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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.
CLICK HERE TO LEARN HOW TO ENABLE COOKIES
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 Select Start. 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. |
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