Last updated: March 01, 2005 Epyaya.com knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting Epyaya.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice. What Personal Information About Customers Does Epyaya.com Gather? The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your shopping experience at Epyaya.com. Here are the types of information we gather.- Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. Click here to see examples of what we collect. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future shopping for you, improving our stores, and communicating with you.
- Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses Epyaya.com. Click here to see examples of the information we receive. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit Web sites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience at Epyaya.com if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.
- E-mail Communications: To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from Epyaya.com if your computer supports such capabilities. If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your E-Mail Notifications | My Account.
- Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information. Click here to see examples of the information we receive.
What About Cookies? - Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features such as the storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits.
- You may want to contact your web browser providers to to learn how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of Epyaya.com's coolest features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.
Does Epyaya.com Share the Information It Receives? Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only as described below and with subsidiaries Epyaya.com, Corp. controls that either are subject to this Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Notice. - Agents: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
- Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy stores, subsidiaries, or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that Epyaya.com, Corp., or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
- Protection of Epyaya.com and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Epyaya.com, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Notice.
- With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.
How Secure Is Information About Me? - We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
- We reveal only the first and last 4 digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.
- It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
Which Information Can I Access? Epyaya.com gives you access to a broad range of information about your account and your interactions with Epyaya.com for the limited purpose of viewing and, in certain cases, updating that information. Click here to see some examples, the list of which will change as our Web site evolves. What Choices Do I Have? - As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to take advantage of such Epyaya.com features as newsletters and product notification list.
- You can add or update certain information on pages such as those listed in the "Which Information Can I Access?" section above.
- If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your newsletters. (If you do not want to receive Conditions of Use and other legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Notice and Shipping & Returns, those notices will still govern your use of Epyaya.com, and it is your responsibility to review them for changes.)
- It's your responsibility to contact your web browser providers to learn how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of Epyaya.com's coolest features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.
- The Federal Trade Commission provides useful information about online privacy on its own web site.
Children Epyaya.com does not sell products for purchase by children. We sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may use Epyaya.com only with the involvement of a parent or guardian. Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions If you choose to visit Epyaya.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of California. If you have any concern about privacy at Epyaya.com, please send us a thorough description to epyayart@Epyaya.com, and we will try to resolve it. Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and the Conditions of Use will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers. Related Practices and Information
Information You Give Us You provide most such information when you search, buy, post, participate in a review or questionnaire, or communicate with customer service. For example, you provide information when you search for a product; place an order through Epyaya.com or one of our third-party sellers; make an purchase; provide information in My Account (and you might have more than one if you have used more than one e-mail address when shopping with us); communicate with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise; complete a questionnaire or a review entry form; specify a favorite notification; share information with friends. As a result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, phone numbers, and birth day; credit card information; people to whom purchases have been shipped, including addresses and phone number; e-mail addresses of friends and other people; content of reviews and e-mails to us. Automatic Information Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; purchase history, which we sometimes aggregate with similar information from other customers to create features such as Order History and Bestsellers; the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our Web site, including date and time; cookie number; products you viewed or searched for. During some visits we may use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page. Information from Other Sources Examples of information we receive from other sources include updated delivery and address information from our carriers or other third parties, which we use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase or communication more easily; account information, and purchase or redemption information; search term and search result information from some searches conducted through the Web search features offered by our web hosting company, powweb.com; and credit history information from credit bureaus, which we use to help prevent and detect fraud and to offer certain credit or financial services to some customers. Information You Can Access Examples of information you can access easily at Epyaya.com include up-to-date information regarding recent orders; personally identifiable information (including name, e-mail, password, communications preferences, and address book); e-mail notification settings (including Alerts, Product notifications, and newsletters); recommendations (including recent product view history, prior order history); and shopping lists. |
