We have created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting information you submit. This privacy policy only applies to transactions made, and data gathered, on the artlite.net web site (the “Site”) and does not apply to any other transactions, information, web site or Internet, telephone or offline point of contact between Artlite and consumers. Please review this privacy policy periodically as we may update it from time to time. This privacy policy was last revised on October 15, 2003. Each time you visit the Site or provide us with information, by doing so you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy at that time. You agree that by using the Site you are consenting to our use and disclosure of the information that you provide, and consenting to receive emails, as described below in this privacy policy.
Who We Are
When we say “we” or “Artlite” in this privacy policy,
we mean Artlite Office Supply Co., an Atlanta based company, and those Artlite
subsidiaries used to provide retail services in the United States. Accordingly,
all information we receive (including, but not limited to, contact information
and financial information) may be shared among the different parts of Artlite
in connection with Artlite’s operations, and all information that is
subject to this privacy policy will be used in accordance with this privacy
policy by all parts of Artlite. However, “Artlite” does not include
the subsidiaries and businesses of Artlite that are not in the business of
providing retail services in the United States and also does not include Artlite’s
other (i.e., non-subsidiary) affiliate companies. Companies that are not part
of Artlite are referred to in this privacy policy as “others,” “other
companies” or “third parties.”
Information We Collect From You
In order to operate the Site and provide you with information on products and
services that may be of interest to you, we may collect contact information
(i.e., information that could be used to contact you such as full name, postal
address, phone number and email address as well as your computer’s
unique IP address (if any)), financial information (i.e., passwords, credit
and debit card numbers and bank and other financial institution account numbers)
and demographic information (e.g., zip code, hometown, gender, purchase history
information and age as well as IP addresses that are not unique to your computer)
from you. Please note that nowhere on the Site do we knowingly collect contact
information or financial information from children under the age of 13.
How We Use Contact Information; Responsibility
In order to operate the Site and provide you with information on products and
services that may be of interest to you, we may collect contact information
(i.e., information that could be used to contact you such as full name, postal
address, phone number and email address as well as your computer’s unique
IP address (if any)), financial information (i.e., passwords, credit and debit
card numbers and bank and other financial institution account numbers) and
demographic information (e.g., zip code, hometown, gender, purchase history
information and age as well as IP addresses that are not unique to your computer)
from you. Please note that nowhere on the Site do we knowingly collect contact
information or financial information from children under the age of 13.
Order and Payment Processing, Customer Service, Credit Card Issuers and Quality Assurance. We use contact information to help us efficiently perform transactions on the Site, to deliver the services you have requested, to perform quality assurance, sales analyses and other business analyses, and to contact you in connection with promotions for which you purchased similar products. In some cases we may use service providers to help us perform some of these tasks, including, but not limited to, processing or fulfilling your orders or performing customer service, business analyses or quality control (e.g., Fedex delivers your merchandise), and consequently we may share your contact information with these service providers. In such cases, we will require these service providers to enter into agreements with us regarding the confidential handling of your information. We may also provide your contact information to your credit card issuer or to credit card processors for their purposes. When you make a purchase through the Site, or register with the Site, you will provide us with an email address where we, or these service providers, may contact you for the purposes described in this paragraph.
Contacting You for Offers and Promotions. After you provide us with an email address in connection with ordering merchandise through the Site or registering with the Site, or in connection with any Special Offers as described below, you may reply to any email correspondence opportunity to tell us not to use that email address to send you promotional emails. “Promotional emails” are emails that are sent solely for promotional purposes. By submitting an email address to us, you agree that Artlite (on behalf of itself or on behalf of others) may send promotional emails to that email address until such time that you so indicate your preference not to receive them. Please note that if you ask not to receive promotional emails from Artlite, you may still receive promotional emails during the next 72 hour period (as it may take some time for your preferences to be updated throughout our computer systems), you may still receive non-promotional emails from Artlite; please read the rest of this privacy policy to learn how others may contact you.
We may disclose specific financial information when we determine that such disclosure is necessary to comply with law, to cooperate with law enforcement or to protect the interests or safety of Artlite or other visitors to the Site or users of services or products provided by Artlite. Also, your financial information may be passed on to a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership or assets, or a bankruptcy, of Artlite.
Artlite will not be responsible or otherwise liable for any use or disclosure of your financial information by a third party to whom Artlite is allowed to disclose your financial information under this privacy policy.
Information Other Web Sites Collect From You
On the Site, we place links to other web sites operated by other parties. Some
of these other web sites contain our brand names and trademarks and other
intellectual property that we own; others do not. When you click on these
links and visit these other web sites, regardless of whether or not they
contain our brand names, trademarks and other intellectual property, you
need to be aware that we do not control these other web sites or these other
web sites’ business practices, and that this privacy policy does not
apply to these other web sites. Consequently, the operators of these other
web sites may collect different kinds of information about you, and may use
and disclose that information in different ways than we would if it were
collected on the Site. We encourage you to review their privacy policies
and remind you that we will not be responsible for their actions.
Your IP Address
Like most e-commerce websites, each time you visit the Site, we automatically
collect your IP address and the web page from which you came. In order to administer
and optimize the Site for you and to diagnose problems with our Site, we use
your IP address to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information
about you.
Cookies
Like most websites, the Site uses cookies to help it keep track of your purchases
and other activity on the Site and enhance your experience on the Site. We
also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests and to facilitate
the retrieval of information so you do not have to re-enter it each time you
visit the Site. On the Site, others may place or read cookies on your browser
as well. If you wish to disable these cookies, the “help” portion
of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how. However, if you set your
browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas or
features of the Site.
Our Security Precautions; Geographic Location of Information
The Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under our control. We use secure socket layer
(SSL) technology to protect the security of commerce transactions. We encrypt
your contact information and financial information as it travels over the Internet
and we store your financial information on our servers in encrypted form. Your
information may be transferred to and maintained in whole or in part on computer
networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country or other
governmental jurisdiction in which you reside, and the country or jurisdiction
in which these computer networks are located may not have privacy laws as protective
as the laws in your country or jurisdiction. Some of the facilities and equipment
used to store your information may be owned, controlled or operated by third
parties.
Public Areas
The Site may provide you with the opportunity to post information for display
in areas of the site that are accessible to viewing by the general public (“public
areas”) This privacy policy does not apply to any information that you
submit for use in public areas. We ask that you do not submit any contact information
or financial information for display in public areas, as other people who use
the Site will see it. If you submit such information for display in public
areas, Artlite cannot prevent it from being used in a manner that violates
the law, your personal privacy or your safety. By submitting such information
for display in public areas, you assume the risks and sole liability arising
as a result of such information being displayed.
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site, you can contact us at webmaster@artlite.net.
You can also send us mail to:
Privacy Officer, Artlite.net, c/o Legal Department
1851 Piedmont Rd. NE
Atlanta, Ga. 30324
