There are privacy settings and options nestled in each of these sections of your account:

• Organization contact information
• Exports to individual websites and services
• Default settings for exports to new websites and services
• Caretaker/foster contact information
• Public/shared animal statuses
• Animal Locations
• Animal fields
• Animal-specific privacy
• Other animal-related privacy settings
• Animal Network
• Do Not Adopt list

Organization contact information

RescueGroups.org provides several options to protect your organization contact information in the Organization Contact Information page under Account Administration. Please note that your organization information is not shared with any organizations until you enable your exports. See the About your organization's contact information section in the Getting Started with RescueGroups.org guide for more information.

You can adjust these settings:

• Your organization street address can be hidden from the public by selecting Prevent organization's street address from showing on website.
• Your organization phone number can be hidden from the public by selecting Make organization's phone number private.

Exports to individual websites and services

RescueGroups.org gives you control over where your adoptable pet and organization information will be sent.  You can enable or disable individual websites and services at any time (although the third party is responsible for removing your information in this case). Please see the About animal exports section of the service guides for additional information.

Default settings for exports to new websites and services

RescueGroups.org provides every organization the ability to enable or disable exports by default.  For example, when a new export is added to the RescueGroups.org system (for example, a new adoption listing website), your settings will be used to determine if your export to that new service should be automatically disabled.

For additional information please see the About animal settings section of the service guides. 

The settings are by website or service category.  Not only is RescueGroups.org the only service that allows you to control your exports on a per-website/per-service basis, but it's the only service that allows you to control those exports by category before the export is even added.

Caretaker/foster contact information

Caretaker/foster contact information is only made public under the following conditions:

1. The Caretaker's contact record is selected as Caretaker Info Public. See Understanding Contact Fields in your service guide for more information.
2. The contact fields are selected as public. See Managing animal caretakers and fosters in your service guide for more information.

This way you have control over both which contact fields will be shared (first name, email address, etc) and the specific contacts that will have their information shared.