Privacy Policy

The website is operated by Bethany Town Cats, Inc.

By visiting our website, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy").  Bethany Town Cats, Inc. reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting changes here.  Your continued use of the website after changes are made constitutes acceptance of and agreement to be bound by the terms of the Privacy Policy as modified.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the website. In addition to our own website, we provide links to other third party websites that are not under Bethany Town Cats, Inc. control.  Bethany Town Cats, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy policy or content of any website linked to and from the Web Sites.

What information does Bethany Town Cats, Inc. collect?

Bethany Town Cats, Inc. collects non-personally identifiable information about you through your IP address, computer settings and/or most-recently visited website.  We may also ask you to provide certain non-personally identifiable information about yourself, such as your age, household income, buying preferences, etc.  We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, by, for example, filling out a survey or registration form.  The types of information that may be requested include your name, address, email address, and telephone number. In no case does Bethany Town Cats, Inc. share telephone numbers or e-mail addresses or permit other organizations to solicit our donors through either of these mediums. Your may opt out of receiving communications from us by sending an e-mail to info@bethanytowncats.org with your complete name, address, and e-mail address.  The ASPCA assumes no responsibility for the data collection and use practices of third parties that process online credit card transactions.

How is the information used?

Bethany Town Cats, Inc. respects your privacy and has instituted policies intended to ensure that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner.  We may use this information to deliver information to you about our company and promotional material from some of our business partners, as well as for trend analysis, pattern detection, and website administration.  Your information may also be used to contact you and share with other companies that may want to contact you with offers consistent with your stated preferences and/or our mission or for other solicitation purposes.  Non-personal demographic and profile data is used to tailor your experience at our website, showing you content we think you might be interested in.  Occasionally, Bethany Town Cats, Inc. may contact visitors who have provided their personally identifiable information through the website to conduct surveys seeking feedback about their experience on the website. These surveys are used for quality assurance purposes to improve our level of customer service. The data collected may be shared with third parties on an aggregated basis.

We will only disclose personally identifiable information to third parties when: (i) the person submitting the information authorizes us to do so; (ii) sharing the information is a necessary operation of the website (i.e. to process credit card information); and (iii) we are required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Bethany Town Cats, Inc. or the website, (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Bethany Town Cats, Inc., the website or the visitors to the website, and/or (c) prevent or mitigate harm or potential harm or damage of any type to visitors to the website or the public.

By visiting the website you agree that information you submit to the website shall not contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material.  You are solely responsible for the content of any information you provide to Bethany Town Cats, Inc.

Does Bethany Town Cats, Inc. use cookies?

When you register on our website, we might store some information on your computer in the form of a "cookie" (i.e. a small piece of text that stores information on your browser in your computers hard drive) or similar file.  We do this to collect information about your activities on the website, make it possible for you to keep track of items you wish to purchase on our website, deliver to you content that is specific to your interests, and/or to prevent you from re-entering all your registration data at each connection.  The cookies shall only be used to obtain non-personal information to improve your online experience. No other information is stored in these cookies.  You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie and delete any cookies you receive.

How secure is Bethany Town Cats, Inc. website?

Our website has industry standard high encryption security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.  Bethany Town Cats, Inc. makes every effort to protect your online order information by using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.  SSL encrypts your order information to avoid the decoding of that information by anyone other than Bethany Town Cats, Inc.  We do not store your credit card information.

Do I have control over how my information is used?

You may opt-out of receiving communications from us by sending an email to us at info@bethanytowncats.org with your complete name, address and email address.

Last Revised: April 16, 2009