How Do We Use the Information We Collect?
When you become
a customer, we ask you to fill out a form that requests your name,
address and e-mail address as well as some demographic information such
as gender and date of birth. We do not share data with anyone.
Your
name and address information is used solely to process orders unless
your prior consent is given. Without your consent, this information
will NEVER be sold, given, rented or traded to others for purposes
other than order fulfillment.
Your demographic
information (gender, date of birth, etc.) will be used for several
security purposes, to ensure you are who you say you are and in fact
you are paying with your credit cards and not someone using your stolen
credit cards.
Refer-A-Friend
If you choose to
use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask
you for your friend's name and email address. We will automatically
send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the
site. We do not store this information and use it for the sole purpose
of sending this one-time email.
Our Use of Log Files
When
you visit our site we automatically log your IP address, your browser
type and your access times. We utilize this information to conduct site
performance evaluations, to see where visitors are coming from and to
keep track of click stream data (the screens our users visit on our
site). This data helps us to determine what content our members find
most appealing so that we can maximize your enjoyment of the site. Log
files are not tied to personally identifiable information.
Site Security
All
our employees take your personal information very seriously. All
employees must learn and obey our security policies. Access to member
personal information is limited to key management personnel and our
member services department. The information is ID and password
protected and our Web security is reviewed on a monthly basis.
Correcting/Updating Your Personal Information
After
becoming a subscriber you may correct/update your personal information
by clicking on the 'My Account' link at the top of any page, entering
your ID, password and birth date when prompted and clicking the Edit
Information button. The changes you make will be reflected in our
databases instantly. If you wish to deactivate your account, you may
contact our member services group through the 'My Account' section, or
the 'Contact Us' section.
Links To Other Sites
This
Web site contains links to other Web sites. Please note that when you
click on one of these links, you may be leaving our site and entering
another Web site. These sites may independently collect or request
information about you and we encourage you to read the privacy
statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ
from ours. Communication From time to time we may send out email
messages alerting you that products are available, to remind you about
providing feedback or for promotional offers. In addition, you will
receive communication from us if you contact us for a particular
reason, to receive your orders, or we need to contact you for
administrative purposes such as winning a contest. Administrative
e-mails will not contain promotional materials. If you choose to
receive our News Letters, they will contain promotional materials from
us.
Legal Disclaimer
Though we make every
effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal
information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief
that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial
proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Supplementation
We
may correct or supplement your address information with standardized
postal representation in order to ensure that your orders are
delivered. We do this since we want to make sure that our members
receive the order and to lower costs.
Our Use of Cookies
Cookies
are pieces of information that your browser stores on your computer's
hard drive which identify you when you enter. The ability to select
samples on our site is not cookie-driven. We may use session cookies to
provide a seamless experience on the site and to combine with our log
files so that we can understand our site traffic and analyze our
demographic information in aggregate form. If you have set your browser
to reject cookies, our site will not identify you when you enter and
you will need to manually type in your ID and password.
Your Feedback is Always Welcome
We
welcome your comments and questions about our privacy policy - or
anything else you might want to talk about. To contact us go to the
contact link on the left menu.