PALS AVENUE PRIVACY POLICY
Effective 4th JANUARY,
2006
This privacy policy is effective for all sites in Pals
Avenue network including Pals Decor site.
Pals Décor ( http://www.palsdecor.com )
and Pals Avenue (http://www.palsavenue.com) are committed to protecting
and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement sets out our
privacy policy and explains what we do with the personal information
that we collect from our users. Please read the following to understand
our views and practices regarding personal information, and how
they pertain to you as you use our various features and services.
This statement discloses the current privacy practices for our
Web sites. There are no legal disclaimer statements (i.e., terms
and conditions, etc.) on Pals Avenue that contradict the promises
made in our privacy notice. If we make any substantive changes
to this policy, we'll announce it on our site.
Regardless of later updates or changes to our privacy notice,
we will never use the information you submit under our current
privacy notice in a new way without first providing you an opportunity
to opt-out or otherwise prevent that use.
What Information Does Pals Avenue Gather About You?
Pals Avenue collects a limited amount of information about our visitors in
order to send emails and provide access to our forum. We may ask for your
name and email address in order to register you to use our personalized deal
listing, and/or newsletter subscription. We will never use your information
for any other purposes.
Use of "Cookies"
If your browser is set up to accept them, we may use Cookies to automatically
access your previously stored account preferences when you log in to our
site. These are used only when you log in and are only used to log you in
to your account so you may change information and post in our forums. When
you log out of your account in the forums, all personally identifiable information
is removed from the cookies.
Most browsers are set up to accept cookies, but you can configure your browser
to refuse cookies or to notify you when you've one. If you reject cookies,
though, you will not be able to use certain areas of our site. Even if you
accept our cookies, unless you tell us, we cannot find out who you are.
How Does PalsAvenue.com (and Pals Décor) Use Your
Personal Information?
Pals Avenue (and Pals Décor) collect personal information
to provide you, the user, with the best and most personalized
Web experience possible. We use that information to send you
email newsletters and deal alerts. All emails, newsletters
etc. will include special instructions in them to unsubscribe.
Does PalsAvenue (and Pals Décor) Share the Information
It Receives?
Information about our visitors is an important part of our business, and we
are not in the business of selling it to others. We do not share personal information
about our visitors with other entities. Exceptions to this policy are the following
:
• Product Inquiries that are Emailed to Us: Many
times a customer will want more information about a product and
will email us to ask the question, rather than emailing the Pals
Avenue merchant partner that sells this item. In these instances,
we will forward your request to the Pals Avenue merchant partner
that sells this item.
What is Considered "Personal Information"?
Personal information is considered to be your name, email
address, physical address, credit card numbers and phone number.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications
from us at the point where we request information about the visitor.
All users may at any time opt-out of our marketing by the following
methods:
Our newsletters include a link at the bottom to click on to automatically
unsubscribe you.
Will We Disclose Any of Your Personal Information?
Pals Avenue (and Pals Décor) will not sell or rent your
personally identifiable information to anyone. We do not provide
individual information to our advertisers. We will occasionally
provide general demographic information of our site to perspective
advertisers. For example, we might tell our advertiser that out
of our 100,000 subscribers, 20,000 of which are female living in San Francisco
. The advertiser will never know that Mary is one of them and she is a
female lives in San Francisco .
We will only disclose your personal information when:
- We have your consent to share the information;
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders or legal process; or
- We explicitly specify that we will be sharing your information,
such in the case of joint promotion, sweepstakes, or giveaways.
What If I Link to a Third-Party Web Site?
This site contains links to other sites. Pals Avenue is not responsible for
the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites, although we do try
to only place links to sites that have privacy notices.
When you click on links and/or ad banners that take you to third-party web
sites, you will be subject to the third parties' privacy policies. While we
support the protection of privacy on the Internet, Pals Avenue cannot be responsible
for the actions of third parties. We encourage you to read the posted privacy
statement whenever interacting with any web site.
Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct
use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic,
and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect
online.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that
reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those
we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to
attract anyone under 13.
Who has access to your information?
No one has access to your information given to Pals Avenue
except you and Pals Avenue . No outside contractors or agent of
will ever have access to your information.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies,
please send us an email at contact@palsavenue.com or
contact@palsdecor.com
