Combine Couture Inc. (“COMPANY,”
“our,” “us” or “we”) respects the privacy of the Visitors
or Users to any of its Websites, the primary home page of which is located
at http://www.CombineCouture.com (“Website”). This Privacy Policy
is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the
collection, use and disclosure of any Personal Information and Anonymous
Information you submit to us through our Website. Unless otherwise defined
herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
set forth in our Terms and Conditions that you can find at Terms and
Conditions which incorporate this Privacy Policy by reference.
“Personal Information”
is information about you that is personally identifiable to you, such
as your name, address, email address, or phone number, as well as other
non-public information that is associated with the foregoing. “Anonymous
Information” means information that is not associated with or linked
to your Personal Information; Anonymous Information does not permit
the identification of individual persons. We collect and use Personal
Information and Anonymous Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Application
We are a global operation.
This Privacy Policy applies to all of our websites, except that a Privacy
Policy posted on a specific website shall apply instead of this Privacy
Policy.
User Consent
By accessing our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy
and you expressly consent to our use of and the processing of your Personal
Information and Anonymous Information.
Your Personal Information may
be used or processed by us or others in the country where it was collected
as well as transferred to and processed in other countries (including
the United States) where laws regarding processing of Personal Information
may be less stringent than the laws in your country.
Collection of Personal Information
The Personal Information we gather from you helps us learn about visitors
to our Website, our customers and potential customers. We may use this
information to provide services to you to better tailor the features,
performance and support of our products and services, and to offer you
additional information and opportunities.
Personal Information You
Provide to Us
We collect Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily through
our Website.
- When you register
on our Website, we will collect your full name and username, a password,
and an email address.
- When you create
your profile on the Website after registering, we may collect on an
optional basis other Personal Information, such as hobbies, interests,
additional contact information, etc.
- When you order products
or services on our Website, we will collect all information necessary
to complete the transaction, such as your name, credit card information,
billing information and shipping information.
- When you subscribe
to a COMPANY newsletter, we will collect your email address.
- When you contact
us to submit comments, questions or feedback using the forms on our
Website, we may collect your name, email address and your comment, question
or feedback.
- When you participate
in one of our surveys, we may collect additional information.
- When you use the
“Save Contacts” function to save e-mail addresses to which you have
sent announcements, we may collect and store such e-mail addresses.
- When you contact
us using the request forms on our Website, we will collect your name,
email address and your comment or question that you enter into the form.
- When you post messages
on the message boards of our Website, the information contained in your
posting will be stored on servers and other users will be able to see
it.
- When you contact
us by sending us an email, we may collect your email address and any
information contained in the email you send us and any information attached
to the email.
Personal Information Collected
Via Technology
As you navigate our Website, certain passive information may also be
collected, including your Internet protocol address, browser type, domain
names, access times, and operating system. We also use Cookies and navigational
data like Uniform Resource Locators (URL) to gather information regarding
the date and time of your visit and the solutions and information for
which you searched and which you viewed. This type of information may
be collected to make our services and solutions more useful to you.
An “Internet protocol address”
or “IP Address” is a number that is automatically assigned to your
computer when you use the Internet. Depending on how you access the
Internet, your IP Address may stay the same, or may be different from
browser session to browser session. We may track IP Addresses with session
cookies to analyze our web page flow.
“Cookies” are small pieces
of information that a web site sends to your computer’s hard drive
while you are viewing a web site. We may use Cookies (which stay on
your computer until you choose to delete them) to provide you with a
more personal and interactive experience on our Website. Cookies can
be removed by following your Internet browser’s help file directions.
If you choose to disable Cookies, some areas of our Website may not
work properly.
Personal Information We
Receive From Other Sources
We may receive Personal Information about you from other sources such
as telephone or fax or from companies that provide our services by way
of a co-branded or private-labeled website (“Partner Companies”).
We may add this information to the information we may have already collected
from you via our Website in order to improve the products and services
we provide.
Use of Information
In general, Personal Information you submit to us may be used either
to respond to requests that you make, or to aid us in serving you better.
We may also use your Personal Information to provide you with newsletters,
surveys, or promotional emails regarding changes and upgrades to our
products and services and for other marketing purposes for us or for
our partners, unless you opt out of such communications.
We may create Anonymous Information
records from Personal Information by excluding information (such as
your name) that make the information personally identifiable to you.
We may use this Anonymous Information to analyze request patterns and
usage patterns so that we may enhance our products and services. We
reserve the right to use and may disclose Anonymous Information to third
parties.
