Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice 

Effective Date: June 17, 2024

The Forgotten Dog Foundation values your privacy. This Privacy Notice  outlines the types of information we collect, how we use and protect it, and your rights regarding your personal information. By engaging with The Forgotten Dog Foundation, including but not limited to fostering or adopting our pets and subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to the practices described hereunder. 

 Information We Collect

1. Personal Information: 
• Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address.
• Demographic Information: Age, gender, occupation. 
• Pet Adoption/Foster Application Information:  Household information, pet preferences, previous pet ownership experience, references, and other relevant details. 

 2. Usage Information: 
• Newsletter Subscription Data: Preferences, engagement with email content, and communication preferences. 

How We Use Your Information 
1. To Facilitate Pet Adoption and Fostering:
• Evaluate and process applications for pet adoption or fostering. 
• Communicate with you about your application, and provide updates on the adoption or fostering process. 

 2. To Send Newsletters: 
•  Provide updates about our organization, events, pet care tips, success stories, and other relevant information. 
• Customize the content to better match your interests and preferences. 

 3. General Use: 
• Improve our services and website functionality. 
• Conduct research and analysis to better understand our community and improve our outreach efforts. 

 How We Protect Your Information 
• Security Measures:  We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. 

• Data Retention:  We retain your personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law.  

Sharing Your Information 
• Service Providers:  We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our organization, conducting our business, or serving our users, as long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. 

• Legal Compliance:  We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities. 

Your Rights 
• Access and Correction:  You have the right to access and correct the personal information we hold about you. 

• Opt-Out:  You can opt-out of receiving our newsletter or other communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the email or by contacting us directly. 

• Data Deletion:  You may request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal or operational requirements. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy: We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our website and indicating the effective date of the update.  

Contact Us:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: 

The Forgotten Dog Foundation 
By Mail: (Mail only. Not a physical address.)

1112 Montana Avenue, #166
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Email: info@theforgottendog.org
Phone: (310) 990-2020