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Information Collection and
Use |
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Elliotts.com is the sole owner of the information
collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this
information to others in ways different from what is disclosed
in this statement. Elliotts.com collects information from our
users at several different points on our website.
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Order |
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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.
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Cookies |
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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 will be limited in some areas of our site.
For example, the user will not be able to participate in any
of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that take place.
Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests
of our users to enhance the experience on our site. |
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Some of our business partners use cookies on our
site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access
to or control over these cookies. |
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Log Files |
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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. |
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Sharing |
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We will share aggregated demographic information
with our partners. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person. |
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Links |
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This web site contains links to other sites. Please
be aware that we [Elliotts.com] 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. |
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Newsletter |
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If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter,
we ask for contact information such as name and email address. |
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Surveys & Contests |
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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.
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Tell-A-Friend |
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If a user elects to use our referral service for
informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's
name and email address. [Elliotts.com] will automatically send
the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site.
[Elliotts.com] stores this information for the sole purpose
of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact [Elliotts.com]
at [http://www.Elliotts.com] to request the removal of this
information from their database. |
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Security |
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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. |
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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'. To learn more
about SSL, follow this link [http://www.verisgin.com]. |
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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. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers
when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter
their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore,
ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy
practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are
added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the
importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure
our customers' information is protected. Finally, the servers
that we store personally identifiable information on are kept
in a secure environment, behind a locked cage. |
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If you have any questions about the security at
our website, you can send an email to security@Elliotts.com |
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Special Offers: |
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Established members will occasionally receive
information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter.
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.
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Correction/Updating Personal Information: |
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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]. |
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Choice/Opt-out: |
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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. |
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Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter
or promotional materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving
these communications by replying to REMOVE in the subject line
in the email or email us at support@Elliotts.com [Some sites
are able to offer opt-out mechanisms on member information pages
and also supply a telephone or postal option as a way to opt-out.]
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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. |
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Notification of Changes: |
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If we decide to change our privacy
policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage 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. |
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