Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy
Parsemus Foundation Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 22, 2018
Last Updated: December 8, 2023
The following Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how the Parsemus Foundation (“we” or “us”) collects, uses, and shares your Personal Information when you visit and/or use our website (“Personal Information”). Our current web address is https://www.parsemus.org (our “Site”).
When you use the Site, you are contracting with the Parsemus Foundation. By using the Site, you expressly consent to our collection, use, disclosure, and retention of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Our Privacy Policy seeks to be compliant with the GDPR, COPPA, CCPA, and the state laws of all US states.
DEFINITIONS:
Personal Information. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal information means any information relating to an identified or identifiable person such as your name, email address, online identifier or one or more factors specific to your physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity (“Personal Information”)
Cookies. A cookie is a data file placed on a device when it is used to visit the online service. HTML5 cookies can be programmed through HTML5 local storage. A Flash cookie (or locally shared object) is a data file placed on a device via the Adobe Flash plug-in that may be built into or downloaded by you to your device. Regular cookies may generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most commercial browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options in this regard. Also, these tools may not be effective with regard to Flash cookies or HTML5 cookies. Please be aware that if you disable or remove cookies or HTML5 cookies on your device, some parts of our online services may not function properly, and that when you revisit our online service your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations.
Web Beacons. Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1×1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our online service’s pages and messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or e-mail can act as a web beacon. Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including to count visitors to the online service, to monitor how users navigate the online services, to count how many e-mails we sent that were actually opened, or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed.
Embedded Scripts. An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the online service, such as the links you click on. The code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third-party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the online service, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.
ETag, or entity tag. A feature of the cache in browsers, an ETag is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL. If the resource content at that URL ever changes, a new and different ETag is assigned. Used in this manner ETags are a form of device identifier. ETag tracking may generate unique tracking values even where the consumer blocks HTTP, Flash, and/or HTML5 cookies.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Our Website collects the following information:
(a) Subscriber Information: You can browse the Site without subscribing to our email list or Site. However, when you subscribe to our email list through the “Get News and Updates” feature on our Site, we ask you to provide certain information such as your first name, last name, and email address. Details of how you can opt-out of receiving any communications from us are detailed in the section headed “Your Choices” below.
(b) Information to respond to your requests: When you submit an inquiry through the “Contact Us” feature on the Site, we ask you to provide your first name, last name, and email address. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information. We use the information you provide to: (i) respond to your requests; (ii) provide customer service (e.g., to resolve disputes, problems with your account/profile or the Site); (iii) personalize your experience by providing content on the Site; (iv) improve the Site; and (v) give you information about your account.
(c) Information About Your Use of the Site: When you visit our Site, we collect usage information sent to us by your computer, mobile, or other access device that tells us how you are using the Sites (“usage information”).
(d) Log Information: We collect log information about your use of the Site, including the type of browser you use, access dates, pages viewed, and your IP address.
(e) Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We use tracking technologies (including cookies, flash cookies, web beacons/GIFs, embedded scripts, e-tags/cache browsers) to collect usage information. We may use tracking technologies for a variety of purposes, including:
- Operationally-Necessary. We may use tracking technologies required for system administration, to prevent fraudulent activity, improve security or allow you to make use of Site functionality. We are not required to obtain your consent to tracking technologies that are operationally necessary.
- Performance-Related. We may use cookies or other tracking technologies to assess the performance of the online services, including as part of our analytic practices to improve the content offered through the Site.
- Functionality-Related. We may use tracking technologies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited the Site before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify the features in which you may have the greatest interest.
- Targeting-Related. We may use tracking technologies to deliver content relevant to your interests on our Site and third-party sites based on how you interact with our content as well as track the content you access. Further information on this, and your opt-out choices, is below.
During some visits we may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, time spent on certain pages and page interaction information.
2. USES AND RETENTION
Some information we collect and use with your consent; other information we collect and use for our legitimate business purposes described below:
(a) Operate Our Site: We use the information collected to (i) manage, operate, maintain and secure our Site, network systems, and other assets; (ii) respond to your requests; (iii) provide customer service (e.g., to resolve disputes, problems with your account/profile or the Site); (iv) personalize your experience by providing content on the Site that we believe may be of most interest to you; (v) improve the Site; (vi) give you information about your account; and (vii) provide you with a safe, efficient, and customized experience.
(b) Analyze and Aggregate Non-Personal Information: We use aggregate information about our users and non-Personal Information to analyze Site and user behavior, prepare aggregated reports, and improve the content and performance of the Site.
