Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Information Collection and Use
We will not
sell, share, or rent this information to any outside parties, except as
outlined in this policy, in the sharing section below. We collect information
from our customers to process orders and better serve you with pertinent
information, such as order confirmations and order status updates. Information
collected includes your name, shipping address, billing address, telephone
numbers, e-mail address, and payment information such as your credit card
number. We also require you to submit a username and password of your choice
for your future access to your account information. To safeguard that your user
name and password remain confidential, DO NOT share this information with anyone.
If you elect to receive our newsletter or special promotions, your contact
information will be used for the delivery of these items.
Registration
In order to process your orders placed on this website, you must first complete
the registration form. During registration, you will be required to provide
your contact information, which includes your name, e-mail address, telephone
number and street address. This information is used to provide you with
important services such as automated order status updates via
e-mail.
Cookies
This site does use cookies. However, we do not keep any of your personal
details on cookies. We simply store your Customer ID (just a number) in cookie
format. This Customer ID does not correlate to any of your personal
information. We also store your first name on cookie format to personalize this
website. This cookie is only present if you have not registered as a member of
our site. If you are a member, then the only cookie that we use is the Customer
ID cookie.
Sharing
Most of the information collected in the registration process will be used to
process orders. During the order process, you will have to provide financial
information such as your credit card number, expiration date, money order, wire
transfer or check information. This information is used for billing purposes
and to fulfill your order. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use
your contact information to get in touch with you. To properly process your
credit card information, we must share your personal and financial information
with the merchant bank for authorization and approval. This process is
protected by an enhanced security system. We do not share your personal and
financial information with any third parties other than the following. We
reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as
required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our
rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process
served on our Web site.
Newsletters
We may from time to time, send you pertinent information on special offers,
giveaways or special discounts should you choose to subscribe to it. If
you choose not to receive our free weekly newsletter, we will only contact you
to answer your queries and/or send you your order confirmation. We will not
contact you anytime else. Also, we may from time to time post up surveys to
measure your response to certain new additions to the website. As a rule, you
are never forced to fill in these surveys. Furthermore, should you choose to
fill in the surveys, you can choose to remain anonymous.
Security
When you
submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected
both online and offline. When our registration/order form asks you to enter
sensitive information (such as your credit card number), that information is
encrypted and is protected with encryption software currently available in the
industry - SSL.
Last Update
The Privacy Policy contained herein has become effective October 29, 2009.
