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PRIVACY POLICY |
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Our gift shop is dedicated to establishing a trusting relationship with
its customers, based on respect for personal identity and information, by
promoting the use of fair information practices. This Privacy Policy
(hereafter �Policy�) is inclusive of this online gift shop (hereafter the
�Site). Because this site wants to demonstrate its commitment to our users'
privacy, we are disclosing: |
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INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE |
Information Collection
We are the sole owner of the information collected on the Site. We collect information from
our users at several different
points on our Site. Because many visitors to this site in the future
may be children, we take care that our content is suitable for children.
Check-out
In order to purchase products from us, a customer must first complete
the check-out process. During check-out, a user is required to provide
truthful and accurate contact and financial
information (such as credit card information, billing address, etc.). We use
this information to contact the user about products and/or services on our
Site for which the user has expressed interest and to provide those products
and/or services and bill user for the products and/or services requested.
Profile
We store information that we collect through user-inputted data, cookies,
log files and third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is
stored information that we keep on individual users detailing their
relationship with our Site. Consequently, collected information is tied to the
user's personally identifiable information to improve and make more
efficient the user�s access and use of this Site. This profile is used to
tailor a user's visit to our Site, and to potentially direct pertinent
marketing promotions and services to them. We do not share personally
identifiable elements of your profile with any other third parties absent
your express consent.
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Third Party Intermediaries
We use an outside credit card processing company to bill customers for the sale
of our products and services. These companies have contracted with us not to
retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any
secondary purposes.
Collected Information Uses
Our Site does not rent or sell Customer information, including information provided
by children, to outside marketers or those not associated with this Site under
protection of legal agreement. In certain circumstances, this Site may use trusted
agents or independent contractors to help us provide operational or support
services to our Customers, such as, but not limited to, helping us conduct a
program, monitor website efficiency or sending prizes or material to customers.
In these cases, we contractually require the agent or contractor to keep the
information confidential in strict compliance with our Policy and to use it only
for the specific services they are authorized to perform.
Links
This Site may contain links to other web sites. Please be aware that
this Site is
not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites not owned,
controlled by, or operated by our Site. We encourage our Customers to be aware when
they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web
site that collects personally identifiable information. This Statement applies
solely to information collected by our Site.
This Site may enter into advertising and
affiliate relationships with third party web sites that drive interested parties
to our Site. Information that is collected on these third party sites are not
controlled by this Policy, and Customers are advised to read the separate
privacy policies of these web sites.
Security
Our Site takes precaution to protect its Customers� information. When Customers
submit sensitive information via this Site, their information is protected both
online and off-line. When our registration/order forms ask Customers to enter
sensitive information (such as credit card number, billing information, etc.),
that information is encrypted and is protected using industry standard
encryption software (128 bit secure socket layers protocols). While we use SSL
encryption protocols to protect sensitive information online, we also employ
security measures to protect Customer information off-line. All of our Customer
information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted
in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific
task are granted access to personally identifiable information. Finally, the
servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure
environment.
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CONTACT INFORMATION |
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If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Policy, please
email us from the "Contact Us" tab. |
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