Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important to us.
Penobscot Valley Kennel Club Community Partners is committed to protecting the privacy of people in our community, our members, and our website users. This policy explains what types of information are collected by PVKC Community Partners website, the Penobscot Valley Kennel Club website, and explains how that information is used.
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.
What information do we collect?
Information you provide
When you create an account on a PVKC Community Partners website, sign up to receive emails or electronic newsletters, create a community profile, register for events, or use any of our website features, you voluntarily provide us with personal information (such as name and email address). When you visit our website, your browser may automatically send an Internet Protocol (IP) address and other user information, such as the browser you use. We may use this information for specific, limited purposes that are outlined below. You may opt out, either now or at any time in the future if you do not wish to receive our messages.
IP addresses
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer websites, and for metrics used to track website visitor traffic.
Cookies
Our websites and apps use cookies to automatically help provide better services. They remind us who you are and your preferences for our website based on website actions and transactions. The cookie is placed in your computer and is read when you come back to our website. Cookies let us track your usage of our sites, so we know which parts of our sites are most popular. You can reject cookies or cancel them by instructing your web browser accordingly.
How do we use this information?
Community profiles
We maintain community profiles for the purpose of helping people in our community connect with one another and to manage memberships. When you join our community or become a member of our website, information including your name, organization, mailing address, phone, and email address are added to your community profile. You may change which information is shown to other people who use our online groups by changing the privacy settings in your profile.
Email communications
We may at times publish group emails to share announcements with our community about our events, programs, services, and more. Any data we gather about your email communications behavior (such as opens and clicks) is used only to help us and is not disclosed to third parties.
We do not provide, sell, or rent email addresses or other communications data to anyone outside the organization for any price at any time. You may unsubscribe or update your email preferences any time using the link included at the bottom of every group email.
Security
Encryption
Information flowing between our sites, its API providers, and its users is secured by Transport Layer Security (TLS), an encryption protocol that protects internet communications and is the successor protocol to Secure Socket Layer (SSL). All traffic to our sites is encrypted, including anything you submit, all donations, and all single sign-on requests.
External links
Our sites include links to external websites. These links do not fall under any of our domains, and therefore we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of external websites. Your use of any linked website is solely at your own risk.
Your responsibility to protect privacy
By using our websites and apps, you agree to protect the privacy of others by keeping their information private. For example, do not share email addresses, phone numbers or the personal information of others that you have access to through our website or emails.
Modifications
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page, so please review it periodically. Your continued use of our websites will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.
Contact us
If you have any concerns about privacy of our websites, or to request that your data be removed, please contact us at cpa@dhue.net.
Revised: May 24, 2025