Information Collection & Use

The type of information we collect, use, or share may depend on the product or service you have with us. At times, we may request that you voluntarily supply identifying information for purposes such as receiving correspondence, registering on this website, making purchases, or participating in online surveys, forums, blogs, chat sessions, market research or contests/sweepstakes. If you elect to participate, we may require you to provide business information, including your name, mailing address, phone number, financial institution information, credit card information, or e-mail address.

In certain areas of our website, we may collect information under your instruction such as employee information that you add to your business account and updated contact information. We will only use this information for the specific reason for which it is provided. When you submit business information to us, you understand and agree that we may access, store, and use your information to fulfill your requested services. We are committed to safeguarding and protecting your business information, and the personal information of your employees.

We use the information collected about you or provided under your instruction to process orders and to provide a more personalized and value-added experience. We may also use your information to communicate with you about products, services, and future promotions. For the purposes of order verification and fraud prevention, we may exchange information about our customers internally within PurpleDOG and among our affiliates. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your preferences. We may send you service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so. Generally, you may not opt out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature.

We may share your information, limited to Name and Email Address, with third-party business partners, for instance, for the purpose of enhancing our products and services or so that they can market their products and services to you. If you do not want us to share your personal information with these companies, contact us as described below.

Names and other personal information that are received by us through a financial institution are not shared with third parties except for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual requirements with financial institutions or as otherwise permitted by law.

In some cases, we may use third-party service providers to assist in providing you with customer service,fulfilling your requested service and you agree that we may release information about you to them for these purposes.

When we engage third-party suppliers, they are only provided the information required to perform those services, such as order fulfillment, payment processing, or fulfilling subscription services. They are expected to abide by their contractual obligations when conducting work for us and are prohibited from using your information for any other purpose.

In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet law enforcement requirements. We may also disclose your personal information as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request.

We reserve the right to disclose information about you as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, legal process served on our company. If PurpleDOG is involved in a merger, acquisition, dissolution or sale of all or a portion of its assets, we reserve the right to transfer your personal information. You will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership, uses of your personal information, and choices you may have regarding your personal information.

Security

We are committed to protecting your personal and business information. Security measures are in place on this website to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. We offer industry-standard security measures available through your web browser. Please remember that e-mail is not secure. Therefore, we ask that you do not send sensitive information such as credit card numbers to us via an unsecured e-mail message.

Information you provide will be safeguarded according to strict standards of security and confidentiality. PurpleDOG recognizes and appreciates the importance of responsible use of the information you choose to provide. We contractually require that our vendors, consultants, suppliers, and contractors have appropriate security measures in place and abide by all contractual requirements regarding the security and the collection, use, and exchange of our customers’ information. They are expected to abide by the terms of their contract when conducting work for us and are prohibited from using your personal information for any other purpose.

We may retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services,comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Tracking Activity on our Website

In order to make your visit to our website as productive as possible, we track certain user activity. However, we want you to know that the tracking technology we use does not identify any personal information about you. It cannot retrieve data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses, or capture any personal information about you, such as your name, address, phone number, or email address. We only know who you are if you tell us.

As is true with most websites, we gather certain information automatically when individuals browse our site and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, the files viewed on our site (e.g., HTML pages, graphics, etc.), operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We use a third-party tracking service that uses technology to track this non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our site in the aggregate.

Children Visiting Our Websites

This website is intended for use by adults. We do not knowingly collect or use information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware of any collection of personal information from children, we will delete it immediately.

Other Websites Linked to this Site

This website contains links to other sites that may or may not be owned or controlled by PurpleDOG. We encourage you to be aware when you leave this site and to read the privacy policies and applicable terms of use posted on each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies only to information collected on this website.

Changes to Privacy Policy

By using this website, you consent to our posted Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use this website. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Your continued use of this website following the posting of changes to these terms means that you accept these changes.

We may change, modify or update our Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes to the privacy and security policy will be posted on this website and any other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of the information we collect, as well as how we use and protect it. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by email, or by means of a notice displayed on our web page prior to the changes taking effect.

Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the confidentiality of information. These reviews are conducted by internal staff who report directly to the PurpleDOG Board of Directors, external auditing and accounting firms, and government regulators. Included in these self-assessments and examinations are reviews of the controls and safeguards described in our Privacy Policy.

Contacting PurpleDOG

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, the practices of this website or your dealings with this website, please contact us at:biz@purpledogpost.com

Effective Date: 2022 08 08