VETgirl Privacy Policy

This document was last updated on April 8, 2025.

A PDF version of this Privacy Policy is available by clicking here.

VETgirl (“VETgirl”) is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you a safe online experience. This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to the VETgirl website (https://vetgirlontherun.com) and includes, without limitation, related mobile websites, microsites, mobile applications, VETgirl profiles on social media sites and any other digital services or properties operated or used by VETgirl (collectively referred to as the “Sites”), as well as to personal data collected at in-person VETgirl events. By using the Sites, you agree to comply with and be bound by this Privacy Policy and VETgirl’s Terms and Conditions (“Terms and Conditions”). Please read this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions carefully. If you do not agree to both this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions, you must immediately terminate your use of the Sites.

1. VETgirl Privacy Policy Overview This Privacy Policy explains how VETgirl may collect, use, communicate, share, and safeguard information on the Sites. This Privacy Policy is meant to provide guidance to our clients in an easy-to-understand format. If you have questions or concerns, please contact VETgirl’s Privacy Officer (also known as VETgirl’s “Data Protection Officer”) at: [email protected].

VETgirl reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason.

2. Notice at Collection

VETgirl may collect the following personal data to provide its Sites and services: identifiers and contact data; commercial data; demographic data; location data (i.e., from IP address, Wi-Fi and GPS technology); customer support call recordings; communications; account details; inferences from other data; internet and other network activity and employment, job applicant and education data of job applicants of job applicants, among others. Please see Data VETgirl May Collect for more information. We collect this personal data to provide our products and services; provide service communications to you; deliver and process surveys; provide, maintain, protect, and improve our Sites; tailor content and engage in advertising and marketing; comply with legal requirements; and for other reasons listed in the How VETgirl May Use Personal Data section below. VETgirl may communicate, share, or disclose your personal data to affiliates, service providers, third parties, business partners, and event sponsors, as outlined in Section 6 of this Policy. We will retain your information for as long as needed to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it is collected and to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Subject to applicable law, we only collect sensitive personal data to provide our Sites or when you apply for a job with us.

To provide you with more personalized and relevant content, we work with third party advertising and analytics providers, which may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” as those terms are defined under applicable privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act. We may sell or share your basic name and contact information, online activity information, commercial data, demographic data, professional or employment data, video viewing history, location data, sensitive personal data, and any other information you provide where cookies are present. Please see the section, How VETgirl May Communicate, Disclose, Share, or Sell Personal Data for more information. You can click on the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link  to ask that we don’t sell or share your personal data for these purposes.

While we take steps to protect your personal data, data transferred over the internet can never be absolutely secure. Accordingly, we cannot 100% guarantee the security of your personal data we process.

3. Consent

a. When required by law, VETgirl will obtain your consent to collect, use, communicate or disclose your data (including personal data and non-personal data, as those terms are defined below). Where permitted by law, VETgirl may collect, use, communicate or disclose data without your consent:

(i) when the collection, use, communication or disclosure of personal data is permitted or required by law;
(ii) in an emergency that threatens an individual’s life, health, or personal security;
(iii) when the personal data is available from a public source;
(iv) when VETgirl or its affiliates require legal advice from an attorney;
(v) for the purposes of collecting a debt;
(vi) to protect VETgirl and its affiliates from fraud;
(vii) to enforce our Terms and Conditions;
(viii) to create, develop, operate, deliver, and improve our products, services, and content; or
(ix) to investigate an anticipated breach of an agreement or a contravention of law.

b. Consent may be provided orally, in writing, electronically, through an authorized representative or affiliate, or it may be implied where the purpose for collecting, using, communicating or disclosing the personal data would be considered obvious and you voluntarily provide personal data for that purpose.

c. Unless consent is requested, Consent may be implied when you are given notice and a reasonable opportunity to opt-out of providing personal data being used for mail-outs, marketing, or other VETgirl functions, and you do not opt-out.

d. You may have a right under the European Union General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 of 2018 (“GDPR”), as amended, or similar laws of other jurisdictions[1], as applicable, to: (i) withdraw consent; (ii) request your personal data (defined below) previously collected by VETgirl; or (iii) pause any data processing relating to your personal data in the event you object to it. If you are subject to GDPR (if you are a resident of a jurisdiction subject to GDPR protections and are also using the Sites within a jurisdiction subject to GDPR protections) and would like to exercise any of the options listed in this subsection, please contact VETgirl’s Privacy Officer at [email protected].

e. In the event you are a resident of a jurisdiction subject to GDPR protections and are also using the Sites within a jurisdiction subject to GDPR protections, VETgirl will ensure your consent is consistently accurate with your most up-to-date information and the purpose for which the data is being used. If either of those changes, VETgirl will make a new request for your consent.

