We
recognize the importance of protecting the
privacy of all information provided by users
of our web sites, subscribers to our mailings
and all of our customers. We created this
policy with a fundamental respect for our
users right to privacy and to guide our
relationships with our users. This privacy
statement discloses the privacy practices for
all products and services owned by Maine Made
Christmas.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
AND USE
Maine Made Christmas collects information from
our website users, subscribers and customers.
In this section of our privacy policy, we will
describe the type of information we collect
and how we use it to provide better services
to our customers.
Registration and
Ordering
When using our website and signing up for
certain selected services (such as customer
accounts and affiliate program), users must
first register. During registration, users are
required to give their contact information
(such as name, e-mail address, mailing address
and phone number). For internal purposes, we
use this information to communicate with users
and provide requested services, and, for our
website visitors, to provide a more
personalized experience on our sites. We use
aggregate demographic information about our
audience to improve our service, for marketing
purposes and/or industry reporting purposes.
For our services that
require payment (such as products), we also
collect credit card information (such as
account name, number and expiration date),
which is used for billing purposes only, and
is not otherwise shared.
E-mail Newsletters
If users wish to subscribe to our e-mailing,
we ask for contact information (such as name,
e-mail address). We use this information in
the same manner as we use contact information
in the registration and ordering process
described above. Recipients of our e-mailings
can unsubscribe using the "Mailing
List" form found on the right of most of
our web pages.
Surveys
After placing an order we invite users to
provide information via surveys. Participation
in these surveys is completely voluntary and
the user therefore has a choice whether to
disclose contact information (such as name and
mailing address) and demographic information
(such as zip code or job title). In addition
to other uses set forth in this policy,
contact information collected in connection
with surveys is used to monitor or improve the
use and satisfaction of the site.
Communications with Us
We have features where users can submit
information to us (such as our feedback
forms). Submissions may be made public, but
will not contain specific identifying
information. We may retain e-mails and other
information sent to us for our internal
administrative purposes, and to help us to
serve customers better.
Automatic Data
Collection
We use "cookies," a piece of data
stored on the user's hard drive containing
information about the user. Cookies benefit
the user by requiring login only once, thereby
saving time while on our site. If users reject
the cookies, they may be limited in the use of
some areas of our site. For example, the user
may not be able to create a customer account.
Additionally, we may note some of the pages
the user visits on our site through the use of
pixel tags (also called clear gifs). The use
of cookies and pixels enable us to track and
target the interests of our users to enhance
the experience on our sites.
For our internal purposes,
we gather date, time, browser type, navigation
history and IP address of all visitors to our
site. This information does not contain
anything that can identify users personally.
We use this information for our internal
security audit log, trend analysis and system
administration, and to gather broad
demographic information about our user base
for aggregate use.
CORRECTION/UPDATING
PERSONAL INFORMATION
If a user's personally identifiable
information changes (such as zip code), or if
a user no longer desires our product(s)/service(s),
we provide a way to correct or update that
user's personal data. The user should contact
Customer Support for the applicable product or
service.
SECURITY
We use reasonable precautions to protect our
users' personal information and to store it
securely. Sensitive information that is
transmitted to us online (such as credit card
number) is encrypted and is transmitted to us
securely. In addition, access to all of our
users' information, not just the sensitive
information mentioned above, is restricted.
Only employees who need the information to
perform a specific job (for example, a billing
clerk or a customer service representative)
are granted access to personally identifiable
information. Finally, the servers on which we
store personally identifiable information are
kept in a secure environment.
LINKS
Our web sites contain links to other sites.
Maine Made Christmas is not responsible for
the privacy practices or content of such other
sites. We encourage our users to be aware when
they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each web site to which we may
link that may collect personally identifiable
information.
NOTIFICATION and
CHANGES
If we change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes on this page so our users are
aware of what information we collect, how we
use it. Users should check this policy
frequently to keep abreast of any changes.
For questions about this
privacy statement, the practices of this site
or any dealings with Maine Made Christmas,
contact us at:
Maine Made Christmas
P.O. Box 115
Columbia Falls, Maine 04623
1207-483-4155
info@mainemadechristmas.com
