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Select Italy Privacy
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Select Italy Privacy Policies
Effective Date: October 3, 2006
Select Italy ("Select Italy") has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate Select Italy's commitment to privacy. Select Italy recognizes that its customers care how their information is used and shared. Select Italy wants its customers to understand the types of information collected, how the information is used, and the safeguards in place to protect customer information. At the same time, information is the cornerstone of Select Italy's ability to provide products and services to its customers. This Privacy Policy is part of and subject to the Terms of Use ("TOU") posted on the selectitaly.com website ("Website") and includes Select Italy’s
information gathering and dissemination practices for the Website
including, but not limited to, on-line ordering. By using the
Website, whether you are a customer ordering through the Website
or another visitor browsing the Website, you agree to be bound
by this Privacy Policy. Select Italy may update this policy
from time to time. The effective date noted above indicates
the date
that this Privacy policy was last updated. Each visitor and
customer is responsible for checking this policy periodically
for changes.
What Information is Collected and Stored?
Select Italy collects and stores certain information automatically
whenever you access this Website. The amount and type of information
Select Italy collects
depends upon the use of the Website. Each time a visitor comes to the Website,
Select Italy may count, track and aggregate the visitor’s activity into an
analysis of general traffic flows at the Website. This information is used
to analyze and improve this Website and to provide customers with an improved
ordering experience.
Select Italy collects and stores information that customers enter through
this Website or otherwise. For example, when a customer opens an account
or places an order, Select Italy collects and stores some or all of the following
information: name, billing address, shipping address, email address, telephone
number, credit card number and expiration date. Credit card information collected
through the Website is encrypted and saved on the web server until an order
is completed by Select Italy.
This information is used to provide the products and services that a customer
has ordered or requested, to process orders, to send order confirmations
and to provide customer service. In order to ship and track orders, Select
Italy makes customer name and address information available to common carriers,
courier services and third parties Select Italy contacts on your behalf.
Information Select Italy collects also may be used by Select Italy to contact
customers about products, promotions, upcoming events, special offers and
new Website features.
You may browse the Website without providing personal information. Select
Italy will ask customers for personal information when orders are placed through
the Website. This information is stored on the Select Italy customer database.
When a customer places a subsequent order, the customer's information is
automatically displayed excluding any credit card information. Select Italy
may also use this information to contact customers and provide additional
information regarding Select Italy's products and services, including new
products and services that Select Italy may introduce from time to time,
and to enable customers to obtain product literature, receive on-line newsletters,
or to access their own password protected areas of the Website. If you have
inquiries or complaints regarding the use of personal information, please
contact webmaster@selectitaly.com.
Use of Cookies
Select Italy uses “cookies”, which are files stored on your computer’s hard
drive by the browser. These cookies are stored for a period up to thirty (30)
days and help Select Italy to identify visitors and to store preferences
of customers using the on-line ordering section. The cookie does not contain
any
personally identifiable information but does identify the specific installed
program you use to browse the Website. Cookies also allow Select Italy to
hold order information when a customer leaves this Website without ordering
product.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically but allow a user to disable them.
If the customer disables the selectitaly.com cookie, the customer may not
be able to take full advantage of a personalized experience on the Website.
Select Italy may also collect and store information about customers received
from other sources. This enables Select Italy to update and correct the information
contained in Select Italy's database and to provide product recommendations
and offers that may interest customers.
Is Information Shared with Third Parties?
Select Italy does not sell to others any personal information that customers
provide to Select Italy through this Website, except with the customer's
consent or as described in this Privacy Policy. Select Italy does not share
customers' personally identifiable information with third parties except
for Select Italy's suppliers or business associates with whom it has a written
agreement providing for the same level of protection as provided by Select
Italy. If substantially all of Select Italy's assets are acquired by a third
party, such customer personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
Select Italy may engage third parties to perform services in connection with
the operation of its business. Examples of these services may include payment
processing and authorization, fraud protection and credit risk reduction,
product customization, order fulfillment and shipping, marketing and promotional
material distribution, Website evaluation, and data analysis. Select Italy
may provide a customer's personal information to these third parties. The
personal information collected on this site is used for the purpose for which
it is requested:
1. Contact information for potential clients or persons seeking information
is collected in order for us to contact those persons to provide information
about Select Italy's products and services. This information may be stored
on our servers in the United States. Such information is usually deleted
in the normal course of business, but can be amended or deleted upon request.
