PRIVACY POLICY OF WWW.1-800-GIFTERS.COM
Last Updated September 10, 2017
The Company, Ecommerce Strategies, LLC operates www.1-800-Gifters.com (and all upperlevel urls of 1-800-Gifters) (the Website) which is a member of a family of brands. The Company understands and respects the privacy of our Users (see Terms of Use) and have developed a Privacy Policy to inform the User what kinds of information we collect and what we do with that information. This Privacy Policy is a part of the Terms of Use and is deemed to be fully contained in the Terms of Use.
The information the Privacy Policy provides to the User:
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the personal information collectible from you when you: a) access and/or use the Website, we may collect from you when you visit our Website, b) respond to our emails and/or send us emails, c) order by mail, d) order by fax, e) access our mobile applications, f) order through social media g) contact the Company by telephone, h) contact the Company by text (collectively referred to as the Service),
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why information is gathered from you,
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how information is gathered from you,
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how any gathered information from you is used by Company
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your choices to control the use, access of the information collected
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how to correct the personal information from you that has been collected.
Legal Users:
User must be 21 years old or the age of majority to order (or receive) alcoholic beverages. User must be 18 years old to use the Service, to subscribe, to register as a member, and to place an order and purchase merchandise. The Company operates a general audience website and cannot monitor the website to prevent underage Users from accessing the Service. The Company does not knowingly collect information on youth under 13 years of age.
Why is information gathered?
The Company through the Service gathers personal information for the following reasons:
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To determine what groups of people are using the Services
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To improve products,
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To improve customer service
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To improve selection
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To improve the completion of your order
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To follow trends of individual Users and all Users
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To determine what types of products User views and purchases to know what suggestions to make
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To provide the User with information on upcoming sales or offerings
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What information is gathered?
Information is gathered through our Website, emails, mail, fax, telephone, mobile devices and applications and social media applications when you interact with these Services, including when you:
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Access our Website and use our Apps
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Order products
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Interactively participate with our Services in any way
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Participate in other activities, resources, Services which are accessible to Users.
The following information may be collected depending upon your interaction with the Services:
1 Name, address, phone number, email address, user ID and contacts,
2 Billing information for your credit card including the number, expiration date, CVV code
3 Gender and date of birth
4 Type of products purchased and for what occasions
5 IP address, carrier, country, browsing information
6 How, frequency, duration your applications are used
7 Permissions the information you’ve allowed to be collected through the permissions on the applications
8 Promotion or gift card redemption
9 Message and gift recipients' names, addresses, telephone numbers and email
addresses,
10 Information about the device you are using to interact with Services including platform and location
11 Other information provided to Company
This information provided during an aborted order, registration or other interaction may none the less be collected. Complete address book or gift registration information may also be collected.
The information collected is only visible to Company and other affiliates performing analytics, marketing, and programming, and research (collectively Marketers).
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Cookies and Tags
A "cookie" is a minimal data file sent from the web server of Company to User’s browser which is stored on User’s browser. Company’s web server is then able to recognize that User has previously interacted with the Services. Company is then able to provide additional offers or services to previous visitors or members. User may disable cookies in User’s browser which may cause the certain Services to be less functionable. The Marketers may collect non-personal information directly from cookies on User’s browser to assist us in maximizing the shopping experience for Users and Company. Most of this interactive information is collected automatically.
Our Service may also use action tags which anonymously makes trend information available to Marketers to obtain an overall picture of our Customers and their purchasing habits to allow us to tailor our Services to their needs. User may modify their browser settings to disable action tags by Marketers. These Marketers are not obligated to follow the Privacy Policy of the Company.
Interest-based advertising
Other Services
Our advertisements for our Products and Services may appear on other websites on the web. These advertisements are based upon User’s interactive internet habits and interests which has been determined from previous User interaction with the internet. This targeted advertising is called interest based advertising is not generally based upon personal information. Third parties determine the placement of these advertisements. The Company does not control these third parties which may have their own privacy policies.
You may learn more about interest based advertising at www.aboutads.info , and may opt out on that website as well as www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp Company does not respond to nor honor “do not track” (DNT) signals transmitted by web browsers.
