Privacy Policy
Picture Window Books's, Inc. (Picture Window Books's) policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our users. This policy statement tells you how we collect information from you and how we use it. Picture Window Books follows five core principles of privacy protection in the operation of its Web site:
1. Notice/Awareness of Picture Window Books' information practices
2. Choice/Consent to provide information
3. Access/Participation to/in your own data
4. Integrity/Security of the data collected
5. Enforcement/Redress through self-regulation
1. NOTICE/AWARENESS
This policy statement sets forth Picture Window Books information practices concerning the type of data that is collected at Picture Window Books' Web site. This policy is being placed at a link on the bottom of Picture Window Books' home page, a practice that has become an industry standard location for Web site privacy policies.
2. CHOICE/CONSENT
The following paragraphs describe the type of information Picture Window Books collects and the reasons why Picture Window Books collects the information. By providing the information requested by Picture Window Books' online forms and by continuing to use Picture Window Books' Web site after having an opportunity to review Picture Window Books' privacy policy, you have consented to Picture Window Books' use of the information it collects as described at the point of collection or in this policy.
User Supplied Information
You may be asked to supply contact information in order to receive information or materials that you request from the Picture Window Books Web site. We use contact information to send you the information you request when you submit the form. The information we collect in this manner is not used for any other purpose.
Picture Window Books may disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) Picture Window Books' rights or property or other users of the Web site, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities. Picture Window Books may use or disclose user information to address violations or possible violations of the Terms and Conditions of use of the Web site. Picture Window Books may disclose user information when we believe in good faith that the law requires the disclosure.
Picture Window Books may share aggregate information about our users with business partners and other third parties. For example, we may disclose that the Web site audience comes x percent from east of the Mississippi River and y percent from west of the Mississippi River.
Your IP Address
Picture Window Books collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, to generate aggregate information, and to audit the use of our site. When you request pages from the Web site, our servers log your IP address. We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means that your session will be logged, but you remain anonymous to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a user when we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our terms of use of the Web site or to protect our service, site, customers or others.
Use of Cookies
Like most other e-commerce Web sites, the Picture Window Books site uses "cookies." Cookies are small files placed temporarily in your Internet browser that keep track of your stay at our Web site. The text in a cookie, by itself, only tells us that you have visited our site before. A cookie generated by our site contains no information about you and does not gather information from your computer about you. It contains only an alphanumeric ID that, for example, allows you to retrieve your shopping cart.
3. ACCESS/PARTICIPATION
You may access the data collected by Picture Window Books about you by sending a request to the address listed below. If you believe that an error has been made in the accuracy of the data collected from you, Picture Window Books will correct such error upon adequate verification of the error and the identity of the person seeking the correction.
If you wish to access, remove or correct any personally identifying data you have supplied to Picture Window Books you may do so either by:
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sending an e-mail request to custserv@picturewindowbooks.com; or |
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sending a letter via the U.S. Mail to:
Manager of Web Site Development
Picture Window Books, Inc.
151 Good Counsel Drive
PO Box 669
Mankato, MN 56002-0669 |
Please understand that in order to protect your privacy and security, we may also need to take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
4. INTEGRITY/SECURITY OF THE DATA COLLECTED
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, Picture Window Books has put in place commercially reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
5. ENFORCEMENT/REDRESS
If for some reason you believe that Picture Window Books has not adhered to its privacy policy, please notify us by either of the methods set forth above. Picture Window Books will do its best to respond to your concerns and, when appropriate, take steps to correct a problem.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this Web site, you signify your assent to this policy statement regarding online privacy. Picture Window Books may change the terms of its privacy policy with or without notice to you. It is your responsibility to review the terms of this privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy statement, then please do not use our Web site. Your continued use of the Picture Window Books Web site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. If you have any questions about this policy statement, the practices of this Web site, or your dealings with Picture Window Books, you may contact us at address given above.
Last Revised: 08/18/03
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