Privacy Statement / Terms
Overview
The privacy and security of your personal information is something we take very seriously, and we want you to be aware of how we collect and handle that information on our site.
We collect personal information such as name, address, and e-mail address, when you knowingly provide it to us. Our Web servers automatically collect statistical information about your visit such as pages visited and which browsers are used to visit our site. None of this information is associated with you as an individual (see information about cookies). We use these statistics to monitor our site's performance, integrity and security, and to enhance the ease of use and convenience of our Web site.
- Personal Information
- Online Registration
- Opt-Out
- Non-Disclosure
- Web Site Links
- Non-personally Identifiable Information
- Personally Identifiable Information
- Minors
- Data Security
- Cookies
- Action Tags, Web Beacons and other Data Collection Methods
- More Information
Personal Information
When you supply information for a specific purpose, such as online ordering, we use the information for that purpose. When you use our Web site to order products, we may use this individually identifiable information as we would if obtained in a non-electronic fashion.
If the way we use personally identifiable information changes, we will post those changes online and as always give you the opportunity to remove yourself from our database.
Online Registration
You will be able to choose if your contact information is used to send you company and product information, special offers, and in some cases, newsletters.
In order to improve your experience with us, we may decide to improve our site's ability to obtain information about users. We will update this privacy statement continually to ensure that you are aware of developments in this area.
Opt-Out
Although, various laws and standards of practice require us to maintain records, at any time, you can have yourself removed from our online database.
Non-Disclosure
We do not sell or disclose individually identifiable information obtained online about our visitors to outside organizations. The only exceptions to this rule are the following:
- With a partner, if necessary to fill your order.
- If you specifically authorize us to share your information with another company
- If it is required by law
- If disclosure is necessary to protect the safety of customers, employees, or property
If you register with one of our partner web sites, you may be providing the individually identifiable information to the partner. Review the privacy statement at the individual Web site to learn how they use this information. Be assured that we use this information in accordance with this privacy policy.
Web Site Links
Our site may contain links to other Web sites. Additionally, other sites may choose to link to us. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.
Non-personally Identifiable Information
We use cookies to collect non-personally identifiable information in order to enhance your online experience as follows:
- Store product and quantity information in our shopping card to enable us to fill your order.
- Track return visits in order to present the customer with a friendly and personalized atmosphere.
- Recall information in order to reduce repeat entry of certain fields.
- Offer products tailored to the customer's interests.
Personally Identifiable Information
Personal information you voluntarily supply when obtaining information or purchasing products is not shared for use outside this organization or its partners. It may, however, be necessary to share your personally identifiable information with one or more of our partner web sites as a matter of fulfilling and following up on your order. Should any changes be made in the way we use personally identifiable information, we will post those changes in our privacy policy online and give you the opportunity to choose to opt out of such use.
Minors
You must be at least 18 years old to have our permission to use this site. Our policy is that we do not knowingly collect, use or disclose Personally Identifiable Information about visitors under 18 years of age. If you are the parent or guardian of a minor under 18 years of age and believe that they have disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us so that we may delete the minor's information.
At times, we may utilize e-mail for any of these reasons:
- To conduct online surveys
- To respond to a site visitor's e-mail
- To confirm orders placed online
- To send information that a visitor has requested
- To use opt-in e-mail lists from third parties occasionally to promote our latest specials
In all of these situations, we will provide you with directions on how to opt out of future e-mails of this nature.
Data Security
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personally identifiable information that we receive from you, while the information is being transmitted and once we receive it. When you provide us with sensitive information (such as credit card information) on our order forms, we encrypt the information using secure socket layer technology, which is commonly referred to as “SSL".
We are committed to protecting the information you give us. Any information that you give us that is stored, is protected by a password. Your information is stored in password-protected, limited-access servers.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data string our server writes to your hard drive. It contains your unique user ID for our Web site. The cookies contain only a session identification number that our systems use to recall previous authentication or order information from our servers. We also use cookies to deliver Web content specific to your interests, to keep track of your online order, and to control access to our premium content. A cookie cannot be used to access or otherwise compromise the data on your hard drive. You may choose to change your browser settings to disable cookies if you do not want us to establish and maintain a unique we.com user ID. Please be aware that cookies may be required to complete certain functions on this Web site, such as ordering in our online store.
Action Tags, Web Beacons and other Data Collection Methods
An action tag or a web-beacon (also known as a clear gif or a pixel tag) is a method used to track responses or actions by customers who view certain advertisements or other information on our site. Action tags are transparent images embedded in a website page that are used to collect information non-personally identifiable information about visitors. We may use action tags to count the number of times that visitors click on a particular banner ad or visit the pages of our site and to provide information about what products are viewed or purchased.
More Information
For more information, please contact us.