Your Privacy
At hypatia, we are committed to protecting
your privacy. We use the information we collect about you
to process orders and to provide you a more personalized shopping
experience. Please read on for more details about our privacy
policy.
What
information do we collect? How do we use it?
When you order, we need to know your name, e-mail address,
phone number, mailing address, credit-card number and expiration
date. This allows us to process and fulfill your orders and
to notify you of your order status.
In
the future, you may voluntarily sign up to be informed about
certain offers. For this service we need only an e-mail address,
which we will use to send the information you requested. When
you enter a contest or other promotional feature, we may ask
for your name, address and e-mail address, so we can administer
the contest and notify winners.
We
monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help us
develop the design and layout of the store.
We may also use the information we collect to occasionally
notify you about important changes to the Web site, new hypatia
services and special offers we think you'll find valuable.
If you would rather not receive this information, please notify
us. Make sure to notify us for each account or e-mail address
you have left with us.
How
does hypatia protect customer information?
Once you select the items you wish to purchase from our boutique,
your shopping experience is secured using SSL technology (check
the address bar for https:// to verify this). hypatia will
only retain your credit card information long enough to process
your order and we will not store it in our database.
What about "cookies"?
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are
stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our
cookies do not contain any personally identifying information.
Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can
usually change your browser to prevent that. Even without
a cookie, you can still use most of the features in our store,
including placing items in your shopping cart and purchasing
them.
Will
hypatia disclose the information it collects to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to
others without your consent except if required by law or pursuant
to a court or similar order, to protect the legal rights of
hypatia, to prevent personal injury, or in the event we are
required to transfer personally identifiable information to
a third party in the event of a sale, merger, or joint venture.
We also reserve the right to allow access to third parties
who may be providing necessary technical services when such
access is required in order to provide services. Such third
parties will be bound by hypatia’s privacy policy and
are not allowed to use personally identifiable information
for other than the purpose of providing services.
We
may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales,
traffic patterns, or related site information to reputable
third-party vendors, but these statistics will not include
any personally identifying information.
Links
to Other Sites
Our Web site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible
for the privacy practices these sites employ. We encourage
you to review their privacy policies.
In
Summary
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information
we collect on the site to make shopping at hypatia possible
and to enhance your overall shopping and forum experience.
We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to
others.
Your
Consent
By using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use
of this information by hypatia. If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, so
you are always aware of what information we collect, how we
use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.
Tell
us what you think.
hypatia welcomes your questions and comments about our privacy
policy. Please e-mail us at info@behypatia.com
if you have any questions, concerns or feedback.
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