Cookies

A cookie is a piece of text that is entered into the memory of your browser. Many Internet services deliver cookies to visitors to their web sites. Cookies store information about your use of their service on your computer where it can only be retrieved by the same service at a later time.

Forums: If you choose to register and login when using our forum, a cookie is used to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit. The cookie is also used to track which messages you have not yet read, and mark them for you for easy reading. You are not required to register or login to use the forum (but you will not be able to edit your posts unless you have.)

Shopping: Our shopping cart also uses cookies to keep track of what you have placed in your cart, although it will still work if you set your browser to refuse cookies.

Collection of information

Newsletter: We use Topica.com to manage our newsletter. An e-mail address is the only information required to subscribe, and it is used by us solely to deliver the newsletter. We do not share or distribute the names on our list. Please visit Topica for more information on their privacy policy. The newsletter is "voluntary opt-in." This means only you can add or delete your e-mail address to or from the list.

Feedback forms: We also use feedback forms. Each solicits information such as comments, questions, error reports, etc. This information is provided by you on a voluntary basis. The forms will not be processed unless the information is accompanied by a valid e-mail address. This e-mail address may be used one time, or on a continuing basis, only to respond to the concern expressed in the feedback form. It will not be added to any bulk e-mail list, or be provided to a third party.

Order Checkout Form: We collect personal information which includes the name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number, and credit card information (if applicable) of the user during the checkout process when an order is completed. The name and street address is used to deliver the order. The telephone # and/or e-mail address may be used to get in touch with the user if necessary. The credit card information is used to bill the user for products. This information is never shared with third parties. We may use this contact information in the future for our own mailings related to our own services and products. We do not share or distribute any of this information with third parties.

We understand that your security and privacy are issues of great concern and we take whatever steps we can to avail ourselves of the latest technologies and the most conservative policy regarding sharing information and protecting privacy for your benefit!

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such Web sites.

Bulletin Boards

We make message boards available to our users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Children's Guidelines

We do not sell products for purchase by children. We sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may purchase from this site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

We care about children and understand that they have special privacy needs. Therefore, we have adopted the following privacy policy regarding children:

1. We do NOT require that personally identifiable information be given to us to use any feature of this site.
2. We will only use online contact information (email address) to:
   1. Respond directly to the child's request on a one-time basis and not use that information to re-contact the child for other purposes.
   2. Request the name or online contact information of a parent for the purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent or providing parental notification.
   3. Respond more than once directly to a specific request from a child (such as in the case where a child requests a newsletter subscription) and not use that information to re-contact the child for other purposes.
   4. We will NOT entice the child to divulge more information than is needed to participate in any activity, game, or service.
   5. We will provide the parent a description of the specific types of personally identifiable information collected from their child upon request. We will allow the parent to refuse further use or future online collection of personally identifiable information.
   6. We will NOT provide any links to Web sites that are unsuitable for children.
   7. We encourage children to get their parent's permission before sharing any personal information online.
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