the Scrapbook Club is strongly committed to protecting your
privacy and providing a safe online experience for all of our users and
subscribers while offering the highest quality products and services to them.
Because we gather certain types of information about and from users and
subscribers so that we can fulfill your requests and better serve your needs, we
feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the
collection and use of this information. This privacy statement discloses what
information we gather, how we use it, how to correct or change it, and what
steps we take to safeguard personal information provided to us both online and
offline. We encourage you to always check the privacy policy on each
website you visit to be sure you understand the privacy policy governing that
site. Please read the complete Online Privacy Policy below, as well as our Terms
and Conditions of Use, and contact us if you have any questions.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?
You can visit our website, view idea pages and check on offerings without
giving us any personally identifiable information. So that we can provide our
users and subscribers with the most efficient and enhanced, personalized
service, we request information about you in certain circumstances, and also
collect certain information automatically. For the convenience of our customers
and to better serve you, a customer account includes all the collected personal
information we may have, but you can update or correct your contact information
or change your preferences about receiving information from us at any time.
We collect personally identifiable information, such as names, mailing
addresses, and/or e-mail addresses, when you subscribe to our service or place
an order (see the section below for more information on subscriptions and
orders). We may also request demographic information, such as age, gender,
hobbies or interests. Often this additional information is optional.
Registration may also be required to participate in message boards, bulletin
boards, or chat rooms at our websites.
The information we collect may include your e-mail address, name, address,
phone number, age, gender, hobbies, family information, and similar demographic
information or information related to your interests. This information may be
collected during registration on site or in connection with specific activities.
If you wish to subscribe to one of our publications or place an order for
products or services online, you must generally establish a credit card account
with us. In addition to the customary information needed to fill your order
(full name, address, ship-to name and address, gift information, etc.),
subscriptions and orders necessitate collection of additional personal
information, such as your credit card number and credit card expiration date.
Our website allows visitors to subscribe to our service online. We offer
online and offline subscribers a "bill me" option if they do not wish
to use a credit card.
We also may collect your IP address, browser type, domain name, access times
and referring website address. This helps facilitate your online experience at
our websites. In addition, we use cookies to track usage patterns at our site
and to control the display of ads, as well as to offer other functionalities
(such as screening for age, helping to track items in your shopping basket). See
below for more detail on cookies. WHAT DO WE DO WITH COLLECTED INFORMATION?
We use information you provide to fulfill your requests and improve our
products and services.
We use personal information so that we may display or send custom,
personalized content to our website visitors and to send newsletters, mail,
e-mails, other updates, information or offers to our subscribers. A user may, at
any time, opt out of receiving such information. We also use collected
information to evaluate and administer our products and services, fulfill
customer requests, like subscription and other orders, respond to any problems
that may arise, such as delivery failures, difficulties in navigating our site
or accessing certain features, as well as to gauge user trends to determine what
products and services are most popular with users.
Of course, we use personal information to allow you to subscribe online or to
make product purchases at our website. Rest assured that we and our technical
and fulfillment agents and consultants follow careful procedures to safeguard
credit card data in connection with your transactions.
Personal information is available to The Scrapbook Club and its technical and
fulfillment agents and consultants who make this site and products and services
available to you.
Credit Card Companies. As in any transaction, your
credit card company will have all relevant information about the name of the
vendor, item(s) purchased, and date and total cost. The Scrapbook Club will not
otherwise provide any personal data to your credit card company.
Advertisers, Sponsors and Promotional and Business
Partners. We share anonymous, aggregate demographic information (such as
gender, age, income, hobbies, interests, etc.), and anonymous information
obtained from cookies and similar technologies, with our advertisers, sponsors,
promotional and business partners, and with participating vendors at our site
offering online sales opportunities. No personally identifiable information is
disclosed to any of these third parties in providing these reports. Credit card
numbers, bank account numbers, and passwords are not shared with advertisers,
sponsors or promotional partners, and are only shared with us.
Your e-mail address is not shared with third parties. Sometimes we will give
you the opportunity to opt in to receive e-mail offers from third parties not
affiliated with The Scrapbook Club. If you decide to accept these offers, we
will provide, with your consent, your contact information to the third
party. Third party vendors and advertisers will also use technical and
other consultants. We urge visitors to carefully review the privacy policies of
these firms. The Scrapbook Club is not responsible for the privacy policies and
procedures of any third party.
You should be aware that if you voluntarily disclose information, personal or
otherwise, online in any community area (whether through our website or any
other service available online), that information can be collected and used by
others. For example, if you use chat, forums, bulletin boards or message boards,
or if you post personal information online (such as your e-mail address), you
may receive unsolicited messages from others. The Scrapbook Club has no control
over this use of your personal information.
