privacy policy
Effective January 1, 2005
Privacy Notice Table Of Contents:
· Our Commitment To Privacy
· The Information We Collect
· How We Use Information
· Our Commitment To Data Security
· Fair Credit Billing Act
· How To Access Or Correct Your Information
· How To Contact Us
Our Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to dine, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested. If we ever change our privacy and security policy, we will document those changes on this page.
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Gifts 4 Winos™ is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
The Information We Collect
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Gifts 4 Winos™ website. No registration is required in order to use this website, though a user must create an account prior to completing any purchase. On some pages, you can order products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:
* Name
* Address
* Email Address
* Phone Number
* Credit/Debit Information
On some pages, you can submit information about other people (recipients). In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are:
* Name
* Address
* Phone Number
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.
How We Use Information
We use the information you provide about yourself when placing an order only to complete that order. Gifts 4 Winos™ is the sole owner of the information we collect on this site. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We use the information you provide about someone else when placing an order only to shop the product and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We offer gift-cards by which you can personalize a product you order for another person. Information you provide to us to create a gift-card is only used for that purpose, and it is only disclosed to the person receiving the gift.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
You can register with our website if you would like to receive our catalog as well as updates on our new products and services. We occasionally communicate with our customers via email to inform them of specials, discounts or new products. If at any time you prefer not to receive this information, please contact us at customercare@gifts4winos.com or call us toll free at (800) 619-4667 and we will be happy to assist you.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design out website and to share with advertisers. For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.
Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones discussed above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Our Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We use a secure server (SSL –Secure Socket Layers) to encrypt all your personal information. We use strong security measures to prevent the loss, misuse and alteration of your information once it is in our records.
Fair Credit Billing Act
We guarantee that every online transaction you make will be 100% safe. This means you pay nothing if unauthorized charges are made to your card as a result of shopping at our online store. Under the Fair Credit Billing Act, your bank cannot hold you liable for more thank $50.00 of fraudulent charges. If your bank does hold you liable for any portion of this $50.00, we will cover the entire liability for you, up to the full $50.00. We will only cover this liability if the unauthorized use of your credit card resulted through no fault of your own from purchases made while using the secure server. In the event of unauthorized use of your credit card, you must notify your credit card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information
You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by calling us at 1-800-61-Winos (94667) or requesting this in writing. If you would like to request this information in writing, please send us your request to:
Gifts 4 Winos
416 Verbena Ct
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Attention: Request for Information
Please include your name and reason for request. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information.
You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error.
To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 1-800-61-Winos or send us an email at customercare@gifts4winos.com.
The Privacy Notice posted on this site was updated on November 1, 2007.
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