PRIVACYPolicy

H.H. Backer Associates Inc.—publisher of PET AGE magazine, as well as producer of the Pet Industry Spring Trade Show and the Pet Industry Christmas Trade Show—is committed to protecting your privacy. We do not automatically collect any personal information (for example, name, address, e-mail address) from visitors to our Web sites, or Web sites specifically authorized by us. Rather, we collect this information only when it is voluntarily submitted, as in a survey or in an order for goods or services, and use it for research and marketing purposes. This information is never rented or sold to any third party.

Our Web server may use "cookies" (alphanumeric codes that are temporarily stored on your computer’s hard drive) to collect such non-personal information as the IP address of your computer, type of browser and operating system used, and the date and time of your visit. This information is used strictly for statistical purposes, and is never rented or sold to any third party or used to obtain further personal information about a visitor.

We use third-party vendors—such as Google—to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, e-mail address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about preventing this information from being used by these companies, click here.

When you purchase goods or services online, any ordering information you provide H.H. Backer Associates Inc. is encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software and a secure server for maximum protection. All credit card transactions are transmitted to, and processed in, our office.

In addition, please be aware that any e-mail sent to us is not secure. For your protection, you should refrain from sending any sensitive information via e-mail (for example, Social Security number, credit card numbers, bank account information, etc.).