security & privacy
Effective Date October 1st, 2009
California Privacy Rights
What Information About Me is Collected and Stored?
Is Information Collected From Children?
With Whom Do You Share Information?
What Steps Are Taken To Keep Personal Information Secure?
How Can I Access, Correct and Update Personal Information?
How do I OPT OUT of Receiving Promotional Communications?
What Happens When I Link To or From Another Web Site?
What About Sweepstakes?
What About Online Surveys?
Updates to our Privacy Policy
Governing Law; Limitation of Damages
California Privacy Rights
California law requires us to ensure the privacy of our customers'
personal information. California law also requires us to provide
information to you regarding our privacy policy and the designated
means by which you may inquire about our policy.
NitroSell
ecommerce hosts this Web Site, PeekKids.com (the "Web Site")
Peek... Aren’t You Curious administers the Web Site's content, postings
and provides fulfillment of orders. Peek... Aren’t You Curious ("we" or
"us") values our customers and recognizes that you care how information
about you is used and shared. We have created this Privacy Policy to
inform you of our information collection, use and sharing practices for
this Web Site.
We
do not share with others, or sell or rent to others, any personal
information that you provide to us through this Web Site or through our
Customer Care Department, except with your consent or as described in
this Privacy Policy.
Please be advised that the practices
described in this Privacy Policy apply only to information gathered
through this Web Site and, where applicable, through our Customer
Service Department in connection with this Web Site, and do not
necessarily reflect our practices with respect to information gathered
through other Web sites that we operate or through other off-line means.
You
may opt out of our information sharing by contacting us in any of the following ways:
1. Call us at 1-877-887-PEEK
2. Email us at customercare@peekarentyoucurious.com; or
3. Write us at:
Peek... Aren’t You Curious, Inc.
Attn: Customer Care — Privacy Policy Issues
425 2nd Street Suite 405
San Francisco, CA 94107
If
our information practices change in the future, we will post an updated
Privacy Policy on our Web Site. You can tell if the Privacy Policy has
changed by checking the revision date that appears at the end of this
policy. You may exercise your choices about how we collect and use your
information at any time.
What Information About Me is Collected and Stored?
When
you visit our Web Site, make an in-store purchase, or place an order
online or by phone with our Customer Care Department, we collect and
store your personal information about you. For example, when you open
an account or place an order, we collect and store some or all of the
following information that you provide: name, billing address, shipping
address, email address, telephone number, credit card number and
expiration date, debit card number, bank account number, and payment
history. This information is used to provide the products and services
that you have ordered or requested, to process and ship orders, to send
order and shipping confirmations and to provide customer service. This
information also may be used to contact you about sales, special
offers, surveys and new features of the Web Site, unless you have opted
not to receive promotional communications in connection with this Web
Site. You always have the choice not to receive marketing information
mailings or calls; you just need to let us know.
We collect and
store certain other information automatically whenever you interact
with this Web Site. For example, Peek... Aren’t You Curious collects
your IP address, browser information and reference site domain name
every time you visit this Web Site. We also collect information
regarding customer traffic patterns and site usage. This information is
used to analyze and improve this Web Site and to provide our customers
with a fulfilling shopping experience.
Also, like many Web
Sites, we use cookies, which are files stored on your computer's hard
drive by your browser. A cookie may contain information, such as a
unique user ID that Web sites use to track the pages of the sites
you've visited. We use cookies but do not store personally identifiable
information in the cookie. Cookies help us to identify account holders
and to optimize their shopping experience. Cookies also allow us to
hold selections in a shopping cart when a user leaves this Web Site
without checking out. Cookies are not used on this Web Site to store
your account information; this information is stored securely on this
Web Site's server. When you log in at this Web Site with your username
and password, we will assign you a secure session id. The server then
passes your information to you through this secure session id. Also, we
will use cookies to monitor and maintain information about your use of
this Web Site. Cookies are also used to track the identity of the Web
Site you visited immediately prior to visiting this Web Site;
otherwise, we do not track information about your use of other Web
Sites. Most browsers accept cookies automatically but allow you to
disable them. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your
browser. We recommend that you leave cookies turned on so that we can
offer you a better shopping experience on this Web Site. If you turn
off cookies you will not be able to recognize you as a registered user,
which allows you to access your account information.
We also may
collect and store information about you that we receive from other
publicly available sources, to enable us to update and correct the
information contained in our database and to provide product
recommendations and special offers that we think will interest you. We
use the combined information to enhance and personalize your shopping
experience with us, and to communicate with you in accordance with this
Privacy Policy.
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Is Information Collected From Children?
We
are concerned about the safety of children when they use the Internet
or the Web Site. We do not sell or ship any items ordered through this
Web Site directly to anyone who we know to be under the age of 18, nor
do we collect any personal information from anyone who we know to be
under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, you should use
this Web Site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian and
should not submit any personal information to us.
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With Whom Do You Share Information?
We
do not share with others, or sell or rent to others, any personal
information that you provide to us through this Web Site or through our
Customer Care Department, except with your consent or as described in
this Privacy Policy.
