Privacy
Effective February 1, 2024
Privacy Statement
Marshfield Area Pet Shelter (MAPS) respects the privacy of our staff, volunteers, adopters, and donors, and other interested parties. On our website, https://www.marshfieldpetshelter.org, MAPS does not collect any personal data from visitors to our website that is not voluntarily provided. If provided voluntarily, MAPS collects and processes certain personal information for our marketing, events, adoption promotions, program support, employment opportunities, and similar purposes related to achieving our mission.
Such personal information that is voluntarily submitted to MAPS is not shared with entities outside of MAPS other than appropriate service providers who assist our organization in carrying out these mission-related functions. Such personal information is not sold or transferred outside the control of MAPS or its contractors.
In general, MAPS provides individuals with the right to opt-out of receiving marketing and other discretionary communications, and to update, supplement or request the deletion of their own voluntarily submitted personal information which MAPS uses for the previously noted business purposes. If you wish to opt-out or have a question about the information we are collecting, you may send your request through the “contact us” section of our website.
Privacy Policy
Marshfield Area Pet Shelter has created this Privacy Policy to explain why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal privacy.
MAPS does not collect personal information about you without your consent. The only personal information we collect is supplied directly by you through the use of online forms, such as donation form, volunteer application, adoption application, surrender request form, lost pet report, etc. The information is used solely to process your request. Our forms require users to give us contact information that may include name, address, phone, email, and similar information.
The only way that your personal information could ever be used for a purpose other than what you intended is if you choose to opt-in to a service by providing your explicit consent.
Marshfield Area Pet Shelter does not sell, share, rent, or trade our mailing or donor lists.
Additionally, no Mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
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.
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 Marshfield Area Pet Shelter has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.
Changes
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without advance notice. Should any new policy go into effect for our website, MAPS will post it on this website.