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We,
at Shor Fabrics, value your privacy. We
do not share or sell your information
to third parties. Shorfabricsn.com allows
you to buy products, enter occasional
contests, receive special discounts, fill
out surveys, and receive newsletters,
e-mails and other promotional information
from us. We use the information that we
collect about you exclusively to fulfill
your purchases and to create a more personalized
online experience. This policy may change
from time to time. All changes will be
posted on shorfabrics.com as indicated
in Section 9 below.
1. What information
does shorfabrics.com collect from
you, and for what purpose?
In order to better provide you with products
and services, shorfabrics.com
collects two types of information about
its visitors: personally identifiable
information and non-personally identifiable
information. Our primary goal in collecting
information from you is to provide you
with a smooth and customized experience
while using shorfabrics.com.
In order to most efficiently serve you,
credit card transactions and order fulfillment
are handled by established third party
banking, processing agents, and distribution
institutions. They receive the information
needed to verify and authorize your credit
card or other payment information and
to process and ship your order.
Personally Identifiable
Information
This refers to information that let’s
us know the specifics of who you are.
Personal information is requested when
you order a product or service, enter
contests or sweepstakes, fill out surveys,
and send us feedback. For example, this
information might include your name, billing
address, shipping address, telephone number,
e-mail address, credit/debit card or other
payment information, and product details.
With this information, we can fill your
orders, and better provide you with personalized
services.
Non-Personally
Identifiable Information
This refers to information that does not
by itself identify a specific individual.
shorfabrics.com gathers certain
information about you based upon where
you shop on it in several ways. This information
is compiled and analyzed on both a personal
and an aggregated basis. For example,
this information may include the Uniform
Resource Locator ("URL") of
the website from which you came from,
which URL you next go to, what browser
you are using, and your Internet Protocol
("IP") address. A URL is the
global address of documents and other
resources on the World Wide Web. An IP
address is an identifier for a computer
or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol ("TCP/IP") network,
such as the World Wide Web. Networks like
the World Wide Web use the TCP/IP protocol
to route information based on the IP address
of the destination. In other words, an
IP address is a number that is automatically
assigned to your computer whenever you
are surfing the web, allowing web servers
to locate and identify your computer.
Computers require IP addresses in order
for users to communicate on the Internet,
browse and shop.
2. Where does
shorfabrics.com collect information about
you?
Shorfabrics.com gathers information in
the following ways:
Shopping
Shorfabrics.com collects information from
visitors to its site regarding the URLs
they came from, domain types (e.g., .com
or .org), their IP addresses, the date
and time of their visit or order, the
number of visits and orders, the number
of visits per browsing session, the operating
system and browser type used to come to
the site, the country, state, and telephone
area code where their servers are located,
the pages and page titles of its site
that visitors viewed during their visit,
whether the visitor's computer is enabled
for Java or cookies, browser language,
applications, and plug-ins, and any search
terms entered on shorfabrics.com.
Ordering
When you order from shorfabrics.com,
it collects personally identifiable information
from you. If you order one of our products
or services, shorfabrics.com will
collect and maintain your name, e-mail
address, billing address, shipping address,
telephone number, product selections,
credit/debit card or other payment information,
order number, referring URL, IP address,
page you bought from and a password. It
collects this, and other information,
as disclosed in this policy, in order
to fill your order, to communicate with
you about your order, and possibly to
send you promotional materials. Before
confirming your order, you will have the
opportunity to review the product order
form and make changes and additions to
the information it contained and these
changes will be automatically kept for
future use.
Online Surveys
and Polling
In order to improve our services to you,
we may ask some of our customers to voluntarily
complete surveys. Individual survey answers
are confidential, although only non-personally
identifiable information is collected.
If you do not wish to participate in a
survey, simply decline to participate
when asked.
Contests and
Sweepstakes
If we should hold a contest or sweepstakes
and you opt to enter, shorfabrics.com
may ask you for contact information such
as your name, address, and e-mail address
in order to administer the contest, to
send you promotional e-mails, notify winners
and make the winners' list publicly available
pursuant to applicable laws. Your consent
to such promotional use and disclosure
of this information is a condition of
your participation. As a condition of
receiving any prize, you will be required
to submit an Affidavit of Eligibility,
for us to ensure that you are eligible
to receive the prize according to the
Contest Rules.
