TERMS & CONDITIONS
AND POLICIES
SERVICE DOG APPLICANT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
In order to apply for a Warriors Choice Service Dog, the applicant must agree to the following Terms and Conditions:
1. There is a reasonable expectation that your medical situation will allow you to use and benefit from your dog’s skills for 8 to 10 years.
2. A “Warriors Choice canine” is not a family pet - they have a specific task and minimal interaction with others.
3. You and your dog are ambassadors for Warriors Choice and the entire Service Dog industry (guide, hearing, and service dogs).
4. You will maintain your dog’s appearance, manners, behavior, and handling skills.
5. Warriors Choice canine will not be allowed off-leash except in a secure area or unless he/she is on a remote collar. Exercise and elimination must be done on a leash or in a fenced yard or dog run.
6. You assume full responsibility for maintaining appropriate training records and behaviors and updating your k9 track, public access certification, or Canine Good Citizen certification as applicable.
7. You will maintain identification for public access, if applicable.
8. You assume full responsibility for cleaning up after your dog should they eliminate in public and for the cost of repairing any damage caused by your dog.
9. You assume full responsibility as caretaker of your Warriors Choice canine, in charge of their safety, health, and welfare.
10. You accept that Warriors Choice Foundation reserves the right to add and amend these terms and conditions as they see fit without permission or notification.
These needs include:
- Medical Care: all care prescribed by your veterinarian and routine annual care as directed by Warriors Choice.
- Nutritional Care: including the use of good quality dog food and maintaining your dogs' proper weight.
- Daily exercise and play.
DONATION POLICIES
You may make donations to the Foundation directly on the Site. By making a donation on the Site, you represent and warrant that: (1) you are a legal U.S. citizen and are at least 18 years of age when making such donation; (2) all information you provide to the Foundation is truthful and accurate, and you will update the information to keep it accurate; and (3) any donation you make is legal in your jurisdiction.
Donations made on the Site, once processed by the Foundation, are NOT cancelable, refundable or returnable.
Any information, literature or other material we may send you regarding your donation is solely for your personal, non-commercial use, and may NOT be redistributed, displayed or copied. Any personal information, including your name, address, email and credit card information, that you disclose in connection with a donation on the Site will be subject to our Privacy Policy.
Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc. (WCF) is a charitable organization as described in §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; EIN#: 81-4094917, registered in the state of Florida. In Accordance with the Internal Revenue Service guidelines, Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc. maintains discretion and sole control over the use of all donated funds once a tax-deductible receipt is issued. All donations are non-refundable. In practice, Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc. honors the donor’s request for any of our pre-approved programs and projects whenever possible as requested. In rare cases when that is not possible, gifts will be used where needed. Therefore, donors explicitly release Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc. from any restrictions on how those funds are spent. No goods or services were provided in return for any contribution. Contributions are tax-deductible to the limit allowed by law if the donor itemizes as applicable state and federal laws permit.
We aim to provide service dogs, retreats, disaster relief, and promote the overall wellness and health of combat veterans who are experiencing a wide range of issues while transitioning from military service to civilian life.
We are committed to helping our military combat veterans through proactive and preventative healthcare services at 100% zero cost to the participant.
WCF is in no way associated with the Veterans Administration, or TRICARE.
COOKIE POLICIES
What Are Cookies:
As is common practice with almost all professional websites this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.
For more general information on cookies see the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies:
We use cookies for a variety of reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Disabling Cookies:
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
The Cookies We Set:
Account related cookies
If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterward to remember your site preferences when logged out.
Login related cookies
We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Email newsletters related cookies
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribe/unsubscribed users.
Orders processing related cookies
This site offers e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that your order is remembered between pages so that we can process it properly.
Surveys related cookies
From time to time we offer user surveys and questionnaires to provide you with interesting insights, helpful tools, or to understand our user base more accurately. These surveys may use cookies to remember who has already taken part in a survey or to provide you with accurate results after you change pages.
Forms related cookies
When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages, or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Site preferences cookies
In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site. This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytic solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page. Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you.
From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
As we sell products it’s important for us to understand statistics about how many of the visitors to our site actually make a purchase and as such this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and product costs to ensure the best possible price.
The Google AdSense service we use to serve advertising uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.
Several partners advertise on our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites so that we can credit them appropriately and where applicable allow our affiliate partners to provide any bonus that they may provide you for making a purchase.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; {List the social networks whose features you have integrated with your site?:12}, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
More Information:
Hopefully that has clarified things for you and as was previously mentioned if there is something that you aren’t sure whether you need or not it’s usually safer to leave cookies enabled in case it does interact with one of the features you use on our site.