4. Data VETgirl May Collect.

VETgirl may collect personal data either directly from you, such as when you become a member or use our services, from third parties like social media sites, or indirectly from you through cookies and similar technologies.

a. Personal Data. We, or third parties or service providers working on our behalf, may collect information that either directly or indirectly identifies you (“Personal Data”) when you contact us, or otherwise interact with VETgirl, including, but not limited to, applying for any membership or enrollment in any VETgirl program or continuing education, registering for a VETgirl event or program, or purchasing VETgirl products or services on the Sites. In the past 12 months, the categories of personal data collected may include without limitation:

• • Identifiers and contact data: your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number. This data is collected directly from you, from other parties like social media platforms or from data analytics providers when you interact with our Sites. For job applicants, we may also collect this information about you from third-party career sites or platforms, like LinkedIn, or from service providers, like recruitment agencies.
  • Demographic data: gender and age range. This data is collected directly from you if you choose to provide this data when you contact us or interact with our Sites.
  • Employment data: occupation, job title, employer name, professional license number and regulating board, identification information (including government-issued identification) in connection with applying for a job with us. This data is collected directly from you when interact with us or you apply for a job with us; from service providers like recruitment agencies or from third party career sites or platforms.
  • Continuing Education data: credits you earn, quiz results, and video viewing history. This data is collected directly from you, or from data analytics providers when you interact with our Sites.
  • Commercial data: billing and transaction information. This data is collected directly from you when you buy something from us, from data analytics providers when you interact with our Sites, or from service providers, like vendors who process payments on our behalf.
  • Account data: the username and password used to access your account. This data is collected directly from you, or from data analytics providers when you interact with our Sites.
  • Financial data: credit card, or other financial account information. This data is collected directly from you when you subscribe to our Sites or services, or from service providers that process payments on our behalf.
  • Internet or other network activity: As you interact with our Sites, we may collect information about your browsing history or certain other information including, history of visiting and interacting with our Service, browser type, browser language and other information collected automatically. This data is collected from data analytics providers or from other parties like data brokers, social media platforms, or third party cookies. For job applicants, this data is collected from third-party career sites or platforms.
  • Geolocation data: IP address and including location enabled services such as Wi-Fi and GPS. This data is collected directly from you, from other parties like social media platforms or from data analytics providers when you interact with our Sites.
  • Audio, electronic, or similar information: recordings of customer support calls. This data is collected directly from you when you contact us, interact with certain features of our Sites, or visit one of our physical locations. We may also collect this data from service providers when you contact customer support. If you are a job applicant, we may collect this data when you when you use a third-party platform, such as Zoom or from third-party career sites or platforms.
  • Content of communications: contents of phone calls, emails, responses to surveys, and any audiovisual information provided in your communications. This data is collected directly from you when you contact us or interact with our Sites, or from service providers when you contact customer support.
  • Sensitive personal data: account login along with password and precise geolocation information. This data is collected directly from you when you share your precise geolocation. From job applicants, we may also collect protected classification characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, or criminal history. This data is collected directly from you when you provide this information in connection with a job application or from third party career sites or platforms.
  • Inferences from other data: we may generate new information about you drawn from any of the personal data we collect, which may include using automated means to generate information about your likely preferences or other characteristics. For example, we may infer your general geographic location (such as city and state) based on your IP address. This data is collected directly from you when you interact with our Sites or from third parties, such as data analytics providers via pixels or similar technologies when you interact with our Sites.
  • Biometric data: currently, VETgirl does not collect or store biometric data.

b. Job Applicant Data. When you apply for a job with us through BluePearl’s hiring platform, we ask you to provide personal data and sensitive personal data, to evaluate your application. We may also collect Education Information, including your education history, transcripts, level of education, and computer skills. This data is collected directly from you, from other parties like social media platforms or from data analytics providers when you interact with our Sites. We may also collect this information about you from third-party career sites or platforms, like LinkedIn, or from service providers, like recruitment agencies. Please note, if you choose not to provide requested personal data, our ability to consider you for a position may be limited.

