privacy policy

 

YOUR PRIVACY

Pet Shop Girls, recognizes and respects the importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers, registered members (“Members”) and users, and
has established this Privacy Policy as a result.

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of:
• the personal information we may collect from you when you visit our web site, respond to our emails, place orders via mail or fax, or otherwise contact us via telephone, email, fax or mail,
• why we gather information from you,
• how we collect it,
• how we use it, and
• the choices you have regarding our use of personal information you have provided.

This Privacy Policy is part of the Terms of Use, which governs your use of our web site located at www.thepetshopgirls.com. The Web Site is owned by Pet Shop Girls, Inc. (the “Company”). This Privacy Policy does
not cover information provided to our Company-owned or affiliated retail stores.

WHY DO WE GATHER INFORMATION?

Pet Shop Girls gathers personal information to help us evaluate your potential as a partner in our affiliate program, to communicate with you, to process orders, to provide an enhanced and
more personalized shopping experience.

What information do we gather?

We collect information through our Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone, including when you:
• sign up,
• participate in our forums, surveys, contests, sweepstakes, promotions, content submissions, chats, bulletin boards, discussion
groups, requests for suggestions, and membership registrations, and
• engage in other activities, services, products and resources we make accessible to our customers, members or users.

Depending on how you interact with us, we collect some or all of the following types of information:
• your name, address, telephone number, email address,
• billing information (credit card number, expiration date and billing address),
• gender and birth date, if you choose to enter such information,
• including but not limited to: information about your clients, employees and or pets serviced
• any promotion code and related information (for example, if you are claiming frequent flyer miles),
• Other information you provide to us, including User Submissions (defined in the Terms of Use).

How we use the information we collect

We use information we collect to communicate with you, to process orders, to provide an enhanced and more personalized experience, to inform you and your clients of offers and discounts from Pet Shop Girls
and our affiliated brands and to enable you to receive credits for purchases under loyalty or buying programs which you have joined. In addition, we may make such information (except for credit card
number and expiration date, unless you consent otherwise), including aggregated information, available to selected third parties including, but not limited to, those who share or rent information for
direct marketing purposes.

Our Affiliates, subcontractors, and agents, and any successors to our business (if we ever sell some or all of our business), are not considered to be third parties under this Policy. However, in connection
with information collected under this Policy, they are required to comply with this Policy. “Affiliates” are persons or entities directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with Pet Shop Girls.

We may combine information we receive from you via our Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone with information from our Affiliates and third parties. We use the combined information to enhance
and personalize your shopping experience with us and to communicate with you in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to disclose information you provide to us as required by law, in response to legal process and law enforcement requests and as necessary or appropriate, in our view, to operate the
Web Site, process orders or registrations, to conduct promotions, contests, and sweepstakes you participate in, and to protect the rights or property of the Company, its Affiliates, users, customers,
recipients, Members, Sponsors, Providers, Licensors, Merchants and Associates (as these terms are defined in the Terms of Use).

Please note that any personal information you reveal or post on one our public forums (as defined in the Terms of Use), such as a message board, chat room, discussion group, folder, survey, contest,
sweepstakes, user review and rate forum, and all User Submissions, are not protected by this Privacy Policy and may be collected, shared and used by us or with third parties, including to contact you.
Information you give out or post on our public forums you disclose at your own risk.

Consent to Transfer and Submission

Pet Shop Girls is operated in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using the Web Site or
otherwise providing us with information, you hereby consent to this transfer.

In addition, if you submit data to us about other individuals (such as your clients), you agree that you have obtained consent from each such individual to the submission, transfer and processing of the
information. Although personal information collected by us through the Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone is used by us in accordance with this Privacy Policy, laws generally applicable to the
protection of personal data in the U.S. may not be as stringent as those in other countries.

Links to Other Web Sites

Pet Shop Girls wants you to be aware that when you click on links and/or ad banners that take you to affiliated or third-party web sites, you will be subject to the privacy policies and terms of use of those
web sites, not ours. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement and user terms whenever using, and prior to providing any personal information to, any other web site.

