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Our Commitment to Privacy
Happy Feet, Inc. is committed
to respecting and protecting your privacy as a visitor to our Web site at http://www.happyfeetlasvegas.com.
We take the issue of privacy very seriously and value the trust you place in
us each time you use our services and access this Web site. This Privacy
Statement describes the practices and policies we have put into place to
safeguard your personal and health-related personal information that may be
gathered and used as you visit our Web site.
The policy may change from
time to time so please check back periodically. If you have any questions
about our privacy policies, we encourage you to contact us using any of the
methods outlined at the end of our Privacy Statement..
Who Is Collecting the Information?
Happy Feet, Inc. is collecting information on this Web site as outlined in
this privacy statement.
What Information Do We
Collect?
Automatic Collection of Information:
If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the web site or
download information, our system will automatically gather and store certain
information about your visit. This information does not identify you
personally and is used in an aggregate way to help us improve our web site
and tell us the number of visitors to our site each day.
Our Web server automatically
collects and records the following information:
- The visitor's domain name, but not the e-mail
address
- The visitor's IP address
- Aggregate information on what pages are
accessed
- The name and release number of web browser
software used
- The operating system used
- Date and time you access our site
- The address of the Web site that linked to us
(referrer URL)
Permission-based Collection
of Information:
At different places on our site depending upon the feature you use, you may
be asked to volunteer personal information such as your name and email
address.
The following information is
collected with your permission at this Web site:
- Personal information/identification and
financial information gathered through e-commerce / shopping activity
- The e-mail addresses of those who subscribe
to our newsletter
- The e-mail addresses of those who communicate
with us via e-mail
How Do We Use the Information
We Collect?
The information we gather automatically and with your permission during your
visit to our Web site is used in the following ways:
- Monitor, review, measure, and analyze Web
site utilization
- Modify and enhance the Web site
- Improve the content and design of our Web
site
- Respond to your requests
- Monitor and improve our customer service
efforts
- Study general usage habits and demographic
information for our own marketing research purposes
- Notify visitors about updates to our Web site
- Contact consumers for marketing purposes
With Whom
Will the Information Be Shared?
The personally identifiable
information gathered during your visit to this Web site is not shared with
any organization for any purpose. We do not rent, sell, exchange or in some
way provide personally-identifiable information to any third-party
organization.
Access and Correction of
Personal Information
Review of Personal Information
Site visitors may not access information we have collected and maintain about
them.
Our Use of Cookies
Many Web sites now use
"cookies" to provide useful features to their visitors by providing
customizable and personalized services.
A cookie is a small amount of
data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your
computer's hard drive. For example, a Web site may use cookies to store and
sometimes track information about you, your preferences, or the pages you
last visited.
Your browser software can be
set to reject all cookies, or to ask you if you would like to accept or
decline a cookie from a particular site before it is set. Most browsers offer
instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the Help
section of the toolbar. You should know, however, that if you reject a
cookie, certain functions and conveniences of a site may not work properly.
We use cookies on our Web
site for the following purposes:
- Store and sometimes track visitor preferences
- We will never link the cookie to your
personal information
Our Children's Privacy Policy
We are especially concerned
about protecting children's privacy. We hope parents and teachers are
involved in children's Internet explorations. It is particularly important
for parents to guide their children when children are asked to provide
personal information on line.
Security of Communications
We recognize that many people
are concerned about the privacy and protection of information as it is
transmitted over the Internet. You should keep in mind that the possibility
exists for unauthorized individuals to intercept any email message you send
over the Internet. In some cases, information can be encrypted (scrambled or
encoded) to make it very difficult to read if it is intercepted during
communication. Certain technology and practices allow Web sites to provide an
increased level of security for your personal and health-related information
when appropriate.
We use the following
practices on our Web site to enhance the level of security for communication
and the transmission of personal information:
- We always use industry-standard encryption
technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged
with our site.
- We have taken reasonable steps to ensure the
integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information
that you may provide.
E-Commerce and Online Shopping
Purchasing items over the
Internet usually requires you to provide your personal identifying
information and credit card information on a Web site. Many people have
become accustomed to on-line commerce as a time-saving and useful
convenience. There are a number of practices that can make providing your
sensitive credit card information more secure and, therefore, make you feel
more comfortable about doing so.
We utilize PayPal in order to
accept credit card payments for merchandise and they have the following
e-commerce practices:
- When processing your credit card payment,
PayPal will ask for the card type, number, expiration date, and your
card's billing address, or use your account information on file if you
already have an account with them.
- PayPal uses an encrypted format using
industry-standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption.
Links to Other Sites
Web sites often provide a
number of links that offer direct access to other useful or interesting web
sites holding potential value to site visitors. Inclusion of the other sites
by links does not imply any endorsement of the material or information on the
other sites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policy of each linked
site before sharing personal and health-related information.
This site includes links to
non-affiliated external Web sites. We have the following practices:
- We encourage users to review the privacy
policy of each linked site, as we cannot be responsible for the privacy
practices of other sites.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
From time to time, we may use
customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in
our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the
future, we have the following practices:
- We will post the policy changes to our Web
site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to
opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your
information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
Web Site Contact Information
If you have questions about
our privacy policy, or feel that this site is not following its stated
information policy, please contact us.
Modification Date
This privacy statement was last modified on January 17, 2008.
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