However, if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods: Contact Us
DATA PRIVACY POLICIES
Introduction
This data retention policy sets out the obligations of Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc., (“us/we/our”) and the basis upon which we shall retain, review and destroy data held by us, or within our custody or control.
This policy applies to our entire organization including our officers, employees, agents and subcontractors, and sets out what the retention periods are and when any such data may be deleted.
Objectives
It is necessary to retain and process certain information to enable our business to operate. We may store data in the following places:
* our own servers;
any third party servers;
potential email accounts;
desktops;
employee-owned devices (BYOD);
potential backup storage; and/or
our paper files.
This policy applies equally to paper, electronic media and any other method used to store personal data. The period of retention only commences when the record is closed.
We are bound by various obligations under the law in relation to this and therefore, to comply with the law, information must be collected and used fairly, stored safely and not disclosed to any other person unlawfully in respect of their personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (“the Regulation”).
The Regulation defines “personal data” as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (a data subject); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.
This Policy sets out the procedures that are to be followed when dealing with personal data and how we aim to comply with the Regulation in so far as it is possible. In summary, the Regulation states that all personal data shall be:
processed lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject;
collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes; further processing for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes shall not be considered to be incompatible with the initial purposes;
adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for relation to the purposes for which it is processed;
accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that personal data that is inaccurate, having regard to the purposes for which they are processed, is erased or rectified without delay;
kept in a form which permits identification of data subjects for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data is processed; personal data may be stored for longer periods insofar as the personal data will be processed solely for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes subject to implementation of the appropriate technical and organizational measures required by the Regulation in order to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the data subject; processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organizational measures.
The Fourth and Fifth Data Protection Principles require that any data should not be kept longer than necessary for the purpose for which it is processed and when it is no longer required, it shall be deleted and that the data should be adequate, relevant and limited for the purpose in which it is processed.
With this in mind, this policy should be read in conjunction with our other policies which are relevant such as our data protection policy and IT security policy.
Security and Storage
All data and records are stored securely to avoid misuse or loss. We will process all personal data we hold in accordance with our IT Security Policy [OR take appropriate security measures against unlawful or unauthorized processing of personal data, and against the accidental loss of, or damage to, personal data].
We will put in place procedures and technologies to maintain the security of all personal data from the point of collection to the point of destruction. Personal data will only be transferred to a data processor if there is agreement by them to comply with those procedures and policies, or if there are adequate measures in place.
We will maintain data security by protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the personal data, defined as follows:
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Confidentiality means that only people who are authorized to use the data can access it.
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Integrity means that personal data should be accurate and suitable for the purpose for which it is processed.
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Availability means that authorized users should be able to access the data if they need it for authorized purposes. Personal data should, therefore, be stored on the Warrior Health Foundation, Inc. central computer system instead of individual PCs.
Retention Policy
Data retention is defined as the retention of data for a specific period of time and for backup purposes.
We shall not keep any personal data longer than necessary but acknowledge that this will be dependent on the different types of documents and data that we have responsibility for. As such, our general data retention period shall be for a period of 100 years.
From time to time, it may be necessary to retain or access historic personal data under certain circumstances such as if we have contractually agreed to do so or if we have become involved in unforeseen events like litigation or business disaster recoveries.
Destruction and Disposal
Upon expiry of our retention periods, we shall delete confidential or sensitive records categorized as requiring high protection and very high protection, and we shall either delete or anonymise less important documents.
Our Management Team is responsible for the continuing process of identifying the records that have met their required retention period and supervising their destruction. The destruction of confidential, financial, and personnel-related records shall be securely destroyed electronically or by shredding if possible. Non-confidential records may be destroyed by recycling.
PRIVACY POLICIES
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at info@warriorschoice.org
At Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc., the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received, and collected by Warriors Choice foundation, Inc., and how it is used.
Log Files
Like many other websites, Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc., makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and a number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc., does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
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Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc.
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Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc. and other sites on the Internet.
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Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL– Google Privacy
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include..
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Google Adsense
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Commission Junction
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Widget Bucks
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Adbrite
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Clickbank
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Azoogle
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Chitika
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Linkshare
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Amazon
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Kontera
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to prepare advertisements and links that appear on Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc., sent directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc., has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. Warriors Choice Foundation, Inc., privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.