InStyle Cards takes every precaution to protect our users' information both online nd offline. We have developed the following policy to explain our dedication to the customer's privacy and to ensure that customers have easy access to information about our data collection and dissemination practices. By visiting InStyleCards.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Customer Information We Collect Online
When you visit InStyleCards.com, our web server will automatically recognize your domain name, but will not gain automatic access to any other individually identifying customer information, including your e-mail address. With the exception of this single automatic process, the only information we collect about you is that which you volunteer either when placing an order, or entering a contest or other promotion. On each of these occasions, you may have the opportunity to provide us with your personal contact information (i.e., name, address, e-mail), as well as your child's name, birth date, weight, and length, etc. Additionally, when you place an order with us, you may volunteer your credit card billing information and e-mail address to us or PayPal, so that we may process your order payment.
How We Protect Customer Information
InStyle Cards wants you to know that we place high importance in providing you with a secure ordering experience. InStyle Cards employs security technology to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of information under our control. We use Secure Socket Layer (128-bit SSL) technology for the areas of our site where you are asked for shipping and billing information that is personally identifiable. SSL technology transmits your information safely because it is encrypted. Furthermore, when one of our customers places an order they will be notified by e-mail. That e-mail will contain details of their order plus a unique Shopper ID but minus the credit card number. The credit card number is never sent to us or anyone via e-mail. Credit card information is always handled using an SSL secure browser and the Shopper ID number from this site.
How you can verify that secure techonolgy is being used on areas of our site that collect sensitive personal information:
- If you look at the Universal Resource Locator (URL) in your browser's address bar and see a "https://" before the rest of the Web address you will know that the "s" means the page is hosted from a secured server. Areas that do not collect sensitive personal information will show "http://".
- The "lock" icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'.
Occasionally, a standard warning issued by your browser may display on your screen when you move from a "secured" page to an "unsecured" page. A warning at InStyleCards.com, such as this one usually means that you are moving from an "https://" to an "http://" page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive 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.
If you choose to pay through PayPal, rather than through our merchant account, please also see PayPal's Privacy Policy regarding information obtained by them to process your payment for orders placed with InStyleCards.com.
"Refer-A-Friend" Service. A visitor can choose to electronically refer a friend to our site. The user must provide their email address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used only in the case of transmission errors and, of course, to let the recipient know who sent the message. The information is not used for any other purpose, unless it registers the sender and/or recipient in a contest.
Do We Employ Cookies? Cookies are small files stored on your computer hard drive. They are generated by web sites such as InStyleCards to provide customers with certain features which increase the ease of on line shopping.
What Information We May Share With Others
We do not trade, sell, or provide your personal information to third parties, unless you have specifically agreed to allow third parties to have any personal information about you.
Contests and Sweepstakes: At times InStyle Cards offers contests and sweepstakes in which we request certain personal information. At a minimum, the required information includes an email address; in some cases, the user must answer mandatory survey questions about a range of other personal data. The information gathered in the entry form is used to verify the entrant's identity, to send the entrant an email notification that their entry has been received, and to contact winners and/or prize recipients. There are two situations in which InStyle Cards will divulge this information to a third party--provided the user gives express consent:
*A user may expressly choose to receive additional information from the contest sponsor, in which case the user's personally identifiable information is divulged to the advertiser.
*Some of the contests may be hosted on the InStyle Cards site but administered by the sponsor; in such cases, the information a user provides is passed on to the third party as long as that user gives express consent.
Because the rules and terms of each contest can vary, all information about each contest is clearly posted during the event. All contests and sweepstakes are conducted in full accordance with United States federal and state laws.
Opt-in Email Newsletters: InStyle Cards may offer free email newsletters to users. When users subscribe to a InStyle Cards newsletter, they are given the opportunity to opt in, or join, announcement lists. If users choose to opt in for an announcement list, they will receive email newsletters from third parties on topics selected by the users. Users may have their email addresses removed from the opt-in announcement lists at any time by following the instructions printed in the email newsletters.
Our Mailing List: Removing or Making Corrections to Your Personal Information By contacting us through e-mail, you may also choose to remove your name from our own customer list, which we use to send customers notices of upcoming promotions and other hard-copy and e-mail information. So long as you choose to remain on our mailing list, however, we provide you with the ability to update, correct or change your personal information by contacting us by e-mail at email@instylecards.com.
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