Privacy Policy
This policy was last modified May 23, 2011 What
information do we collect? We collect information from you when you register on our
site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your:
name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or credit card information. You may,
however, visit our site anonymously. What do we use your information for? Any of
the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
- To personalize your experience - your information helps us to better
respond to your individual needs)
- To improve our website - we
continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we
receive from you
- To improve customer service - your information helps
us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs
- To process transactions
- To administer a contest,
promotion, survey or other site feature
- To send periodic
emails - The email address you provide for order processing, may be used to send you
information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company
news, updates, related product or service information, etc.
Note: If at any time
you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe
instructions at the bottom of each email. Your information, whether
public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for
any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering
the purchased product or service requested. How do we protect your
information? We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your
personal information when you place an order or access your personal information. We
offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers
database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems,
and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private
information (credit cards, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers. Do we
use cookies? Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers
to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or
service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain
information We use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping
cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits, and keep track of advertisements
and 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. If you prefer, 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 via your browser settings. Like most
websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly. However,
you can still place orders over the telephone or by contacting customer service. Do we
disclose any information to outside parties? We do not sell, trade, or otherwise
transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include
trusted third 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. However, non-
personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing,
advertising, or other uses. Third party links Occasionally, at our discretion,
we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party 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 sites. California Online
Privacy Protection Act Compliance Because we value your privacy we have taken the
necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We
therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your
consent. Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance We are in compliance
with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any
information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all
directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. 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 at terms-and-conditions. Your
Consent By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy. Changes to our
Privacy Policy If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on
this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification at the top of this page.
Contacting Us If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may
contact us using the information below. www.patentplaques.com
contact@patentplaques.com 1-800-932-1662
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