Privacy Policy | Blue Buffalo

Effective date: January 25, 2016

Blue Buffalo Company, Ltd. (“Blue Buffalo”) respects your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”).

The Privacy Policy sets forth how Blue Buffalo collects, uses, shares and protects information about you, the users of www.bluebuffalo.com (the “Blue Buffalo Site”), www.bluesbuddies.com (the “Blue’s Buddies Site”), www.petcancerawareness.com (the “Pet Cancer Awareness Site”), www.blueshelterstars.com (the “Blue Shelter Stars Site”), and www.truebluevets.com (the “True Blue Vets Site”) (collectively, the “Sites”), mobile and/or other services offered and/or contained within or through any of the Sites, and any software provided on or in connection with such Sites and/or services (the Sites, mobile services, other services offered and/or contained within or through the Sites, and software provided on or in connection with such Sites and/or services are collectively referred to herein as the “Services”), as well as how you can access and update your information and make choices concerning how your information is used.

Furthermore, by using certain of our Services (including, without limitation, the Blue’s Buddies Site), you understand and agree that we are providing a platform for you to submit, post, display, transmit, perform, publish, and/or distribute content and materials including, without limitation, data, text, files, information, usernames, images, graphics, photographs, profiles, audio and video clips, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, applications, links and/or other content or materials (“User-Submitted Content”) to the Services, and to share such User-Submitted Content publicly. This means that other Users may search for, see, use, or share any of your User-Submitted Content that you make publicly available through the Services, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use (which can be found at http://bluebuffalo.com/terms-of-use

By accessing or using any of the Services or by otherwise giving us your information, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, do not access or use the Services or give us any of your information. In addition, please review the Services’ Terms of Use (which can be found at http://bluebuffalo.com/terms-of-use), which sets forth the terms and conditions of your use of the Services.

Information We Collect:

1. Information you provide us directly. Blue Buffalo may collect any and all information you provide when registering, accessing, or using the Services, including but not limited to the following:

Registration username and password
Your name, age, date of birth, address, and email address
Information concerning your pet (including name, gender, breed, date of birth, size)
Your pet food brand preferences
Your pet food supplier/retailer preferences
Information concerning your veterinary business and/or practice
Purchase-related information including, without limitation, information submitted when making purchases through the Services
Information from your browser or device, including, but not limited to, your IP address, location, cookie information, and hardware & software attributes.
Any content you submit to, on or through the Site (including, without limitation, User-Submitted Content)
Communications between you and Blue Buffalo. For example, we may send you service-related emails (e.g., account verification, changes/updates to features of the Service, technical and security notices). Note that you may not opt out of service-related emails by contacting us at http://bluebuffalo.com/contact.
Email address or contact information of third parties which you submit to the site (e.g., via referral or page-share functions on the Site)

2. Analytics information. The Services may employ third-party analytics tools and embedded scripts to help measure traffic and usage trends. These tools collect information sent by your device to our Services, including the web pages you visit, add-ons, and other information that assists in improving the Services. This analytics information is collected and used with analytics information from other users so that it cannot reasonably be used to identify any particular individual user.

3. Cookies and similar technologies. The Services may use cookies and similar technologies like pixels, web beacons, and local storage to collect information about how you use the Services and provide features to you.

4. Log file information. Log file information is automatically reported by your browser each time you make a request to access a web page or app. It can also be provided when the content of the webpage or app is downloaded to your browser or device. When you use access or use the Services, our servers may automatically record certain log file information, including your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, referring/exit pages and URLs, number of clicks and how you interact with links on the Services, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed, and other such information. Similar information may also be collected from emails sent to our users which helps track which emails are opened and which links are clicked by recipients. The information allows for more accurate reporting and improvement of the Services.

5. Device identifiers. When you access our Services, we may access, collect, monitor, store on your device, and/or remotely store one or more “device identifiers”. Device identifiers are small data files or similar data structures stored on or associated with you device, which uniquely identify your device. A device identifier may be data stored in connection with the device hardware, data stored in connection with the device’s operating system or other software, or data sent to the device by the Services. A device identifier may deliver information about how you browse and use the Services and may assist in providing reports or personalized content and ads. Some features of the Services may not function properly if use or availability of device identifiers is impaired or disabled.

6. Metadata. Metadata is usually technical data that is associated with User-Submitted Content. For example, metadata can describe how, when and by whom a piece of User-Submitted Content was collected and how that content is formatted.

How We Use Your Information:

Any information collected may be used for the following general purposes:

To customize users’ experience while using the Services
To fulfill requests and/or process transactions for information, products and/or services provided by Blue Buffalo
To process user registrations with the Services and verify that users’ registration information is active and valid
To present users with and administer Blue Buffalo special offers, promotions, contests, and/or other features of the Services
To enable users’ participation in features of the Services
To improve the functionality of the Services and its features
To improve customer service
To communicate with users and provide users with information
To conduct relevant marketing research

In addition, information received may be used:

To help users efficiently access information
To remember information so users will not have to re-enter it
To provide personalized content and information
To provide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of the Services
To develop and test new products and features
To monitor metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns
To diagnose or fix technical problems
To automatically update the Services
For other legitimate purposes, which we strive to identify at the time of collection

Sharing Of Your Information:

1. We will not share, rent, or sell your information to third parties outside Blue Buffalo (or the group of companies of which Blue Buffalo is a part) for their marketing purposes.

