We also may store information that your computer or mobile device provides to us in connection with your use of the Site, such as your browser type, type of computer or mobile device, browser language, IP address, mobile carrier, unique device identifier, location, and requested and referring URLs.
2. COOKIES
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Cookies may be persistent or stored only during an individual session. Types of Cookies used on the Site include Processes, Authentication, Security and Compliance, Preferences, Notifications and Analytics.
Managing Cookies:
It may be possible to disable some (but not all) cookies through your device or browser settings, but doing so may affect your ability to use the Site. The method for disabling cookies may vary by device and browser, but can usually be found in preferences or security settings.
3. THIRD PARTIES
We may share information about you with third parties as follows:
- Aggregate Information: We may share user information in the aggregate with third parties, such as advertisers and third party businesses. For example, we may disclose the number of users that have been exposed to, or have clicked on, advertisements.
- Business Transfers: We may share information from or about you with subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control, in which case we will require them to honour this Privacy Policy. If another company acquires Barnbuddy.co or all or substantially all of our assets, that company will possess the same information, and will assume the rights and obligations with respect to that information as described in this Privacy Policy.
- Businesses on the Site: We may share information from or about you and your use of the Site (such as which businesses you have visited) with businesses on the Site.
- Investigations: We may investigate and disclose information from or about you if we have a good faith belief that such investigation or disclosure is (a) reasonably necessary to comply with legal process and law enforcement instructions and orders, such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute, judicial proceeding, or other legal process served on us; (b) helpful to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site; or (c) protect our rights, reputation, property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public.
- Links: The Site may contain links to unaffiliated third party websites. Except as set forth herein, we do not share your personal information with them, and are not responsible for their privacy practices. We suggest you read the privacy policies on all such third party websites.
- Third Party Services: The Site is using Google Maps APIs; the Google privacy policy can be found here: http://www.google.com/privacy.html and is incorporated by reference. The Site uses Google Analytics to understand how our visitors use the Site, you can learn more about how Google Analytics collects and processes data here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
4. DATA RETENTION AND ACCOUNT TERMINATION
In the event you terminate your account we may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy unless prohibited by law. For example, we may retain information to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site or to comply with legal obligations. Please note that businesses cannot remove their business listings by terminating their accounts.
To terminate your account, email us at contact@barnbuddy.co.
5. CHILDREN
The Site is intended for adult audiences and is not directed to children under 19. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 19. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us. If we become aware that a child under 19 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we take steps to remove such information and terminate the child’s account.
6. SECURITY
We follow generally accepted industry standards, including SSL, to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or via mobile device, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
7. DISPUTE RESOLUTION
If you believe that Barnbuddy.co has not adhered to this Privacy Policy you may email us at contact@barnbuddy.co.
8. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the Privacy Policy will govern our use of information about you. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on the Site prior to the effective date of the changes. By continuing to access or use the Site after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
9. COMMENTS
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
10. MEDIA
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
11. EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
12. WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
13. HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
14. WHAT RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
15. WHERE YOUR DATA IS SENT
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