We may also get information about you from public sources or third parties, such as to verify information in your application or conduct background screenings, as allowed by law. If you choose, you may provide us with personal data through BluePearl’s hiring platform. If you choose to authorize us to access this personal data, you agree that we may collect, store, and use this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

c. De-identified data. We may collect de-identified data to improve the usability of our Sites/services and for other business purposes, and VETgirl commits to keep this data in de-identified form. We may sell or share this kind of data with third parties or combine these kinds of data with other similar data from other sources to the extent permitted by law. We don’t try to reidentify it unless the law allows it.

d. Non-personal Data: Data that is de-identified so that it can’t identify a person isn’t personal data. Where the law allows it, we may sell or share this kind of data with third parties or combine these kinds of data with other similar data from other sources. We don’t try to reidentify it unless the law allows it. We also may share aggregated data with third parties like telling our advertisers the number of visitors to our Sites. This sharing excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent. That data is not shared with any third parties.

5. How VETgirl May Use Personal Data.

Once collected, we may use your personal data for the purposes outlined below, including but not limited to:

• • Provide service communications, such as bill reminders, order confirmations, program registrations, and customer service messages. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly our legitimate interest.

• • Respond to your emails or online requests for products, services, or information. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly your consent or our legitimate interest.

• • Deliver or process surveys. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly your consent or our legitimate interest.

• • Personalize and improve the usability of the Sites, and for other internal business purposes such as sharing among our family of brands for marketing purposes. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly our legitimate interest.

• • Fulfill or deliver VETgirl products and services and to communicate with you about them. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly your consent or our legitimate interest.

• • Tailor content on the Sites, and to engage in advertising and marketing. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly your consent or our legitimate interest.

• • Share with third parties as required by law, or to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly for our compliance with our legal obligations.

• • To maintain the security and integrity of the VETgirl Sites. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly our legitimate interest.

We may also process job applicant personal data for the following purposes:

• • Managing your application: To process your application (including performing pre-employment compliance checks) and for the decision on establishing an employment relationship with you. If an employment relationship is established with you, we will include your personal data obtained in the context of the application process – as far as it is relevant for the establishment and implementation of the employment relationship – in our personnel database and process it in accordance with our Associate Privacy Policy, about which we will inform you separately as part of your employment. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly our legitimate interests and contractual necessity.

• • Pre-employment screening. To the extent necessary and legally permitted, to carry out pre-employment compliance checks of your suitability for the desired position (e.g., verification of your information on reported address, relevant (highest) educational qualifications and, if applicable, financial circumstances (if relevant for recruitment to the specific position), screening against relevant sanctions, terror and negative lists). The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly our legitimate interest, compliance with our legal obligations, or your consent.

• • Career Advertising. To send you personalized postings about other jobs you may be interested in, either here or on third party sites, and to see how well our career ads work. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly your consent or our legitimate interest.

• • To provide Equal Opportunity Employment. As part of our commitment to equal opportunity employment, we process personal data to support our diversity and inclusion efforts, which may include sensitive personal data or demographic data. The legal basis for processing your personal data for these purposes is mainly your consent or our legitimate interest.

Notwithstanding the legal bases described above, in jurisdictions in which consent is required to conduct the relevant type of processing activity, we rely on your consent (express or implied).

6. How VETgirl May Communicate, Disclose, Share, or Sell Personal Data.

a. Disclosing Your Personal Data within Our Business. Within VETgirl, your personal data may be accessible to personnel with a need to know the information to perform their duties. Depending on the type of personal data handled, this may include personnel in customer support and service, IT and security, legal and compliance, management and administration, marketing and content creation, and finance roles.

b. Disclosing Your Personal Data to Perform Business Functions. When VETgirl fulfills service requests initiated by you, we may communicate or disclose your personal data to certain third parties or with our affiliates and business partners to fulfill your requests, or to share such information with service providers that perform business functions for us. We may transfer or communicate your information to third-party service providers to conduct or improve VETgirl business or Sites, or for any business purpose including, but not limited to, credit card processing, shipping, data management, email distribution, marketing research, information analysis and promotions management. VETgirl may occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf including, but not limited to, packaging, mailing and delivering promotional offers, answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal mail and processing registrations. In such cases, VETgirl may share your personal data to the extent permitted by applicable law.

