Privacy Policy. Sharpbuys.com is committed to
protecting your online privacy while you use the services provided
on our website. We urge you to read this privacy policy in its entirety
so that you will understand all of the practices and procedures that
we use relating to your online privacy.
What this Privacy Policy Covers. In this privacy policy, Sharpbuys.com
will inform you about the type of information that is collected about
you on this website, how the information is collected, how the information
is expected to be used and to whom it is expected to be given. This
privacy policy will also tell you how to limit our use of your personal
information.
Contact our Website. This website is the responsibility of Sharpbuys.com
Products Company. You can contact us by e mail at pjones@sharpsales.com or by regular mail at:
Sharpbuys.com, div. Hy-Ko Products Company
60 Meadow Lane
Northfield, OH 44067
Attention: Patty Jones.
What Kind of Personal Information Sharpbuys.com
Collects. While
we don't ask for any registration or personal information to browse
our site, some information about your server address, Web browser,
and computer system are automatically transmitted to our Web servers
so that we can operate our site on the Internet. If you choose to
register with us to sell a product, we will collect nonpublic personal
information from you from (a) applications or forms that you fill
out; and (b) transactions with us or our affiliates (including your
name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and other similar
information). In order to facilitate our Sharpbuys.com service and
assist you in finding the right match, you will sometimes be asked
to provide us with certain personal preferences in addition to your
personal contact information The information which you may be asked
to provide may include, without limitation (a) contact information
(i.e., name, address, telephone number, and electronic mail address),
(b) information regarding the item sought to be sold (i.e., physical
description), and (c) information regarding preferences for subsequent
purchases (i.e., age range, physical and mechanical attributes, number
of bedrooms, and number of bathrooms). Further, as part of our site
operation, we reserve the right to automatically collect and track:
- The home server domain names, e-mail addresses, type of computer,
and type of Web browser you are using while you visit ourwebsite.
- Information on what pages of our website you access.
How We Use
Your Personal Information. Sharpbuys.com stores its customer
information in a secure database to fulfill your requests for our
services and to contact you about new products and services. We
restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to
those Sharpbuys.com employees who need to know that information
to provide products or services to you. If we are required to do
so under applicable federal regulations, we will maintain physical,
electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal
regulations to guard your nonpublic personal information.
Sharpbuys.com may disclose all of the nonpublic personal information
that we collect, as hereinafter set forth. Sharpbuys.com may share
your personally identifiable information, whether public or non-public,
with other companies as follows:
- We may provide your information to other non-financial companies
such as retailers and direct marketers that assist us in providing
products and services
- We may provide your information to any party if we are required
to do so under applicable law, by court order or other legal
process to provide;
- We may provide your information to third parties if we find
that your actions on our website violate our Terms of Use, which
you agree to by using our website.
- We may sell or otherwise transfer such information to a successor
of Sharpbuys.com or any subsidiary or division of Sharpbuys.com
in connection with an asset sale, merger, consolidation, divestiture,
stock sale or other corporate transaction, or by way of assignment
(whether by operation of law or otherwise) in connection with
any such or similar transaction or in connection with the administration
of a bankruptcy estate.
Security. The importance of security for
all nonpublic personally identifiable information associated
with our users is of great concern to us. Except as otherwise provided
herein, only those employees who need access to our users' information
to provide products or services are allowed access, as described
above.
Cookies. A "cookie" is a persistent client side hypertext
transfer protocol file. Cookies are pieces of information that a
website can transfer to a visitor's hard drive for record-keeping
purposes. Cookies help Web surfing by saving visitor preferences
and other information. The use of cookies is a widespread industry
standard and thus many major websites use cookies.
We reserve the right to use cookies in connection with the Sharpbuys.com
website.
Most Web browsers are initially configured to accept and process
cookies. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies.
More extensive information concerning cookies is available on the
World Wide Web by searching for the word "cookies". If
you have any questions concerning our use of cookies, please contact
us at pjones@sharpsales.com.
Requesting to See Your Personal Information. You
may request, via e-mail or regular mail that we provide you with
the personal information we have collected from you. Once you receive
this information, we will modify or delete from our systems any or
all of your personal information as soon as practicable after our
receipt of a written request from you stating in reasonable detail
the modification and/or deletion requested; provided, that, we
reserve the right to verify your identity before sending you this
information.
Steps Taken to Protect the Privacy of Your
Personal Information. Our website may contain links to other Internet websites.
We encourage our partners, contributors and other third parties
to implement policies and practices that respect your privacy. Our
contracts with third party realtors to which we sell or otherwise
transfer your personal information require such realtors to comply
with applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and
regulations regarding privacy of personally identifiable information,
including, without limitation, the federal Financial Services Modernization
Act of 1999 (the "Privacy
Act") and the rules and regulations promulgated there under.
Additionally, our contracts with such realtors require that, as a
condition precedent to the transmission of any of your personal information
by such realtors to any other person, firm or entity (a "Recipient"),
that the Recipient agree, in writing, and that the disclosing realtor
shall cause any such Recipient to agree in writing, to comply with
all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and
regulations regarding the privacy of personally identifiable information
including, without limitation, the Privacy Act , and that the disclosing
realtor deliver to Sharpbuys.com upon request fully executed copies
of all such writings. Finally, our contracts with third party realtors
require that such realtors agree that in the event that you notify
Sharpbuys.com that you elect to opt-out of permitting Sharpbuys.com
to transmit personally identifiable information to any party, then
immediately upon receipt of written notice from Sharpbuys.com, such
realtors
(A) shall cease using your personal information in its possession
or control for
any purpose;
(B) shall cause each and every Recipient to cease using your personal
information for any purpose; and
(C) shall deliver to Sharpbuys.com or destroy all of your personal
information
and other personally identifiable information with respect to you in its
possession or control, and shall cause each and every Recipient to do so.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything contained in this Privacy
Policy to the contrary, we cannot and do not guarantee that any party
to which we sell or otherwise transfer your personal information
will, in fact, comply with applicable law governing the privacy of
personally identifiable information or keep your personal information
secure, confidential, or free from unauthorized access. Additionally,
we are not responsible for other website's privacy practices or website
content. Occasionally, you may receive cookies from third party advertisers,
partners and vendors. We do not control these cookies. Changes to
this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change this policy at
any time. We ask that you review this privacy policy from time to
time to ensure you are familiar with the most current version of
it.
Changes to this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to change this
policy at any time. We ask that you review this privacy policy from
time to time to ensure you are familiar with the most current version
of it.
Opting-Out. Sharpbuys.com reserves the right to collect, use, sell
and otherwise transfer personal information from you unless you affirmatively
prohibit us from doing so by opting-out to our collection and use
of such information after reading this Privacy Policy. You may opt-out
of having your personal information collected, used, sold or otherwise
transferred by Sharpbuys.com by contacting us by sending us e-mail
or regular mail instructing Sharpbuys.com that you have elected to
opt-out of such collection and/or use. Please note that in order
to fulfill certain obligations, we may need to continue sending you
notices or other important information concerning any orders or services
you previously requested.
Date of last update: April 13, 2005 |