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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?
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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. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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We work to
protect the security of your information during transmission by
using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts
information you input.
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We use encryption
to protect your information contained in our customer list.
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We use a firewall
to protect against unlawful intrusion.
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We limit access
to your information on a “need to know” basis.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Please send
me email or other mail informing me of special offers of
your products or services.
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Please do not
send me email or other mail informing me of special offers
of your products or services.
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Please send
me email or other mail informing me of special offers of
related products or services from other companies.
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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).
7. Contact Us If you would like to learn more about our privacy
policy, or to access your personally identifiable information
contained 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, notice
will be posted on our home page.
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