Effective: 10/10/2003
Privacy Notice Table Of Contents:
Our Commitment To Privacy:
Your privacy is very important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining 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.
The Information We Collect:
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Step Ahead School Uniforms website. Step Ahead School Uniforms is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Step Ahead School Uniforms collects information from our users at several different points on our website. On some pages, you can order products, make requests, and register to receive advertisements. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:
Name Address
Address
Phone Number
Credit/Debit Card Information
(etc.)
On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, if you order a product online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient’s address. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are:
Name
Address
Phone Number
(etc.)
How We Use Information:
We use the information you provide about yourself when placing an order only to complete that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete the order (i.e. credit/debit card authorization, shipping company).
We use the information you provide about someone else when placing an order 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 (i.e. credit/debit card authorization, shipping company).
We use outside shipping companies (i.e. U.P.S., U.S.P.S.) to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store, or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purpose. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing their services.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not shared with outside parties.
You can register with our website if you would like to receive our occasional advertisements as well as updates on our new products and services. Information you submit on our website will not be used for this purpose unless you opt to have your information used in such a manner. If a user no longer wishes to receive our advertisements or product and service updates from us or our sister company, they may opt-out by simply sending an email to us at CONTACT US, expressing your wishes.
We use only non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with our sister company. For example, we may tell them that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Step Ahead School Uniforms, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
From time-to-time our site may request information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, gender, and age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use of this Web site.
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site (i.e. Email Site To A Friend), a pop-up will appear asking for your friends’ email address and an area in which to type a note. This personal information and note is not retained, kept or stored in any fashion. Once the one-time email is sent, it is destroyed.
Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Our Commitment To Data Security:
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit/debit card), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to unlocked, or open, when you are just ‘surfing’. While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to secure and protect information off-line.
If you have any questions about the security of our website, you can send an email to us by clicking on CONTACT US.
How To Correct Your Personal Information:
You may correct all your personally identifiable information that we collect
online and maintain by simply contacting us through the web site by clicking
here or calling us @ 1 800-582-2101. We use this procedure to better safeguard
your information.
To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to
verify your identity before granting access or making corrections.
Notification Of Changes:
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post a notice of these changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will only use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
How To Contact Us:
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please call us at 1 800-582-2101 or contact us through email by clicking here.