Newsletters &
Promotional E-mails
Periodically, we may offer free newsletters,
and promotional e-mails as a service to
our customers. These newsletters and e-mails
will be sent to you via e-mail and will
contain information on how to opt out
of future newsletters and promotional
e-mails.
Contact Information
If you contact our customer service representatives
by telephone, e-mail or letter, we may
keep a record of your correspondence or
comments. If you report a problem with
shorfabrics.com, we may collect such information
in a file specific to you. If you contact
us through our feedback area or by calling
one of our customer service representatives,
we may ask for your name, e-mail address
and order information in order to send
you a reply.
Cookies
We may use cookies in the operation of
shorfabrics.com; to find out what
cookies are and how they are used, see
Section 7 below.
3. Who is collecting
your information, and with whom is it
shared?
Only Shor Fabrics maintains and may use
your information. It is not shared with
any other third parties with the exception
of third party companies such as credit/debit
card processing centers, and shipping
carriers employed by Shor Fabrics to perform
functions on its behalf including order
fulfillment, postal and email delivery,
and credit processes. The only information
shared is that information which is necessary
to process your order.
We reserve the right to disclose your
information as required by law, and when
we believe disclosure is necessary to
protect our rights and/or comply with
a judicial proceeding, court order, or
legal process served on us.
4. How can you
update or correct your personally identifiable
information?
You have the ability to access and edit
the personal information that you have
provided to shorfabrics.com. During
the online ordering process you can review,
change, or delete the information that
you have submitted. You may change any
of your personal information in your account
online at any time. We encourage you to
promptly update your information if it
changes. You may ask to have the information
on your account deleted or removed; however,
because we keep track of past purchases,
you cannot delete information associated
with past purchases. Also, as a security
measure we "back up" the data
stored on our systems, and such prior
information cannot be completely removed
from our databases. As a result, you should
not expect that all of your personally
identifiable information will be completely
removed from our backed-up databases.
5. What are your
choices regarding collection, use, and
distribution of your information?
We may from time to time send you e-mail
or other communications regarding current
promotions, specials, and new additions
to shorfabrics.com. You may "opt-out,"
or unsubscribe from our newsletters by
following the unsubscribe instructions
in any e-mail you receive from us. After
doing so, you will not receive future
promotional emails unless they open a
new account, enter a contest, or sign
up to receive newsletters or emails. Please
allow up to 2 weeks to process your request.
6. What security
measures are in place to protect against
loss, misuse, or alteration of information?
When you access your account information,
the information is kept on a secure server.
All of the customer data we collect is
protected against unauthorized access
by physical security means.
7. What are "Cookies",
and how are they used?
When you use shorfabrics.com, it may store
cookies on your computer in order to facilitate
and customize your use. A cookie is a
small data text file, which a website
stores on your computer's hard drive (if
your Web browser permits) that can later
be retrieved to identify you to shorfabrics.com.
shorfabrics.com’s cookies store
randomly assigned user identification
numbers, the country where you are located,
and your first name to welcome you back
to shorfabrics.com. The cookies make your
use of shorfabrics.com easier, allow you
to retrieve an earlier shopping cart,
make shorfabrics.com run more smoothly
and help us to maintain a secure site.
You will be unable to shop on shorfabrics.com
without your browser set to accept cookies.
8. How do I Contact
Shor Fabrics with privacy questions or
concerns?
If you have any questions about this Privacy
Policy, the practices of shorfabrics.com,
or your dealings with shorfabrics.com,
please contact Shor Fabrics by sending
a letter to:
Shor Fabrics
404 Broadway
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10013
9. Will this Privacy
Policy change?
This Privacy Policy was last changed in
November, 2009. If we make changes to
any terms or conditions of the Privacy
Policy, the changes will be posted in
this document which is always located
on shorfabrics.com. We may change,
modify, add, or remove portions of this
policy at any time, and any changes will
become effective immediately upon being
posted unless stated otherwise.
10. What about
children’s privacy?
The Children's Online Privacy Protection
Act took effect on April 21, 2000 and
imposes certain requirements on websites
directed toward children under 13, that
collect information on those children,
or websites that know they are collecting
information on children under the age
of 13. We do NOT sell products for purchase
by children under 13 through shorfabrics.com.
Youth-oriented products are sold for purchase
by adults only. We will not knowingly
or intentionally collect personal information
from children under the age of 13. Shor
Fabricsis committed to protecting the
welfare and privacy of children.
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