c. Disclosing Your Personal Data When Legally Necessary or to Protect VETgirl’s Interests. VETgirl may communicate or disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (i) conform to legal requirements, cooperate with any legal investigations, or comply with legal process served on VETgirl; (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of VETgirl or to defend against any third-party claims; (iii) to investigate consumer complaints; or (iv) protect the personal safety of VETgirl personnel or members of the public in appropriate circumstances. In addition, if VETgirl and/or its assets (or a portion of its assets) are sold, assigned, transferred, or merged, or if VETgirl undergoes some other change including a change to its corporate form as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise, information may be transferred as part of that transaction or change.

d. Sale or Sharing of Personal Data. To personalize our ads and marketing experiences, we work with ad and analytics providers, ad networks, and social media sites. These partnerships may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under some US laws, even when no money exchanges hands. For example, when you login to your account on a web page where third-party cookies and similar technologies are present, that may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of your personal data. The personal data we might “sell”, or “share” includes your basic name and contact information, occupational information, online activity information, commercial data, demographic data, professional or employment data, video viewing history, location data, sensitive personal data, and any other information you provide where cookies are present. If you want to opt out of this use, click on this the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link.

7. Information Security.

a. VETgirl implements security measures as commercially reasonable to help protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, communication, disclosure, or destruction of data, and restricts access to personal data to certain companies who may need to know that information to operate, develop, or improve our Sites and services.

b. Although VETgirl uses commercially reasonable security measures, data transmission over the Internet can never be guaranteed to be absolutely secure. VETgirl cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information transmitted by you, or to or from our Sites or services.

c. In the event of an information security breach relating to the VETgirl Sites and the breach involves your personal data, VETgirl will notify you without undue delay as required by law, and, if applicable, will notify applicable local data protection authorities, as required under applicable law.

8. Your Password. 

You are responsible for all actions taken with your username and password. Do not share your username and password with anyone else, as it is only for you. Sharing your username or password will automatically give VETgirl the right to deactivate your account; you will not receive any refund and no continuing education certificates will be rewarded to you. For your protection, do not disclose your username or password to anyone.

9. Your Options and Rights Regarding Your Personal Data

• • Your Account: Please log in to update your account information.

• • Email Unsubscribe: If you don’t want to receive marketing emails from us or emails about open positions with VETgirl, please use the link in any email you’ve received. Even if you opt out of marketing emails, you may still get emails to complete a transaction that you have already entered with us, or otherwise regarding your account. When you opt-out of job opportunity emails, you may still get emails about completing an application you have already started with us.

• • Text or SMS Messaging: We may also offer text/SMS messaging to you. In some circumstances, we might require you to opt-in to receive text messages from us. At any time, you may opt-out of receiving text messages from us by texting STOP in response to any text message.

Depending on your location, you might have different rights. VETgirl responds to rights requests according to local law. 

The following rights are available in the EEA, UK, Switzerland, among other places.

• • Right to access and portability: You may have the right to confirm whether your personal data is being processed and to get access to it and other information.

You may have the right to get a copy of your personal data. Where possible and allowed by law, we will provide a copy of the personal data we are processing. For more copies, we may charge a reasonable fee. If you make the request by electronic means, and unless otherwise requested, the data shall be provided in electronic form.

• • Right to correction, rectification, and completion: You may have the right to correct, rectify, or complete your personal data if inaccurate or incomplete.

• • Right to deletion or erasure (“right to be forgotten”): You may have the right to the deletion or erasure of your personal data.

• • Right to restriction of processing: You may have the right to request that we restrict our processing of personal data.

• • Right to data portability: You may have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or where technically feasible to have it directly transferred to another controller.

• • Right to object to processing: You may have the right to object to processing of your personal data which is based on our legitimate purposes.

• • Right to withdraw consent: where consent is relied upon to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw consent, subject to legal restrictions.

• • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: Users who are in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland have the right to lodge a complaint about our privacy practices with a supervisory authority. Contact details for some of these data protection authorities are available here:
    • In the EEA: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/dataprotection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.
    • In the U.K.: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/contact-us-public/
    • In Switzerland: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/de/home/deredoeb/kontakt.html

In Canada, you may have the following rights set out below:

• • Right to access and portability: You may have the right to confirm whether your personal data is being processed and to get access to it. You may have the right to get a copy of your personal data in a in a structured, commonly used technological format, or have us send a copy of your personal data to another person or body.

