POSTALSTUFF.COM expects you to be concerned about how your private and
personal information is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust
that we will do so with care and sensitivity. Following is a detailed
explanation of our Privacy Policy. Your purchase at POSTALSTUFF.COM confirms
your understanding and acceptance of the conditions contained within our
Privacy Policy.
What private information will POSTALSTUFF.COM gather
about me?
The personal information we gather about our customers aids us
in personalizing and continually improving your shopping experience
at POSTALSTUFF.COM. Following are the types of information we gather.
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Information You Provide: We receive
and retain any information you enter on our Web site or
provide in any other way. You may choose not to provide
certain information, but in doing so you may be restricted
from purchasing various items offered for sale. We will
use certain information provided to confirm your current
or prior employment with the United States Postal Service,
respond to your requests, customize future shopping visits,
improve our stores content and appearance and customize
our confidential communications with you.
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Automatic Information: We receive and
store certain types of information whenever you interact
with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use cookies,
and we obtain certain types of information when your Web
browser accesses POSTALSTUFF.COM. A number of companies
offer utilities designed to help you visit Web sites anonymously.
Although we will not be able to offer you the same personalized
experience at POSTALSTUFF.COM if we can't recognize you,
we want you to know such tools exist.
- E-mail Communications: Visitors to our
site who subscribe to our MAILING LIST initiate their
wish to receive select e-mail communications from us. If
at any time you no longer wish to recieve such communications
or alter the content of the communications you receive you
will be able to do so by clicking the link at the end of
each e-mail we send to you.
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What About Cookies?
Cookies are alpha-numeric identifiers that are transfered to your
computer's hard drive through your web browser that assist our systems
in recognizing your browser and provide various features of our site
that enhance your shopping experience. The "help" portion
of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your
browser from accepting new cookies altogether. Cookies will allow
you ,however, to take full advantage of some of POSTALSTUFF.COM's
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Will POSTALSTUFF.COM share the Information It receives?
Information about our customers is an important part of our business.
We are not in the business of selling, trading or sharing this information
with others. We will not share any information gathered about our
customers except as follows:
- Agents and Affiliates: We may, from time
to time, employ other companies to perform functions on
our behalf. Examples may include, but may not be limited
to, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal
mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from customer
lists, providing marketing assistance, processing credit
card payments and provide extended sales and customer service.
Such agents will have access to personal information pertinent
to the service they will be providing.
- Protection of POSTALSTUFF.COM and Others:
We may release account and other personal information when
we believe release is appropriate to comply with law; enforce
or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or
protect the rights, property, or safety of POSTALSTUFF.COM,
our users, or others. This includes exchanging information
with other companies for fraud protection and credit risk
reduction.
- With Your Consent: Other than as set
forth above, you will receive notice when information about
you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity
to choose not to share the information. Such notices will
be conveyed via e-mail.
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How Secure Is Information About Me?
We strive to protect the security of your personal information
during transmission by utilizing Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software.
This software encrypts information you input.
We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers
when confirming an order. We do, however, transmit the entire credit
card number (encrypted) to the appropriate credit card company during
order processing.
It is essential for you to protect against unauthorized access
to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when
finished using a shared computer.
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Children and POSTALSTUFF.COM
POSTALSTUFF.COM does not sell products intended for purchase by
children. If you are under 18, you may shop at POSTALSTUFF.COM only
with the consent and involvement of a parent or guardian. |
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit and shop at POSTALSTUFF.COM your visit and
any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions
of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes,
and application of the laws of the state of Ohio. If you have any
concerns about privacy at POSTALSTUFF.COM please contact us and we
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Information You Give US
You provide various personal and confidential information when you
complete a purchase, participate in a questionnaire, or communicate
with our customer service specialists. For example, you provide information
when you communicate with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise. As a
result of those actions you might supply us with such information
as your name, address, phone number, place of employment; credit card
information; people to whom purchases have been shipped, including
address and phone number; and content of E-mails sent to us. |
Automatic Information
Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet
Protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet;
login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information
such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform;
purchase history; the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) click-stream
to, through, and from our Web site, including date and time; cookie
number; products you viewed and phone number used to call our TOLL FREE
number. |
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