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Christmas Interest Privacy Policy & Terms of Use
At Christmas Interest, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect about you to process your orders and to provide a more personalized shopping experience.
Christmas Interest, Inc. collects personally identifying information only during (a) a contest or Registration, (b) a subscription or Registration for services that require subscription, and (c) online shopping. In addition, Registration is required and information is collected in certain sections of our site in which guests provide content submissions and suggestions or participate in interactive online activities (i.e., postings, games, or bulletin boards). Christmas Interest may use such information to award prizes, track compliance with our Terms and Conditions, or for editorial and feedback purposes (to the extent that it is explained when guests provide the information). In the event that Christmas Interest plans to post any such information on our site, guests are provided prior notification of such posting and given the option of preventing such posting.
When engaging in activities or conducting transactions at Christmas Interest you may be asked to supply personal information. Examples of such information include name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, gender, birth date, as well as other demographic or commerce related information. Using this collected information, we are able to provide you with a more personalized experience. We can use this information to occasionally notify you about important changes to our web site, new Christmas Interest services, and special promotions. In addition, information about your previous purchases assists us in shaping our gift suggestions and helps us identify merchandise that might be of interest to you. We believe that by personally tailoring our services and products we can enhance your overall personal experience during your visits to Christmas Interest.
Personal information you provide to Christmas Interest will not be disclosed in whole or in part to any third parties, with the exception that Christmas Interest may be obligated to disclose user information to comply with applicable local, state and federal laws, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our services for illegal activities, or in legal proceedings where such information is relevant. In addition, Christmas Interest may release such information when we believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to (a) comply with law, (b) enforce or apply the terms of any of our user agreements or (c) protect the rights, property or safety of Christmas Interest, our users or others.
It is our policy not to sell, rent, or loan any of your personally identifiable information to any third party or outside affiliate. We may choose to do so in the future with trustworthy third parties, but you can tell us not to by sending a blank e-mail message to never@christmas.com. (If you use more than one e-mail address to shop with us, send us this message from each e-mail account you use.) We may share aggregate user information that does not identify individual users with our reputable business partners, advertisers, and sponsors. In this scenario we might share information with a partner that X percent of men and Y percent of women use a particular service at Christmas Interest. Again, this is done using non-personal and non-identifiable information.
Policies for Individuals Under 13
- Christmas Interest encourages parents and guardians to spend time online with their children and to participate in the interactive activities offered on our site.
- No information should be submitted to or posted at Christmas Interest by guests under 13 years of age without the consent of their parent or guardian. Unless otherwise disclosed during collection, Christmas Interest does not provide any personally identifying information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. We may share aggregate user information that does not identify individual users with our reputable business partners, advertisers, and sponsors. Again, this is done using non-personal and non-identifiable information.
- All registrants receive e-mail confirming their Registration. In addition, when a guest under 13 registers, his/her parent or guardian receives an e-mail communicating that Registration and providing instructions on how the parent could delete the Registration if so desired. Links to Other Sites
Users should be aware that when you are on Christmas Interest you could be directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are links to other sites from Christmas Interest that take you outside our site. For example, if you click on a banner the click takes you off Christmas Interest. This includes links from advertisers, sponsors, and partners that may use Christmas Interest's logo as part of a co-branding or sponsorship agreement. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, or otherwise collect data or solicit personal information. Always be aware of where you end up while browsing.
Content Monitoring
Users should be aware that Christmas Interest maintains open forums (newsgroups) and we allow users to post content on our site. Users are asked to keep their post and content free of profanity, sexual comments, solicitations, illegal wares, URLs, and malicious files. Christmas Interest does monitor these groups for blatant rule violations to keep the forums in the spirit of Christmas and the holiday season. However, due to the number of postings Christmas Interest is not responsible for the use of any content posted in the newsgroups or content posted on the site. We ask for your participation in helping us monitor these forums by emailing us at within information about any questionable postings in the Christmas Interest forums.
Content Submissions
Christmas Interest allows users to submit information and content to our site using interactive forms. Any information submitted by any user gives Christmas Interest full rights and permission to the use of the content in any manner that we see fit.
About IP Addresses
Christmas Interest collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. An IP address is a number that's automatically assigned to your computer whenever you're surfing the Web. Web servers -- the big computers that "serve" up Web pages -- automatically identify your computer by its IP address.
When guests request pages from Christmas Interest, our servers log the guests' IP addresses. We do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous to us.
Use of Cookies – Christmas Interest Cookies Policy
Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier for you by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences while you're at our site. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you'll find them at most major Web sites. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information.
By showing how and when guests use the site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the site are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked with cookies. If you accept the first tracking cookie from Christmas Interest, you won't be offered as many afterwards. Cookies also allow automatic login to the personalized services at Christmas Interest such as My.Christmas Interest.
Security Policy
The importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated with our guests is of utmost concern to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of your information from your PC to our servers, utilizing encryption software. Only those employees who need access to your information in order to do their jobs are allowed access. Any employee who violates our privacy and/or security policies is subject to disciplinary action, including possible termination and civil and/or criminal prosecution.
Your "Shopping Login" is password protected so only you may access your account and view personal Login information. We recommend that you treat your password like other private pieces of information, such as an ATM pin number, and never divulge it to anyone. Any requests you receive for any kind of password information should be approached with extreme caution.
Opting Out
To keep you in control of your personal information and the communications directed to you, we allow you to opt-out of the following services: receiving information from Christmas Interest about new features or services, or receiving communications about offers from either Christmas Interest or third-party companies that offer a product or service that we think would be of value to you. To opt-out of such services or modify, update, or change any personal information please visit "Your Account" at any time.
Any information that you provide when purchasing products from any of our affiliated online partners may be used for marketing and promotional purposes and is subject to the opt-out policies of each individual partner.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By using this site, you signify your consent to the Christmas Interest Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use of the Christmas Interest site following the posting of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post these 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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