Updated: June 6, 2006 We know you may be concerned about how your personal information is used. This section describes our privacy policy. By visiting this site, you are accepting the practices described here. The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your experience on our site. Here are the types of information we gather: Information You Provide: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You may choose not to provide certain information, but 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 site, and communicating with you. Examples of information you provide includes your name, address, e-mail address, phone number and credit or debit card information. Automatically Collected Information: We may receive and store certain types of information whenever you visit our site. For example, like many other web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when you visit our site. Cookies are small portions of code that are transferred from our site to your computer that enable us to make use of advanced features. Most browsers will allow you to block cookies if you desire, but doing so may disable some functions that make your experience on our site easier and more enjoyable. Examples of the information we may collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, login information for our site, e-mail address, password, computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform, purchase history, the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of referral sites, through, including date and time, cookie number, products you viewed or searched for and the phone number you used to call us. During some visits we may use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session information, including page response times, errors, length of visits and page interaction information. We may utilize services of other companies that provide technology and services for our site such as collection and analysis of statistical data, but such companies do not utilize any collected information for marketing purposes or any other purpose beyond making it available to us. Some areas of our site may contain advertisements from third parties and these third parties may also be using cookies, "web beacons" or other methods to collect visitor information. Most browser programs will allow you to control how cookies are handled on your computer and block them or delete them automatically. Consult the user documentation or help file for your browser program to learn more. Information And Data SecurityWe do NOT sell, rent or share any of the information collected through our site with any other persons, companies or organizations with the exception of the information you are required to enter to complete a purchase using our payment processing partner, PayPal, or if we are required to by law.
Information you provide when you place an order is protected with the latest SSL encryption methods. This uses encryption the information you enter while creating an account or placing an order on our site. During the check-out process, a small padlock icon will appear somewhere (depending on your browser program) at the bottom of your screen to indicate that you are protected by a secure Internet connection. No credit card or other financial information is stored on our site. All payments are processed through our payment processing service through a secure data connection. In fact, we ourselves do not know and cannot access your credit card information. We have only the ability to issue refunds and credits to your credit card account. Removal of Personal Information If, for any reason, you would like us to remove from our system any information that you voluntarily entered by creating an account or making a purchase, please contact us, and we will be happy to do so. Information You Can Access Examples of information you can access on our site includes order status, recent orders, personally identifiable information (including name, address, telephone number, e-mail address and password.) It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Please be sure to log off when finished using a computer that may be shared with others. Access By Children We do not sell any products that are intended for purchase by children. Purchases through our site can be made by adults only and anyone under 18 years of age must be supervised by a parent or guardian while accessing any portion of our site. Our Mailing List Our mailing list is opt-in only. In other words, we will not put you on our e-mail mailing list unless you choose that option during the check-out process. You may remove yourself from our mailing list at any time without having to contact us by using the links provided as part of every message that is sent to our mailing list. How To Contact UsShould you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please visit our contact page for all the information you will need to get in touch with us. |