(""we" or "us"), is sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet.
We believe it is important for you to know how we treat the
information about you that we receive during your visits to our
Web site (the "Site"). This policy is designed to assist you in
understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal
information you provide to us so that you may make informed
decisions when using our Site. This policy covers this Site only.
Sweet Home Day Care, and some of our other affiliates have their
own, possibly different, policies. We encourage you to take the
time to read this policy and those of any affiliated or
third-party Web sites you visit. This privacy policy applies only
to online practices and data acquired online. For more information
on Sweet Home Day Care’s offline data policies, please contact
legal@SweetHomeDayCare.com
You take online privacy seriously, and so does Sweet Home Day
Care. It is our way of sustaining your trust in Sweet Home Day
Care and our products and services.
Your Consent
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. You are
responsible for checking this policy when you visit our Site to
review the current policy. By using this Site, you agree to our
use of the information we collect about you as set forth in this
Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this policy, you should
cease use of this Site immediately. Last update: September 2006
In General
You may visit this Site without telling us who you are or
revealing any personally identifiable information about you.
Unless otherwise disclosed during the collection, personally
identifiable information that may be collected in connection with
visitors to this Site is retained by Sweet Home Day Care and our
affiliates. We may process or store this personally identifiable
information in our U.S. database.
What
Information We Collect and Why
When you visit our Site you may provide us with two types of
information: (1) personal information you knowingly choose to
disclose that is collected on an individual basis, and (2) Site
use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others
browse our Site.
Personally identifiable information, such as email and email
address, first and last name, home or other physical address,
telephone numbers, credit and/or debit card information and other
similar information are collected only when voluntarily provided.
For example, when a user orders a brochure online, the user
voluntarily provides information about his current boat ownership,
internet usage, cruising grounds etc.. This information is used
for targeted direct mail campaigns and follow-up mailings. Both
Sweet Home Day Care and a third party responsible for the mailings
get this user information.
Our servers automatically collect the following Web site use
information: the domain names, operating system in use (e.g.,
Macintosh, Windows), browser (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer),
the Web site that referred you to us, and other similar
information. This information is aggregated to measure the number
of visits, average time spent on the Site, pages viewed, time and
date of visits, and other similar information. Sweet Home Day Care
uses this information to measure the use of our Site and to
improve the content of our Site.
How We Use
Personal Information
Sweet Home Day Care does not sell, share, transfer or otherwise
disclose personally identifiable information to third parties,
except to our affiliates, business partners, contractors and
marketing consultants or where disclosure is required by law.
Consequently, we may transfer your information to countries
throughout the world wherever we or such third parties conduct
business. We may additionally use, store, disclose or otherwise
process the personal information you provide for any of the
following purposes:
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to understand the
use of our Site and make improvements;
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to respond to
specific requests and inquiries from visitors;
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to obtain parental
consent from visitors under 18 years of age, where necessary;
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to provide any
necessary notices to our visitors or their parent or guardian;
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to protect the
security or integrity of our Site when necessary;
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to send you
notices and solicitations regarding the Site and the products
and services of our businesses and those of our affiliates and
business partners;
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to send brochures
and other marketing materials, if requested; and in general, to
promote, market, and distribute our various businesses and
products, and those of our affiliates and business partners to
you.
These
solicitations may take the form of mailings via U.S. mail or other
couriers, telephone calls, e-mail solicitations and other methods
of contact. If you do not want to receive these solicitations from
us using the personally identifiable information provided by you
on this Site, you may notify us
legal@Sweet Home Day Care.com .
In some instances,
we will make available through the Site the products and services
of third parties. Such products and services include the Sweet
Home Day Care-branded merchandise sold through this Site. When you
request such products and services, we will disclose your
information to those parties for the purpose of fulfilling your
order or request.
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain
the content of your email messages together with your email
address and our responses.
Cookies
Similar to other commercial Web sites, a technology called
"cookies" may be used to provide you with tailored information. A
cookie is a small piece of data that a Web site can send to your
browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so we can
recognize you when you return. You may be able to set your browser
to notify you when you receive a cookie. Our cookies collect the
operating system and browser that a visitor is using. The goal is
to save you time and provide a more meaningful visit.
Users Under
Age 13
It is our policy that visitors to our Site who are under the age
of 13 should not post or provide information on our Site without
the consent of their parents. For that reason, we never collect or
maintain information at our Site from those we actually know are
under 13, and no part of our Web Site is structured to attract
anyone under 13.
Links to
Other Web Sites
When you use a link to go from our Site to another Web site, our
Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. We are not responsible for
the privacy practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our
Site nor for the information or content contained therein.
How We
Secure Information
When you send confidential personal credit card information to us
on our Site, it is encrypted and securely relayed to a third party
credit card processor, who subsequently sends an authorization
code back to the Site. Your confidential personal credit card
information is not stored or otherwise retained by Sweet Home Day
Care in any way.
