IN ORDER TO SUBMIT A VIDEO CLIP, PHOTO OR STORY, YOU MUST FIRST JOIN OUR FREE MEMBERSHIP.  THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT WE REQUIRE FOR THE MEMBERSHIP IS YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS.  YOUR NAME CAN BE FICTIONALIZED, BUT THE EMAIL ADRESS MUST BE CORRECT.  NO OTHER INFORMATION IS REQUESTED.   WE DO NOT SELL EMAIL ADDRESSES.  THIS IS TO HELP US BETTER CONTROL INAPPROPRIATE VIDEO/PHOTO/STORY SUBMISSIONS.

Welcome to the Animal Lovers United website, located at www.AnimalLoversUnited.com (the " Website "), developed and operated by The Equatorial Group, Ltd. (" Sponsor ," " we ," " our ," or " us "). This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you about how Sponsor collects and uses your personally identifiable information (" PII ") and other information in operating the Website. Sponsor provides this Privacy Policy to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or continue using the Website. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use . Your use of the Website and any personal information you provide on the Website remains subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions of Use.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, and you agree to review the Privacy Policy periodically to be aware of such modifications and your continued use of the Website shall be deemed to be your conclusive acceptance of any modified Privacy Policy. If we revise this Privacy Policy in a manner that may be materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us, we will attempt to obtain your consent before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.

How does the Website work?

The Website enables visitors (" Visitors ", " you " or " your ") who are at least eighteen (18) years of age to access and post video content, photographs and other information or materials about animals and nature. Visitors must register with the Website (" Registrants ", collectively with Visitors " you " or " your ") in order to make use of certain features offered through the Website, as described herein. By checking the box next to the text of the "Terms and Conditions of Use" and "Sign Up," each Registrant acknowledges that such Registrant is at least eighteen (18) years of age and has read, agrees with and accepts to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in Sponsor's Terms and Conditions of Use and Registrant acknowledges the terms set forth in this Privacy Policy. Failure to check the box will prevent an individual from becoming a Registrant. Registrants may publish, display, or otherwise transmit directly or indirectly (" Post ") videos, images, text or other communications and other content (individually or collectively, " Registrant Content ") to the Website, subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use which can be found HERE

By participating in the Website, you consent to the collection and use of your PII by Sponsor as described herein. Sponsor reserves the right to change how we handle the information we collect and process through the Website at any time. We will update this Privacy Policy to reflect any changes and such changes will take effect immediately once posted.

What type of PII does Sponsor collect from you and how do we use it?

Registrants must provide certain PII to Sponsor in order to have access to certain features on the Website. Such PII shall include your email address and password. It may, in the future, include basic biographical information, such as your name, address, and phone number. We may also ask you for general statistical, non-PII about your interests and lifestyle habits.

Sponsor does not review Registrant Content before it is Posted to the Website, and does not collect PII from Registrant Content unless there is a compelling reason to do so. Unless you provide PII to Sponsor through the Website (e.g., through registration, Registrant Content, or by email), we will not collect any PII from you.

Sponsor may provide your PII to entities who work on behalf of or with us. These entities may use your PII to help fulfill your requests in connection with the Website and to help us communicate with you about different resources offered as part of the Website. For instance, we may transfer information collected at registration, including PII, to service providers and other third parties who assist us in running the Website. Sponsor may also provide your PII to entities from whom you have indicated you wish to receive special offers or information.

We do not use your email address or other PII to send commercial or marketing messages without your consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which you will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. We may, however, use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major Website changes or for customer service purposes).

We also reserve the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that we believe, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, to protect the security or integrity of the Website, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of us, our Visitors or others.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY VIDEO, IMAGE, OR OTHER CONTENT POSTED AT THE DIRECTION OF REGISTRANTS ONTO THE WEBSITE BECOMES PUBLISHED CONTENT AND IS NOT CONSIDERED PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SUBJECT TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE.

