Privacy Policy

Version Date: December 18, 2024

Please review this Privacy Policy carefully. By submitting your information to us, by registering for or using the Service, by using the Website, or by voluntarily interacting with us, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of your information as set out in this Policy, as revised from time to time.

Beyond the Privacy Policy, your use of our Service is also subject to the entire Terms of Use and User Agreement.

All documents and information received and produced are the sole property of Horizon Veterinary and are safeguarded by copyright and intellectual property laws. By reading this privacy policy, you acknowledge that the information in this website, of or relating to Horizon Veterinary and it’s content (digital or through practice management software) contain sensitive information statutorily protected by federal privacy laws. Unauthorized use or distribution of any material, verbally or electronically, is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action against you, the company you represent, any recipient, and any affiliated subsidiaries of either party. If you believe you have received any correspondence by mistake, actively or passively, please notify the sender and delete it immediately if possible. By reading, distributing, or responding to Horizon, except to notify the sender and request removal from any communication lists, you agree to the collection and processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you acknowledge that you voluntarily provided your personal contact information through in-person or electronic means, knowing that you could be contacted. You consent to its receipt, recognizing that it is not a solicitation of any kind.

What We Collect

We receive information about you in various ways.

Information You Provide To Us

• Personal Information. We collect your name, uploaded photos and content, postal address, email address, phone number, username, password, as well as other information you directly provide us through the Service. f you are a Veterinarian Provider, such information may also include: states licensed, the name and address of your veterinary hospital, a copy of your driver’s license, social security number, and/or your professional license number. If you sign up using a third party account, we may also receive information from those third party services such as your name, email address, gender, and photo.
• Payment Information. If you are a client or potential client, we may collect bank account details in order to pay you for your services. We work with service providers that may handle this information on our behalf. We use Trinity Merchant Group. Please read the terms and conditions of TMGvets carefully, as these are the financial services terms that apply to the services provided by TMGvets. You agree to pay Company all charges at the prices then in effect for the products and/or services. You authorize Company to charge your payment provider for any such purchases.

You agree to make payment and you agree to accept and adhere to all Services Agreements entered into
with Horizon — United States.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE OUR SERVICE.

• Communications. If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you. For example, when you contact us for support, we will receive your name, email address, the contents of a message or attachments that you may send to us, and other information you choose to provide. If you subscribe to our insider tips newsletter, then we will collect certain information from you, such as your email address. When we send you emails, we may track whether you open them to learn how to deliver a better customer experience and improve our Services.
• Surveys. If you choose to participate in our surveys, we may collect demographic information from you such as your age, marital status, and gender.
• Chat Logs. We collect chat logs.
• Careers. If you decide that you wish to apply for a job with us, you may submit your contact information and your resume online. We will collect the information you choose to provide on your resume, such as your education and employment experience.

Information We Receive From Others

We may receive information about you from other sources and add this to information we get from the Service.

Information Automatically Collected

We automatically collect log data about you and your computer or mobile device. For example, when using the Service, we log your computer operating system type, browser type, browser language, the website you visited before browsing to our Website, the pages you viewed, how long you spent on a page, access times and information about your use of and actions on our Website. The Application may also collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device’s unique device ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, and information about the way you use the Application. We use chatbots on all social platforms.

When you use our Service, if you allow us, we may collect your precise location information.

Cookies

We may log information using “cookies.” Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a website.

We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer or mobile device until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Website.

This type of information is collected to make the Website and Application more useful to you and to tailor the experience with us to meet your special interests and needs.

Use of Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

• To provide, deliver, operate, maintain, and improve the Service and our sites, products, and services.
• To respond to your comments and questions, to manage your account, and to provide customer service.
• To send information to you, including confirmations, invoices, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and customer support and administrative messages.
• To facilitate transactions and payments.
• To send you text messages and push notifications.
• To contact you about promotions, upcoming events, and other news about products and services offered by us and our selected partners.
• To de-identify and aggregate information collected through the Service and use it for any lawful purpose.
• To analyze the needs and activities of our customers to help us better serve them.
• To conduct research and analysis related to our business, products, and services.
• To protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal activity or legal claims.
• For compliance purposes, including enforcing our Terms of Use or other legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or government agency.
• We may also use your information for purposes for which we have obtained your consent, and for such other purposes as may be permitted or required by applicable law.

