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Our Commitment To Protecting Your Privacy
At Pinkie Swear, we are fully
committed to protecting the privacy and security of our online visitors,
especially children who are under 13 years of age. This privacy policy
discloses how we collect, protect, use and share information gathered about
you on our website. This notice explains 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 find, we make it available on our homepage
and at every point where personally identifiable information may be
requested from you.
Please read this Privacy Policy prior to sending any information to us. By
accessing and using our website, and by providing us with your information,
you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the
terms of this policy, please do not use our website.
This Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time, so please check back
and review its contents periodically. Your continued use of our site
following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept
the newly revised policy.
What Kind of Information Do We Collect?
NOTICE TO PARENTS: At the present time, pinkieswear.com does not collect or
knowingly accept online personally identifiable information from children 12
years old or younger. In the future, should we decide to request and retain
personally identifiable information from children under 13, we will not do
so without first obtaining verifiable parental consent in full compliance
with The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and applicable
regulations.
There are activities on our website which require the collection of
personally identifiable information. Those activities include things like
entering a contest, making a purchase, or contacting us. When personally
identifiable information is collected, you will know because you will be
asked to complete a form.
On some pages, you can order products, make requests, and register to
receive materials. The personal information collected at these pages is:
On some pages, you can submit
information about other people. For example, if you order a gift online and
want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the
recipient's address. In this instance, the personal information that may be
collected is:
On some pages, you can enter
contests and complete online surveys. At these pages, the personal
information that me be collected includes:
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Name
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Birth Date
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Email address
On some pages, you will be able
to send an e-card or e-mail your wish list to your family and friends. The
information that may be collected includes:
In addition to information we
ask from you specifically, our website also tracks some information
passively. This information is collected in order to assure that our site
runs smoothly, and that you have a good experience at www.pinkieswear.com.
When you visit our website, our server automatically recognizes the browser
you are using, your IP address, the URL that referred you to our site, and
all of the areas within our site that you visit.
We use this information only in
a general context that does not personally identify individual users but
still allows us to analyze trends concerning our site and thus improve it
accordingly.
How Do We Use the
Information We Collect?
NOTICE TO PARENTS: At the present time, pinkieswear.com does not
collect or knowingly accept online personally identifiable information from
children 12 years old or younger. In the future, should we decide to request
and retain personally identifiable information from children under 13, we
will not do so without first obtaining verifiable parental consent in full
compliance with The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and applicable
regulations.
1. Online Purchases.
If you order our products online, we will use the information you provide
when placing an order to complete that order. We do not share this
information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete
that order (e.g., our designated shipping company). In addition, we may use
the information internally to send you additional information about our
company and our products, or to notify you of special promotions or
activities on our website. We assume that because an order requires a valid
credit card that only individuals over 12 years of age are placing orders
and providing us with the information requested during the checkout process
If you are shipping an order to someone else, we will use the information
you provide about that person only to ship 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 disclosed only to the person receiving
thegift.
2. Online Games, Contests and Surveys.
From time to time, we may conduct an online game or contest, or invite your
participation in a survey. In the event personal information is required to
participate, and you are under 13 years of age, we are required by law to
obtain the consent of your parent or guardian before you can participate and
supply personal information. We may retain any information that you provide
when entering a contest or completing one of our online surveys solely for
promotional or marketing purposes (e.g., to send you our catalog, new
product information, or details regarding a new website activity or
feature). Any information you provide when entering a contest or completing
a survey will not be shared with outside parties.
3. E-Cards and Wish Lists.
Information you provide to send an e-card or e-mail a wish list to a friend
is used only for that purpose, and is then deleted by Pinkie Swear.
4. General E-mail Comments and Inquiries.
If you send us an unsolicited e-mail inquiry or comment, we will use your
return e-mail address only to answer the e-mail we receive. Such addresses
are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
5. Use of Collective Information.
We use non-identifying, aggregated information to improve the design of our
website, develop new products, and to share with advertisers. For example,
we may tell an advertiser that a specific number of individuals visited our
website, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to personally
identify a specific individual.
We never use or share personal information provided to us online in ways
other than those described above. In the event we wish to use your personal
information for an unrelated purpose, you will be provided an opportunity to
opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated use.
"Ask Pinkie Swear" Online Column.
"Ask Pinkie Swear" provides our visitors with an opportunity to ask us questions anonymously. No personal information is collected, used or distributed in any way that would allow anyone to identify the
inquirer. We ask only for your first name (which, by the way, may or may not be your "real" first name). If you supply any other identifying information (such as your last name, address, city, state, phone
number, e-mail address), we will not respond to your inquiry and it will be automatically deleted from our database.
As soon as we receive your inquiry, your e-mail address is automatically deleted. No personal identification information is collected, used, distributed, or maintained in any retrievable form for any
purpose.
Unrelated Advertisers.
To increase privacy protection for our visitors, we allow advertising on our
site from only those companies that have their own privacy policy. Once
you've clicked on an advertisement and have left our site, our privacy
policy no longer applies. You must read the privacy policy of the advertiser
to see how your personal information will be handled on their site.
What Are "Cookies"?
Cookies are bits of information that a website sends to your computer while
you are viewing the website. These pieces of information allow the website
to remember important information that will enhance your use of that site.
For example, we may use cookies to remember and process the items in your
shopping cart. 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. Note that if you turn cookies off, you won't have access to many
features that make your experience more efficient and some of our services
will not function properly.
Our Commitment To Securing Information.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the
correct use of information, Pinkie Swear has put in place technical,
contractual, administrative, managerial and physical security steps to
safeguard and secure our visitors' information. When you provide credit card
information, we use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect it.
There are steps you can take to help protect the security of your
information as well. For instance, never give out any of your passwords,
since passwords are used to access account information. Also remember to
close your browser window when you finish surfing the web so that other
people using the same computer won't have access to your information.
How Can I Make Changes to (or Remove) My Information?
If you need to make any changes to your personal information, or if you
would like us to remove your personal identifying information from our
current customer database, please contact us by e-mail or mail at the
contact addresses shown below.
Need To Contact Us?
This website is owned and operated by Pinkie Swear, LLC. If you have any
additional questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please send an
e-mail with your questions or comments to
customerservice@pinkieswear.com, or write to us at Pinkie Swear, LLC 2565 Broadway Suite 341 New York, NY 10025.
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