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 Web sites, we use "cookies" to
enhance your experience and gather information about
visitors and visits to our Web sites. 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 Web site, 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.
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.
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, 2004.
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 Web site 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 Web site.
Your
Consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.
