General
As part of the normal operation of The Pet Sitter's Resource, we collect information from you. This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect about you and how that information may be used.

Information gathered through The Pet Sitter's Resource site
The Pet Sitter's Resource may track the domains from which people visit our site in order to gain aggregate data that may be analyzed for trends and statistics. Subject to the provisions of this Privacy Policy, The Pet Sitter's Resource may use accumulated aggregate data for several purposes including, but not limited to, marketing analysis, evaluation of The Pet Sitter's Resource's services, and business planning. Currently, The Pet Sitter's Resource uses personal information as a basis for notifications to users, for conducting business with its users and in order to implement the Terms of Use governing the The Pet Sitter's Resource site. The Pet Sitter's Resource may conduct surveys or other studies of its user base and usage for marketing and planning purposes. Participation in such surveys is at the user's option. With respect to information collected from such surveys or studies, and in the event that responses are to be publicly disclosed, The Pet Sitter's Resource will disclose only aggregate information regarding its surveys or studies and not personal information identifying any specific individual. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where surveys allow users to submit written comments, and where The Pet Sitter's Resource advises users of the possibility of such disclosure at the time they take the survey, The Pet Sitter's Resource reserves the right to disclose text information provided by any user through such a survey, provided that no personal information identifying that user is disclosed. Circumstances under which The Pet Sitter's Resource would publicly disclose aggregate information include, but are not limited to, sharing survey results with the site population, providing data to The Pet Sitter's Resource advertisers on user preferences and/or demographics, business planning, and publicizing overall usage data in press communications.

Cookies
The Pet Sitter's Resource may employ cookies to provide users with tailored information. A cookie is an element of data that a website, when visited by a user, sends to that user's browser which, in turn, may store that element on the user's hard drive or memory. The Pet Sitter's Resource may use cookies to better serve users of our site. Any cookies sent by The Pet Sitter's Resource will be marked so that they will be accessible only by The Pet Sitter's Resource site subject to this Privacy Policy. However, at his or her option and at his or her sole expense and responsibility, any user may block or delete our cookies from his or her hard drive. However, by disabling cookies, certain site features and functionality may no longer work properly, or at all.

Other Notification
In order to implement or enforce the Terms of Use, The Pet Sitter's Resource may use user-provided e-mail addresses to contact users on an individual basis. At no time, unless such disclosure is required by law, a governmental agency, or specifically authorized by the user, will The Pet Sitter's Resource disclose individual user personal information to unrelated third parties that is not publicly available.

Links with other sites
The Pet Sitter's Resource site may contain links to other website's, whether owned or controlled by The Pet Sitter's Resource affiliates, or unrelated third parties. Please note that the privacy policies of these sites may differ from those of The Pet Sitter's Resource site. The Pet Sitter's Resource is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of any linked website. We encourage you to read the privacy statement of any website you may visit.

Security
To secure site integrity, The Pet Sitter's Resource employs reasonable security measures and procedures as conducted or limited by the services offered by the host of our site. Internal access to users' private and nonpublic personal information is restricted to site administrators and individuals on a need-to-know basis only.

Enforcement
In the event that The Pet Sitter's Resource becomes aware that site security is compromised or nonpublic user information has been disclosed to unrelated third parties as a result of external activity, including but not limited to external security attacks, The Pet Sitter's Resource shall take reasonable measures which it deems appropriate, including but not limited to internal investigation and reporting, and notification to and cooperation with law enforcement authorities, notwithstanding other provisions of this Privacy Policy. If The Pet Sitter's Resource becomes aware that a user's personal information provided to The Pet Sitter's Resource has been disclosed in a manner not in accordance with this Privacy Policy, The Pet Sitter's Resource shall make reasonable efforts to notify the affected user, as soon as reasonably possible and as permitted by law, of what information has been disclosed, to the extent that The Pet Sitter's Resource knows this information.

No Guarantees
While this Privacy Policy expresses The Pet Sitter's Resource's standards for maintenance of private data, it is not in a position to guarantee that the standards will always be met. There may be factors beyond The Pet Sitter's Resource's control that may result in disclosure of data. As a consequence, The Pet Sitter's Resource disclaims any warranties or representations relating to maintenance or nondisclosure of private information.