What information
do we collect?
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We collect
information from you when you register on the site, place an
order, enter a contest or sweepstakes, respond to a survey or
communication such as e-mail, or participate in another site
feature.
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When
ordering or registering, we may ask you for your name, e-mail
address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information
or other information. You may, however, visit our site
anonymously.
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We also
collect information about gift recipients so that we can fulfill
the gift purchase. The information we collect about gift
recipients is not used for marketing purposes.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register,
purchase products, enter a contest or promotion, respond to a
survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use
certain other site features in the following ways:
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To
personalize your site experience and to allow us to deliver the
type of content and product offerings in which you are most
interested.
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To allow us
to better service you in responding to your customer service
requests.
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To quickly
process your transactions.
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To
administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
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If you have
opted-in to receive our e-mail newsletter, we may send you
periodic e-mails. If you would no longer like to receive
promotional e-mail from us, please refer to the "How can you
opt-out, remove or modify information you have provided to us?"
section below. If you have not opted-in to receive e-mail
newsletters, you will not receive these e-mails. Visitors who
register or participate in other site features such as marketing
programs and 'members-only' content will be given a choice
whether they would like to be on our e-mail list and receive
e-mail communications from us.
How do we protect visitor
information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety
of your personal information. Your personal information is
contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a
limited number of persons who have special access rights to such
systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
When you place orders or access your personal information, we
offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit information
you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology
and then encrypted into our databases to be only accessed as
stated above.
Do we disclose the information we
collect to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties
your personally identifiable information unless we provide you
with advance notice, except as described below. The term "outside
parties" does not include Real Estate Supply Store / RESS.com. It
also does not include website hosting partners and other parties
who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business,
or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this
information confidential. We may also release your information
when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law,
enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights,
property, or safety.
Changes to our policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to
information collected after the date of the change. This policy
was last modified on May 14, 2008.
Questions and feedback
We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy.
Please send us any and all feedback pertaining to privacy, or any
other issue.
Online Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected
through our website and not to information collected offline.
Terms and Conditions
Please also
visit our Terms and
Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and
limitations of liability governing the use of our website.
Your consent
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