YOUR PRIVACY
The Gift Basket of Topsail Island Inc (owners of tideandweather.com and Topsail Island Trading Co.) knows that you
care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate
your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice
describes our privacy policy.
What Personal Information About Customers Does TideandWeather.com, TopsailGiftBasket.com and TopsailTrading.com Gather?
The information we learn from customers helps us
personalize and continually improve your shopping experience. Here are the types of information we gather:
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Information You Give Us:
We receive and store any information
you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose
not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to
take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you
provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing
future shopping for you, improving our stores, and communicating with
you.
- Automatic Information:
We receive and store
certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For
example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain
types of information when your Web browser accesses our site. A number
of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit Web sites
anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a
personalized experience at our site if we cannot recognize you, we want
you to be aware that these tools exist.
What About "Cookies"
Like other online stores,
we sometimes create and place small text files on your hard drive known
as cookies. These files contain no personal information. They do,
however, help identify you when you visit our store. Such features as
remembering your name and address, shipping information, etc, help make
the ordering process faster and easier for you. While this information
is stored within our database, it is not transmitted over the Internet
nor is it stored on your computer. The cookie simply refrences this
information automatically.
Financial Information
To
complete a transaction, you must supply us with financial information
to complete payment for the items you order. This is commonly a credit
card account number. This information is only exchanged through a
secure, encrypted area of our Web site. This encrypted information
cannot be read or stolen in a manner that is usable by others.
While
you may receive certain warnings about security from your Web browser,
let us assure you that the connection is indeed secure and encrypted
using state-of-the-art technology.
The
financial information you give is only used to complete the
transaction. Your financial information is not shared or given away to
anyone outside our company. Of course, your account number is submitted
to our merchant provider in order to complete the transaction.
Children
TideandWeather.com, TopsailGiftBasket.com and TopsailTrading.com does not sell
to children under the age of 18 years. In order to purchase items
from our Web site, you must be at least 18 years old.
Automatic Information
Examples of the
information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP)
address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail
address; password; computer and connection information such as browser
type and version, operating system, and platform; purchase history; the
full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through, and from
our Web site, including date and time; cookie number; products you
viewed or searched for.
This information is
used primarily to obtain customer patterns and the use of our site. We
use this information to provide you with products and features in the
future, and to improve our site and customer satisfaction.
IN ALL INSTANCES OF THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE US AND
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT, WE DO NOT SHARE, SELL, MAKE AVAILABLE,
RENDER, OR OTHERWISE GIVE TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY, OTHER THAN THE
INFORMATION VITAL TO COMPLETING A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION.
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