1. Our commitment to privacy. This notice describes our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is designed to inform you about how we collect, use, and protect the personal identification information you provide. By visiting this site, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.
2. What information is collected.
(a) Information you provide us:
We collect personal identification information that you choose to enter on various pages of our site or that you may choose to provide us with in other ways (e.g., via email, physical mail, or by phone). For example, you will be asked to provide personal identification information when registering to access certain portions of our site, signing up for newsletters or mailings, or making a purchase.
The categories of personal identification information we collect include your first and last name, email address, physical address, and phone number.
You may choose not to provide certain information, but you may not be able to benefit from our services and features.
(b) Automatic information:
When you visit a website, you disclose certain information, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and the time of your visit. This site, like many other sites, records this basic information about visits to our site.
(c) “Cookies”:
Cookies are pieces of information transferred to your computer from a web server.
We use cookies to store visitor preferences, record session information (such as items added to your shopping cart), record user-specific information on which pages users access or visit, alert visitors to new areas we think might be of interest to them when they return to our site, record past activity at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and customize the content of web page based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends.
Most browsers are set up to accept cookies, but you can change your settings to notify you when you receive a new cookie, or you can change your settings to refuse to accept cookies.
3. How and when information is used. The information we collect is used to manage our business activities in the following ways:
(a) Improve the content of our site;
(b) Personalize the content and/or design of site pages for each individual visitor;
(c) Used to notify consumers about updates to our website;
(d) Shared with other reputable organizations to help them contact consumers for marketing purposes;
(e) Used by us to contact consumers for marketing purposes.
4. How we protect your information. Your privacy and the protection of your information are important to us. We offer some of our services in connection with other websites. Affiliated sites may have different privacy practices, and we encourage you to read their privacy policies. Your access to some services and content is password protected. We advise that you do not share your password with anyone. Additionally, we recommend that you log out of password-protected services at the end of your session. You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose personally identifiable information on message boards or in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals or third parties. These activities are beyond our control and this policy.
5. Who has access to the information. Information about our users is important to us. Access to your information may be provided to third parties who provide technical support for the operation of our site. Additionally, we may sell our business or buy, merge with, or partner with other companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information may be transferred along with other assets. We may also disclose your information in response to a court order and may disclose your information when we believe we are required to do so by law. We may disclose your information in connection with the collection of amounts you owe to us and to law enforcement authorities when we believe it is appropriate or necessary. Please note that we may not provide you with notice prior to disclosure.
6. Methods we use to protect your information. We use security software to protect the confidentiality of your personal information. In addition, our business practices are reviewed periodically for compliance with policies and procedures governing the security and confidentiality of our information. Our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized individuals.
7. Children. This website does not provide services or sell products to children under 18 years of age. If we discover that we have received any information from a child under 18 in violation of this policy, we will immediately delete that information. If you believe we have received information from or about anyone under 18, please contact us at the address listed below.
8. How you can access your information. You can request access to all your personal identification information maintained by us by sending an email to the address listed below. Upon request, we offer you the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in your personal identification information. You can correct this information by sending us an email at the address listed below.
9. Consent. By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of your personal information as described in this privacy policy.
10. Changes to the privacy policy. If our privacy policy or procedures change, we will immediately post those changes on our website. Those changes will be effective immediately upon being posted, unless otherwise stated in the change.
11. Effective date. This privacy policy is effective as of August 26, 2013.
12. Contact email. You can contact us regarding this privacy policy using any of the contact options listed on this site.