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Privacy Policy
At
Simply Wood Rings, we respect our customers and understand that you are
concerned about privacy, so we've instituted policies intended to
ensure that your personal information is handled safely and
responsibly. We also have posted this privacy policy to let you know
what kind of information we collect, how it is handled, with whom it
may be shared, what choices you have regarding our use of your
information and how you may access some of the data you provide to us.
| What Information Do We Collect? |
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We collect various types of information depending upon how you use our
site. We gather this information through email requests, responses to
surveys or other solicitations.
- When you order from us, we collect your name, address,
e-mail address, phone number and credit card number (with expiration
date). We also gather information on the person who will receive any
gift you send (e.g., that person's name and address) and retain a
record of your purchases.
- When you request to be on our mailing list (for e-mail or
regular mail), we collect your name, address, e-mail address and phone
number.
- When you respond to a survey we usually collect your name,
address, e-mail address and phone number. We also may ask you for
additional information, such as your age, interests, product
preferences or zip code.
- When you submit a question, we need your e-mail address to
respond, and you also may provide us with various types of information
to allow us to answer your question.
A cookie is a small piece of information sent by a website that is
saved on your hard disk by your computer's browser. It holds
information a site may need to interact with you and personalize your
experience. At Simply Wood Rings, we use two kinds of cookies,
session cookies and persistent cookies.
Session cookies exist only for as long as your browser
remains open. Once you exit your browser, they go away. We use session
cookies to maintain information we need to have in order for you to
shop at Simply Wood Rings. For example, the Session_ID cookie that we ask
your browser to hold retains the ID for your shopping bag. Without the
Session_ID cookie, you cannot add merchandise to your bag or make any
purchases.
Persistent cookies, in contrast, last from visit to visit; they
do not go away when you exit your browser. You can browse our site
without accepting a persistent cookie. However, you cannot add
merchandise to your bag or make any purchases. You may set your browser
options to reject persistent cookies. Alternatively, you can set your
browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, which provides you
with the opportunity to decide whether you want to accept it or not. In
many instances, the "help" button on your browser tool bar will tell
you how you can take these steps.
| How Is The Information Used? |
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We may use your information in a number of ways, including the following:
- To improve the content on our website. For example, we may
use cookies to find out which parts of our site or our products are
visited most often.
- For marketing and promotional purposes. We send out
e-mails and direct mail or catalogs to our customers about products or
events that we think may be of interest to them. We also may send you
special promotions, new work or new pieces.
| Is The Information Shared? |
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The information gathered will never be shared with anyone without your approval.
Additionally, we may share account or other information when we believe
it is necessary to comply with the law or to protect our interests or
property. This may include sharing information with other companies,
lawyers or government agencies in connection with issues related to
fraud or government subpoenas and warrants.
| Is My Information Secure with SSL? |
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At Simply Wood Rings, we are committed to providing our customers
with a secure shopping environment. We maintain practices and
procedures designed to ensure the security, integrity and
confidentiality of customer information, and use various security
measures to ensure that your credit card information is protected,
including the latest in security technology. When you place an order
through our shopping cart, your personal information is protected by
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology, the industry standard
security protocol for encoding sensitive information. SSL creates a
shared digital key, which only lets the sender and the receiver of the
transmission scramble or unscramble information. To everyone else, the
SSL transmission is indecipherable.
Encryption is based on the mathematical scrambling and unscrambling of
messages. The type of encryption we use assigns two keys - one is a
public key and one is a private key. When you send us a message, you
use our public key to encrypt your message. Once we receive your
encrypted message, we use the private key to decode it. The same key
cannot both encrypt and decrypt information. So, information encrypted
using the private key can only be decrypted using the public key, and
vice versa- ensuring the security of your information.
This technology, together with our other security measures, protects
your personal information as it moves from your computer to our server.
We also restrict and limit access to customer information only to those
employees who require it to carry out their business functions, and
educate our employees about safeguarding customer information and
preventing its unauthorized access, disclosure, or use. We constantly
monitor and adopt, as appropriate, new technological improvements
designed to protect and ensure the accuracy and security of customer
information.
When using this feature the information gathered will only be used for this purpose, unless permission is otherwise granted.
Our customers are given the opportunity to opt-out of having their
information used for purposes not directly related to their transaction
at the point where we ask for the information. Customers who no longer
wish to receive communications may opt-out.
Your confidence in the Simply Wood Rings shopping experience is our
highest priority. If you have any concerns about privacy and security
that have not been answered in the above policy, please contact me and
I will do my best to answer your questions and put your mind at ease.
As we continue to grow and take advantage of technologies to improve
the services we provide, this policy will change. We encourage you to
refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our
current privacy policy.
This policy was last updated on August 18, 2007. |
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