Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://talk.vet.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable the site to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account.

We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

This site uses Google Analytics to collect information about how you use this website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

Google Analytics 4 stores information about:

how long you spend on the site
how you got to the site
what you click on while you’re visiting the site

We do not allow Google to use or share our analytics data. Google Analytics sets the following cookies:

Name	Purpose	Expires
_ga	This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before.	2 years
_ga_<container-id>	This works in conjunction with _ga, to help us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before.	2 years
_gid	This helps us count how many people visit the site by tracking if you’ve visited before.	24 hours
_gat	Used to manage the rate at which page view requests are made.	10 minutes

You can opt out of being tracked by Google across all websites by using a browser extension such as this one provided by Google.

Facebook Pixels

Our website uses the Facebook pixel service from Meta Platforms, Inc. This tool allows us to follow the actions of users who reach our website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement. We are thus able to record the efficacy of Facebook advertisements, improve the user’s experience of our advertising, and retarget Facebook users via the use of custom audiences. You can find out more, and revoke your permission from here: https://accountscenter.facebook.com/ads/.

Embedded content from other websites / third party links

Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our site. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

What information do we collect?

When visitors submit a form on the site we collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

We collect information from you when you register for our forum and gather data when you participate in our forum by reading, writing, and evaluating the content shared here.

When registering on our site, you will be asked to enter your name and e-mail address. Your e-mail address will be verified by an email containing a unique link. If that link is visited, we know that you control the e-mail address.

When registered and posting, we record the IP address that the post originated from. We also may retain server logs which include the IP address of every request to our server.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To personalize your experience — your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
To improve our site — we continually strive to improve our site offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
To improve customer service — your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
To send periodic emails — The email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications that you request about changes to topics or in response to your user name, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our site, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

How long we retain your data

If you fill out a form on our site, the form data and its metadata are retained indefinitely.

What rights you have over your data

If you have filled out a form on our site, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Our site, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 18 years old or older. If this server is in the USA, and you are under the age of 18, per the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), do not use this site.