• • Right to correction, rectification, and completion: You may have the right to correct, rectify, or complete your personal data if inaccurate or incomplete.

• • Right to withdraw consent: where consent is relied upon to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw consent, subject to legal restrictions.

• • Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: Users who are in Canada have the right to lodge a complaint about our privacy practices with a supervisory authority.

Residents of California may have the following rights:

• • Right to know and access: You may have the right to confirm whether your personal data is being processed and to get access to it and other information.

You may have the right to get a copy of your personal data. Where possible and allowed by law, we will provide a copy of the personal data we are processing. For more copies, we may charge a reasonable fee. If you make the request by electronic means, and unless otherwise requested, the data shall be provided in electronic form.

• • Right to correction, rectification, and completion: You may have the right to correct, rectify, or complete your personal data if inaccurate or incomplete.

• • Right to deletion: You may have the right to the deletion or erasure of your personal data.

• • Right to data portability: You may have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or where technically feasible to have it directly transferred to another controller.

• • Right to withdraw consent: where consent is relied upon to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw consent, subject to legal restrictions.

• • Right to opt-out of profiling: If we base decisions solely on profiling or automated decision-making that may result in important legal or other effects, you may have the right to opt-out.

• • Right to opt-out of sale, sharing, and targeted advertising: You may have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal data to third parties for targeted advertising. To exercise this right, you may submit a request by contacting us. Note that we do not sell or share the personal data of individuals under 16 years old.

• • Right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal data: You may have the right to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal data if we use such information to infer characteristics about you.

• • Right to Nondiscrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

In other jurisdictions, including Australia, you may have different or additional rights, like the following.

• • Right to anonymity: You may also have a right to request anonymity. If you choose to exercise this right, we may not be able to provide you with your requested goods or services.

a. To exercise any of these rights, please submit a request to VETgirl’s Privacy Officer at [email protected]. In the request, please specify which right you are seeking to exercise and the scope of the request. We will confirm receipt of your request within 10 days and will respond to your data protection rights requests in accordance with the applicable legislation in the jurisdiction where you are located. We may require specific information from you to help us verify your identity and process your request.

We may have a reason under the law why we do not have to comply with your request, or why we may comply with it in a more limited way than you anticipated. If we do, we will explain that to you in our response. You may have the right to appeal a denial of their request by contacting us as described in the notice of denial.

Under certain circumstances, you may authorize another individual or a business, called an authorized agent, to make requests on your behalf. However, we will require written proof of the agent’s permission to do so and verify your identity directly.

b. California and Nevada Marketing Laws. Under the California “Shine the Light” Law, California residents may request: a list of the categories of personal data disclosed by us to third parties during the immediately preceding calendar year for those third parties’ own direct marketing purposes, and (ii) a list of the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed such information. Residents of the State of Nevada have the right to opt out of the sale of certain pieces of their personal data to third parties. To exercise a request, please contact us at [email protected]. Requests must include “California Shine the Light Request” or “Nevada Privacy Request” in the subject line and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code. We may require additional information from you to allow us to verify your identity and are only required to respond to requests once during any calendar year. Please note that VETgirl is not required to respond to requests made by means other than through the contact information provided herein.

c. We may decline to process any requests that are frivolous/vexatious, jeopardize the privacy of others, are extremely impractical, or for which we are not otherwise required to respond by applicable law. We may also decline aspects of deletion or data access requests if we believe doing so would undermine our legitimate use of data for anti-fraud and/or security purposes. Note that there are restrictions on the number of times you can exercise some of these rights.

d. Additional Information for ; Roles and responsibilities of personnel in handling Quebec personal data. Our personnel have the following roles and responsibilities when handling personal data from its collection to its deletion.

• • The Privacy Officer handles everyday tasks relating to VETgirl’s privacy and data protection. This includes responding to rights requests, creating rules and policies, and creating and providing privacy training.

• • The security team’s job is to make, put in place, and manage VETgirl’s data security measures.

• • Business leaders are responsible for ensuring that the company and its personnel are meeting their legal obligations related to privacy matters.

• • All other employees must follow our company policies about privacy and data security when doing their jobs.

