Effective: October 10, 2005
Acceptance Of Privacy Policy
Your
use of our Site, including any dispute concerning privacy, is subject
to this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Site Use. BY
USING OUR SITE, YOU ARE ACCEPTING THE PRACTICES SET FORTH IN THIS
PRIVACY POLICY AND OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SITE USE. We reserve the
right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time by posting the changes
on this page. Please check the effective date at the top of this page
to determine if the policy has been modified since you last reviewed
it. Your continued use of any portion of our Site following posting of
the updated Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the
changes.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may make
changes in our privacy policy from time to time. When we do so, we will
post the revised privacy policy on our Site with a link at the bottom
of our home page. Our home page will also contain a statement notifying
readers that the policy has changed and the effective date of that
change.
Ellison respects your right to privacy and understands
that visitors to ellisondesign.com ('Site') need to control the use of
their personal information. Ellison allows individuals to order
products, make requests, and register to receive material on our Site.
The privacy policy below describes the measures taken by us to protect
your privacy in connection with your use of our Site.
What Personally Identifiable Information Do We Collect?
Registration.
When you register, we ask for your (1) Name, (2) Mailing Address, (3)
Email Address, (4) Telephone Number, (5) Fax Number, (6) Country
Information, (7) Employment, Business and/or School Affiliation and
Information.
Once you are a registered user you can update
your profile and may elect to provide additional information (i.e.
certain user preferences).
Forms and Purchases. We also use
various forms for listing, selling, purchasing and returning products
offered on our Site. We may collect, depending on the form, your
contact information (i.e. your mailing address, email address,
telephone number, product destination information and necessary
financial/billing information (i.e. your credit card number). Contact
information is used to process a sale. We use third parties to accept
and process credit card payments for purchases of products on our Site.
Special
Contests or Promotions. We may occasionally present a special contest
or promotion that is sponsored by another company. To qualify for entry
in such contest or promotion, we may ask you to provide personal
information. If we plan to share your personal information with the
sponsor(s) or with others, we will provide a statement to that effect
in the contest or promotion terms.
IP Address. An Internet
Protocol ('IP') address is a unique string of numbers that is assigned
to your computer by your Internet Service Provider. Web servers
automatically identify your computer by its IP address. We will use
your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to
administer our Site. Your IP address also may be used to gather broad
demographic information.
Cookies. A 'cookie' is a small data
file that can be placed on your hard drive when you visit certain Web
sites. We use cookies to collect, store and sometimes track information
for statistical purposes to improve the services we provide. If you are
a registered user, we will use a cookie to save your settings and to
provide customizable and personalized services. These cookies do not
enable third parties to access any of your personally identifiable
information. Additionally, be aware that if you visit other Web sites
you may be required to accept cookies. Advertisers and partners may
also use their own cookies. We do not control use of these cookies and
expressly disclaim responsibility for information collected through
them.
How Do We Use Your Personally Identifiable Information?
Customized
experience. We gather your personally identifiable information to
provide you with a customized experience on our Site. Your personally
identifiable information helps us tailor the content, services, goods
and advertising to your current and future needs.
With Whom Do We Share Your Personally Identifiable Information?
We
will not share your personally identifiable information with third
parties (aside from entities that perform services for us, such as
processing credit card payments, that either are bound to comply with
our privacy policy or have privacy policies that protect your
information) unless you have 'opted-in' to such sharing.
However,
we may disclose information you provide if required to do so by law or
if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is necessary to (1)
comply with the law or with legal process served on us; (2) protect and
defend our rights or property; or (3) act in an emergency to protect
someone's safety.
We may gather demographic information from you
(for example, your age, education level or household income) from time
to time. We will not share such information with any other person or
entity in a manner that identifies you as an individual, unless we let
you know that at the time of collection or we have your permission.
When we share demographic information with third parties, we will give
them aggregate information only. Your credit card number is not
disclosed in the aggregate at all.
As we develop our business,
we may buy or sell assets, and depending upon the transaction, your
personally identifiable information may be one of the transferred
assets. In the event that we are acquired by another company, your
personal information may be part of the assets transferred to the
acquiring party.
What Are Your Options To Control The Use Of Your Personally Identifiable Information?
Our Web site has been designed to provide you with choice and control relative to receiving communications from us.
We
collect personal information about you (your name, address, phone
number, email address) during the checkout process to enable us to fill
and ship your order and contact you in the event we have specific
questions about your order.
Should you desire to receive other
information from us via postal mail such as, promotional materials and
catalogs ('Materials') you may request that such Materials are sent.
Thereafter, you will be added to our mailing list and could receive
additional Materials in addition to those you specifically requested.
Should you wish to be removed from our print mailing list you may use
one of the options below.
1. You can send email support@ellisondesign.com; or
2. You can send mail to the following postal address: 25862 Commercentre Dr., Lake Forest, CA 92630; or
3. You can call the following telephone number: 888.598.8808.
Correcting, Updating And Removing Personal Information
If
a user's personal information changes or is incorrect, please contact
Ellison so that we can maintain the accuracy and completeness of this
information. In the event that a user of ellisondesign.com decides to
provide personal information and later wishes to have Ellison remove
this personal information, please contact us in any manner below and
Ellison will remove this information immediately.
This Site gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided.
1. You can send email support@ellisondesign.com; or
2. You can send mail to the following postal address: 25862 Commercentre Dr., Lake Forest, CA 92630; or
3. You can call the following telephone number: 888.598.8808.
To
protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps
to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
What About Kids' Personally Identifiable Information?
Our
site is not directed to children under the age of 13. We assume
products purchased through credit card means are purchased by adults or
minors supervised by a parent or guardian.
What Else Should You Know About Your Privacy?
Security.
We have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and
alteration of the information under our control. These security
measures include a firewall to prevent unauthorized access to our
systems and maintenance of registration information in a separate
database. Although we will exercise reasonable care in providing secure
transmission of information between your computer and our servers, we
cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to
us over the Internet and we accept no liability for any unintentional
disclosure. We will protect the transmission of credit card information
through industry standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption. We
will display the last five digits of your credit card number when
confirming an order and will transmit the entire number to the
appropriate credit card company when processing your order.
Links
to Other Sites. Our Site contains hyperlinks and pointers to Internet
sites maintained by third parties. These links are provided for your
reference only. We do not control, operate or endorse in any respect
information, products or services on such third-party sites and are not
responsible for their content. Many third-party sites have their own
privacy policies that differ from ours. This privacy policy only covers
our Site and does not cover any other site. While we make every effort
to keep your information secure, we do not control the policies of
other sites.
Contacting Ellison
We would like to receive your comments and questions about this Privacy Policy and any other matter you have regarding our Site.
Please address comments or questions to us via email, postal mail or telephone.
1. You can send email support@ellisondesign.com; or
2. You can send mail to the following postal address: 25862 Commercentre Dr., Lake Forest, CA 92630; or
3. You can call the following telephone number: 888.598.8808. |
