What information do we collect from users and how is it used?
The Vet Checked Horses LLC is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We do not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this policy. VetCheckedHorses.com does not collect any personal information whatsoever, unless you choose to share such information (through Correspondence, see below). If you do choose to share personal information via some form of correspondence, such information will not be shared, sold, or rented to others. However, VetCheckedHorses.com is a public web site and any contact information you choose to post on our site or e-mail to other parties can be accessed by anyone on the Internet at any time, including marketing firms and spammers.

Correspondence
If you correspond with us via e-mail or via any of the forms on our site, we may gather the information in a file specific to you. We only collect the information that you provide to us. We will not sell, share, or rent the information that you share with us to others. Like many other websites, VetCheckedHorses.com may collect information about users’ utilization and navigation of our site. This information helps us improve our site to better suit our users’ needs.

When you properly designate information in your post or e-mail message as private, such as phone numbers or e-mail addresses, we will endeavor to keep it private, except:

(a) We do read all posts and messages and will act if necessary to protect ourselves, our site or other visitors from injury or damage.

(b) If we believe your posts or e-mail messages may be connected with illegal or dangerous activities, we might disclose them to the authorities if we believe it is important for our own protection.

(c) If the authorities ever search or seize our site, they may gain access to your contact information. In that case, we cannot prevent them from reviewing it.

(d) While we will try to maintain privacy for your posts and e-mail messages, we cannot guarantee the security of our site against intruders.

What is a cookie and does VetCheckedHorses.com’s website use them?
A cookie is a piece of information sent by a web server to a user’s browser. A cookie identifies your web browser to our computer system whenever you log in as a registered user. Cookies are commonly used on most major web sites including VetCheckedHorses.com. You are always free to decline cookies if your browser permits, but doing so may require you to reenter your user name and password more than once in a single browser session.

What are the policies of linked sites and other third parties?
This privacy policy only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect from you. Although you may interact with companies and associations as a result of visiting our site, or link to other sites or third parties via our website, VetCheckedHorses.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties or the content of linked sites. We encourage you to read the posted privacy policy whenever interacting with any website.

How will I know about changes in the Privacy Policy?
VetCheckedHorses.com reserves the right to update this privacy policy from time to time. Please visit this page periodically so that you will be apprised of any changes. However, we will only use personal information in accordance with the Privacy Policy that was in effect at the time the information was collected. If at any point we should decide to use that information differently, we will notify users by way of e-mail so that users can approve or disapprove of such use.

Registration Forms
Our site’s registration form requires users to give us contact information like their name, e-mail, and postal address. We display the horse owner’s contact name, contact phone, city, state, and website with the horse ad. We do not display an owner’s street address, however that may be listed on the horse owner’s website itself. The only required field is contact e-mail and comments section. We never display a customer’s e-mail address on our ads, on our site, nor to anyone who responds to an ad.

Contact information (e-mail address) from the registration forms is used to get in touch with the customer when necessary such as informing the customer that their horse for sale ad is expiring. Contact information may also be shared with any law enforcement agency investigating any fraudulent or improper activity on the VetCheckedHorses.com website.

VetCheckedHorses.com does not and will never sell or give your e-mail address to any SPAMMERS or JUNK MAILERS. We will do everything possible to protect your information. We hide your e-mail address completely so that we can track and screen any and all responses to your ads by forcing responses through our ad response form.