The only personal information we receive is information you provide for us, such as e-mail addresses for our mailing list or information related to orders placed on the website. We also gather information that is not personal. This information is related to referring links, internet service providers, browsers used, keyword searches, and other internet traffic-related data. Except as otherwise stated in this policy, we may share non-personal information with others without your consent.

Personal information is gathered exclusively through the use of user input, such as the ordering process, signing up for e-mail newsletters, or feedback/correspondence related to customer service and support. We make no attempts to gather personal information you do not provide to us. Non-personal information is gathered automatically through the use of internet traffic statistics tools commonly used by sites across the web.

This website may make use of cookies, which are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to you computer’s hard drive through the web browser, in order to have our systems recognize you when you visit our site. Each browser has a different method to prevent the acceptance of cookies, so please consult the browser’s ‘Help’ section to learn more if you wish to disable cookies.

We do not provide our information to third parties, except in the case of a third-party customer service provider. Information we gather is used exclusively for Sziols America marketing and advertising, which may include items sent by US mail or e-mail. Information provided may also be used to respond to customer service or other inquiries.

All of our credit card transactions and order fulfillment are handled by established third-party banking vendors, processing agents and distribution institutions. These third-party customer service providers receive the information needed to verify and authorize your credit card or other payment information and to process and ship your order. On our site, your information is kept on password-protected, limited-access servers, and communication with those servers with respect to order placement is done through secure socket layer (SSL) technology. Order confirmations will have all but the last 4 digits of the credit card number replaced with the character * or otherwise not displayed. Wherever possible and applicable, our servers reside behind a firewall that protects the information on those servers from unauthorized access from within our company as well as from the Internet at large. Any information sent via e-mail is subject to the same security concerns of any e-mail traffic on the internet. Because of the nature of the Internet, we cannot assure the security of any data at any given time despite our best efforts to protect the security of the data.

Our site may display advertisements from third parties or links to other websites. We do not provide any personal information to these third-party advertisers or websites. These third parties sometimes make use of technology to send the advertisements that appear on our website to your browser, in which case they will automatically receive your IP address. These third parties may make use of JavaScript, Flash, cookies, web beacons, action tags, or other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements. We do not have control of or access to the information collected by these third parties, and their information practices are not covered by this privacy policy.

In addition to any browser based controls you have, you may opt out of e-mail based advertisement at any time by contacting k.simpson@sziolsamerica.com. You may opt out of direct mail based advertisement by contacting k.simpson@sziolsamerica.com.

Please check back periodically to see any updates to the information we have provided. This policy was last updated June 17, 2008.