How we use the information we collect
The Company uses the information collected to:
1 communicate with User
2 to process User orders
3 to improve the Services we provide
4 to improve the Products we provide
5 to conduct research
6 to provide a personalized shopping experience
7 to inform User of the progress of User’s order
8 to provide a gift message to User’s recipient
9 to inform User and User’s recipient of Company offers
10 to market Company Services and services of those who share and rent such information.
11 To share with Affiliates and Associates to enable them to provide offers and their
Services/Products to User.
12 To provide information to subcontractors, agents, consultants, financial institutions, credit/debit
care processors, business partners, vendors, service providers for the Company’s benefit, to
process orders, and to communicate with User.
13 In the event of a sale, lease, assignment, hypothecation of the Company or any part of it, User
information may be provided to substantiate the claims of the Company.
14 In the event of a bankruptcy proceeding or any other legal proceeding, to comply with court
orders.
15 To compare and complement other information obtain about User from other sources both
public and private to update and improve our User profile.
16 To assist Company and other third parties in providing to User and marketing to User products
Company and other third parties deem User is likely to purchase.
17 User information is intended to be retained for as long as practicable.
18 Any information obtained through a public forum or User submissions are exempt from this
Privacy Policy and no Privacy Policy applies to such information. Company is permitted to freely
share, use, or distribute this information for the use of others. User disclosure of information in
public forums or through User submissions is done at User’s own risk.
19 All information User provides will be maintained in the United States to which User agrees. User
is informed that privacy laws of the United States may not be as strict as those of User’s country.
20 California residents may request from the Company the nature of the personal information
Company has collected and maintained and disclosed to third parties for direct marketing. Please
contact Company at cs@1-800-Gifters.com specifically requesting said information.
21 User may update User’s personal information with Company by sending an email to
cs@1-800-Gifters.com with the old and new information contained therein. User must use the
email associated with User’s account with Company, otherwise, the information will not be
updated.
Links to Other Web Sites
When User clicks on a link on the Services of Company, User is advised that User will be taken to either a website belonging to the family of brands to which www.1-800-Gifters.com belongs or to affiliated third party websites and services at which time User information will be subject to privacy policies of those other websites and not to the privacy policies of www.1-800-Gifters.com.
When landing on www.1-800-Gifters.com from a link from another website or through the login procedures through social media accounts, User is advised that www.1-800-Gifters.com does not control the Terms of Use nor Privacy Policies of those websites. Accordingly, the Company cannot ensure that User’s personal information will or will not be used in any particular way.
Security and Passwords
The Company utilizes payment services which process payments over the internet using secured socket layer (SSL) encryption technology. User credit card information is submitted to a processing service utilizing SSL. It is advised that User use Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Apple Safari to order Services. User is advised that no known technology is fool proof nor 100% guarantee, therefore User must be vigilant in monitoring their account. The Company does not warrant the security of any information provided to Company.
User passwords and user IDs are required to access portions of the Service. Those portions of the Service may contain personal information. User passwords and user IDs are for the sole use of User and should be protected. User is responsible for any activity or interaction with Services performed under User’s password and/or User ID. It is the sole responsibility of User to report to Company any suspected compromise of User’s password or User ID by email to security@1-800-Gifters.com
Unsubscribe
The company send a variety of emails informing Users of contests, offers, new programs, order confirmations, shipping confirmations, customer satisfaction responses, etc to User’s email. If at any time, User does not want to receive future emails from www.1-800-Gifters.com, User must notify the Company by email to cs@1-800-Gifters.com or click the unsubscribe button in the email received. User is advised to include his account number, full name, and other specific identifying information to allow us to properly comply with User’s request.
Privacy Policy Changes and Agreement
User specifically agrees, by accessing and/or using the Services, to each term of the Company’s Privacy Policy. User understands and agrees that the Privacy Policy is a part of the Terms of Use and is deemed to be fully incorporated therein. User understands and agrees that the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use may be amended and/or modified at any time without prior notice. User agrees to be legally bound to the latest update of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use before any access or use of the Services. The last updated date at the top of the Privacy Policy is the effective date of the amendments and modifications unless a different effective date is specifically identified in the updated Privacy Policy.
Feedback
The Company would appreciate any comments on our products, our Service, our Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use, and the same aspects of www.1-800-Gifters.com family of brands. Please contact us by email at feedback@1-800-Gifters.com.