(c) Prevent Fraud: We use information from the Site to prevent, detect, and investigate fraud, security breaches, and potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and enforce our Terms of Use.
(d) Comply with Laws and Regulations: We use your Personal Information to comply with applicable retention obligations and as follows: (i) for purposes of and related to adverse event reporting, pharmacovigilance, product safety, and other reporting obligations; (ii) to meet national security or law enforcement requirements; (iii) to investigate potential breaches, or to protect the rights, property or safety of us, the users of the Site.
(e) Communicate With You: We use your information to contact you to maintain the Site and your account, to comply with your stated communication preferences, to provide other services requested by you as described at the time when we collect the information from you, or to contact you for other purposes authorized by law.
We retain information as long as it is necessary and relevant for our operations or for as long as we are legally required to keep it. Please contact us for further details of applicable retention periods.
3. YOUR CHOICES
(a) Accessing, Reviewing, and Changing Your Personal Information: You may update, correct or delete information about you at any time by emailing us at info@parsemusfoundation.org. We may retain cached or archived copies of information about you for a certain period of time. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information.
(b) Cookies. Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of the Site. By using cookies, Google Analytics collects and stores data such as time of visit, pages visited, time spent on each page of the Site, the IP address, and the type of operating system used in the devices used to access the Site. By downloading and using a browser plugin provided by Google (available here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout), you can choose to opt out of Google Analytics.
To customize the types of cookies we receive when you visit the Site, please utilize the cookies banner at the bottom of the page. This will allow you to enable or disable non-essential cookies. For more information about how we use cookies, please see our Cookies Policy located at the bottom of this Privacy Policy.
(c) Marketing, Promotional, and News and Updates E-mails. We may send you periodic promotional or informational emails. You may “opt-out” of such communications by following the “opt-out” instructions contained in the specific communication. Alternatively, you can send an e-mail with your request regarding how and when you would like to receive notifications or communications from us to info@parsemusfoundation.org. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information.
4. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Personal Information collected on this site may be shared with:
(a) The Parsemus Foundation. The Parsemus Foundation may share the Personal Information we collect internally, as well as with third party suppliers. The information may be disclosed (i) to provide joint content and our services (e.g., registration, analytics and customer support); (ii) to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts, violations of our policies, fraud and/or data security breaches; and (iii) to guide decisions about our or third party’s products, sites, applications, services, tools, and communications.
(b) Service Providers and Other Third Parties. We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us with our business activities and functionalities related to this Site such as hosting, providing IT system administration and user support services, fraud investigations, and site analytics and operations. These third parties are restricted from using your Personal Information in any way other than to provide services for us and we require them to provide an adequate level of protection for your Personal Information.
(c) Legal and Law Enforcement. Law enforcement, governmental agencies, or authorized third parties, in response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity or any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other user to legal liability. In such events, we will only disclose information relevant and necessary to the investigation or inquiry, such as name, email address, IP address, fraud complaints, and anything else we may deem relevant to the investigation.
(d) Change of Control – New Owners. Other entities, should we plan to merge with or be acquired by that entity. Should such a combination occur, we will make reasonable efforts to request that the new combined entity follow this Privacy Policy with respect to your Personal Information. If your Personal Information would be used contrary to this Privacy Policy, you will receive prior notice.
5. COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES AND MARKETING (OPT-OUT)
We do not sell or rent your Personal Information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent. We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize the Site. If you do not wish to receive news communications from us, you can indicate your communications preference within the direct communication from us or through your account/profile settings. You may not opt-out of administrative or product safety-related communications (for example, emails about your transactions or policy changes) for your registered account.
6. ACCESSING, REVIEWING, AND UPDATING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You can change your Personal Information at any time by using the “Contact Us” feature on the Site or emailing info@parsemusfoundation.org. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information. You should promptly update your Personal Information if it changes or becomes inaccurate. We may retain some information from closed subscriber accounts so that we can comply with law, prevent fraud, assist with investigations, resolve disputes, analyze or troubleshoot programs, enforce our Terms of Use, or take other actions permitted by law.
7. NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
(a) Residents of the State of California. Residents of the State of California may request a list of all third parties to which our online service has disclosed certain Personal Information (as defined by California law) during the preceding year for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. If you are a California resident and want such a list, please contact us at info@parsemusfoundation.org. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information. For all requests, you must put the statement “Your California Privacy Rights” in the body of your request, as well as your name, street address, city, state, and zip code. In the body of your request, please provide enough information for us to determine if this applies to you. You need to attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address for our response. Please note that we will not accept requests via the telephone, mail, or by facsimile, and we are not responsible for notices that are not labeled or sent properly, or that do not have complete information.