10. Use of Cookies

a. The VETgirl website uses social media pixels, cookies, or other similar tools (collectively, “cookies”) which provide us advertising services, and which provide us and third parties with analytics regarding how website visitors interact with video content, audiovisual content, or content of a like nature. You may see targeted advertising on third-party websites or platforms because of these tools. Video content is provided either as part of the services or to enhance the user experience on the Sites. You understand that your personal data, including your video viewing history, may be processed according to this Privacy Policy. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

b. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to track your activities on a website (e.g., pages visited, links clicked on, etc.) and across websites, and to record information about your use of the website so when you return to the site, customized features can be provided. For example, when you sign in to the Sites, a cookie helps the VETgirl Sites recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal data for continuing education access.

c. We may use the following types of cookies:

• • Essential or Strictly Necessary. These cookies are essential to our Sites to allow you to navigate and use their features. Cookies also help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of your accounts. Without these necessary cookies, we may not be able to provide certain features and our services will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like.<

• • Performance and Analytics Cookies. Performance cookies, which are sometimes called analytics cookies, collect information about your use of the Sites and enable us to improve the way the Sites work. For example, performance cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Sites, allow us to see the overall patterns of usage, help us record any difficulties you have with the Sites and show us whether our advertising is effective or not.

• • Functional Cookies. In some circumstances, we may use functional cookies to allow us to identify your country and language preferences and distinguish you from other users of our Sites, to save your registration information for future use on our Sites, or to optimize your browsing experience by preloading certain features of our Sites on future visits to make loading times faster and more efficient.

• • Targeting or Advertising Cookies. We and third parties may use targeting or advertising cookies to deliver ads that we believe are more relevant to you and your interests. Some of these third parties that collect information about your activities on the Sites may be members of organizations or programs that provide you with choices regarding the use of your browsing behavior for purposes of targeted advertising. You may opt out from this collection and use of data by companies participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative by visiting the following websites:
    • Digital Advertising Alliance for Websites: aboutads.info
    • Digital Advertising Alliance for Mobile Apps: youradchoices.com/appchoices
    • Network Advertising Initiative: networkadvertising.org/

d. Below we list the different types of cookies we may use through the Sites.

e. You have the ability to accept or decline/disable cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline or disable cookies if you prefer.  If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the VETgirl continuing education services or other Sites you visit.

f. Use of Google Analytics®, Hubspot, GoToWebcast/GoToWebinar®, and/or similar services. We may interact with you through Hubspot, GoToWebcast/ GoToWebinar®, and/or similar services, in which case you may be subject to their respective privacy policies. We may also implement Google Analytics features based on Display Advertising (Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting). You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings. In addition, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on to disable tracking by Google Analytics. We will use the data provided by Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting to develop the site and content around our users’ interests and to help refine our advertising strategies. Google provides a complete privacy policy and instructions on opting out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Note that the opt-out is specific to Google activities and does not affect the activities of other ad networks or analytics providers that we may use.

g. Do Not Track and Opt-Out Preference Signals. The “Do Not Track” (DNT) privacy preference is an option that may be made available in some web browsers allowing you to opt-out of tracking by websites and online services. We make best efforts to action browser settings requesting that we do not track your personal data, subject to technical limitations; we may not be able to respond to all user settings or signals. VETgirl recognizes opt-out preference signals, such as the Global Privacy Control, in a frictionless manner and as a request to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal data. The Global Privacy Control is available here. The Global Privacy Control applies to devices and individual browsers, so additional devices and browsers may need to have the Global Privacy Control activated.

11. Children’s Privacy.

a. VETgirl does not knowingly contact or collect personal data from children under 18. The VETgirl website is only directed toward adult users and is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 18. Similarly, VETgirl complies with the provisions in GDPR regarding privacy of children and does not solicit information of any kind from children under 16 in jurisdictions subject to GDPR.

b. It is possible that by fraud or deception we may receive information pertaining to children under 16, or equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction (under 16 in the case of jurisdictions subject to GDPR, for example). If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the information, we will immediately obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by children under 16, or equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction, please do so by sending an email to VETgirl’s Privacy Officer at: privacy@vetgirlontherun.

12. Social Media, Public Posting Areas, and Third-Party Websites. VETgirl uses social media tools and websites to interact with its customers and resource partners (e.g., Facebook, X, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, LinkedIn, etc.). If there is a chat room, bulletin or message board, social networking opportunities or other interactive areas, be sure to check posted rules. You will be bound by posted rules, as well as our Site Terms and Conditions. Rules for participation may establish age and other restrictions, such as posting abusive, offensive or inflammatory content. Anything you post online is public information. We are not responsible for anything you voluntarily post online. Users should use caution when disclosing personal data online.

