This privacy policy is applicable to the website accessible at www.shiningstarflags.com (the "Site"), which is operated by Shining Star Products, LLC, d/b/a Shining Star Flags & Bandanas ("Shining Star Flags & Bandanas," "we," "our," or "us"). This privacy policy shall be prominently published on the Site. The purpose of this privacy policy is to disclose to you what information we may collect, how we may collect it, with whom we may share it, and certain other matters related to such information, including the choices you have regarding our collection of information and our use and disclosure to other parties of information we may have collected from you.
TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT MAY BE COLLECTED
Personal Information You Provide Us Personal information such as your name, physical address, shipping address, telephone number, facsimile number, certain financial information or other information may be collected via the Site.
Email Communications When you open emails from the Site, we may receive a confirmation noting you opened an email from us, if your computer supports such capabilities. We also may keep track of what emails we send you. Additionally, we keep a record of what emails you have opted to receive and not to receive.
HOW INFORMATION MAY BE COLLECTED
We may collect information from you in several different areas on the Site, including but not limited to those described below:
Ordering Products When you order a product from us on this Site we require that you provide certain personally identifying information such as your name, physical address, shipping address, telephone number, email address, and certain financial information (such as your credit card number and expiration date).
Registration During the ordering process, you will have the opportunity to complete a registration form and provide personally identifiable information in order to take advantage of certain features and conveniences of our Site. Registration is optional. If you register, you will also be asked to choose a user name and password.
Special Offers and Updates We will occasionally send you information about us, our products and special deals or promotions. You may receive these special offers by registering for them or in conjunction with a special feature or membership for which you have registered on the Site. You may cancel your free email subscription by following the instructions provided in the designated area of certain emails, or in some instances, on the Site.
Newsletters We may offer free newsletters to share information with you about us, our products, specials or sales that we are offering or patriotic holidays or events. You may receive a newsletter either by registering for it or in conjunction with a special feature or membership for which you have registered on the Site. You may cancel your free email subscription by following the instructions provided on the Site or, in some instances, in the designated area of certain newsletters or emails.
Contests or Sweepstakes We may operate contests and sweepstakes through the Site which may require registration. Your personally identifiable information may be used to contact you for winner notification, prize delivery confirmation or other related purposes. We may ask your permission to allow us to post publicly some of your information on the Site, such as on a winners page, in the event you win a contest or sweepstakes. Except as required by applicable law, we will not post your information without your permission. In some instances, a third party advertiser or sponsor may operate or host a contest or sweepstakes on the Site, and collect your information. In those cases, where we are not the operator or host of the contest or sweepstakes, we have no control over the information collected and accordingly urge you to review the advertiser's or sponsor's privacy policy applicable to the contest or sweepstakes before participating.
Surveys or Voting From time-to-time we may request personally identifiable information from you via surveys or voting polls. Participation is voluntary and you will have the opportunity to decide whether or not to disclose information. At times, you may have to register to vote or to take part in a survey.
Cookies The Site uses standard technology called "cookies," which are small data files that are transferred to your computer when you allow your browser to accept cookies. Cookies automatically identify your Web browser to the Site whenever you visit the Site, and make using the Site easier for you by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences. By tracking how and when you use the Site, cookies help us determine which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and updates to the Site are based on data obtained from cookies. Accepting cookies allows you, among other things, to personalize your experience on the Site. Cookies may also allow the Site to present to you advertising which may be of interest to you. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, you generally can opt out of providing this information by turning the cookies off in your browser; however, some areas of the Site may not provide you with a personalized experience if you have disabled the use of cookies.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED
Shining Star Flags & Bandanas owns the information collected via this Site. As applicable, the information you provide to us may be used to:
confirm or fulfill an order you have made;
contact you about your order;
contact you about the Site;
monitor or improve the use of the Site;
monitor compliance with our terms and conditions of use of the Site;
provide special offers to you related to new and current products; or
inform you of a prize you have won.
WITH WHOM THE INFORMATION MAY BE SHARED
At times, we may share your personally identifiable information with others for various purposes. The following outlines the ways in which your information may be shared with others:
Agents: We may engage other businesses, certain services and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include processing credit card payments, shipping orders, sending e-mail, Site analysis, analyzing data and providing marketing assistance. They may have access to personally identifiable information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
Aggregate Information: We may share aggregate information such as demographics and Site usage statistics to certain organizations. When this type of information is shared, the other parties do not have access to your personally identifiable information.
Traffic Measurement Services: The Site may use a traffic measurement service to analyze the traffic on the Site. Traffic Measurement Services allow us to collect anonymous traffic and behavior information from our Site by monitoring anonymous visitor activity. Although such companies do not have access to the Site's cookies, the Site's traffic measurement service providers may themselves set and access their own cookies on your computer if you choose to have your cookies enabled in your browser. Other companies use of their cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not this one.
Business Transfers: The Site or Shining Star Flags & Bandanas may be sold along with its assets, or other transactions may occur in which your personally identifiable information is one of the business assets transferred. In such a case, your personally identifiable information, which we have gathered, may be one of the business assets we transfer.
Legal Process: In the event we are required to respond to subpoenas, court orders or other legal process your personally identifiable information may be disclosed pursuant to such subpoena, court order or legal process, which may be without notice to you.
Except as provided above, we will not share, sell, lease, or otherwise disclose any of your personally identifiable information.
LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES
We may have links on our Site that will direct you to another site which is beyond our control. These other websites may send their own cookies to you, independently collect data or solicit personal information and may or may not have their own published privacy policies. If you visit a Website that is linked to our Site, you should consult that site's privacy policy before providing any personal information.
SECURITY
This Site incorporates reasonable safeguards to protect the security, integrity, completeness, accuracy and privacy of the personal information that we may collect and we have put into place reasonable precautions to protect such information from loss, misuse and alteration. Your personally identifiable information is transferred to our computers utilizing encryption software. Only those employees who need access to your information in order to do their jobs are allowed access. Our security policies are reviewed periodically and revised as required.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AND YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRIVACY POLICY
By using this Site, you signify your agreement to the terms of our privacy policy. If we decide to change or update this privacy policy in any material way, we will give you notice of the changes made by publishing the same on our Site so you can be aware of such revised privacy policy. We recommend that you periodically check our privacy policy for changes. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by way of an email or some other means. Your continued use of the Site shall constitute your acceptance of such revised privacy policy.
CORRECTING/UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
If your personally identifiable information changes (such as your physical address), or if you no longer desire to access our Site, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update or remove the personal data you have provided to us. This can be done by making changes to your profile, by using an opt out message in an email, or by emailing us here.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the privacy practices of this Site, please feel free to contact us via email here or by writing us at:
Shining Star Flags & Bandanas P.O. Box 974 Rutherfordton, NC 28139-0974 Attn: Customer Service