(b) How Do We Respond to Do Not Track Signals for California Residents. California Business & Professions Code Section 22575(b) (as amended effective January 1, 2014) provides that California residents are entitled to know how Parsemus Foundation responds to “Do Not Track” browser settings. Parsemus Foundation does not currently take actions to respond to Do Not Track signals because a uniform technological standard has not yet been developed. We continue to review new technologies and may adopt a standard once one is created.
8. THIRD-PARTIES WEBSITES
Our Site may contain links to other third-party websites whose information practices may be different from ours. You should consult the privacy notices of those websites as we have no control over the information submitted to or collected by these third parties and our Privacy Policy does not cover their actions. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these third-party websites.
9. SECURITY
We store and process your Personal Information on our servers located in the United States. We maintain reasonable and appropriate technical, physical, and administrative security measures to protect the security of your Personal Information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration. It is your responsibility to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate. If you have any questions about the security of your Personal Information, you can contact us at info@parsemusfoundation.org or using the contact details provided below. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information.
10.CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Site is a general audience site and it is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information via our websites, applications, services, or tools from users in this age group.
11. EUROPEAN COMPLIANCE
If you are visiting our site as an international user, your Personal Information will be processed in the United States. If you subscribe to our email list or otherwise provide us your Personal Information, you consent to the collection and/or processing in the United States of your Personal Information and tracking technologies/cookies as described in this Privacy Policy.
If you are located in the European Union/European Economic Area (the “EU/EEA”) the following terms apply to your Personal Information: Your Personal Information may be transferred to our affiliates, employees, contractors and vendors who work for us and are located outside the EU/EEA. If this is the case, we will take legally-required steps under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
12. YOUR RIGHTS
In certain circumstances, local data protection laws and certain local laws (including the GDPR) may provide you with rights regarding your Personal Information. These rights differ by country and/or region and, depending on the circumstances, may not be applicable. You may exercise your rights by sending an e-mail to info@parsemusfoundation.org. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information. We will handle your request to exercise your rights in accordance with applicable law. These rights may include:
- Consent Withdrawal: If we are using or sharing your Personal Information based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Note that withdrawal of your consent will not affect the lawfulness of our uses or sharing of that information before you withdrew your consent.
- Access Request: You can request access to or copies of your Personal Information, including knowing whether we hold Personal Information about you, and, if so, what kind and for what purposes. You can also request information about who has received your Personal Information.
- Correction Request: You can request that we correct your Personal Information if you think it is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Erasure Request: You can request that we erase or delete your Personal Information unless we have a legal obligation to hold it or are otherwise permitted by applicable law to retain it.
- Restrict Processing Request: You can request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Information.
- Portability Request: You can request that we provide you with the Personal Information we obtained based upon your consent or contract so you may have it for your personal use or you can request that we provide it to another entity.
- Object to Future Processing Request: In some countries, you may also have the right to object to our using and disclosing your Personal Information for certain purposes, including our legitimate interests and for purposes of direct marketing. You can object at any time to the processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes and you can do so by “opting-out” of marketing or promotional communications in accordance with the unsubscribe instructions included in the specific communication. If you are unable to object by opting-out in this manner, please send an e-mail to info@parsemusfoundation.org to exercise your right to object. If you have questions about how we determine processing is for our legitimate interests or if you want to object to our processing on that basis, please contact us at info@parsemusfoundation.org or using the contact details provided below. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information.
13. NOTIFICATION REGARDING UPDATES
From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. You agree that we may notify you about material changes in the way we treat Personal Information by placing a notice on the Site. You should check the Site frequently for updates.
14. SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT
We are committed to ensuring that complaints and disputes concerning the Parsemus Foundation’s privacy practices are investigated and resolved. If you believe we are using, disclosing or otherwise processing your Personal Information in a way that is not in accordance with the law or this Privacy Policy, please file a complaint by emailing us at info@parsemusfoundation.org or with the data protection authority in your country. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information.
15. CONTACT US
If your questions are not answered online, you may email us at info@parsemusfoundation.org, or write to us at Parsemus Foundation, 2261 Market St. #24, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA. Please only include information specific to your request, and do not submit information relating to your medical history, mental or physical condition, medical treatment, or other health or personal information.
