Wearandgear.com Privacy Policy Wear and Gear.com takes your privacy seriously. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy. NOTICE: Click here for important information about safe surfing from the Federal Trade Commission. What This Privacy Policy Covers This policy covers how Wear and Gear.com treats personal information that it collects and receives, including information related to your past history of ordering products and services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available. This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Wear and Gear.com does not own or control, or to people that Wear and Gear.com does not employ or manage. In addition, certain Wear and Gear.com associated companies such as Asics, adidas, and Cliff Keen have their own privacy statements which can be viewed by visiting their websites. Information Collection and Use General Wear and Gear.com collects personal information when you register with Wear and Gear.com, when you order Wear and Gear.com products, when you visit Wear and Gear.com pages or the pages of certain Wear and Gear.com affiliates. Wear and Gear.com may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies. When you register we ask for information such as your name, email address, birth date, gender, zip code. For some financial products and services we may also ask for your address, and credit card numbers. Once you register with Wear and Gear.com and sign in to our services, you are not anonymous to us. Wear and Gear.com collects information about your transactions with us and with some of our business partners, including information about your use of financial products and services that we offer. Wear and Gear.com automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, Wear and Gear.com cookie information, and the page you request. Wear and Gear.com uses information for the following general purposes: to customize the advertising and content you see, fulfill your requests for products and services, improve our services, contact you, conduct research, and provide anonymous reporting for internal and external clients. Children You must be 18 years or older to register and place an order on Wear and Gear.com. Information Sharing and Disclosure Wear and Gear.com does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances: We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Wear and Gear.com under confidentiality agreements. These companies do not have any independent right to share this information. We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Wear and Gear.com terms of use, or as otherwise required by law. We transfer information about you if Wear and Gear.com is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Wear and Gear.com will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy. Cookies Wear and Gear.com may set and access Wear and Gear.com cookies on your computer while you are logged in to place an order. This is needed so we can ensure that your order is placed properly and is active until your order transcation as completely finished. Afterwhich the cookie is set to terminate on its own. Your Ability to Edit and Delete Your Account Information and Preferences General You can edit your Wear and Gear.com Account Information, including your ordering preferences, at any time. We reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to the Wear and Gear.com, such as service announcements, administrative messages and the Wear and Gear.com Newsletter, that are considered part of your Wear and Gear.com account, without offering you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving them. Confidentiality and Security We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs. We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal regulations to protect personal information about you. Changes to this Privacy Policy Wear and Gear.com may update this policy. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your Wear and Gear.com account or by placing a prominent notice on our site. Questions and Suggestions If you have questions or suggestions, please contact us at: * Wear and Gear P.O. Box 120 Boalsburg, PA 16827 www.wearandgear.com 814-466-7790 Effective Date: December 1, 2005 |