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At Pet Protection of Texas, Inc., the distributors of Invisible Fence® Brand of electronic pet containment, we believe our online visitors have a right to know what information we collect when you visit our Web site. The guidelines contained here apply only to your visit to the web pages contained within the Pet Pretection of Texas Web site, at www.petshomesafe.com.
This is a summary of our privacy policy. The detailed policy may be found by scrolling down.
For each visitor to a page on an Invisible Fence Brand Web site, our Web server automatically recognizes and stores the visitor's IP Address/Domain Name combination. Your computer provides this information automatically each time you log on, unless you've activated blocking technology available in some browsers. We also may combine your IP Address/Domain Name combination with other information you provide us like your e-mail address. You provide this information when, for example, you fill out a registration form, answer a survey, or sign up for a site newsletter. We may also use a technology called 'cookies' to record your activity while you are online. This technology allows us to do things like remember where you visit within our site. We provide these as examples of our practices and encourage you to decide whether you want us to have this information. Data collected automatically during your visit to the Pet Protection of Texas Web site is used for internal review and may be used to improve or customize the Web site content or layout and/or notify consumers, by e-mail, about new products and updates to our Web site.
At the forms on our site, you may choose to submit information about yourself, including name, postal and e-mail address, telephone number, products in which you may be interested, and other information. Information submitted to Pet Protection of Texas through the forms on the site (except for Online Coupon forms) will not be shared with any outside organizations*, except for authorized Pet Protection of Texas dealers and distributors. We believe in respecting the privacy of our visitors and customers. We will, on occasion, send e-mails to visitors about new products and updates to our Web site. On each e-mail you have the opportunity to 'Opt Out' and remove yourself from the mailing list. Please note, however, that if you have submitted more than one form, you may be on more than one list. We will make every effort to remove you from our mailing lists, however, we do not have control over dealer or distributor mailings, so if you do receive something from an Pet Protection of Texas entity and wish to opt-out from future e-mails, please let us know by e-mailing
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By submitting your information to us, you are consenting to the uses we describe above. If you do not consent to these uses, we suggest you opt out where available, activate blocking technology if available in your browser, or choose not to submit your data.
*Information submitted through Affiliate Coupon forms will be shared with participating companies, and is subject to the policies of those companies. We do provide copies of our Affiliate Coupon lists to companies for the sole purpose of distributing materials and e-mails without allowing them ownership of the list.
Pet Protection of Texas, Inc. knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. In this notice, we summarilyrefer to Pet Protection of Texas, Inc. as "we" or "us." By visiting the Invisible Fence Web site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.
This policy applies to www.invisiblefence.com only. There are links on this site to other Web sites, including Web sites of our dealers and distributors. This privacy policy does not apply to the Web sites of our dealers and distributors, or to any other site that has a link on our site. If you click on a link and leave our site, you may wish to check the privacy policy of that site.
The information we learn from visitors helps us to personalize and continually improve the Pet Protection of Texas Web site. We gather the following types of information:
We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you may not be able to access all features of our Web site. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, improving our site, and communicating with you.
We receive and store certain information whenever you interact with our site. We use cookies to obtain certain types of information when your browser accesses our Web site such as IP Address/Domain name combination and your path through our site. Certain browsers have the ability to allow you to visit Web sites anonymously, however you forfeit the personalization of the site by enabling this.
If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, either choose to opt out from e-mail messages or send an e-mail to
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- Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your web browser to enable our system to recognize your browser and provide us with information such as your IP Address/Domain Name combination and where you visited on the site.
- The 'help' portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of our Web site's features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.
Information about our visitors and customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer and visitor information only with other Pet Protection of Texas Pet Safety Professionals in our distributor network and as described below.
We work closely with our affiliated businesses, such as independent dealers and distributors, and those companies participating in the online Affiliate Coupon section. If you fill out forms, we may provide your information to our independent dealers and distributors so that they can provide service to you. They may also contact you directly about products and services that may be of interest. Should you choose to access the online coupon book we will share your information with the participating companies, at no charge, who may in turn solicit you in the future. We do stipulate to our affiliates that they may not pass your information to other entities.
We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy stores or assets. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the unlikely event that Pet Protection of Texas, Inc., or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions of Use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Pet Protection of Texas, Inc., our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
The importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated with our visitors is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers. 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, Pet Protection of Texas, Inc. can't 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 can choose not to fill out any forms on any Pet Protection of Texas Web site.
- Should you receive an unwanted e-mail or direct mail piece from Pet Protection of Texas, Inc., you have the option to Opt Out of future e-mails.
Pet Protection of Texas, Inc. does not sell products for purchase by children or produce literature meant for children. If you are under 18, you may use Pet Protection of Texas, Inc. only with involvement of a parent or guardian. We reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in their sole discretion.
If you choose to visit any part of petshomesafe.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this notice and our Terms and Conditions of Use, including disclaimers of warranties and application of the law of the State of Texas. This Notice and the Terms of Conditions and Use may change without notice, and use of information that we gather now is subject to the Privacy Notice in effect at the time of use. If you have concerns, please check this policy and the Terms and Conditions of Use before submitting information to the site.
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