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PRIVACY POLICY
Bagchoice is committed
to respecting the privacy rights of our customers and all visitors to our web
site. We take this matter very seriously, and have instituted many policies and
procedures to insure that none of your privacy rights as stated herein are ever
violated. The following outlines Bagchoice's privacy policy and details the
measures we have taken to safeguard and protect your privacy, while providing
you with a unique and rewarding online shopping experience. By visiting
Bagchoice, you are agreeing to the policies detailed below.
what if i communicate with bagchoice electronically?
When you send an email
to Bagchoice or visit our web site, you are communicating with us
electronically. When you send an email to Bagchoice, you consent to receive
communications from us electronically in response. Please note that this does
not constitute opting in to our email or direct mail lists. Bagchoice may
communicate with you by email, by updating or posting notices on the web site.
You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosure and other communications that
Bagchoice provides to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such
communication be in writing. All communications with Bagchoice become the
property of Bagchoice.
what information does bagchoice collect?
In order to serve you
better, Bagchoice collects and stores your personal information when you: (i)
create an account on Bagchoice; (ii) sign up to be notified of special deals
like discounts and exclusive offers; or (iii) enter a contest or promotion on
our site. An account is created when you do one of following things: make a
purchase on Bagchoice, sign up our distributor program on Bagchoice, or register
for an account on Bagchoice. When creating an account, we ask you for your first
and last name, your e-mail address, a password, and perhaps some other similar
information. If you are making a purchase, we will additionally ask you for your
billing address, shipping address, and credit card information. If you have
signed up as a distributor, we may need your EIN or SSN and fill out 1099 form
in order to pay you commission.
Our system also may
gather information about the areas you visit on our site as well as the IP
address you use to connect to our site. We may use this data internally only for
2 reasons: 1) to personalize your experience on Bagchoice.com and the marketing
materials you receive from Bagchoice or its partners and 2) to prevent fraud on
your account. We would not share any of this data on an individual basis (we may
share it in an aggregate form without personal identifiers) with any outside
company other than perhaps consultants or service providers of Bagchoice who
were assisting Bagchoice in serving you better. Of course, to the extent that we
would ever share any of that information with a consultant or service provider,
we would only do so if that party agreed to protect your private information by
adopting a privacy policy at least as stringent as our own. We do use
navigational information both in the aggregate and on an individual basis to
understand how our visitors use Bagchoice so that we can make our site better.
We do not keep track of where you go on the World Wide Web.
what does bagchoice do with this personal information?
Your information is used
to process your orders and personalize your shopping experience on Bagchoice,
for internal purposes and to comply with any legal requirements. By storing your
personal information on a secure server, Bagchoice is able to shorten your
checkout process and allow you to check your order status online.
At Bagchoice, we also
review what kinds of products appeal most to our customers as a group. This
statistical information helps us improve our offering in the same way that other
companies change their catalog based on what sells best. We may also use
information about the kinds of products you buy from Bagchoice to make other
marketing offers to you. Of course, you always have the option to opt-out from
receiving such offers (for instructions on how to opt-out, please see below). To
the extent that you use electronic wallet technology provided by a portal, such
as AOL's Quick Checkout feature or MSN's .NET Passport technology, or another
service provider, we may share some of your purchase information with that
portal or service provider to assist that portal in serving you better. However,
rest assured that we would only share that information with the same portal you
are using and then only to the extent that such portal agreed to protect your
private information by adopting a privacy policy at least as stringent as our
own.
does bagchoice share any information it collects with outside parties?
We may use your purchase
information about the products you buy from Bagchoice to make other marketing
offers to you. Of course, you always have the option to opt-out from receiving
such offers (for instructions on how to opt-out, please see below). We may share
this information with consultants or service providers to help Bagchoice serve
you better. Of course, to the extent that we would ever share any of that
information with a consultant or service provider, we would only do so if that
party agreed to protect your private information by adopting a privacy policy at
least as stringent as our own. Except as provided above, as required by law, or
in the event of a merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of
Bagchoice's assets, we will not sell or otherwise share any of your purchase
information with any third party without your permission.
how does bagchoice safeguard my personal information?