Parsemus Foundation Cookie Policy
Effective: October 22, 2018 Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use information from and about you when you visit our website, create an account with us or otherwise interact with us. This policy explains more about how we use cookies and your choices concerning cookies.
You can enable or disable some types of cookies collected on our Site. This can be done by clicking on the pop-up banner on the bottom of the screen.
1. What are Cookies? 2. How We Use Cookies 3. Your Choices 4. Contact Us
| CATEGORY OF COOKIES | WHY WE USE THESE COOKIES |
|---|---|
| Technical | These cookies are essential for our services to function properly. Like the other cookies we use, technical cookies may be either first-party cookies or third-party cookies. |
| Preferences | We use these cookies to remember your settings and preferences. For example, we may use these cookies to remember your language preferences. |
| Security | We use these cookies to collect information about how you interact with our services and to help us improve them. For example, we may use these cookies to determine if you have interacted with a certain page. |
| Analytics | We use these cookies to help us understand improve our services.For example, we can use these cookies to learn more about which features are the most popular with our users and where we may need to make improvements. |
For a full list of the cookies we deploy on our website and the categories they fall into, please see below.
POPUP MAKER COOKIES
| COOKIE NAME | EXPIRATION TIME | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
| pum-16769, pum-16771 | 60 days | Used to control the frequency with which we display the GDPR popup and the popup shown on the veterinarian directory. |
GOOGLE ANALYTICS COOKIES
| COOKIE NAME | EXPIRATION TIME | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|
_ga | 2 years | Used to distinguish users. |
_gid | 24 hours | Used to distinguish users. |
_gat | 1 minute | Used to throttle request rate. If Google Analytics is deployed via Google Tag Manager, this cookie will be named _dc_gtm_. |
AMP_TOKEN | 30 seconds to 1 year | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. |
_gac_ | 90 days | Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. Learn more. |
WORDPRESS COOKIES
This website has been built using WordPress, which places one ‘session cookie’ on your computer when you arrive on the website:
| COOKIE NAME | DATA STORED | WHEN DOES IT EXPIRE? | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | A random unique number or string of letters and numbers. | The cookie is deleted when you close your web browser. | As you browse around the pages on this site, the session cookie tells the website that you are the same person requesting the webpages, and not a new visitor to each page. This cookie does not identify you personally and is not linked to any other information we store about you. |
Registered users
WordPress uses the following cookies to enable registered users to log into the website:
| COOKIE NAME | DATA STORED | WHEN DOES IT EXPIRE? | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| wordpress_test_cookie | The text ‘WP Cookie check’ | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. | WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow, or reject cookies. |
| wordpress_xxxxx | Your login authentication details in an encrypted form | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. | WordPress uses these cookies to store your authentication details, and their use is limited to the admin console area. |
| wordpress_logged_in_xxxxx | Your login details in an encrypted form | A session cookie, deleted when you close your web browser. | WordPress uses this cookie to indicate when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. |
| wp-settings-xxxxx,wp-settings-time-xxxxx | Text indicating your preferred settings | Persistent cookie, expire a little under one year from the time they’re set. | WordPress uses this cookie to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. |
Commentators
If you comment on an article on this website, WordPress uses the following cookies:
| COOKIE NAME | DATA STORED | WHEN DOES IT EXPIRE? | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url | Your name, email address and website address | Persistent cookies, which expire a little under one year from the time they’re set. | WordPress sets these cookies purely for convenience, so that you won’t need to re-type all your information again when you want to leave another comment. |
Device IDs: If you access our website using a mobile device, the advertising identifier associated with your device or other identifiers may be recorded and used for purposes similar to those of cookies. We do not identify or record a device location without your specific permission.
3. Your Choices You have a number of options to control or limit how we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies.
- Although most browsers and devices accept cookies by default, their settings usually allow you to clear or decline cookies. If you disable cookies, however, some of the features of our services may not function properly.
- To prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics, you can install Google’s opt-out browser add-on.
- Should Parsemus Foundation have advertising, information on how our advertising partners allow you to opt out of receiving ads based on your web browsing history can be found at http://optout.aboutads.info/. European users may opt out of receiving targeted advertising through the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.
- To opt out of ads on Facebook or Google that are targeted to your interests, use your Facebook or Google Ads settings.
- Check your mobile device for settings that control ads based on your interactions with the applications on your device. For example, on your iOS device, enable the “Limit Ad Tracking” setting, and on your Android device, enable the “Opt out of Ads Personalization” setting.
4. Contact Us If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@parsemusfoundation.org.