We reserve the right to use or disclose any information without notice or
consent as needed to satisfy any law, regulation or legal request; to conduct
investigations of consumer complaints or possible breaches of law; to protect
the integrity of our site and our property; to protect the safety of our
visitors or others; to fulfill your requests; or to cooperate in any legal
investigation.
Your Web browser offers so-called "cookies" which, if you allow
their use, store small amounts of data on your computer when you visit a
website. Cookies do not contain any personally identifiable information about
you and therefore cannot be used to identify you personally. Cookies assist us
in tracking which of our features you like best. Cookies also enable us to
customize our content according to your preferences. You have the ability to
accept or decline cookies by modifying your browser and our websites are
viewable even if you disable the cookie function on your browser. However, if
you disable cookies, some advanced and customized features or offerings will not
be available to you.
Some of our Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons,
which are also called single-pixel gifs. These images allow us to count users
who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. We also may
include Web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to
count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not
used to access your personally identifiable information but they are a technique
we use to compile aggregated statistics about our website usage. Web beacons
collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and
date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon
resides. Some of our Web pages may also contain Web beacons placed there by our
advertising partners to help us determine the effectiveness of our advertising
campaigns.
Some of the banner ads displayed in our websites are provided by outside
companies. These ads contain cookies and may also contain Web beacons. Unlike
cookies and Web beacons used by The Scrapbook Club in content it controls
at its Web sites, cookies or Web beacons received with banner ads are collected
by our advertisers and we do not have access to this information. We use
reputable third parties to serve some or all of the advertisements that are
placed within our sites and they may use information (not including personally
identifiable information) about your visits to our sites and other sites to
assist in serving advertisements to you. They may share anonymous information
with their clients such as date/time of the banner ad shown, the specific ad
shown, the IP address, etc. We will take commercially reasonable steps to implement your changes
promptly, but if notifying us by mail please allow up to 30 days for changes to
take affect, and up to 10 days for e-mail.
SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt important
information, such as your credit card data, in an effort to prevent unauthorized
access during transmission of your orders over the Internet. We incorporate
standard industry practices internally and with our service providers suitable
to the degree of sensitivity of the information involved to maintain the
security of your personal information and to avoid its disclosure except as
described in this policy.
Although we use our best efforts to assure that your data remains secure when
maintained by us, security during Internet transmissions cannot be assured. The
Scrapbook Club employees are made aware of its privacy practices through
periodic communications and training. We limit access to personal data only to
those employees or agents with a specific need to access or retrieve this
information. We store data on multiple service systems, in controlled, secure
environments. To maintain the highest level of security, we conduct internal
reviews of our security measures on a regular basis. Remember, however, that any
personal information you post in chat rooms or message boards is available to
anyone.
Our services and web site is intended for adults, but may include features or
material that may be appealing to children under the age of 13. The Scrapbook
Club is strongly committed to protecting the safety and privacy of children who
visit our Web sites. We do not knowingly collect personal information online
from children under 13 and have adopted techniques to age-screen users on our
teen-oriented sites to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy and the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its
accompanying regulations establish United States federal law that protects the
privacy of children using the Internet. Our site may include chat rooms,
bulletin boards and other features that we believe are unsuitable for children
under 13 and which are not necessarily monitored. We encourage all parents to
talk to their kids about online safety and to monitor their children's use of
the Internet.
The Scrapbook Club may offer links to or from sites operated by third
parties. We offer links to third party sites so that you can conveniently visit
our vendors and advertisers or locate other content likely to be of interest. We
are not responsible for the content, practices or policies of sites operated by
third parties and urge you to inquire about them before providing any
personally-identifiable information.
In developing our business, we might sell certain assets, or the company, or
parts of it, may be sold, merged or otherwise transferred. In such transactions,
user information, whether personally identifiable or otherwise, may be one of
the transferred assets.
Our websites and the servers that make these sites available worldwide are
located in the United States. All matters relating to these sites are governed
by the laws of the State of California in the United States. Any information you
provide in subscribing to our service or registering or ordering at one of our
web sites will be transferred to the United States. By visiting our sites and
submitting information, you authorize this transfer, processing and use.
We will occasionally update this Privacy Policy as necessary to protect our
users and to comply with a changing environment. We recommend that you check the
policy when you visit our site to be sure you are aware of and understand our
current policy. If we make material changes to this policy or in how we will use
or collect your personally identifiable information, we will prominently post
such changes prior to implementing the change. We will not make material changes
in how we handle previously collected personal information that have retroactive
effect unless legally required to do so.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices,
please e-mail us at customerservice@thescrapbookclub.com.
Or you can contact us by mail at:
Privacy Coordinator Updated August 1, 2003
The Scrapbook Club
3508 Waco Ave.
Simi Valley, CA 93063
Or you can fax us at (702) 736-6210, Att: Privacy Coordinator