Social media websites are used to publicize VETgirl programs and services and engage with members of the public. VETgirl’s privacy and other web policies do not apply to these third-party sites, and we encourage you to read the policies of the third-party site when deciding whether to use it.

13. International Data Transfers. If you choose to provide VETgirl with personal data, VETgirl may transfer that information to its affiliates and subsidiaries, service providers, or to other third parties, across borders, and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. Accordingly, it may be accessible to courts, law enforcement and national security entities in such jurisdictions. If you have any questions or would like to receive further written information about our policies and practices with respect to the processing or storage of personal information by service providers or affiliates on our behalf, please contact us.

If you are visiting from the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the UK, Switzerland, or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States, which does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction and may provide more limited recourse mechanisms, including dissimilar or, at times, weaker data protection rights.

With knowledge of these risks, you understand that:

• • Your personal data may be used for the uses identified above in accordance with this Privacy Policy and the applicable data protection law; and
  • Your personal data may be transferred to the United States as indicated above.

For further information on or to request a copy of the aforementioned safeguards, please contact us.

14. Disclaimer Regarding Video Content. The primary purpose of the Sites is to make available to consumers educational video content, audiovisual content, and content of a like nature (collectively, the “Video Content”). In connection with our provision of Video Content, and with your consent where required by law, the Sites may utilize online tracking technologies and code-based tools, including, but not limited to, social media pixels, Software Development Kits (“SDKs”), and cookies (i.e., advertising or analytics cookies) that track information about your activity and webpage-viewing history on the Sites (collectively, “Tracking Tools”) for purposes that include recommending, both on the Sites and on third-party vendor sites, Video Content. Tracking Tools on the Sites may result in information about your activity on the Sites, including your use of Video Content, being transmitted from your browser to VETgirl and third parties, which, in turn, may result in the display of targeted advertisements on third-party websites and platforms, including advertisements for VETgirl content. In addition, whether Tracking Tools on the Sites result in your browser’s transmission of information to third parties depends on a number of factors that may be outside of our knowledge or control, including what third-party websites you use, what information you have provided to such third parties, and whether (and the extent to which) you have limited the use of cookies by the operators of those third-party websites.

15. Financial Incentives or Loyalty Programs. We may offer you financial incentive programs or bona fide loyalty programs like discounts and special offers in exchange for your personal data. The personal data requested in connection with the offer, as well as other terms, will be provided at the time you sign up. We may share your data with service providers and marketing partners to provide the program. We will provide the name of any program partners at the time you sign up. In calculating these offers, we consider the expenses related to the offer and the value of your data.

You may withdraw from any of the programs at any time by following the instructions provided. Please note that if you opt out or request to delete your data, we may no longer be able to provide you with the benefits. For offers involving your email, you may unsubscribe via the “unsubscribe” link in any marketing email you have received. For offers involving text messaging, you may text STOP. For all other offers, you may follow the instructions provided with the offer.

16. Links to Other Sites. The VETgirl website contains links to websites of other organizations. VETgirl does not directly endorse any of these websites or organizations. When you follow a link to another site, you leave the VETgirl website, and your website interactions are no longer protected by this Privacy Policy. VETgirl is not responsible for, and does not endorse the privacy or security practices, or the content of sites to which the VETgirl website links, including but not limited to any medical content or information on such sites.

17. Data Retention. We will retain your personal data for as long as needed to fulfill the purpose for which it is collected and to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy. VETgirl will occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect company and customer feedback. VETgirl encourages you to periodically review this Privacy Policy as may be modified from time to time. Where required by law, we will make reasonable efforts to provide at least 30 days’ notice prior to any material revisions taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.

19. Contact Information. VETgirl welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have comments, would like to exercise your rights, have any questions about the collection of your personal information, or would like to file a complaint, please contact VETgirl’s Privacy Officer at [email protected] or by calling (833) 838-4475‪.

NOTE:  Please abide by state and federal regulations when it comes to using technology. Please don’t text, stream, email, or surf while driving, running, or doing anything that can jeopardize you or anyone else! Be safe and smart.

[1] Including, but not limited to, the UK Data Protection Act of 2018, the Swiss New Federal Act on Data Protection (“nFADP”), the “LGPD” – Brazil’s Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados data privacy law, “POPI” – South Africa’s act on protection of personal information, and China’s Personal Information Privacy Law “PIPL.”

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