1. Our Policy.
The Hamilton Mall (the "Mall," "we,"
or "us"), respects and understand our website www.shophamilton.com
(the "site") users’ concerns about confidentiality
and privacy and we take all reasonable steps to ensure that any
information you give us is handled in a safe and responsible manner.
Because of our respect and understanding of your rights, we have
developed this policy which discloses the privacy practices of the
Mall and describes the information we collect about you during your
use of our site and what use we may make of that information.
It is important to remember that by using our site,
you agree to the terms of this policy. Because the technology in
this area is expanding and improving at such a rapid pace, we suggest
that you refer to this policy on a regular basis as it may change,
at any time in the Mall's sole discretion, in order to allow the
Mall to take advantage of any technological advances or for business
purposes or legal reasons.
2. Information That We May Collect.
We collect your information in different areas of
our site. The exact information collected varies depending on the
areas of our site that you use. We collect all information that
you voluntarily disclose in the course of using our site, or in
becoming a registered user of our site. In the future, we may require
further information as dictated by the nature of the services that
we may offer.
When you place an order for a gift certificate, we
ask for your name, address, e-mail address, credit card name and
number.
In the course of using our site, we automatically
track certain information about you. This information includes the
URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on our site or
not), which URL you go to next (whether this URL is on our site
or not), what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol
(IP) address. Many sites automatically collect this information.
In addition, we may decide to use cookies on certain pages of our
site. Cookies can help us provide information which is targeted
to your interests. Cookies are stored on your hard drive, not on
our site. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning
that they are automatically deleted at the end of a session.
3. Our Use of Your Information.
We internally use personally identifiable information
to improve our services, to statistically analyze site usage, to
improve our content, to customize our site’s content and layout.
We believe these uses allow us to improve our site and better tailor
it to meet our users’ needs.
We will also use personally identifiable information
to deliver information to you that, in some cases, is targeted to
your interests, such as promotional e-mails, targeted banners and
promotions. If you supply us with your e-mail address, you may receive
occasional e-mail from us announcing services, product information,
promotional events, or updates to our website. If you supply us
with your mailing address, you may receive periodic mailings from
us for the same purposes. If you do not wish to receive such mailings,
please send us an e-mail to kdeannutis@kravco.com indicating your e-mail address or mailing address as applicable.
We use information that we obtain from your current
and past activities on the site, to resolve disputes, and troubleshoot
problems.
4. Our Disclosure of Your Information.
We do not sell, lend or rent any personally identifiable
information about you to any third party outside of the Mall, its
parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, authorized agents, operating companies
and other related entities. We only disclose information to third
parties when it is reasonably necessary in order to allow us to
perform our services and deliver information to you.
We cooperate with all law enforcement inquires and
with all third parties to enforce, the rights of others and all
and any federal, state or local law or regulation. We can (and you
authorize us to) disclose any information
about you to law enforcement or other government officials, including
any government officials, as we, in our sole discretion, believe
necessary or appropriate.
Unfortunately, due to the existing regulatory environment,
we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other
personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways
not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example
(without limiting the foregoing), third parties may unlawfully intercept
or access files, transmissions or private communications. Therefore,
although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy,
we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally
identifiable information or private communications will always remain
private.
5. Third Party Collectors of Information.
Our policy only addresses the use and disclosure of
information we collect from you. To the extent that you disclose
your information to third parties, whether they are participating
retailers, service providers, advertisers or other sites throughout
the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure
of the personal information you disclose to them. Participating
retailers, third party service providers and advertisers adhere
to their own privacy customs and policies. Because we do not control
the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy
customs and policies of that third party. We do not make any representations
or warranties as to how such third parties may use your information.
6. A Note To Parents and Children 13 and Younger.
Except as provided below, we do not knowingly collect
personally identifiable information from children 13 years old or
younger without prior verifiable parental consent. Before a user
submits any information directly to us, we ask for their age so
that we can provide the younger users with a questionnaire that
does not ask any unnecessary personal questions. In the case of
a child who is 13 years old or younger the questionnaire will simply
ask for the child’s name and age and their parent’s
e-mail address (or phone number or mailing address if their parents
do not have an e-mail address). This is the minimum information
necessary to allow us to properly receive parental consent in the
manner provided below. Once we obtain parental consent, we will
use a child's information just as we use any information collected
on our site. For a description of our collection and use of information,
see paragraphs 2 and 3.
Parents may revoke their consent at any time and refuse
to allow further collection or use of their child’s information.
Further, parents may review and have us delete any information submitted
by their child. We are prohibited from conditioning a child’s
participation in an activity on the child’s disclosing more
personal information than is reasonably necessary.
It is possible that we will collect a child’s
name and e-mail address for purposes of entering a child in a contest
or similar promotional activity. However, in any such situation,
we would also collect the parent’s e-mail address so that
we could notify the parent of the child’s entry in the contest.
The information collected in these cases would be used only for
purposes of the particular contest and will be deleted when the
particular promotion is completed. In such a case, the parent has
the right to have their child’s information deleted from our
database and prevent us from contacting their child in the future.
Finally, we may collect a child’s e-mail address in order
to allow us to respond to a one-time request from your child. The
child’s information is deleted after we respond to this one-time
request.
In the event that there is a material change in the
collection, use or disclosure policy we will send the parent an
e-mail message alerting them of this change and requesting their
consent to continue to collect their child’s information.
7. Obtaining Parental Consent.
In order to obtain parental consent, we will ask a
child for their parent’s e-mail or mailing address. If the
parent has an e-mail address, we will ask for parental consent to
collect the child’s information via an e-mail message, along
with a follow-up message or telephone call to confirm that the parent
in fact did consent to collection of their child’s information.
If the parent does not have an e-mail address, we will obtain parental
consent by requesting the parent’s signature on a letter that
we will send to the parent or by calling the parent on the telephone,
following the child’s attempt to submit information to us.
8. Contacting the Website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy,
or our practices regarding our site, you can e-mail us at kdeannutis@kravco.com. |