Privacy Policy
What information do we collect?
We collect
information from you when you register on the site, place an
order, enter a contest or sweepstakes, respond to a survey or
communication such as e-mail, or participate in another site
feature.
When
ordering or registering, we may ask you for your name, e-mail
address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or
other information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
We also
collect information about gift recipients so that we can fulfill
the gift purchase. The information we collect about gift
recipients is not used for marketing purposes.
Like many
websites, we use "cookies" to enhance your experience and gather
information about visitors and visits to our websites. Please
refer to the "Do we use 'cookies'?" section below for information
about cookies and how we use them.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register,
purchase products, enter a contest or promotion, respond to a
survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use
certain other site features in the following ways:
To
personalize your site experience and to allow us to deliver the
type of content and product offerings in which you are most
interested.
To allow
us to better service you in responding to your customer service
requests.
To quickly
process your transactions.
To
administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
If you
have opted-in to receive our e-mail newsletter, we may send you
periodic e-mails. If you would no longer like to receive
promotional e-mail from us, please refer to the "How can you
opt-out, remove or modify information you have provided to us?"
section below. If you have not opted-in to receive e-mail
newsletters, you will not receive these e-mails. Visitors who
register or participate in other site features such as marketing
programs and 'members-only' content will be given a choice whether
they would like to be on our e-mail list and receive e-mail
communications from us.
How do we protect visitor information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety
of your personal information. Your personal information is
contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a
limited number of persons who have special access rights to such
systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
When you place orders or access your personal information, we
offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit information
you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology
and then encrypted into our databases to be only accessed as
stated above.
Do we use "cookies"?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider
transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser
(if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's
systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain
information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and
process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to
help us understand your preferences based on previous or current
site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved
services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data
about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer
better site experiences and tools in the future.
We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in
better understanding our site visitors. These service providers
are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf
except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie
is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do
this through your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet
Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at
your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your
cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many
features that make your site experience more efficient and some of
our services will not function properly. However, you can still
place orders over the telephone by contacting customer service.
Do we disclose the information we collect to outside
parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties
your personally identifiable information unless we provide you
with advance notice, except as described below. The term "outside
parties" does not include . It also does not include website
hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our
website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as
those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may
also release your information when we believe release is
appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or
protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be
provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other
uses.
How can you opt-out, remove or modify information you have
provided to us?
To modify your e-mail subscriptions, please let us know by
modifying your preferences in the "My Account" section. Please
note that due to email production schedules you may receive any
emails already in production.
To delete all of your online account information from our
database, sign into the "My Account" section of our site and
remove your shipping addresses, billing addresses & payment
information. Please note that we may maintain information about an
individual sales transaction in order to service that transaction
and for record keeping.
Third party links
In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may include
third party links on our site. These linked sites have separate
and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no
responsibility or liability for the content and activities of
these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity
of our site and welcome any feedback about these linked sites
(including if a specific link does not work).
Changes to our policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to
information collected after the date of the change. This
policy was last modified on August 6, 2003.
Questions and feedback
We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy.
Please send us any and all feedback pertaining to privacy, or any
other issue.
Online Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected
through our website and not to information collected offline.
Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our
Terms and
Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and
limitations of liability governing the use of our website.
Your consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.