Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to deptofdoody.com, and Department of Doody LLC and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Department of DoodyLLC include deptofdoody.com, Dept of Doody, departmentofdoody.com. The Department of Doody website is a Marketing & Promotions site. By using the Dept of Doody website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
In order to better provide you with products and services offered, Dept of Doody may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:
- First and Last Name
- Mailing & Physical Address
- Email Address
- Phone Number
- Information about your home such as gate locations, areas to be cleaned.
- Information about your pets including names and birthdays.
If you purchase Dept of Doody’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction
Dept of Doody may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your:
- Age
- Gender
- Household Income
- Locations
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Dept of Doody’s public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. These may include: (a) registering for an account; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by us or one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an email message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to, communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.
Use of your Personal Information
Dept of Doody collects and uses your personal information to operate and deliver the services you have requested.
Dept of Doody may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Dept of Doody and its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Dept of Doody does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Dept of Doody may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party. Dept of Doody may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Dept of Doody, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Dept of Doody may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Dept of Doody or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Dept of Doody; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Dept of Doody, or the public.
Dept of Doody may utilize user information on 3rd party advertising platforms such as google ads, Facebook ads, or other social media sites, and marketing channels.
Dept of Doody may also conduct user surveys with 3rd party software with information collected.
Opt-Out of Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
In connection with any personal information, we may disclose to a third party for a business purpose, you have the right to know:
The categories of personal information that we disclosed about you for a business purpose.
You have the right under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) and certain other privacy and data protection laws, as applicable, to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information. If you exercise your right to opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, we will refrain from disclosing your personal information, unless you subsequently provide express authorization for the disclosure of your personal information. To opt-out of the disclosure of your personal information, email service@deptofdoody.com
Tracking User Behavior
Dept of Doody may keep track of the websites and pages our users visit within Dept of Doody, in order to determine what Dept of Doody services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Dept of Doody to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Dept of Doody. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Dept of Doody website.
Use of Cookies
The Dept of Doody website may use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Dept of Doody pages, or register with Dept of Doody site or services, a cookie helps Dept of Doody to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Dept of Doody website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Dept of Doodyfeatures that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Dept of Doody services or websites you visit.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
Dept of Doody secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Dept of Doody uses the following methods for this purpose:
• SSL Protocol
When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.
We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.
Right to Deletion
Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will:
• Delete your personal information from our records; and
• Direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:
- Complete the transaction for which the personal information was collected, fulfill the terms of a written warranty or product recall conducted in accordance with federal law, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between you and us.
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when our deletion of the information is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of such research, provided we have obtained your informed consent.
- Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us.
- Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
- Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.
Children Under Thirteen
Dept of Doody does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parents or guardian for permission to use this website.
Opt-Out & Unsubscribe from Third Party Communications
We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving announcements of certain information. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all communications from third-party partners of Dept of Doody by contacting us here:
- Email: service@deptofdoody.com
- Phone: 817.674.7667
- Replying “Stop” to SMS messages.
E-mail Communications
From time to time, Dept of Doody may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an email from Dept of Doody or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Dept of Doody, you may opt out of such communications by User can unsubscribe by clicking the “Unsubscribe” button.
SMS/Text Communications:
Users that receive a free quote on deptofdoody.com and provide their phone number agree to receive calls and text messages from Dept of Doody, including for marketing and promotional purposes.
Users may opt out of these messages in the future by replying “stop”
From time to time, Dept of Doody may contact you via SMS/Text Message for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. In order to improve our Services, we may receive a notification when you open an SMS message from Dept of Doody or click on a link therein.
If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Dept of Doody, you may opt out of such communications by replying “stop” to the SMS message or emailing us at service@deptofdoody.com to be removed.
External Data Storage Sites
We may store your data on servers provided by third party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.
Changes to this Statement
Dept of Doody reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our website, and/or by updating any privacy information. Your continued use of the website and/or Services available after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Information
Dept of Doody welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Dept of Doody has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Dept of Doodyat:
Department of Doody LLC
1953 Golden Heights Rd. Ste 401
Fort Worth, Texas 76177
Email Address: service@deptofdoody.com
Telephone number: 817.674.7667
Effective as of November 17, 2023
Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://deptofdoody.com.
Comments
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An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
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Embedded content from other websites
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These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.