We engage third parties to perform services
in connection with the operation of our business. Examples of these
services include payment processing and authorization, fraud protection
and credit risk reduction, product customization, order fulfillment and
shipping, Web Site evaluation, data analysis and cooperative data
modeling, where applicable, and data cleansing. We provide personal
information to these third parties, but we authorize them to use this
information only in connection with the services they perform.
We
may release personal information if we believe in good faith that: i)
the law or legal process requires it; ii) we have received a valid
administrative request from a law enforcement agency; or iii) such
release is necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of
Peek... Aren’t You Curious, or any of our respective affiliates,
business partners, customers or others.
We may share
non-personal information with our marketing partners, advertisers and
others from time to time. Examples of such non-personal information
include the number of users who visited this Web Site during a specific
time period or purchased a specific product through this Web Site. This
information generally is shared in an aggregated form.
We use
marketing consultants and third parties to help us maintain and analyze
our data and allow us to market more efficiently. They may use cookies
or web beacons to collect information about you, in connection with
providing you information about products and services that might be of
interest to you. You can learn more about this or choose not to have
this information used by our trusted third party advertising partners.
As
with any business, it is possible that as our business develops, we
might sell or buy online stores or other assets. In such transactions,
information about customers often is among the transferred assets.
Accordingly, in the unlikely event that Peek... Aren’t You Curious are
acquired by a third party such information may be one of the
transferred assets (unless the information was collected under a
previous Privacy Policy that did not permit such disclosure). Under
such circumstances, Peek... Aren’t You Curious, as the case may be,
will to the extent commercially reasonable require the acquiring party
to follow the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
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What Steps Are Taken To Keep Personal Information Secure?
We
use various security measures, including Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
encryption technology, to protect personal information that we collect.
If you place an order through this Web Site, you will be asked to set
up an account and provide an email address and password. You must
provide an appropriate email address and password in order to access
account information. In order to help protect your personal information
further, you should be careful about providing your password to others.
If you wish to cancel a password, or if you become aware of any loss,
theft or unauthorized use of a password, please contact our Customer
Care Department by email at customercare@peekarentyoucurious.com or by
phone at 1-866-need phone #.
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How Can I Access, Correct and Update Personal Information?
You
can access, correct and update certain personal information that you
have provided to us during the checkout process of a future order.
Otherwise you can contact our Customer Care department during normal
business hours.
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How do I Opt-out of Receiving Promotional Communications?
We
want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. If you
prefer not to receive promotional communications from us, you may
opt-out of receiving our promotional communications at no cost to you.
You will have an opportunity to "unsubscribe" by clicking on the hyperlink contained in promotional emails we send you.
Additionally,
to opt-out of our mailing lists you may email us at
customercare@peekarentyoucurious.com or call us at 1-(XXX)XXX-XXXX or
write to us at Peek... Aren’t You Curious, Inc., Customer Care
Ðepartment, Privacy Policy Issues, 425 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA
94107. Please note that any request to be removed from such mailing
lists may take up to two (2) weeks to become effective.
Please
note that even if you are removed from any such list, if you order
online, we will continue to confirm your order by e-mail and may need
to contact you by phone, email, or regular mail if we have questions
about your order.
If you would like to request information about
what we collect, please feel free to call or write us as well. In
accordance with California law, we will respond in writing to your
request within thirty (30) days.
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What Happens When I Link To or From Another Web Site?
This
Web Site may contain links to Web sites operated by third parties.
Please be advised that the practices described in this Privacy Policy
do not apply to information gathered through these other Web sites. We
do not control the privacy policies or practices of these Web sites. We
encourage you to be aware of when you leave this Web Site and to read
the privacy policies of each and every Web site that you visit before
providing any personal information. We are not responsible for the
content or practices of any linked Web sites, and we provide these
links solely for the convenience and information of visitors to our Web
Site.
If you have accessed this Web Site through a link from
certain of our advertising or marketing partners, this Web Site may
include a frame of the applicable advertising or marketing partner.
Nevertheless, the information that you provide to us through these
framed Web pages is collected by us, and our use of this information is
governed by this Privacy Policy.
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What About Sweepstakes?
When
we run sweepstakes relating to this Web Site, it will be accompanied by
a set of rules. The rules for each sweepstakes will specify how the
information gathered from you for entry will be used and disclosed.
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What About Online Surveys?
We
may from time to time conduct on-line surveys. When you complete an
online survey, we may ask for certain information including your age,
zip code, shopping habits, email and/or mailing address. This
information will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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Updates to our Privacy Policy
We
may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting amended terms on
our Web Site. All amended terms shall automatically be effective thirty
(30) days after they are initially posted on the Web Site.
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Governing Law; Limitation of Damages
This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of California. By your use of this Web Site, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy. To the extend you may maintain any claims for liability against us arising from a potential violation of this Privacy Policy or the misuse of your personal information, you agree that your recovery for damages is expressly limited to those provided in California Civil Code Section 1798.84.Return To Top
Effective Date October 1st, 2009