This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for our
website: eJewelsandmore.com
eJewelsandmore.com has created this privacy policy to inform you of
the
information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site,
www.eJewelsandmore.com. Because eJewelsandmore.com wants to demonstrate
its
commitment to your privacy, we have agreed to disclose our information
practices and notify you of:
- What personally identifiable information (or third party
personally identifiable information) of yours is collected from you
through our website
- The organization collecting the information
- How the information is used
- With whom the information may be shared
- What choices are available to you regarding collection, use and
distribution of the information
- The
kind of security procedures that are in place to protect the loss,
misuse or alteration of information under eJewelsandmore.com's control
- How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If you feel that eJewelsandmore.com is not abiding by its posted
privacy policy, you should contact us at (312) 738-1377.
Information Collection and Use
eJewelsandmore.com is the sole owner of the information collected on
this
site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in
ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
eJewelsandmore.com
collects information from our users at several different points on our
website.
Membership
When you make a purchase on our site, you automatically become a
member. You provide the following information to eJewelsandmore.com:
- Your name
- Your e-mail address
- Your billing and shipping address
- Your telephone number
- The type of credit card you are using if applicable
- Your credit card number and expiration date, or other form of
payment
You choose your own member identification and password to use for all
future purchases on the site. You choose whether or not you would like
to receive electronic mailings from eJewelsandmore.com (see "Electronic
Mailings" below).
Order
We request information from the user on our order form when making a
purchase. Here, is where a user must provide their contact information,
like name and shipping address, and shipping information, like credit
card number and expiration date. This information is used for billing
purposes and to fill the customer's order. If we have difficulty
processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch
with the customer.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. We use both session and persistent cookies.
Usage of a cookie from our site is in no way linked to any personally
identifiable information. Cookies enable us to track and target the
interests of our users in the aggregate by analyzing popular areas and
products to enhance future experiences on our site.
Usage Tracking
eJewelsandmore.com's database tracks the traffic throughout our site.
This
information is used to compile overall statistics and is not recorded
at an individual level. This includes IP (internet protocol) addresses,
browser type, ISP (internet service provider), referring/exit pages,
platform type, date/time stamp, and #of clicks to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate. The
statistics help us decide which products and services best serve our
members and guests.
Aggregate Information
eJewelsandmore.com uses aggregate information from demographic surveys,
traffic patterns and IP addresses to customize our site. Aggregate
information is occasionally shared with partners of eJewelsandmore.com
to plan
advertising or promotions. We do not share any personally identifiable
information.
Sharing
eJewelsandmore.com gives you access to third party partners to provide
you
with certain services that are detailed below. eJewelsandmore.com will
provide
that third party with your transaction information and then that third
party will collect additional information if needed to provide you with
the requested service. These third parties are not allowed to use
personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing
these services.
We use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card
processing company to bill users for goods and services. These
companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable
information for any secondary purposes.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are
not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read
the privacy statements of each and every website that collects
personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely
to information collected by eJewelsandmore.com.
Catalog, Newsletters, Etc.
If a user wishes to subscribe to our catalog, newsletter, etc., we ask
for contact information such as name, street address and email address
to provide these communications. Out of respect for our users privacy
we provide a way to opt-out of these communications. Please see the
choice and opt-out section below.
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service
related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily
suspended for maintenance we might send you an email. Generally, users
may not opt-out of these communications, though you can deactivate your
account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
Surveys & Sweepstakes
From time to time, our site requests information from users via surveys
or sweepstakes. Participation in these surveys or sweepstakes is
completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not
to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact
information (such as name, shipping address and email address), and
demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact
information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey
information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the
use and satisfaction of this site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend
about an item, we ask them for the friend's name and email address.
eJewelsandmore.com will automatically send the friend a one-time email
inviting them to visit the site. We do store the friend's email and
they have an option to opt-out in the communication.
Special request page
Our customers can use the special request page to enquire about
products that they cannot find on the website, such as, for example,
special orders. Personal information is gathered during this process.
Security
eJewelsandmore.com takes every precaution to protect our users'
information.
When users submit sensitive information via our website, your
information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive
information (such as credit card number and/or social security number),
that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption
software in the industry - Secure Socket Layers (SSLs). While on a
secure page, such as our order form, a lock icon appears on the bottom
of your Web browser. When you are not on a secure page, no lock icon
will appear.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information
(like your credit card information) online, we also do everything in
our power to protect user information off-line. All of our users'
information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is
restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to
perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer
service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable
information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers
when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their
password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL
employees are fully informed about our security and privacy practices
and updated as new policies are added or revised. They are regularly
notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and
what they can do to ensure that our customers' information is
protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable
information on are kept in a secure environment under restricted
access.
If you have any questions about the security at our website you may
contact us at (312) 738-1377.
Special Offers
Established members will occasionally receive information on
products,
services, special offers and a newsletter. Out of respect for the
privacy of our users, we present the option to not receive these types
of communications. Please see our choice and opt-out below.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your
zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer
desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or
delete/deactivate that user's personally identifiable information
provided to us. This can be done by using the unsubscribe feature in
our communication.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our users are given the opportunity to
'opt-out' of having their information used for purposes not directly
related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. For
example, our order form has an 'opt-out' mechanism so users who buy a
product from us, but don't want any marketing material, can keep their
email address off of our lists.
If we decided to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes
to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem
appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we
disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy
policy under which the information was collected.
If, however, we are going to use your personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated at the time of
collection we will notify you via email. You will have a choice as to
whether or not we use your information in this different manner.
However, if you have opted out of all communication with the site, or
deleted/deactivated your account, then you will not be contacted, nor
will your personal information be used in this new manner. In addition,
if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not
affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a
prominent notice on our web site notifying users of the change. In some
cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted
to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our
privacy practices.
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