2. We will not use your information to provide you with marketing offers or promotions on behalf of third parties.

3. We may share User-Submitted Content and user information (including but not limited to, information from cookies, log files, device identifiers, location data, and usage data) with businesses that are legally part of the same group of companies that Blue Buffalo is part of, or that become part of that group (“Affiliates”). Affiliates may use this information to help provide, understand, and improve the Services (including by providing analytics) and Affiliates’ own services (including by providing you with better and more relevant experiences).

4. Third-party vendors who perform aspects of the Services (e.g., hosting any of the Sites, designing and/or operating features of the Services, analytics tracking, sharing page-level content, and/or other administrative services) (“Service Providers”) may be provided access to user information (e.g., via cookies). Such Service Providers will be given access to your information as is reasonably necessary to provide the Services under reasonable confidentiality terms, and any such information shared with third-party vendors will be limited to non-personally-identifiable information.

5. We may remove parts of data that can identify you and share anonymized data with other parties. We may also combine your information with other information in a way that it is no longer associated with you and share that aggregated information.

Parties with whom you may share your User-Submitted Content:

1. Any information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to the Services (including, without limitation, User-Submitted Content) becomes available to the public. Once you have shared such information or content or made it public, that information or content may be re-shared by others.

2. Any User-Submitted Content that you make public is searchable by other users.

3. If you remove information that you posted to the Services, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the Services, or if other users or third parties have copied or saved that information.

What happens in the event of a change of control:

If we sell or otherwise transfer part or the whole of Blue Buffalo, any of the Services or Sites, or our assets to another organization (e.g., in the course of a transaction like a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), your information collected through the Services may be among the items sold or transferred. The buyer or transferee will be required to honor the commitments we have made in this Privacy Policy.

Responding to legal requests and preventing harm:

1. We may access, preserve and share your information in response to a legal request (like a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so. This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States where we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects users in that jurisdiction, and is consistent with internationally recognized standards.

2. We may also access, preserve and share information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity; to protect ourselves, you and others, including as part of investigations; and to prevent death or imminent bodily harm.

3. Information we receive about you may be accessed, processed and retained for an extended period of time when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations concerning possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm.

How We Store Your Information

1. Your information collected through the Services may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Blue Buffalo, its Affiliates or Service Providers maintain facilities.

2. Blue Buffalo, its Affiliates, or its Service Providers may transfer information that we collect, including personal information, across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction.

3. By registering for and/or using the Services, you consent to the transfer of information to the U.S. or to any other country in which Blue Buffalo, its Affiliates, or its Service Providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.

4. We use commercially reasonable safeguards to help keep the information collected through the Services secure. However, no data transmission over the Internet, wireless transmission or electronic storage of information can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Blue Buffalo accordingly cannot ensure the security of any information collected through the Services or guarantee that information on the Services may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.

Modifying Your Personal Information:

1. You may update your account at any time by logging in and changing your profile information or settings. If you have any further questions about reviewing or modifying your account information or settings, please contact us directly at http://bluebuffalo.com/contact.

2. You may also permanently delete your member account. If you have any questions about termination or deactivation of your account, please contact us directly at http://bluebuffalo.com/contact.

How Long We Keep Your User Content:

Following termination or deactivation of your account, we, our Affiliates, and/or our Service Providers may retain information (including your profile information) and/or User-Submitted Content for a commercially reasonable time for backup, archival, and/or audit purposes. If you have any questions about termination or deactivation of your account, please contact us directly at http://bluebuffalo.com/contact.

Children’s Privacy:

Blue Buffalo does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Site. The Services and their content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us directly at http://bluebuffalo.com/contact.

Your California Privacy Rights:

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits users of the Services that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us directly at http://bluebuffalo.com/contact or write us at: The Blue Buffalo Company, Attn. Legal Department; 11 River Rd., Wilton, CT 06897.

Other Web Sites and Services:

Blue Buffalo is not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or services linked to or from our Services, including the information or content contained within them. Please remember that when you use a link to go from one of our Sites to another website or service, our Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link on our website, are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible and do not have control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service and you allow them to access your User Content you do so at your own risk.

Changes To Our Privacy Policy

Blue Buffalo may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. We will provide additional forms of notice of modifications or updates if any significant changes are made to the policy by sending a notice to the email address you provide when registering, though we reserve the right to change, modify or update the policy without prior notice. Your continued use of the Services after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any more questions about this Privacy Policy at http://bluebuffalo.com/contact.

The effective date of this Privacy Policy is January 25, 2016. This Privacy Policy was written in English (US). To the extent any translated version of this Privacy Policy conflicts with the English version, the English version controls.