ARMAC Online Privacy Statement

Akita Rescue Mid-Atlantic Coast, Inc. (ARMAC) respects the privacy of visitors to its Web site. To protect online privacy, ARMAC has implemented the following policy.

About the Information We Collect

Most of the data and information we collect through our Web site is used only to help ARMAC achieve its mission of helping rescue and place homeless Akitas. It is our policy to collect and store only personal information that our supporters knowingly provide.

From Casual Web Site Visitors and General Users.
We do not collect any personal information from users browsing our Web site. When you use our Web site you are doing so anonymously. We do collect aggregate use information, such as the number of hits (visits) per page. We use aggregate data for internal and marketing purposes, but we don't collect any personally identifying information.
From Our Donors, Subscribers and Adopters.
If while visiting our Web site you request information from ARMAC, you will be asked to provide certain information. In all cases this information is submitted voluntarily. In most cases, ARMAC asks you to provide your name, address, telephone, and e-mail. Similar information may be submitted to ARMAC with donations or on a newsletter order form.

Customer Lists

Our client list is not for sale. When you visit our web site or become a supporter of ARMAC, your name and mailing information will not be sold to any commercial organization.

Credit Card Account Information

ARMAC does not collect credit card information over the internet

How We Use Cookies

Cookies are small bits of code that are sent to your computer when you logon to a Web site that allows us to identify you when you return to the site. We do not use cookies to track your usage or any other personal information about you.

Complaint Procedure

If you suspect that we have handled your personal information in a manner that does not comply with this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mailing an explanation to privacy@akitarescue.org.

Privacy and the Links on Our Web Site

Providing the public with information about the Akita breed, rescue resources, other Akita rescue organizations and information about dog safety through our Web site is an essential part of ARMAC's efforts to carry out its mission.

Links to www.akitarescue.org
We welcome links to any part of our Web site from other nonprofits, Akita rescue organizations, and others who wish to help extend our mission. We ask that you contact us to let us know of your intentions to link to our site, and indicate the purpose of the link. No link may present or display a product or activity in a way that states or implies ARMAC's endorsement. ARMAC does not endorse any commercial or non-profit organizations, nor does ARMAC endorse any products.
Links out from www.akitarescue.org
ARMAC's web site features links to other nonprofit organization sites, Akita Rescue organizations, and various sponsors/supporters of ARMAC. We do not routinely link to private, commercial or other similar Web sites, other than current sponsors of ARMAC's programs and services. However, on a case-by-case basis, we will consider requests from such groups or persons to out-link to their Web sites. ARMAC will grant such requests only where it is determined that such links will clearly support our mission, and where we have concluded that such links will not in any way jeopardize our reputation, independence, objectivity, mission or ability to serve the Akita breed.

From time to time, ARMAC also may decide on its own, not based on any request, to link to private, commercial or other Web sites. The same criteria described above will apply. Such links may be short or long-term, at the discretion of the ARMAC.

To be considered for links from www.akitarescue.org, e-mail webmaster@akitarescue.org.