The AAHA Helping Pets Fund (the Fund) is the benevolent arm of the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) Foundation (the Foundation), a nonprofit organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Fund is the funding source for financial assistance to veterinarians and pet owners in the United States and Canada. Neither the Foundation nor the Fund endorses or sells any pet products or services.

Privacy Policy

The Foundation respects the privacy of all AAHA Helping Pets Fund website visitors. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used.

This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the AAHA Helping Pets Fund website. On some pages, you can order products, make requests, and make donations. The types of personal information collected at these pages include:

Name
Address
E-mail Address
Phone Number
Credit/Debit Card Information
Organization Affiliation

For veterinary practices and individuals making memorial or special tribute gifts to the Fund, we also collect this type of personal information for practice clients and other gift honorees so that we may inform them of generous gifts made in their names.

The AAHA Helping Pets Fund uses the information you provide when conducting a transaction only to complete that transaction. We do not share this information with outside parties except to that extent necessary to complete the transaction. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion or political affiliations.

We use return e-mail addresses to answer the e-mail we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties. We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website. We never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

The AAHA Helping Pets Fund may disclose your personal information with your express approval or if legally required to do so by a qualified government entity through, for example, subpoena, search warrant or other legal process. Under these circumstances, disclosure may take place without your consent.

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and to ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Our website contains links to third-party websites. Once you access another website, you are subject to the privacy policy of that website. We do not represent or guarantee that those website policies conform to our own.

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of information by the Foundation. If we change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.

Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 866/4HELPETS (866/443-5738) or send us an e-mail at info@aahahelpingpets.org