2. Contact information, such as your name, address, telephone number, or
email address, submitted by existing customers with questions, concerns,
complaints, or technical support questions, is used only to respond to inquiries
and process orders. This contact information is stored on Select Italy's
servers in the United States. Such information is usually deleted as space
requires or in the normal course of business.
3. When you sign up for an email newsletter or alerts about our products
and services, Select Italy will use your email address to deliver the newsletter
or alerts requested.
Select Italy may release a customer's personal information if it believes
in good faith that: it is required by law or legal process; it is required
by a law enforcement agency that has provided a valid request; or such release
is necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Select Italy, its
customers or others.
Links
This Website contains links to other websites. Select Italy is not responsible
for the privacy policies applicable to other websites or how they may treat
information about their users. Advertisers on the Website or other websites
to which customers link may have the ability to assign cookies in a process
not under Select Italy's control. Select Italy has no control over the use
of the information collected by websites to which it links or other websites.
Is Information Collected from Children?
Select Italy does not sell or ship any items ordered through this Website
directly to anyone who is known to Select Italy to be under the age of 18,
nor is any personal information collected from anyone who is known to Select
Italy to be under the age of 18.
Other Circumstances
From time to time, Select Italy may sponsor promotional events which require
the collection, processing and storing of individual contact and demographic
information to be used for the event. Select Italy may also co-sponsor these
activities with other companies, in which case the customer’s individual contact and demographic information is likely to be shared with the other participating sponsors. A customer’s personal contact and demographic information will not be released by Select Italy to third parties or non-participating organizations without the user’s consent and, although Select Italy may request that co-sponsors of such events uphold the privacy of the registrants’ information,
Select Italy has no liability where the co-sponsors do not comply with any
requests by Select Italy.
How Can Information Be Corrected?
The Website provides customers with the ability to correct information they
have provided to Select Italy. If you would like to have Select Italy correct
or update the information that you submitted, please send your corrections
or updates to webmaster@selectitaly.com. Customers may also choose to opt
out in the event Select Italy indicates that their personal information will
be
disclosed to a third party or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose
for which it was originally collected or not subsequently authorized by the
customer. If sensitive information will be disclosed to a third party or
used for a purpose other than its original purpose, then you must "opt in" by
providing Select Italy with your authorization for that purpose.
What Steps Are Taken to Protect Customer Information?
This Website takes reasonable security measures in place to protect personal
information from loss, misuse, alteration and destruction of the information
under our control. Select Italy uses reasonable industry standard procedures
and processes to safeguard the confidentiality of identifiable personal information
including, but not limited to, encryption of personally identifiable information
prior to transmission over the Internet. The Website uses secure socket layer
("SSL") encryption technology provided by GeoTrust. Users of the Website
should ensure that their browsers support SSL encryption technology. When
you enter
a secure area on the Website, your browser will display a small icon, a padlock
or key, at the bottom right or bottom left corner of its window. The padlock
should be closed or the key should be unbroken in its mid-section. When a
customer submits information over the Internet, however, the information
may travel
over many systems not under Select Italy's control. Others may intercept
the information customers are sending. To protect personal information, each
customer
should take appropriate steps to guard their password and close their browser
when away from the computer. Each customer may change their password or may
request a new password from Select Italy. If a customer becomes aware of
any loss, theft or unauthorized use of a password, please notify Select Italy
immediately
by sending an e-mail message to webmaster@selectitaly.com.
Trade marks and logos used on this site are the property of their respective owners.
Contacting the Website
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this
Website, or your dealings with this Website, or if you think that anyone
has violated this Privacy Policy, please contact Select Italy at:
Select Italy
303 W. Erie St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 60654
Toll free: 800-877-1755
Tel.: 312-664-4200; Fax: 312-664-4201
www.selectitaly.com; webmaster@selectitaly.com
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