We
collect information from you when you respond to a survey
or communication such as e-mail, or participate in another
site feature.
When
ordering, 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.
We
also collect information about gift recipients so that
we can fulfill the gift purchase. The information we collect
about gift recipients is not used for marketing purposes.
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 purchase
products, enter a contest or promotion, 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 dritve 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 The Google Earth Store.
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.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may
be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or
other uses.
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
contacting customer service at info@gearthstore.com. Please
note that due to email production schedules you may receive
any emails already in production.
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 November 13, 2007.
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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