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
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be
aware that AnneAudain.com is 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.
Tell-A-Friend
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. AnneAudain.com will automatically
send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit
the site. AnneAudain.com stores this information for the
sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend
may contact AnneAudain.com at to request the removal of
this information from their database.
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.
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.
Notification
of Changes
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.