Sharing of Information

We may share your information as follows:

• We may share your information with our corporate affiliates for any of the purposes described in this Policy.
• We may share your information with your consent. For example, with your consent we will share certain personal information with others for their own direct marketing uses. Those uses will be subject to their privacy policies.
• We may transfer your information to a third party in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, brands, affiliates, subsidiaries, or other assets.
• We may share your information for legal, protection, and safety purposes. For example, we may share your information as may be permitted or required by applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence, to comply with laws, to respond to lawful requests and legal processes, to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain, and to protect the rights, privacy, and property of Horizon, our operations, our agents, affiliates, customers, and others. This includes enforcing our agreements, policies, and Terms of Use. We may also share information in the event of an emergency, which includes protecting the safety of our employees and agents, our customers and their pets, or any other person.
• We may share information with those who need it to do work for us (for example, we share information with vendors and service providers in connection with the provision of our Service)
• We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/ privacy/partners/, and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
• We may work with third party advertising partners to show you ads that we think may interest you. These advertising partners may set and access their own cookies, pixel tags and similar technologies on our Services and they may otherwise collect or have access to information about you which they may collect over time and across different online services. Some of our advertising partners are members of the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance. If you do not wish to receive personalized ads, please visit their opt-out pages to learn about how you may opt out of receiving web-based personalized ads from member companies. You can access any settings offered by your mobile operating system to limit ad tracking, or you can install the AppChoices mobile app to learn more about how you may opt out of personalized ads in mobile apps.
• We may also share aggregated and/or anonymized data with others.
• We may rely on third party service providers to perform a variety of services on our behalf, such as e-commerce providers, payment card processors, telephone and technical support providers, hosting, data storage and processing service providers, and research and analytics providers.

Your Choices and Changes

If you have a Horizon account, you have the ability to review and update certain of your information within the Service. You also may close your account by contacting the customer support team and receiving confirmation that your account is no longer active. If you close your account, we will retain certain information associated with your account for analytical purposes and record keeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, enforce our Terms of Use, take actions we deem necessary to protect the integrity of our Service or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law. If your information has already been provided to third parties as described in this Policy, retention of that information will be subject to those third parties’ policies.

Our marketing emails tell you how to “opt-out.” If you opt out, we may still send you non-marketing emails. Non-marketing emails include emails about your accounts and our business dealings with you. We will endeavor to respond to your opt-out request promptly, but we ask that you please allow us a reasonable time to process your request.

We will take steps to ensure that your information is kept as accurate, complete and up-to-date as reasonably necessary. We will not routinely update your information, unless such a process is necessary. We expect you, from time to time, to supply us with updates to your information, when required.

You can typically remove and reject cookies from our Website with your browser settings. Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings. If you remove or reject our cookies, it could affect how our Website works for you. You can stop all collection of information by the Application by uninstalling the Application.

Third Parties

Our Service may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. Please be aware that this Policy does not apply to your activities on these third party services or any information you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any information to them.

Children

The Service is not intended for children under 18 years of age and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are under 18, please do not use or provide any information to or through the Service.

If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Policy, then you may
alert us at accounts@myhorizonvet.com.

Security

We have implemented physical, organizational, contractual, and technological security measures with a view to protecting your information from loss or theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.

Despite the measure outlined above, no method of information transmission or information storage is 100% secure or error-free, so we unfortunately cannot guarantee absolute security. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any information that you provided to us has been compromised), please contact us immediately using the contact information in the “Contact Us” section below.

Your Consent

We collect, use and disclose your information with your consent or as permitted or required by law. How we obtain your consent (i.e. the form we use) will depend on the circumstances, as well as the sensitivity of the information collected. Subject to applicable laws, your consent may be express or implied, depending on the circumstances and the sensitivity of the information in question. By using the Service, you consent to us processing your information as outlined in this Policy now and as amended by us.

“Processing” means using cookies on a computer/mobile device or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in the United States.

If you provide information about another individual to us, it is your responsibility to obtain the consent of that individual to enable us to collect, use and disclose his or her information as described in this Policy.

International Transfer and Storage Of Information

Your information may be stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage third party service providers. As a result, your information may be transferred to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than in your country. While such information is outside of your country, it is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts, or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country.

California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, email privacy@myhorizonvet.com.

Updates to this Privacy Policy

This Policy is current as of the “updated” date which appears at the top of this page. We may modify this Policy from time to time. When changes are made to this Policy they will become immediately effective when published in a revised Policy posted on our website unless otherwise noted. We may also communicate the changes through our services or by other means. By submitting your information to us, by registering for or using any of the services we offer, by using our website, or by voluntarily interacting with us after we publish or communicate a notice about the changes to this Policy, you consent to our collecting, using and disclosing your information as set out in the revised Policy.

Contact Information

All comments, questions, concerns, or complaints regarding your information or our privacy practices should be sent to our Privacy Officer as follows:

ONEVET, PLLC
3000 West Davis, Ste 1A
Conroe, TX 77304

Please report any violations of the Privacy Policy to privacy@myhorizonvet.com.