What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site or place an order. When ordering or registering on our site, as the case may be, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address or postal address.
Why do we use your information?
All 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 respond more effectively to your customer service requests and support needs) To process transactions only for the express purpose of delivering the product purchased or the service requested. To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature To send periodic emails The email address you provide for order processing will only be used to send you information and updates regarding your order.
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 enter, submit, or access your personal information. We offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit information provided is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway provider database to be accessed only by authorized persons with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financial data, etc.) will not be kept for more than 60 days.
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. The service providers are not permitted to use information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business. If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer notify you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn all cookies off. cookies through your browser settings. Like most websites, if you disable your cookies some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders by contacting customer service.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our sites for anonymous reporting of site usage and for site advertising. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics to monitor your behavior on our sites, please use this link (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/)
Do we disclose information to third parties?
We do not sell, trade or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties. 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 purposes.
Registration
The minimum information we need to register you is your name, email address and a password. We will ask you more questions for different services, including sales promotions. Unless otherwise specified, you must answer all registration questions. We may also ask other voluntary questions when registering for certain services (for example, professional networks) in order to better understand who you are. It also allows us to personalize the Services for you. To help us with our marketing, in addition to the data you provide to us if you register, we may also obtain data from trusted third parties to help us understand what might be of interest to you. This “profiling” information is produced from a variety of sources, including publicly available data (such as voter rolls) or sources such as surveys and polls where you have given permission for your data to be shared. You can choose not to share this data with the Guardian from these sources by logging into your account and changing the settings in the privacy section. After you register, and with your permission, we may send you emails that may be of interest to you. Newsletters can be personalized based on what you have read on theguardian.com. At any time, you can decide to no longer receive these e-mails and can “unsubscribe”.
Login using social media credentials
If you log in to our sites using a Facebook ID, you authorize Facebook to share your user information with us. This will include your name, email address, date of birth and place of residence, which will then be used to form a guardian identity. You can also use your Facebook photo as part of your profile. It will also allow us and Facebook to share your networks, user ID, and any other information you choose to share based on your Facebook account settings. If you remove the Guardian app from your Facebook settings, we will no longer have access to this information. If you sign in to our sites using a Google ID, you authorize Google to share your user information with us. This will include your name, email address, date of birth, gender and place of residence which we will then use to form a guardian identity. You can use your Google photo as part of your profile. It also allows us to share your networks, user ID, and any other information you choose to share based on your Google account settings. If you remove the Guardian from your Google settings, we will no longer have access to this information. If you sign in to our sites using a Twitter ID, we receive your avatar (the small image that appears next to your tweets) and your Twitter username.
Compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act
We are in compliance with the requirements of the COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under the age of 13. Our website, products and services are all directed to persons at least 13 years of age or older.
Updating your personal information
We offer a “My Details” page (also called a Dashboard), where you can update your personal information at any time and change your marketing preferences. You can access this page from most pages on the site – just click on the ‘My Details’ link at the top of the screen when logged in.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
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.