Your privacy on the Internet is extremely important to us. Because you give us personal information, we believe you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding what we do with that information. This privacy statement discloses the information we gather, how we use it, and how you can correct or change it.
Here's What We Do With Your Internet Provider (IP) Address
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is used to help identify you and your shopping cart and to gather broad demographic information.
Here's Why We Place A Cookie On Your Hard Drive
Youth Emporium uses a feature of your Internet Web browser that is called a "cookie." A "cookie" is a file that your Web browser places on your computer's hard drive. When you initially log on to Youth Emporium, we create a "cookie" for your computer and then use it to track your clicks as you go through the Web site. Youth Emporium uses cookies:
- To tell us whether you've visited Youth Emporium previously.
- To help determine whether you came to Youth Emporium from a particular Internet link or banner advertisement.
- To remember who you are. This allows us to auto fill-in forms with information that you have previously entered.
There is no personal information stored within the cookie itself and the data included in the cookie is useful only to Youth Emporium. Youth Emporium does not and cannot use cookies to retrieve personal information about you from your computer. Cookies cannot be used by Youth Emporium to retrieve any personal information about you unless you have previously donated to or registered with Youth Emporium.
The "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies does allow you to take full advantage of some of Youth Emporium’s features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.
This Is Who Gets Your Information
Information about Youth Emporium visitors is an important part of our business, but we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information as described below:
· Youth Emporium
· For the protection of Youth Emporium and Others
· We release account and other personal information when we believe that it is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our Terms of Use, or
· To protect the rights, property, or safety of Youth Emporium.
Our registration form asks you to give us information about yourself which will allow us to help you in the following ways.
- Process your application or donation accurately and quickly
- Reduce the amount of information you need to provide each time you visit or donate online
- Protect your privacy
- Allow us to contact you with your requested information
- Personalize your experience on our site
When You Make a Donation, This Is What We Do With The Information
- Verify and charge your credit card
- Contact you with customer service related questions
- Notify you with requested information
- Email you
We'll Protect You When You're On Our Site
Youth Emporium may contain optional links to partners and third party Internet sites and services that may collect data from you or your computer. Please be aware that if you choose to leave our site via a link, Youth Emporium assumes no responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of other web sites. The link is informational in nature, and there is no requirement that you utilize their services or resources.
You Can Use Your Credit Cards Safely
Youth Emporium uses a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. All user contact information is contained behind secured networks and is accessible only by a limited number of trusted employees who have special access rights to production systems. Passwords are encrypted in Youth Emporium secure database, which is also located behind secured networks. All sensitive/credit information supplied by users is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology through PayPal, a trusted and secure
online payment system.
How to Remove Your Name From Our Newsletter/Mailing List
Youth Emporium gives members the following options for removing their e-mail address from our database so you will not receive future communications:
- Send an email message to: youthemporium@aol.com
- Click on the unsubscribe link on any subscription mail you receive (and follow the directions located on the bottom of each email).
- Send a letter to the following postal address:
Youth Emporium, Inc.
Attention: Webmaster, Post Office Box 6665, Douglasville, GA 30154
If You Want To Change Your Information
We want you to enjoy all of the features of Youth Emporium by keeping your account information current. Youth Emporium gives users the following options for changing and modifying information previously provided:
- Click on the My Account link to make direct changes to your information on-line.
- Send an email message to: youthemporium@aol.com
- Reply back to any subscription mail you receive (and follow the directions located on the bottom of each email).
- Send a letter to the following postal address:
Youth Emporium, Inc.
Attention: Webmaster, Post Office Box 6627, Douglasville, GA 30154
All Other Questions
If you have additional questions about this privacy statement, the practices of Youth Emporium, Inc., or your dealings with this web site, please email us at youthemporium@aol.com or write us at:
Youth Emporium, Inc.
Attention: Webmaster, Post Office Box 6627, Douglasville, GA 30154
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