This site is operated by The Progressive Animal Welfare Society, Inc., with offices at 15305 44th Ave W, Lynnwood, Washington 98046 ("PAWS"). By visiting www.paws.org, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy"). PAWS reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting such change at this URL.

All copyrightable text and graphics, the selection, arrangement, and presentation of all materials (including information in the public domain), and the overall design of this web page are ©2001-2008 the Progressive Animal Welfare Society, Inc., except where noted. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to download and print materials from this web site for the purpose of viewing, reading, and retaining for reference. Any other copying, distribution, retransmission, or modification of information or materials on this site, whether in electronic or hard copy form, without the express prior written permission of PAWS, is strictly prohibited.

PAWS collects non-personally identifiable information about you through your IP address, computer settings or most-recently visited URL. 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, e-mail address, and telephone number to respond to a specific request for further information. This information is used solely by PAWS for internal purposes.

PAWS uses PayPal, an eBay company, for donation services. PayPal's privacy policy can be read here. Users do not have to be a PayPal member in order to donate to PAWS, but are still bound by PayPal's policies.

PAWS 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 to you information about our company, as well as for trend analysis, pattern detection, and site administration. Your information may also be used to contact you when necessary. Non-personal demographic and profile data is used to tailor your experience at our site, showing you content we think you might be interested in. Occasionally, PAWS may contact registered visitors who have provided their personally identifiable information through the Web site in order to conduct surveys seeking feedback about their experience on this site. 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 site (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 PAWS or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of PAWS, the site or the visitors to the site, and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of visitors to the site or the public.

By visiting this Web site you agree that no information you submit to the site shall contain libelous or otherwise unlawful, abusive or obscene material. You are solely responsible for the content of any information you provide to PAWS.

PAWS does not utilize cookies.

Our site has industry standard high encryption security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. PAWS 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 PAWS.

Programs intended for those under 18 do not involve submitting any information over the website. We will not knowingly accept any personal data from children on this site.

This Privacy Policy only applies to www.paws.org. This site contains links to other Web sites that are not under PAWS' control. PAWS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. PAWS is not responsible for the privacy policy of any Web site linked to from this site.

You may opt-out of receiving communications from our partners and/or from us by sending an e-mail to us at webmaster@paws.org with your complete name, address and e-mail address.

This site and all of the materials on or referenced by the site are provided on an "as is" basis. In no event shall PAWS be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever with respect to the use of this site. You agree that you are using this site solely at your own risk.

By using PAWS' Web site and all its contents, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold PAWS harmless from any and all claims, damages, costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising from or related to your use of the site. Your use of this site constitutes an agreement between you and the PAWS. This agreement, which consists of the terms and conditions set forth herein, shall be governed by, construed under and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to any conflict of law provisions. User acknowledges and consents to jurisdiction in Washington. Any action in connection with, relating to and/or arising from this Agreement shall be brought exclusively in Lynnwood, Washington, in a federal or state court of competent jurisdiction. This agreement is effective unless and until terminated by either you or PAWS. You may terminate this agreement at any time by notifying PAWS by e-mail or mail. PAWS may also terminate this agreement at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly deny you access to the site, if in PAWS' sole discretion you fail to comply with any term or provision of this agreement. Possible evidence of use of this site for illegal purposes may be provided to law enforcement authorities in the discretion of PAWS. This is the entire agreement between the parties related to the use of this site.