Bagchoice has
implemented 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 employees who have
special access rights. When you place orders or access your personal
information, we offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit
information supplied by you is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
technology and securely stored in Bagchoice's database.
does bagchoice provide a way to update or remove personal information?
Bagchoice provides
account feature on our website which allows you to modify and/or remove most of
your personal information. This page can be accessed by clicking the account
link at the right top of every page on the site. Rest assured that all of your
information within account is secure and accessible only by you or limited
Bagchoice personnel.
how does bagchoice use my e-mail address?
Your e-mail address is
used to create and identify your account on Bagchoice. Your e-mail address is
also used by Bagchoice to correspond with you about any orders that you may
place or to notify you with the results of any contests you may have entered. We
may also use your e-mail address to notify you about important functionality
changes to the Web site, new Bagchoice services and special offers and
promotions we think you'll find valuable. If you would rather not receive this
information, or would like to opt-out of receiving e-mail of this kind, simply
click on the "Unsubscribe" link that appears at the bottom of any email and
follow the simple instructions to have your email address removed from the list
of customers who receive notices of new functionality, services, special offers
and promotions.
Alternately, if you have
created an account with Bagchoice, you can also remove your email address from
our list of addresses that receive information about new products, service,
sales and promotions by clicking on the "my account" button that appears on most
every page of our Web site, logging into your account, clicking on the "edit
preferences" button, and making the appropriate change.
does bagchoice use "cookies"?
A cookie is a small
piece of information sent by a web site that is saved on your hard disk by your
computer's browser. The cookie holds information a site may need to personalize
your experience and to gather web site statistical data, such as which pages are
visited, the internet provider's domain name and country that our visitors come
from (e.g. "aol.com" or "msn.com") and the addresses of the sites visited
immediately before coming to and immediately after leaving Bagchoice.com.
However, none of this information is associated with you as an individual. It is
measured anonymously and only in the aggregate. The information in the cookies
lets us trace your "clickstream" activity (i.e., the paths take by visitors to
our site as they move from page to page). Cookies do not capture your individual
email address or any private information about you.
Bagchoice may use
third-party advertising companies to serve ads on our web site as well as third
party compaies to provide tracking and analysis of information and data
collected from visitors to our web site. These companies may employ cookies and
action tags to measure advertising effectiveness. Any information that these
third parties collect via cookies and action tags is completely anonymous and
Bagchoice reserves the right to provide that information and data to these third
parties.
To browse without
cookies, you can configure your browser to reject all cookies, or to notify you
when a cookie is set. Each browser is different so check the "Help" menu of your
browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. Even without accepting a
cookie, you can still access most of the features on Bagchoice.
how can you remove your name from our direct mail or email list?
To have your email
address removed from our list of addresses that receive information about new
products, service, sales and promotions, simply click on the "Unsubscribe" link
that appears at the bottom of any email and follow the simple instructions.
Alternately, if you have created an account with Bagchoice, you can also remove
your email address from our list of addresses that receive information about new
products, service, sales and promotions by clicking on the "my account" button
that appears on most every page of our Web site, logging into your account,
clicking on the "edit preferences" button, and making the appropriate change.
How to Unsubscribe from
Bagchoice's Direct Mail (Physical Mail) Program:
1.
Forward an email including your full name, physical mailing address and zip code
ie. Lilian Millman
1351 Oakbrook Dr
Norcross, GA 30093
2.
Include Dmoptout as the subject line
3.
Send email to remove@bagchoice.com
your consent
You acknowledge that
this privacy policy is part of the terms of service and you agree that using
this site signifies your assent to Bagchoice's privacy policy. Bagchoice
reserves the right to change the terms of service, including this privacy
policy, at any time, without advanced notice. If we decide to change our privacy
policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of
what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we
disclose it.
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