Privacy Policy

This site is owned and operated by Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles  (spcaLA). Our administrative offices are located at 5026 West Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016. Your privacy is very important to us, so we have provided this notice detailing our online information practices. We have the right to change the Privacy Policy at anytime. Therefore you should frequently check this information so you are up to date on any changes made to the policy.

Collection of Information
spcaLA collects personally identifiable information when someone voluntarily signs our guest book or e-mails us with the information. Such information may include your name, e-mail address, home address, and phone number. We do not collect any personal information from visitors to our site through the IP address or computer settings. We however use the IP address and domain name to help count the number of visitors to our site, the number of pages viewed, etc.

Use of Information
The information we gather is used to notify people of upcoming spcaLA events and make them aware of our programs and services. We never sell or give the information to a third party. The information is for the use of the spcaLA only and stays within the organization.

Links to Other Websites
Like most websites on the Internet, spcaLA links to pages located on websites maintained by various other entities not bound by our Privacy Policy. spcaLA is not responsible for any personally identifiable information that is collected from any third party site.

What Information We Collect and How We Use That Information:
Our registration forms require users to give us contact information that may include name, e-mail address, format preference (HTML vs. Text), address, interests, and similar information. We do not request or store sensitive information from our visitors, such as credit card or social security numbers. 

Internet Protocol Address:
We collect an IP address from all visitors to our Site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server,
administer our Site, analyze trends, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Use of "Cookies":
Our Site may use cookies to enhance your experience while using our Site. Cookies are pieces of information that some Web sites transfer to the computer that is browsing that Web site and are used for record-keeping purposes at many Web sites. Use of cookies makes Web-surfing easier by performing certain
functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular Web site and to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Site will not function properly when you view them.

Security:
All information provided to Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. We also protect account information by placing it on a secure portion of our Site that is only accessible by certain qualified employees of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information. 

Tell-A-Friend:
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our Site, we ask them for the friend's name and e-mail address. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles will automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the Site. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles stores this information for the sole purpose of sending
this one-time e-mail. 

Other Web Sites:
Our Site contains links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another Web site for which Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.

Contacting the Web Site:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with this Site, you can contact:

spcaLA
5026 W Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
You can also send an e-mail to: info@spcala.com