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We know
that you care how your information is used, and we
appreciate your trust that we will use it carefully
and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy
policy. By visiting us, you are accepting the
privacy policy described below.
1.
What Personal Information Do We Collect?
- Information You
Provide. We receive and store information
you enter. For example, when you search for or
buy a product or service, or when you supply
information such as your address, phone number
or credit card. You can choose not to provide
certain information, but then you might not be
able to take advantage of some of our features.
We use the information that you provide for such
purposes as responding to your requests,
customizing future shopping for you, improving
our website, and communicating with you. In
addition, if you choose, we may share your
information with other companies who provide
goods or services that you are interested in.
Please see the “opt-in/opt-out” selection in
Section 4 of this policy.
- Cookies. Like many
websites, we use "cookies". Cookies are small
programs that we transfer to your hard drive
that allow us to recognize you and to provide
you with a customized shopping experience. If
you do not want us to use cookies, you can
easily disable them by going to the toolbar of
your web browser, and clicking on the “help”
button. Follow the instructions that will
prevent the browser from accepting cookies, or
set the browser to inform you when you receive a
new cookie. In addition, you may visit this and
other websites anonymously through the use of
utilities provided by other private companies.
- Other Information:
Every computer has an IP (Internet Protocol)
address. IP addresses of computers used to
visit this site are noted. In addition, we
automatically collect other information such as
email addresses, browser types, operating
systems, and the URL addresses of sites clicked
to and from this site.
- Information from Other
Sources. We might receive information about
you from other sources and add it to our account
information. This may include updated delivery
and address information from our shippers or
other sources so that we can correct our records
and deliver your next purchase or communication
more easily.
2.
How Do We Use Your Information?
- Customized Shopping.
We use your information to better serve you
by providing a customized shopping experience.
As noted above, you may “opt-out” of this
customization, or even visit and shop
anonymously.
- Agents. We employ
other companies and individuals to perform
functions on our behalf. Examples include
delivering packages, sending postal mail and
e-mail, and processing credit card payments.
They have access to personal information needed
to perform their functions, but may not use it
for other purposes.
- Special Offers. We
may send you special offers from time to time,
unless you choose to “opt-out” of receiving such
offers. In addition, we may also send you
special offers from other companies. Again, you
may “opt-out”. If we send you offers from other
businesses, we do not share your personal
information with them. The offers come directly
through us. Please see the “opt-in/opt-out”
selection at the end of this policy.
- Business Transfers.
As we continue to develop our business, we might
sell or buy stores or assets. In such
transactions, customer information generally is
one of the transferred business assets. Also, in
the unlikely event that we are acquired,
customer information will be one of the
transferred assets.
- Law Enforcement.
If we receive a lawful court order to release
account or other personal information then we
will comply with the law. We will also release
information when necessary to protect the life,
safety or property of others. This includes
exchanging information with other companies and
organizations for fraud protection and credit
risk reduction.
3.
How Do We Protect the Security of Your Information?
- We work to protect the
security of your information during transmission
by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software,
which encrypts information you input.
- We use encryption to
protect your information contained in our
customer list.
- We use a firewall to
protect against unlawful intrusion.
- We limit access to your
information on a “need to know” basis.
- We reveal only the last
five digits of your credit card numbers when
confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the
entire credit card number to the appropriate
credit card company during order processing.
- It is important for you to
protect against unauthorized access to your
password and to your computer. Be sure to sign
off when finished using a shared computer.
- No system can guarantee
absolute security, just as the finest lock can
not guarantee physical security. However, we
take every reasonable precaution to assure that
your data is secure.
4. Your Choice: Opt-in or
Opt-out.
It is your choice whether to receive emails or
special offers from us or others. The following
section provides you with this choice. Please note
the default settings.
·
Please send me email or other mail
informing me of special offers of your products or
services.
·
Please do not send me email or other
mail informing me of special offers of your products
or services.
·
Please send me email or other mail
informing me of special offers of related products
or services from other companies.
·
Please do not send me email or other
mail informing me of special offers of related
products or services from other companies.
5.
Children
We do not
sell products or services to children. If you are
under 18, you may use this site only with
involvement of a parent or guardian.
6.
Other Websites
Various
Web sites may be linked to from this site. If you
link to another site, your privacy depends on the
policy of that site. We strongly urge you to check
their privacy policy. Not all sites guarantee that
they will not share your personally identifiable
information with others. You may also wish to
consult privacy guidelines such as those recommended
by the Online Privacy Alliance (www.privacyalliance.org).
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