Feedback
If you provide feedback on any of our products and services to us, we
may use such feedback for any purpose, provided we do not associate
such feedback with your Personal Information. We may collect any information
contained in such communication and will treat the Personal Information
in such communication in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy or as required by
law, we do not trade, rent, or share your Personal Information with
third parties.
We may share your Personal
Information with third parties to provide you with the products and
services that we offer you through our Website. These third parties
are required not to use your Personal Information other than to provide
the products and services requested by us and are bound by confidentiality
agreements with regard to their use of such information. You expressly
consent to the sharing of your Personal Information with our contractors
and third party service providers for the sole purpose of providing
products and services to you.
We may enter into agreements
with Partner Companies in which we may provide the Partner Companies
with a URL and a customer registration page co-branded with, or private
labeled by, the Partner Companies, and the Partner Companies
may distributes and promotes
the URL to their customers. A Partner Company may want access to Personal
Information that we collect through this process. As a result, if you
register on our Website through a Partner Company, we may provide your
Personal Information to the Partner Company. Because we do not control
the privacy practices of our Partner Companies, we encourage you to
read and understand their privacy policies.
We may share some or all of
your Personal Information with any of our parent companies, subsidiaries,
joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively,
“Affiliates”) in which case we will use our best efforts to require
our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
If our company or our assets
are acquired by another company, that company may possess the Personal
Information collected by us and it may assume the rights and obligations
regarding your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Regardless of any choices you
make regarding your Personal Information (as described below), we may
disclose your Personal Information if we believe that such disclosure
is (a) to comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas
or warrants served on us; or (b) to protect and defend the rights or
property of us or any users of our services.
Your Choices Regarding Your
Personal Information
When you receive newsletters or promotional communications from us,
you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications
from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following
the unsubscribe instructions provided in the email your receive or by
contacting us directly (please see contact information below). Despite
your indicated email preferences, we may still send you notices regarding
the services we provide to you and any updates to our Terms of Use or
Privacy Policy. You may change any of the Personal Information in your
account by editing your online profile which can be found in the “My
Account” section of the website.
Children’s Privacy
Our Website or online services are not directed to, and are not targeted
to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly gather Personal
Information from visitors who are under the age of 13. We encourage
parents and guardians to communicate with their children regarding online
activities.
Other Sites
Our provision of a link to any other website or location is for your
convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website
or location, or its contents. We have no control over, do not review,
and cannot be responsible for these outside websites or their content.
If you access these other websites or locations, you will leave our
Website. These other websites or locations may collect information from
you. Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply
to these outside websites. We encourage you to read and understand any
privacy policies on these other websites and locations.
Security
We will use best efforts to protect the security of your Personal Information.
We may use a variety of industry-standard security technologies and
procedures to help protect your Personal Information from unauthorized
access, use, or disclosure.
We store Personal Information
behind a computer firewall, and we have implemented technology to detect
intrusions. We also require you to enter a password to access your account
information. In addition, we protect your Personal Information from
unauthorized physical access by storing your Personal Information in
a controlled facility. Lastly, we may conduct regular internal audits
and vulnerability scans to ensure compliance with these security measures,
and may generate security incident logs that may be useful in screening
for attempted abuse of or unauthorized access to your Personal Information.
Even though we have taken steps
to try to ensure that your Personal Information is not intercepted,
accessed, used, or disclosed by unauthorized persons, you should know
that we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal
Information.
Your Combine Couture account
information is protected by a password of your choice for your privacy
and security. As a User, you are responsible for helping protect yourself
from unauthorized access to your password by not saving your password
on a shared computer, by making sure to log out after use of the site,
by not sharing your password with others, and also by periodically changing
your password.
We use industry-standard Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) software to protect the security of your personal
information during transmission, which encrypts the information you
input.
Only Combine Couture employees
who need access to such information to provide you with our products
and services will have access to your personal information. All other
employees will not be granted access.
Updating Your Information
If you need to edit or update
your information you can do so by clicking “My Account” in upper
right-hand corner of the website.
Contact Us
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy,
please contact us through Customer Care at CustomerCare@CombineCouture.com
or by mail at:
COMBINE COUTURE INC
Attention: Heather Fitzpatrick
PO Box 191635
San Francisco, CA 94119
USA
Privacy Policy Updates
This Privacy Statement is a living document. As part of our Terms and
Conditions, this Privacy Policy may be subject to occasional amendment.
This Policy was last updated
in November 2009.
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