We know that you care about 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 the information you enter. We use the information you provide to respond to your requests, customize future shopping, improve our website, and communicate with you. 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 do not store your credit data in our system after the sale – it is used for checkout purposes only. 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, allowing us to recognize you and 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 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 e-mail 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 personalized 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 occasionally 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. We might sell or buy stores or assets as we continue to develop our business. 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. Suppose we receive a lawful court order to release an account or other personal information. In that case, 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 for fraud protection and credit risk reduction with other companies and organizations.
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 the data 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.
- When confirming an order, we reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.
- You must protect against unauthorized access to your password and 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 ensure your data is secure.
4. Your Choice: Opt-in or Opt-out. It is your choice whether to receive e-mails or special offers from us or others. The following section provides you with this choice. Please note the default settings.
- Please send me an e-mail or other mail informing me of special offers of your products and services.
- Please do not send me an e-mail or other mail informing me of special offers of your products or services.
- Please send me an e-mail or other mail informing me of special offers of related products or services from other companies.
- Please do not send me an e-mail 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 the involvement of a parent or guardian.
6. Other Websites: Various Web sites may be linked to 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 like those recommended by the Online Privacy Alliance (www.privacyalliance.org).
7. Contact Us: If you would like to learn more about our privacy policy or access your personally identifiable information on our website, you may contact us via the Contact Us page. You will be required to provide identifier information to assure that this information is not released to others. We reserve the right to modify this policy in the future. If we do so, a notice will be posted on our home page.