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The Top Dog web site is owned and operated by Top Dog Consulting ("Top
Dog "). Top Dog collects personal and non-personal information
on the site. Top Dog is committed to protecting the privacy of
its users. We have created this Privacy Statement in order to describe
and explain to users our information collection practice. If you have
any questions or concerns in connection with Top Dog’s information
collection practice summarized in this Privacy Statement, please
call our office with your questions or concerns.
To participate in certain activities and to obtain certain
services offered on this web site, a user is asked to provide varying
amounts of personal information. Some information is mandatory while
other information is discretionary. Each activity and service requires
or requests different types of information in order for users to participate.
Activities or services that require provision of personal information
generally seek full name, email address, and phone number. Depending
on the activity or service a user desires, we also may request personal
information, such as credit card and mailing address. We endeavor
to limit our requests for personal information to information we believe
is minimally necessary to achieve our stated collection purposes.
The following is a list of principal activities and services on The
Top Dog web site involving collection of personal information:
- Purchasing Top Dog products
- Participating in seminars
- Consulting
Personal information is collected and used primarily for such
purposes as, for example, facilitating purchases online, or considering alliance applications. In particular,
a user’s shipping and billing addresses are used for fulfilling
purchase orders and for billing the user’s credit card. The personal
information provided in alliance applications is used
to consider the eligibility of candidates.
In addition to the primary purposes for which personal information
is collected, we may use the personal information to contact a user
to confirm information related to a purchase order or to advise a
user if an item for purchase is on back order. We may also use a user’s
email address, phone number or address:
- in our internal surveys to obtain feedback on our products, our
web site, or on other aspects of our business that impact you as
a Top Dog customer;
- to notify a user of new products or services that we think may
be of interest;
- to send promotional materials;
- to provide our free email newsletter.
If a user prefers not to receive emails or other forms of communication
unrelated to Top Dog orders and requests for services, the user may
opt-out from receiving such communication. The opt-out procedure is
discussed in detail below.
We may also use personal information to contact a user in connection
with the user’s inappropriate use of The Top Dog.
We do not sell, rent, share, or otherwise dispose of the personal
information collected on our web site to third parties. We may, however,
disclose your personal information when required by law or in the
good-faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to comply with
law.
We use non-personal information such as demographic data to analyze
and develop our marketing strategy. We use non-personal information
to determine how you found out about us, what your interests are regarding
our services, and how to further improve our site and our service
towards you. We also may share non-personal information with third
parties.
We provide a user with the opportunity to opt-out from receiving
updates on new products, newsletters, and other promotional materials.
The opt-out option may be exercised by clicking on unsubscribe links
at the bottom of our e-mail messages. You can select not to be contacted in
the future if you wish to not receive any information with respect
to Top Dog and our products. You may also delete your account. Account
deletion will erase all past entries in regards to your account and
The Top Dog. If you erase your Top Dog account,
you will have to re-register with us if you wish to access certain
areas within the web site.
If you do not have a user's profile under The Top Dog you can
opt-out by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our
e-mail messages or by calling our office .
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser
from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. We use
"cookie" technology for several purposes. First, we use
it to track general information about our users. The information collected
through cookies is non-personal information and we use this information
for statistical and market research purposes. We also use cookies
to establish a link between your computer and The Top Dog. This link
assures that, when you return to The Top Dog, you will be able to log
in without the necessity of providing your password.
You have choices with respect to cookies. By modifying your browser
preferences, you have the choice to accept all cookies, to be notified
when a cookie is set, or to reject all cookies. You can still participate
in different activities and obtain services offered on The Top Dog
even if you do not accept cookies. Note: The Top Dog requires
the use of cookies.
Our Privacy Statement applies solely to information collection
practice on The Top Dog. This web site contains links to other sites.
Please be aware that Top Dog has no control or influence over the privacy
practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware
when they leave The Top Dog and to read the privacy statements of each
and every web site that they visit.
Please note that on The Top Dog there are forms that allow
you to transmit credit card information in order to complete a purchase
transaction. Any time we ask for a credit card number, we transmit
that credit card number in an encrypted format. We use industry-standard,
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed
to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal
information, Top Dog cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you
do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make
our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
You have the right to correct or update the personal information
collected about you on The Top Dog. To correct or update personal information,
a user should modify the user's The Top Dog profile.
If we later change our Privacy Statement, we will post those
changes on our homepage so our users are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we
disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personal information
in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected,
we will notify users by email. Users will have a choice as to whether
or not we use their information in this different manner by making
changes to their Top Dog profile.
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