| PRIVACY STATEMENT
Information Collection and Use
Corrado Cutlery is the sole owner
of the information collected on this site (except for Yahoo!Store as noted above). We will not sell, share, or rent
this information to others in ways different from what is
disclosed in this statement. Corrado Cutlery collects information
from our users at several different points on our website.
Order
We request information from the
user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact
information (like name and shipping address) and financial
information (like credit card number, expiration date). This
information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s
orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact
information is used to get in touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data
stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the
user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally
identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes
their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by
setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in
a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our
site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site.
The only drawback to this is that the user may be limited in
some areas of our site.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze
trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather
broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses
are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We use an outside shipping
company 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 purposes.
Links
From time-to-time this web site
may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we
[Corrado Cutlery] 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.
Surveys & Contests
From time-to-time our site
requests 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, 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 and satisfaction of this site.
Security
This website takes every
precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit
sensitive information via the website, your information is
protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form
asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card
number and/or social security number), 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 un-locked, 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 protect user-information off-line. All of our
users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned
above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the
information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing
clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access
to personally identifiable information.
If you have any questions about
the security at our website, you can send an email to
info@corradocutlery.com.
Special Offers
We send all new customer who
register on our site a welcoming email to verify password and
username. Established members will occasionally receive
information on products, services, special deals. Out of respect
for the privacy of our users we present the option to not
receive these types of communications. Please see our choice and
opt-out below.
Correction/Updating Personal
Information:
If a user’s personally
identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if
a user no longer desires our service, we will endeavor to
provide a way to correct, update or remove that user’s personal
data provided to us. This can usually be done at the member
information page or by emailing our Customer Support.
[Some sites may also provide telephone or postal mail options
for updating or correcting personal information].
Choice/Opt-out
Our users are given the
opportunity to ‘opt-out’ of having their information used for
purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we
ask for the information. For example, our order form has an
‘opt-out’ mechanism so users who buy a product from us, but
don’t want any marketing material, can keep their email address
off of our lists.
Users of our site are always
notified when their information is being collected by any
outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed
choice as to whether they should proceed with services that
require an outside party, or not.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Information
page so our users are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we
disclose 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 use
information in accordance with the privacy policy under which
the information was collected.
Third-Party Web Beacons
We use third-party web beacons from Yahoo! to help analyze where visitors go and what they do while visiting our website. Yahoo! may also use anonymous information about your visits to this and other websites in order to improve its products and services and provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by Yahoo!, click here. |