Security and Passwords

If you place an order on our Web site, it encrypts the credit card number you submit prior to transmission over the Internet using secure socket layer (SSL) encryption technology. This technology works
best when the Web Site is viewed using Microsoft's Internet Explorer® or Netscape Navigator®. However, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other network can be guaranteed to be 100%
secure. Although we make reasonable efforts to safeguard personal information once we receive it, we cannot warrant the security of information we receive.

Portions of the Web Site (such as our Member registration and Affiliate Admin) may require registration and log-in processes in which you will select a user ID and password (collectively, the “Password”).
Passwords provided to you by us are the confidential property of the Company and may be used by you solely for your individual use of the Web Site (and otherwise as specified by us). You are responsible
for maintaining the confidentiality of any Password and for all activities that occur using your Password, whether or not authorized by you. You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of
your Password or accounts.

How to Limit the Use of Personal Information

We want to communicate with you only to the extent you want to hear from us. If you prefer not to have personal information collected from you via the Web Site, emails, mail, fax, and telephone shared
with third parties, or to set your preferences concerning promotional communications, please follow the directions below.

From Third Parties

We do not share email addresses you provide with third parties without your consent. In addition, if you prefer that other personal information provided by you not be shared with third parties, please let us
know by emailing, writing or calling us as described below. Your instructions will be processed as soon as reasonably practicable and in accordance with law.

Emailing us from the email address which you wish to have removed (i.e. not shared with third parties), and include your postal mailing address in the message; or
Writing us at: Customer Satisfaction Department

400 Tremont St
Boston, MA 02118
Telephoning us at 617-262- 7387

(Please, include or tell us your mailing address, and if you have a catalog, brochure or other mailing label from us, please include it with your request or have it ready when you call).

From our Affiliates

If you also prefer not to have us provide personal information about you to our Affiliates, please indicate in your email or letter that you wish your instructions to apply to our “Affiliates.”

From Pet Shop Girls

If you also prefer that we not use the personal information you have provided to contact you or your message or gift recipients for our own marketing and promotional purposes, please indicate in
your email or letter that you wish your instructions to apply to “Pet Shop Girls.” These instructions, however, do not apply to non-promotional messages from us.

Please note that your instructions (above) do not govern the use of information you have provided to our Affiliates or to third parties (including any merchants referenced or accessible via our Web Site).
The use of information you have provided to our Affiliates or to third parties is governed by their privacy policies and terms.

Any promotional email we send to you or your clients will include a link to our Privacy Policy and a link to use to opt-out of receiving further promotional emails from the sender.

Corrections

If you would like to update or correct information previously provided to us, please send an e-mail with your new information, including your complete name, postal address, and email address.

Members can modify and update their membership information (including name, mailing address, birth date, telephone number and email address) by accessing the
password-protected “Update Membership” page.

Your Consent and Changes to this Policy

Subject to the above provisions, by using our Web Site, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use, of which this policy is a part. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to
time as new features or services are added, suggestions from our customers are incorporated or other changes are made. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on our Web Site at least 30 days prior to
their effective date - unless we believe changes must take effect sooner to comply with law or to protect the Company or our customers, users, Members, recipients, Sponsors, Providers, Licensors, Merchants,
Associates and Affiliates, in which case the changeswill be effective upon posting or as otherwise specified. To see a revised Privacy Policy prior to its effective date (unless it is effective upon posting), click on the
following link: Pending Revised Privacy Policy.

The date on which the current Privacy Policy and overall Terms of Use took effect is listed at the top of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (see “Last Updated” at the top of each).

In addition, if you would like notice of changes to the Privacy Policy or Terms of Use prior to their taking effect (or upon taking effect, if effective immediately), email us from the email address to which
you would like notice sent. By using Pet Shop Girls, after such changes take effect, you agree to be legally bound and to abide by the revised Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, of which this policy is a part.

Your Comments

Pet Shop Girls welcomes feedback concerning this Privacy Policy. Please email us or call with your comments and questions

Refund Policy

Pet Shop Girls strives for customer satisfaction at every level. In the event that a refund is requested from Pet Shop Girls, the refund will be issued in the form of a gift card for equal or greater value of the original purchase.

In order to qualify for a refund, please notify us in writing of your complaint or refund request and please include a mailing address and telephone number for us to contact you. Your Gift card will be mailed within 7 days of our receipt of your request.