Privacy and Security Statement
Thank you for visiting Southern Soy Lites Candles. We are committed to honoring and protecting your privacy while at the same time providing you with a first rate on-line and shopping experience. As an important part of respecting your privacy, we believe that you have the right to know what information is collected by this Web site, how such information may be used, and what security measures are taken to protect your information.
Collection and Use of Information.
When you visit our Web site, place an order, and/or contact us via e-mail, certain information is or may be collected. Among the types of information that may be collected are the following:
- domain names of visitors to our site;
- if you place an order or contact us, your name, address, e-mail address and whatever credit card information you provide in connection with your purchase;
- "navigational information" regarding the traffic patterns of our Web site, including the number of visits to a particular page and user-specific information on which pages a guest visits, average
- length of time spent on the site and similar site usage data; and any information that you may choose to submit in connection with any e-mail messages, on-site surveys, registry programs, contests and the like.
We use this information in order to analyze, manage and improve our Web site so that we may continually strive to provide you with the best
shopping experience that we possibly can. Information on traffic patterns and the number of page visits and the like helps us to further develop and improve our site layout to better meet your needs. Of course, we also use information such as your name, e-mail address and credit card information to contact you, respond to your inquiries, and to process, deliver and receive payment for your purchases. We may use such information to notify you of services, special offers, new products and other services that we believe may be of interest to you, or to notify you of important new changes in our Web site. Finally, we use collected information to help us diagnose problems with our server or other technical issues relating to the performance of the Web site.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small bits of data that a web site can send to your browser and may then be stored on your hard drive. You can set your web browser so that you will always be notified when you receive a cookie.
Security
Southern Soy Lites Candles makes every effort to protect the security of your personal information. Our Web site is hosted on secure servers and utilizes SSL secure server software. Any personal information that you provide is encrypted so that no one can read it while it is being transmitted over the Internet. Any information collected by us is stored in private files behind a firewall designed to protect your information by denying unauthorized access by outside users.
Information Sharing
We do not rent or sell your personally identifying information to other companies or individuals, unless we have your consent. We may share such information in any of the following limited circumstances:
- We have your consent.
- We provide such information to trusted businesses or persons for the sole purpose of processing personally identifying information on our behalf. When this is done, it is subject to agreements that oblige those parties to process such information only on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
- We conclude that we are required by law or have a good faith belief that access, preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of Southern Soy Lites Candles, its users or the public.
In the event of a transfer of ownership of Southern Soy Lites Candles (including any publications), such as acquisition by or merger with another company, we will provide notice before any personally identifying information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We may share aggregated information with others. Examples of this include:
- the number of users who downloaded a specific product or how many users clicked on a particular advertisement.
- Opting out / Updates
- If you do not wish to receive e-mail from us in the future regarding special offers, new products and services and the like, please let by sending us an e-mail. Please be sure that your e-mail includes your name and address.
- If you would like to correct or update any information that you have previously provided, you may do so via e-mail.
Secure Shopping
The purchase and registration areas of our site are secure. This means that any information you send us is protected by encryption to prevent
unauthorized access to your information. The secure site is indicated in the URL with the use of "https://", and often reflected at the bottom your browser with a lock or key graphic.
Links
Any links to external websites may be developed by people over whom Southern Soy Lites Candles exercises no control. These other sites may place their own cookies on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information. Southern Soy Lites Candles is not responsible for any sites that we provide links to.
