Privacy Policy

Your privacy is our
greatest concern. We have a firm and
continuing commitment to the privacy of personal information
provided by those visiting and interacting with this web site.
Our policy is designed to
assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard
the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in
making informed decisions when using our site. This policy will
be continuously assessed against new technologies, business
practices and our customers' needs.
What Information Do We
Collect?
When you visit this web site you
may provide us with two types of information: personal
information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected
on an individual basis (like when you sign up for the
newsletter, or when you make a purchase) and Web site use
information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others
browse our Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to
Provide
Registration
Information
When you
register for any of our products, services or newsletters you
will provide us information about yourself:
Credit Card
Information
In order to complete a
transaction, you may need to provide the following
information:
-Name
-Mailing address
-Email address
-Credit card number
-Name on credit card
-Credit card billing address
-Business and home phone number
This information is not shared, sold, or given away. It is
treated the same way as if you entered the store in person and
made a purchase.
Email
Information
If you choose to correspond with
us through email, we may retain the content of your email
messages together with your email address and our responses. We
provide the same protections for these electronic
communications that we employ in the maintenance of information
received by mail and telephone. They are safeguarded. We never
share or sell email addresses under any circumstances. We
probably hate that even more than you do.
2. Web Site Use
Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a
standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below,
"What Are Cookies?") and web server log files to collect
information about how our Web site is used. Information
gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the
date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our
Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after
our Web site. They do not include personal information;
they're just numbers to show us whether we have visitors, when,
and how many.
How Do We Use the Information That You
Provide to Us?
We use personal
information for purposes of administering our business
activities, providing the products and services you requested,
to process your payment, to
monitor the use of the service, our marketing and
promotional efforts and
improve
our content and service offerings, and customize our
site's content, layout, services and for other
lawful purposes. These uses improve
our site and better tailor it to meet your
needs.
Personally identifiable information or business information
will NEVER be shared with parties except as required by
law.
Occasionally, we may use the information we collect to
notify you about important changes to our Website, new
services, and special offers we think you will find valuable.
We're a very small business -- so often we get to know our
customers and what they like. You may notify us at any time if
you do not wish to receive these offers by emailing us or by
leaving a telephone message.
What Are
Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text
document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier.
Nearly every website these days include the use of
cookies--whether they tell you or not. When you visit a Web
site, that site's computer asks your computer for permission to
store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically
designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie
to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to
protect your privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to
access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies
sent to you by other sites.
Browsers are usually set to accept cookies. However, if you
would prefer not to receive cookies, you may alter the
configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose
to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some
areas of our site will not function as effectively when viewed
by the users.A cookie cannot retrieve
any other data from your hard drive or pass on computer
viruses.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from
Cookies?
As you visit and browse our Web
site, the site uses cookies to differentiate you from other
users. For the membership portion of the site, we
also use cookies to prevent you from having to log in more than
is necessary for security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web
server's log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number
of people visiting our Web site and determine which parts of
the site are most popular. This gives us feedback to constantly
improve our Web site and better serve our visitors. Cookies do
not give us any personal information about
you.
IP
Addresses
IP addresses are used by your
computer every time you are connected to the Internet. Your IP
address is a number that is used by computers on the network to
identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically
collected by our web server as part of demographic and profile
data known as traffic data so that data (such as the Web pages
you request) can be sent to you.
Sharing and Selling
Information
We do not share, sell,
lend or lease any of the information that uniquely identify a
subscriber (such as email addresses or personal details) with
anyone except to the extent it is necessary to process
transactions or provide services that you have
requested.
How Can You Access and Correct Your
Information?
You may request access to all
your personally identifiable information that we collect online
and maintain in our database by emailing us at the usual
address.
What About Legally
Compelled Disclosure of
Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in
other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law
requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
We may also disclose
account information when we have reason to believe that
disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact
or bring legal action against someone who may be violating our
Terms of Service or to protect the safety of our users and the
Public.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our
Web Site?
We show you links to other Web
sites on our resources page, and sometimes in the articles.
These are provided solely as pointers to information on topics
that may be useful to our visitors. The links we collect are
done on a case-by-case basis -- they're sites that, when we
visited, were safe and reliable.
Once you've clicked these links, our Privacy Policy is no
longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other
web site, even one that has a link on our Website, is
subject to that Web site's own rules and policies. Please read
over those rules and policies before
proceeding.
Your
Consent
By using our Web site you
consent to our collection and use of your personal information
as described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to
amend this privacy policy at any time with or without
notice.
Our Commitment To Data Security:
Please note that your
information will be stored and processed on our computers in
the United States. The laws on holding personal data in the
United States may be less stringent than the laws of your
Country of residence or citizenship. To
prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure
the correct use of information, we have put in place
appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to
safeguard and secure the information we collect
online.
Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out
This site allows visitors to unsubscribe so that they will not
receive future messages. After unsubscribing we will
discontinue sending the particular messages as soon as
technically feasible.
Surveys &
Contests
From time-to-time our site requests information from users via
surveys or contests. Participation in surveys or contests
is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice
whether or not to disclose this information. Information
requested may include contact information (such as name and
shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip
code). Contact information will be used to notify the winners
and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes
of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this
site.
A Special Note About
Children
Children are not eligible
to use our services unsupervised and we ask
that children under the age of 18 do
not submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor,
you can use this service only in conjunction with permission
and guidance from your parents or
guardians.
Acquisition or Changes in
Ownership
In the event that the web site (or a substantial portion of its
assets) is acquired, your information would be considered part
of those assets, and may be part of those assets that are
transferred.
Policy
Modifications We may change this
Privacy Policy from time to time. If/when changes are made to
this privacy policy, we will email users who have given us
permission to do so. We will post any changes here, so be sure
to check back periodically. However, please be assured that if
the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will
not use the personal information you have
submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is
materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy, without your
prior consent.
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