| Privacy Policy |
When you use our web site, certain information about you is collected to facilitate order fulfillment, increase customer service and create an effective and rewarding online experience. Among other things, this privacy statement summarizes the kind of information that is collected from you, the manner in which the information is collected, how the information is used and shared, and how to contact us if you have questions or concerns regarding our privacy policies. Our privacy policy may change from time to time, so please be sure to review this privacy statement periodically.
This privacy statement relates only to use and disclosure of information collected while visiting our web site. If you visit a third party web site, whether via a link provided on our web site, or otherwise, we encourage you to review the privacy statement of that third party before disclosing any personal information.
What kind of information is collected?
There are two types of information that may be collected from you while visiting our web site: personally identifiable information and non-personally identifiable information.
· Personally Identifiable Information:
Personally identifiable information is information that lets us know the specifics of who you are. Such information may include your name, address, street address, phone number, email address, credit card information, shipping address, date of birth and gender. Generally, personally identifiable information is collected from you when you place an order, register for a contest or other service (such as birthday club), participate in a survey, or sign up for our newsletter.
· Non-Personally Identifiable Information:
Non-personally identifiable information is information that does not, by itself, identify a specific individual. Such information may include the pages that you view on our web site, the links you click, the products that you purchase, your internet protocol address, the web site that you last visited before visiting our web site, your operating system, your browser type, and your internet service provider server origin (including country and zip code).
Who collects the information?
Generally, the information is collected by us, or third party service providers or agents acting on our behalf. Webhosting Statistics is our current third party provider of web tracking services.
How is the information collected?
Webhosting Statistics uses cookies to personalize your online experience. A cookie is a small data text file placed on your computer that stores your preferences and other information, such as shopping cart items. The cookie is retrieved by our web site to identify you to us when you visit our web site. Typically, the cookies used will include a randomly assigned identification number.
Webhosting Statistics may also use log files to collect and track non-personally identifiable information from you when you visit our web site. Such non-personally identifiable information is typically sent by your web browser whenever you visit a web site.
How is the information used?
We use personally identifiable information collected from you while visiting our web site to fulfill orders, to facilitate customer service, to operate and improve our web site, and to create a personalized online experience. We may also use such information to market certain products, conduct contests or surveys, and to distribute newsletters.
We aggregate non-personally identifiable information and use it to analyze trends, administer the web site, track users’ movements around the web site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
How is the information shared?
Except as described in this privacy statement, we will not share any personally identifiable information with any third party without your consent. Under some circumstances, we may hire third party service providers, such as an outside shipping company or credit card processing company to assist in order fulfillment and customer service. In such cases, we may share personally identifiable information with those companies for use solely in connection with order fulfillment and customer service.
We may also disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties if we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, or to comply with any judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
What are your choices regarding collection, use and distribution of your information?
If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your name and email address to send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, you may unsubscribe from our newsletter by changing your preference in the “my account” area of our web site.
If you wish to prevent cookies from being delivered to you, you may be able to do so by adjusting the configuration of your browser to reject cookies. If you choose to reject our cookies, however, your ability to use some areas of our site may be limited.
How is your personal information secured?
The security of your personal information is important to us. We use encryption to protect against unauthorized disclosure and use of personal information transmitted online. The current encryption standard for our web site is 128 bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). In addition, we employ firewalls to reduce the potential for unauthorized access to information collected from our web site visitors.
Please be aware, however, that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is entirely secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to third party web sites.
Occasionally, we may provide links on our web site that will connect you to a third party’s web site, such as a web site of a recommend product manufacturer or service provider. These third party web sites have their own privacy policies regarding data collection, use and disclosure. We do not control these third parties, and, therefore, cannot be responsible for how those third parties collect, use or disclose your information. Accordingly, please be aware of when you leave our web site. We also suggest that you read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information.
Collection of children’s personal information.
Our web site is intended for use by persons that are at least 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personally identifiable information of web site visitors under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under 13 that may have disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us immediately at the number listed in the following section so that we may delete such information from our records.
How do I contact you about privacy questions, concerns, or changes to my personal information?
We welcome your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy statement, or if you wish to update your personally identifiable information, please contact:
Pawterre 12815 NE 126th Place Kirkland, WA 98034 425-823-5544 1-888-729-8377 customerservice@pawterre.com www.pawterre.com
What is the effective date of this privacy statement?
This privacy statement is effective as of September 1, 2006.
Privacy statement changes.
From time to time, we may update this privacy statement to reflect material changes in our policies, changes in our services or methods and customer feedback. If we do update this privacy statement, we will modify the privacy statement “effective date” set forth above. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about our information collection and usage practices. |