Effective Date
This policy was last updated on 02/08/2007.
Empire Stone Gallery strives to maintain high standards for the protection of privacy over the Internet. The purpose of this statement is to explain to our visitors the type of information Empire Stone Gallery obtains about visitors to our websites, how we gather it, how we use it, how long we retain it, and how visitors can restrict the use or disclosure of personally identifiable information.
What information do we collect & how do we use it?
The personal information Empire Stone Gallery obtains about individual visitors to our websites is information the visitor supplies voluntarily. This means that you can visit our websites without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. To gauge the effectiveness of our websites, we do collect some generic information about our visitors. Our web servers automatically recognize a visitor's domain name (such as .com, .edu, etc.), the point of entry from which a visitor enters our site including web pages, search engines or banner ads, which pages a visitor visits on our site, and how much time a visitor spends on each page. This information is not linked to any personally identifiable information about the visitor. We use web beacons (i.e., "cookies") to track use of our sites and to track what sites users came from, but do not collect personally identifiable information via these web beacons. We aggregate this information and use it to evaluate and improve our websites. We do not track user activity on sites outside of Empire Stone Gallery.
Empire Stone Gallery may collect personally identifiable information (such as name, email address, postal address) and/or third party personally identifiable information through this website. In some situations, such as when you send us an email or subscribe to a service, Empire Stone Gallery will collect billing information, such as your credit card number and billing address, and we may share this information with our third parties contractors (such as your credit card company solely for the purpose of processing the transaction you have requested). You may choose to provide individual information to Empire Stone Gallery in a number of ways through our websites such as by:
- Sending us email
- Registering to receive news or information about our services
- Entering a contest
- Applying for a job
When visitors supply information about themselves for a specific purpose, Empire Stone Gallery uses the information for that purpose (such as to provide the information the visitor has requested or to consider a visitor for a particular job). When visitors use our websites to order services, or to request information about them, we may use the individual information as we would use the same information obtained offline - for example, to evaluate your service needs and contact you regarding additional services you may find useful. You have the right to choose not to receive this information by notifying us of your preference.
We do not sell individual information obtained online about our visitors. And, we will not disclose the individual information provided to us online to anyone outside of Empire Stone Gallery or our contractors unless you specifically authorize it (by purchasing a product or service using a credit card, for example, you authorize us to provide information regarding the purchase to your credit card company), it is required by law, or disclosure is necessary to protect the safety of customers, employees or property. If you provide individual information to us in the context of an event Empire Stone Gallery sponsors with another company, such as a contest, or if you register on a co-sponsored site or feature, you may also be providing the information to the co-sponsor. In those circumstances, the co-sponsor's privacy policy will control, so review their information carefully. Empire Stone Gallery from time to time uses third party contractors to perform services such as site design, site hosting and special promotions but does not use user information for other purposes beyond providing specific services on Empire Stone Gallery website.
What about "cookies"?
Empire Stone Gallery websites also use "cookies" that we use to track how our websites are used. They allow us to serve you better. When you use our sites, we send information, a cookie, to your computer and it is stored there. When you return to our sites, your computer sends the cookie back to us. This allows our server to recognize your computer and any settings you created on our sites. It restores those settings so you don't have to enter the same information every time you visit. It also allows us to track non-personally identifiable information about how our websites are used and how to improve them. The fact that our server recognizes your computer when it retrieves the cookies does not mean that Empire Stone Gallery is actually acquiring information about you. You can set your browser to delete cookies or to tell you before you accept one. Look in your browser's Options or Preferences menu.
What about Security?
Empire Stone Gallery is committed to safeguarding customer privacy on all our websites. We require our employees to protect the privacy of information about our customers. You can feel confident that your individual information will be protected when you order services from our websites. We employ security measures to safeguard your transactions with us.
What about Email?
Empire Stone Gallery does not send unsolicited "junk" email (spam). We may use email to communicate with our customers, to respond to visitors' emails, to confirm orders placed online, and to send information that a visitor has requested. If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can simply reply to ask not to receive future emails.
What about links to other websites?
Empire Stone Gallery websites contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites.