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Website Privacy Policy
The Internet is an amazing tool. It has the power to change the way we
live, and we're starting to see that potential today. With only a few
mouse-clicks, you can follow the news, look up facts, buy goods and
services, and communicate with others from around the world. It's
important to .com to help our customers retain
their privacy when they take advantage of all the Internet has to
offer.
We believe your business is
no one else's. Your privacy is important to you…and to us. So we'll
protect the information you share with us. To protect your privacy, .com follows different principles in accordance
with worldwide practices for customer privacy and data protection.
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We won’t sell or give away your name, mail address, phone number, email
address, credit card number or any other information to anyone.
- We’ll use state-of-the-art security measures to protect your information from unauthorized users.
NOTICE
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you
(personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this
information is requested when you create a Registration ID on the site
or when you download free software, enter a contest, order email
newsletters or join a limited-access premium site. We use your Personal
Information for four primary purposes:
- To make the site easier for you to use by not having to enter information more than once.
- To help you quickly find software, services or information.
- To help us create content most relevant to you.
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To alert you to product upgrades, special offers, updated information
and other new services from .com.
CONSENT
If you choose not to register or provide personal information, you can
still use most of .com. But you will not be
able to access areas that require registration.
If you decide to register, you will be able to select the kinds of
information you want to receive from us by subscribing to various
services, like our electronic newsletters. If you do not want us to
communicate with you about other offers regarding .com products, programs, events, or services by
email, postal mail, or telephone, you may select the option stating
that you do not wish to receive marketing messages from .com.
.com occasionally allows other companies to
offer our registered customers information about their products and
services, using postal mail only. If you do not want to receive these
offers, you may select the option stating that you do not wish to
receive marketing materials from third parties.
ACCESS
We
will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal
information is correct and current. You may review and update this
information at any time at the Visitor Center. There, you can:
- View and edit personal information you have already given us.
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Tell us whether you want us to send you marketing information, or
whether you want third parties to send you their offers by postal mail.
- Sign up for electronic newsletters about our services and products.
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Register. Once you register, you won't need to do it again. Wherever
you go on .com, your information stays with
you.
SECURITY
.com has taken strong measures to protect the
security of your personal information and to ensure that your choices
for its intended use are honored. We take strong precautions to protect
your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure,
alteration, or destruction.
We
guarantee your e-commerce transactions to be 100% safe and secure. When
you place orders or access your personal account information, you're
utilizing a secure server software SSL, which encrypts your personal
information before it's sent over the Internet. SSL is one of the
safest encryption technologies available.
In
addition, your transactions are guaranteed under the Fair Credit
Billing Act. This Act states that your bank cannot hold you liable for
more than $50.00 in fraudulent credit card charges. If your bank does
hold you liable for $50.00 or less, we'll cover your liability provided
the unauthorized, fraudulent use of your credit card resulted through
no fault of your own and from purchases made from us over our secure
server. In the event of unauthorized use of your credit card, you must
notify your credit card provider in accordance with its reporting rules
and procedures.
.com strictly protects the security of your
personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We
carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or
disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
Your personal information is never shared outside the company without
your permission, except under conditions explained above. Inside the
company, data is stored in password-controlled servers with limited
access. Your information may be stored and processed in [COUNTRY] or
any other country where .com, its subsidiaries,
affiliates or agents are located.
You also have a significant role in protecting your information. No one
can see or edit your personal information without knowing your user
name and password, so do not share these with others.
NOTICE TO PARENTS
Parents
or guardians: we want to help you guard your children's privacy. We
encourage you to talk to your children about safe and responsible use
of their Personal Information while using the Internet.
The .com site does not publish content that is
targeted to children. However, if you are concerned about your children
providing .com any personal information without
your consent, .com offers a Kids account. It
allows parents to give parental consent for the collection, use and
sharing of children’s (ages 12 and under) personal information online.
ENFORCEMENT
If
for some reason you believe .com has not
adhered to these principles, please notify us by email at
webmaster@starbucks-closure-list.com, and we will do our best to determine and
correct the problem promptly. Be certain the words Privacy Policy are
in the Subject line.
ELECTRONIC PRODUCT REGISTRATION
When
you buy and install a new product, we may ask you to register your
purchase electronically. When you do, we merge your registration
information with any information you've already left with us (we call
that information your personal profile). If you haven't previously
registered with us, we create a personal profile for you from your
product registration information. If you ever want to review or update
that information, you can visit the Profile Center, click on Update
Profile, and edit any of the Personal Information in your profile. If
you haven't already created a Registration ID, we will ask you to do
so. This ensures that only you can access your information.
CUSTOMER PROFILES
As
mentioned above, every registered customer has a unique personal
profile. Each profile is assigned a unique personal identification
number, which helps us ensure that only you can access your profile.
When you register, we create your profile, assign a personal
identification number, then send this personal identification number
back to your hard drive in the form of a cookie, which is a very small
bit of code. This code is uniquely yours. It is your passport to
seamless travel across .com, allowing you to
download free software, order free newsletters, and visit premium sites
without having to fill out registration forms with information you've
already provided. Even if you switch computers, you won't have to
re-register – just use your Registration ID to identify yourself.
What we do with the information you share
When you join us, you provide us with your contact information,
including your name and email address. We use this information to send
you updates about your order, questionnaires to measure your
satisfaction with our service and announcements about new and exciting
services that we offer. When you order from us, we ask for your credit
card number and billing address. We use this information only to bill
you for the product(s) you order at that time. For your convenience, we
do save billing information in case you want to order from us again,
but we don't use this information again without your permission.
We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our
behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases,
answering customer questions about products or services, sending postal
mail and processing event registration. We will only provide those
companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they
are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.
.com will disclose your personal information,
without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of
the law or comply with legal process served on .com or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of .com and its family of
Websites, and, (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of .com, its Websites, or the
public.
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