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GreatOccasions.com Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 8/21/07

Our Commitment To Privacy and Security of Your Data

Your privacy is very important to us, and we value the trust you place in us by shopping at our website. As such, there are a few very important points we want to make about the information you provide to us:

  1. For security reasons, we do not store your credit card data on our servers after your order is submitted to us.
  2. We do not share your personally identifiable information (e.g. your name, mailing address, e-mail address) with any third parties, except to the extent necessary to fulfill your order or respond to a customer service request.
  3. We employ secure technologies and have procedures in place to protect your information.

The following is a detailed description of our information collection and use policies.

The Information We Collect and How We Use It:

Placing Orders. In order to place an order at GreatOccasions.com, we may collect information such as your name, billing address, shipping address, e-mail address, phone number, and credit card number. We use this information only to complete and service that order, and we do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order. After your order is submitted to us, we do not store any of your credit card information on our servers. In addition, we will only send you e-mails directly related to your order (e.g. electronic receipt, notification of any order processing issues, and shipment notifications) unless you specifically sign-up to receive other e-mail communications (e.g. our e-mail newsletter) from GreatOccasions.com.

Gift Orders . You may choose to buy a gift and have GreatOccasions.com send it directly to the recipient, and in that situation, we will collect the name and address of the person to whom you are sending the gift. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order or respond to a customer service request. In addition, you may choose to include a personalized card with your gift. Information you provide to us to create a gift card is only used for that purpose.

Out-Of-Stock Notification. If an item is out-of-stock, you can provide your e-mail address in order to be notified when that product is in stock. Your e-mail address will only be used for that purpose, unless you specifically sign-up to receive other e-mail communications (e.g. our e-mail newsletter) from GreatOccasions.com. Your e-mail address will not be sold, rented, or traded to any outside party.

Forward to a Friend. You can elect to send product information to someone else from our website or forward an e-mail newsletter by clicking on the ‘Forward to a Friend’ link in the newsletter. In both situations, we will collect the recipient’s e-mail address, your name, your e-mail address and, if you choose, a personalized comment from you to the recipient. The information collected will only be used for the purposes of addressing and sending this e-mail. Any comments supplied will only be provided to the designated recipient, and the recipient will not receive any other communication from our website unless the recipient specifically signs-up to receive e-mail communications (e.g. our e-mail newsletter) from GreatOccasions.com.

Create an Account. In order to place an order at GreatOccasions.com, you must create an account. By creating an account, you will be able to view order status and past order information and expedite future purchases. When you create an account, you have the ability to store certain information like frequently used ‘ship to’ addresses and your billing address. That information is only available when logged in to your account. That information in not used for any other purpose and is not shared with any third party, except to the extent it is needed to process your order or respond to your customer service requests.

Newsletter Sign-Up. You can choose to receive e-mail newsletters from GreatOccasions.com. Any information that we collect during the newsletter subscription process will only be used to send your newsletter. Your e-mail address will never be sold, rented, or otherwise provided to a third party, except to the extent needed to deliver the e-mail message, and you can easily unsubscribe from a newsletter at any time.

Cookies

We use "cookies” to help personalize your visit and for tasks like processing your order and storing items in your shopping cart. A cookie is a small amount of data stored on your hard drive that is transmitted to your browser from a web server. We never store sensitive information like credit card numbers or passwords in cookies.

Also, we currently contract with several online partners to help manage and optimize our Internet business and communications. We use the services of a marketing company to help us measure the effectiveness of our promotions and how visitors use our site. To do this, we use Web beacons and cookies provided by our marketing company on this site. A web beacon is a tiny graphic with a unique identifier, similar in function to a cookie, and is used to track the online movements of Web users. Web beacons are not tied to users' personally identifiable information.

The type of information we collect includes the pages visited, products purchased, and prices paid for the products. By supplementing our records, this information helps us learn things like what pages are most attractive to our visitors, which of our products most interest our customers, and what kinds of offers our customers like to see. Although our marketing company logs the information coming from our site on our behalf, we control how that data may and may not be used.

Our Commitment To Data Security

The security of your data is very important to us, and as such, we use Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) technology to encrypt your personal information before it is transmitted to us. You know that the information you are transmitting is being encrypted by the presence of an unbroken key icon or closed lock icon that should appear at the bottom of your internet browser's window (the location depends on which browser you use). For example, you will see this icon appear once you start the check-out process. Also, you may notice that the web address that is displayed in your browser address window will change from http://www.GreatOccasions.com to https://www.GreatOccasions.com which indicates that a secure connection is being used.

In addition, access to your personal information is provided only to our employees and agents who need to know such information to fulfill your order, resolve an issue with your order, or respond to a customer service question. Since we do not store your credit card data, none of our employees have access to that information.

What You Can Do To Increase the Security of Your Data

Please make sure that you create a password that would be difficult for another person to guess. If you absolutely need to write down your password, please keep it in a safe place. Remember that you can have your password e-mailed to you so anyone with access to the e-mail account that you registered with could be able to access your GreatOccasions.com account.

Also, please make sure to log out of your account and close your browser window when you have completed your visit. This is especially important if you are using a computer that is accessed by others or in a public place like a library.

Links to Third Party Websites

GreatOccasions.com may contain links to other websites that are not operated or controlled by us. Please review the privacy and data security policies of those sites prior to providing any personal information, as the privacy policies of third party websites may differ from ours.

How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information

You can view and modify your personally identifiable data that we collect at GreatOccasions.com through ‘My Account’. You must provide your e-mail address and password in order to access your information.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this privacy policy at any time. Any policy changes will be posted and will appear on GreatOccasions.com. Please check this page periodically for changes – the date that the policy was last updated is listed at the top of the page.

How To Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns about our privacy and data security policies, please contact us at 1-(888)-663-1252 or send an e-mail message to Customer_Service@GreatOccasions.com.

Your Acceptance of these Terms

By using GreatOccasions.com, you agree to accept our privacy policy as stated above. Please make sure that you read our policy very carefully, because by using the website, you automatically agree to our privacy policy.

 

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