Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 29, 2026

Oakland Park Animal Hospital, Inc. (“we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our website: https://oaklandparkanimalhospital.com/

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://oaklandparkanimalhospital.com/

Information We Collect

We may collect the following information:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Information submitted through website forms
  • Appointment requests and communications
  • Pet information provided when requesting veterinary services
  • IP address and browser information for security and spam detection

When visitors leave comments, we may collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it. Gravatar’s Privacy Policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies to improve user experience, support website functionality, and understand how visitors use our website.

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie may be set to check browser compatibility. Login cookies last for two days, and screen preference cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks.

Editing or publishing an article will store an additional cookie containing no personal data, which expires after one day.

Embedded Content

Articles on this website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, and articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor had visited those websites directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with that content.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

We may share limited information with trusted service providers that help us operate our website and provide our services, such as website hosting providers, scheduling platforms, payment processors, analytics services, and messaging providers.

We may also disclose information when required by law or when necessary to protect our rights, safety, property, or services.

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain business and veterinary records, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, and protect our services.

Comments and associated metadata may be retained indefinitely where applicable.

Registered user data is stored in user profiles and may be edited or deleted by the user, except for information that must be retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Website administrators can view and manage this information.

Your Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may request:

  • Access to certain personal information we hold about you.
  • An exported file of your personal data.
  • Correction or deletion of your personal data.

These requests may be subject to legal, administrative, veterinary-recordkeeping, and security requirements.

To submit a privacy-related request, please contact us using the information listed below.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services. Information may also be processed by service providers that support our website, appointment scheduling, payment processing, and communications.

SMS Communications & Consent

If you provide your phone number and select the applicable SMS consent checkbox on our website forms, you may consent to receive SMS text messages from Oakland Park Animal Hospital, Inc. Messages may include appointment reminders, follow-ups, customer support messages, and promotional messages, depending on the type of consent you provide.

Consent to receive marketing messages is optional and is not a condition of purchasing goods or services. You may receive different types of messages based on the consent you provide.

Message Frequency

Message frequency may vary depending on your interaction with our services. You may receive up to 4 messages per month, depending on the messaging program.

Message & Data Rates

Message and data rates may apply depending on your mobile carrier and service plan.

Opt-Out Instructions

You may opt out of SMS messages at any time by replying STOP to a message. After opting out, you will no longer receive messages covered by that opt-out unless you opt in again.

Help Instructions

For assistance, reply HELP, visit our website at https://oaklandparkanimalhospital.com/, or call 954-932-9167.

Data Sharing & SMS Privacy

We do not sell, rent, or share your mobile phone number or SMS opt-in data and consent with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

We may share information with service providers that support our messaging services, such as SMS delivery providers, solely as necessary to provide services on our behalf.

All other use cases exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties, except with service providers supporting our messaging services.

Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or misuse. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Carrier Disclaimer

Mobile carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle personal information, please contact us at:

Business Name: Oakland Park Animal Hospital, Inc.
Phone: 954-932-9167
Address: 2200 W Oakland Park Blvd, Oakland Park, FL 33311
Website: https://oaklandparkanimalhospital.com/
Contact Page: https://oaklandparkanimalhospital.com/contact-us/
Privacy Policy: https://oaklandparkanimalhospital.com/privacy-policy/
Terms of Service: https://oaklandparkanimalhospital.com/terms-of-service/

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