Under what other circumstances may we release PII?

We may also release your PII if we believe such release is necessary to comply with the law (e.g., a legal process or a statutory authorization), to apply or enforce our customer agreements, to protect our rights or property, to protect Registrants and/or Visitors from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of the Website, or if we reasonably believe that a danger to any person requires disclosure of such PII.

Who will have access to Content that you Post to the Website?

Please keep in mind that any Registrant Content that you Post to the Website will be publicly available and can be collected and used by Visitors. Your account name (not your email address) is displayed to other Visitors when you upload Registrant Content. Any videos that you submit to the Website may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public. In accordance with our Terms and Conditions, you may not use Registrant Content for commercial purposes or in any manner which competes with, or which may compete with, Sponsor.

What other information does Sponsor collect?

We also collect anonymous and aggregate information from you about your preferences in navigating the Website by using cookies, action tags, log files, clear GIFs ("web beacons") and other methods.  Cookies are small text files that identify your computer. We may use cookies to, among other things, monitor Website usage, customize Website features, identify your computer's operating system and browser, and complete transactions. An action tag is a small, graphic image on a webpage that is designed to allow the website owner or a third party to monitor who is visiting a website by collecting the IP address of the computer to which the tag is sent, the URL of the webpage that the tag comes from and the time that such webpage was viewed. Tags may be associated with cookie information. A clear GIF or web beacon is used to track the online usage patterns of our Visitors anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner), and, in HTML-based emails sent to Registrants, to track which emails are opened by recipients. We may also use such anonymous and aggregate information for promotional purposes.

We use both your PII and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous Visitor usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing Visitor preferences and trends.

Do I have the ability not to be identified by Sponsor?

Yes. If you do not want to be identified by us, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse cookies when your browser alerts you to their presence. You can also adjust the settings in your browser to refuse all cookies. If you do not want us to have any of your PII, do not submit any of your PII to us or include any of your PII in any Registrant Content appearing on the Website.

How does Sponsor store information?

We take reasonable steps consistent with industry standards to assure that PII collected at registration is secured from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, and destruction in storage while under our control. Please note that despite our efforts to safeguard information provided to us, we cannot guarantee that such information will not be disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.

Does Sponsor provide links to other websites?

Sponsor may provide links to other websites or resources of possible interest to you. Because we have no control over such websites or resources, the collection and use of your PII and other information by such websites shall be subject to the policies and procedures of such websites and not this Privacy Policy.

What are our policies regarding children?

This Website is not directed to persons under thirteen (13) years of age. You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older in order to become a Registrant. Sponsor will not knowingly collect PII from anyone under thirteen (13) years of age. If we learn that PII of persons under 13 years of age has been collected on the Website without verified parental consent, then we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.

Do we have a mechanism to address the removal of PII and complaints about the handling of information that we collect?

If you wish to remove PII that you have submitted to Sponsor, please send us an email requesting such removal to info@AnimalLoversUnited.com. If you have questions or concerns about any of our information collection or handling practices, please contact us at: Policy Group, Equatorial Group, Ltd., 13835 N. Tatum Boulevard, Ste 9-609, Phoenix, Arizona 85032.

What about International Users?

The Website is hosted in the United States and is intended for and directed to Visitors in the United States. If you are a Visitor accessing the Website from Canada, the European Union, Asia, Mexico or any other region with laws or regulations governing personal data collection, use, and disclosure, that differ from United States laws, please be advised that through your continued use of the Website, which are governed by U.S. law, this Privacy Policy, and our Terms and Conditions of Use, you are transferring your personal information to the United States and you hereby consent to that transfer.

Any Questions?

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the Website, please contact us by e-mail at info@AnimalLoversUnited.com or write to us at Animal Lovers United Forum, Equatorial Group, Ltd., 13835 N. Tatum Boulevard, Ste 9-609, Phoenix, Arizona 85032.