Privacy notice
Privacy Statement
- Introduction
- We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; in this policy we explain how we will treat your personal information.
- Collecting personal information
- We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal information:
- Name
- Address
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Pet Details
- Order History
- Pet Prescription Details
- This information is already stored on our internal systems and our website simply verifies you as a customer of your veterinary practice’s web shop. We will never collect sensitive information about you without your explicit consent. The information we hold will be accurate and up to date. You can check the information that we hold about you by visiting your account or contacting your veterinary practice. If you find any inaccuracies we will delete or correct it promptly. The personal information that we hold will be held securely in accordance with our internal security policy and the law. We will not transfer or sell your information. We may use technology to track the patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. If you have any questions/comments about privacy, you should email your veterinary practice.
- Before you disclose to us the personal information of another person, you must obtain that person's consent to both the disclosure and the processing of that personal information in accordance with this policy.
- Credit / Debit Card Details are not collected by AWS but by the payment processor, such as Stripe, WorldPay or PayPal, and are not stored on our servers.
- Use of personal information
- We use the information you provide for the following purposes:
- To send updates regarding the status of your order
- To send updates regarding prescription approvals
- To understand the buying behaviour of our registered users
- To perform other general marketing and promotional activities focused on our products and services if you specifically opt in for this as per the General Data Protection Register (GDPR) guidelines.
- We use cookies to give you the best experience on our website and also to allow us and third parties to tailor ads you see on our website.
- When you place an order we need to know your name, email address and delivery address. The payment processor needs to know your credit or debit card number and the card's expiry date. This allows us to process and fulfil your order and to notify you of the status of your request. We may also ask for your telephone number which enables us to contact you urgently if there is a problem with your order.
- International data transfers
- We operate in the UK, your data will not be transferred to any other country.
- Security of personal information
- We will take appropriate technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.
- We will store all the personal information you provide on our secure servers.
- All electronic financial transactions entered into through our website will be protected by encryption technology.
- You acknowledge that the transmission of information over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.
- You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our website confidential; we will not ask you for your password (except when using it to log in to our website).
- Amendments
- We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.
- You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes to this policy.
- We may notify you of changes to this policy by email.
- Your rights
- You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information will be subject to:
- the supply of appropriate evidence of your identity
- requests can take up to 28 days to process
- We may withhold personal information that you request to the extent permitted by law.
- You may instruct us at any time not to process your personal information for marketing purposes.
- Please let us know if the personal information that we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.
- In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal information for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt out of the use of your personal information for marketing purposes.
- Our details
- This website is owned and operated by National Veterinary Services Ltd (NVSL) under the trading name of VetIT in partnership with your Veterinary Practice.
- NVSL is registered in the United Kingdom at Unit 4 Jamage Industrial Estate,
Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 1XW / Company No: 08489997/ VAT No: GB 169 1627 83. - You can contact us by writing to the business address given above or by contacting your veterinary practice.