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We know that youcare how your information is used, and we appreciate your trust that wewill use it carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacypolicy. By visiting us, you are accepting the privacy policydescribed below. 1. What Personal Information Do We Collect? - InformationYou Provide. Wereceive and store information you enter. For example, when you search for or buy a product orservice, or when you supply information such as your address, phonenumber or credit card. You can choose not to provide certaininformation, but then you might not be able to take advantage of someof our features. Weuse the information that you provide for such purposes as responding toyour requests, customizing future shopping for you, improving ourwebsite, and communicating with you. In addition, if you choose, we may share yourinformation with other companies who provide goods or services that youare interested in. Pleasesee the “opt-in/opt-out” selection in Section 4 ofthis policy.
- Cookies.Like many websites, we use "cookies". Cookies are small programs that we transfer to yourhard drive that allow us to recognize you and to provide you with acustomized shopping experience. Ifyou do not want us to use cookies, you can easily disable them by goingto the toolbar of your web browser, and clicking on the“help” button. Follow the instructions that will prevent the browserfrom accepting cookies, or set the browser to inform you when youreceive a new cookie. Inaddition, you may visit this and other websites anonymously through theuse of utilities provided by other private companies.
- OtherInformation: Every computer has an IP (Internet Protocol)address. IPaddresses of computers used to visit this site are noted. In addition, weautomatically collect other information such as email addresses,browser types, operating systems, and the URL addresses of sitesclicked to and from this site.
- Informationfrom Other Sources. Wemight receive information about you from other sources and add it toour account information. Thismay include updated delivery and address information from our shippersor other sources so that we can correct our records and deliver yournext purchase or communication more easily.
2. How Do We Use Your Information? - CustomizedShopping. Weuse your information to better serve you by providing a customizedshopping experience. Asnoted above, you may “opt-out” of thiscustomization, or even visit and shop anonymously.
- Agents.We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on ourbehalf. Examples include delivering packages, sending postal mail ande-mail, and processing credit card payments. They have access topersonal information needed to perform their functions, but may not useit for other purposes.
- SpecialOffers. Wemay 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 fromother companies. Again,you may “opt-out”. If we send you offers from other businesses, we do notshare 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.
- BusinessTransfers. As we continue to develop our business, we mightsell or buy stores or assets. In such transactions, customerinformation generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also,in the unlikely event that we are acquired, customer information willbe one of the transferred assets.
- LawEnforcement. Ifwe receive a lawful court order to release account or other personalinformation then we will comply with the law. We will also release information when necessary toprotect the life, safety or property of others. This includesexchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraudprotection and credit risk reduction.
3. How Do We Protect the Security of Your Information? - We work to protectthe security of your information during transmission by using SecureSockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
- We use encryptionto protect your information contained in our customer list.
- We use a firewallto protect against unlawful intrusion.
- We limit access toyour information on a “need to know” basis.
- We reveal only thelast five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order.Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriatecredit card company during order processing.
- It is importantfor you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and toyour computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a sharedcomputer.
- No system canguarantee absolute security, just as the finest lock can not guaranteephysical security. However,we take every reasonable precaution to assure that your data is secure.
4. Your Choice: Opt-in or Opt-out. Itis your choice whether to receive emails or special offers from us orothers. Thefollowing section provides you with this choice. Please note the default settings. · Please send me email or othermail informing me of special offers of your products or services. · Please do not send me email orother mail informing me of special offers of your products or services. · Please send me email or othermail informing me of special offers of related products or servicesfrom other companies. · Please do not send me email orother mail informing me of special offers of related products orservices from other companies. 5. Children We do not sellproducts or services to children. If you are under 18, you may use thissite only with involvement of a parent or guardian. 6. Other Websites Various Web sitesmay be linked to from this site. Ifyou link to another site, your privacy depends on the policy of thatsite. We stronglyurge you to check their privacy policy. Not all sites guarantee that they will not share yourpersonally identifiable information with others. You may also wish to consult privacy guidelines such asthose recommended by the Online Privacy Alliance (www.privacyalliance.org).
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