Privacy Policy
What
information do we collect?
- We collect information from
you when you register on the site, place an order, 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.
- 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,
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.
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 Read and
Test. 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.
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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