Overview
We are committed to protecting your privacy online. We created our
Privacy Policy ("Policy") in order to demonstrate our
firm commitment to protecting the privacy of our customers.
Our online web site allows you to buy products and services, enter
contests, receive special discounts, fill out surveys, and receive
newsletters, e-mails or other promotional information from us. We
use the information that we collect about you to fulfill your product
and service purchases and to create a more personalized online experience.
This is just a brief overview, so please read on for more details
about our Privacy Policy. This Policy may change from time to time,
so please check back periodically.
Except as otherwise discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document
only addresses the use and disclosure of information we collect
from you. For some services, you may visit our We encourage you
to ask questions and to be very cautious before you disclose your
personal information to others.
Questions regarding this Policy should be directed to tech@elitedocuments.com.
This Privacy Policy will explain the following regarding use of
our site:
What information do we collect from you?
Where do we collect information from you and how do we use it?
With whom do we share your information?
How can you update or correct your Personal Information?
What are your choices regarding collection, use, and distribution
of your information?
What security precautions are in place to protect against the loss,
misuse, or alteration of your information?
Use of "cookies"
Privacy Policy changes
What information do we collect from you?
In order to better provide you with our products and services, we
collect two types of information about our visitors: Personal Information
and Non-Specific Information. Our primary goal in collecting information
from you is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized
experience while using our site.
Personal Information. This refers to information
that lets us know the specifics of who
you are. Personal information is requested when you order a product
or service, enter contests or sweepstakes, and send us feedback.
For example, this information might include your name, billing address,
shipping address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card
or other payment information, and product details. With this information,
we can fill your orders and better provide you with personalized
services.
Non-Specific Information. This refers to information that
does not by itself identify a specific
individual. We gather certain information about you based upon where
you shop on our site in several ways. This information is compiled
and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. For example,
this information may include the Web site's Uniform Resource Locator
("URL") that you just came from, which URL you next go
to, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP")
address.
Where do we collect information from you and
how do we use it?
Our primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide
our visitors with a superior customized online experience. We use
the customer contact information to fill orders, contact purchasers
to inform them of their order status, to send promotional information,
to enhance the operation of our site and administer our systems.
We gather information in the following ways:
Shopping. We collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration,
to gather broad demographic information and to monitor the level
of activity on our site. We collect information from visitors to
our site regarding the URLs they came from, domain types (e.g.,
.com or .org), their IP addresses, the date and time of their visit
or order, the number of visits and orders, the number of visits
per browsing session, the server type, the operating system and
browser type used to come to the site, the country, state and telephone
area code where their servers are located, the pages and page titles
of our site that visitors viewed during their visit, and any search
terms entered on our site.
Ordering. When you order from us, we collect
Personal Information from you.
If you order one of our products or services, we will collect and
maintain your name, e-mail address, billing address, shipping address,
telephone number, product selections, credit card or other payment
information, order number, referring URL, IP address and a password.
We collect this, and other information, as disclosed in this Policy,
in order to fill your order, to communicate with you about your
order and to send you promotional materials. Before confirming your
order, you will have the opportunity to review the product order
form and make changes and additions to the information it contains
and these changes will be automatically kept for future use.
Newsletters & Promotional E-mails. We offer free
newsletters and promotional e-mails as a service to
our customers. We will send you newsletters and e-mails periodically
listing current specials and deals. To stop receiving our newsletter,
send an e-mail to us.
Contact Information and Third Party Data. If
you contact our customer service representatives by telephone,
e-mail or letter, we may keep a record of your correspondence or
comments. If you report a problem with our site, we may collect
such information in a file specific to you. If you contact us through
our feedback area or by calling one of our customer service representatives,
we may ask for your name and e-mail address in order to send you
a reply. If other users or third parties send us correspondence
about your activities or purchases on our site, we may keep the
information in a file specific to you. We use a third party to help
us provide customer service. In order to help you most effectively,
we provide them with your order information.
With whom do we share your information?
Fulfillment: The information collected by us is used only for the
limited purposes of processing orders, keeping you informed about
your order status, for statistical purposes, for improving our site
and its performance, and to notify you of products or special offers
that may be of interest to you. We will disclose your Personal Information
to third parties to charge your credit card, fill your order, deliver
your order, provide customer service, provide you with credit and
deliver promotional e-mails to you.
Other Parties: We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information
to others without your consent. We may provide Non-Specific Information
about our customers' sales, traffic patterns, and related site information
to third party advertisers, but these statistics do not include
any Personal Information. We may release account information when
we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to enforce
or apply our Terms and Conditions or to protect the rights, property,
and safety of our users, or others. If customers do not pay us for
products ordered, we may submit their account information to a third
party collection agency.
How can you update or correct your Personal Information?
We believe you should have the ability to access and edit the personal
information that you have provided to us. During the online ordering
process you can review, change, or delete the information that you
have submitted. You may change any of your personal information
in your account online at any time. We encourage you to promptly
update your information if it changes. You may ask to have the information
on your account deleted or removed; however, because we keep track
of past purchases, you cannot delete information associated with
past purchases. Also, as a security measure we "back up"
the data stored on our systems, and such prior information cannot
be completely removed from our databases. As a result, you should
not expect that all of your Personal Information will be completely
removed from our backed-up databases.
What are your choices regarding collection, use,
and distribution of your information?
We may from time to time send you e-mail or other communications
regarding current promotions, specials and new additions to the
site. You may "opt-out," or unsubscribe from our newsletters
by following the unsubscribe instructions in any e-mail you receive
from us, or by sending an e-mail.
What security precautions are in
place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information?
You can be assured that your personal and account information is
secure, consistent with current industry standards. The importance
of security for all Personal Information associated with our customers
is of utmost concern to us. Our secure servers protect the information
using advanced firewall technology.
In order to most efficiently serve you, credit card transactions
and order fulfillment are handled by established third party banking,
processing agents and distribution institutions. They receive the
information needed to verify and authorize your credit card or other
payment information and to process and ship your order.
When you access your account information, the information is kept
on a secure server. All of the customer data we collect is protected
against unauthorized access by physical security means.
Use of "cookies"
When you use our site we will store cookies on your computer in
order to facilitate and customize your use of our site. A cookie
is a small data text file, which a Web site stores on your computer's
hard drive (if your Web browser permits) that can later be retrieved
to identify you. Our cookies store your first name to welcome you
back to our site and products you are about to buy in your online
shopping bag. The cookies make your use of the site easier, allow
you to retrieve an earlier shopping cart, make the site run more
smoothly and help us to maintain a secure site. You will be unable
to shop on our site without your browser set to accept cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
This Privacy Policy was last changed on Nov 23, 2003. If any changes
are made to our terms or conditions of the Privacy Policy, the changes
will be posted in this document so that you will always know what
information we gather, how we might use that information and to
whom we will disclose it. We may change, modify, add or remove portions
of this Policy at any time, and any changes will become effective
immediately upon being posted unless we tell you otherwise.
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