Privacy Statement

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Privacy of information gathered on the internet is of prime importance to users. First let us dispel the myths you may have heard: This is true of ALL SITES.

We don't know who you are unless you tell us

User logs are generated for every click of your mouse, and they do tell us an amazing variety of things, but NOT any personal information.

Logs tell us:

What browser and version you're using (hence your computer type),
Where you go, (what pages)
How long you stay there
Your IP address (a bunch of numbers) that don't tell us much except whether your provider is a .com, .org, or whatever, and what country you're connecting from.

They CAN'T tell us

Who you are
Your email address
Personal info

This log generation has been in use since the beginings of the internet, and was never inteneded to invade privacy. In fact, it has only recently been used for marketing purposes, which is what we use it for. Most simple log reports will process the raw data and tell us

the percentage of what browsers are being used,
what web pages are the most popular, (& least popular),
how many bad links (unfortunately not WHERE they are),
top domains and countries visiting, referral sites-- that is, if you clicked on a link to us from somewhere else.
What search engine you used and what keywords you typed in

Log reports are a great way to see what's working and what's not on our website. Browser types helps us design the pages to look good and download faster, as this happens differently in every browser type. Search engine keywords tell us what you're looking for and how we can add the proper tags to our pages so you can find us quickly. If we're getting a lot of French visitors, maybe we should do a bilingual site. If people continually exit on a given page, there's something wrong (or boring) with that page...etc.

So as you can see, logs are really innocent marketing tools, and have nothing to do with leakage of personal information. There are different software packages, some which are quite pricey, which can massage the log data and tell us exactly your path through our site, how long you stayed on each page, but NOTHING ABOUT YOU.

If you want to worry about privacy, worry about what information your INSURANCE COMPANY has about you. That will affect you more severly than someone knowing your shopping habits!

Questions asked on our
MAILFORM and ORDER FORM.

We ask:

Your name
your address (for shipping orders or catalogs)
your email address
your connection speed (once everyne has broadband, we'll do fancy stuff. Until then we keep it simple).
monitor size (so we know how much info you can see on a web page)
how you found us (tells us where our advertising money and effort is best spent)
whether you want email sale announcements (most do, but some don't, especially at work)
your product preferences (so we avoid making offerings of things you aren't interested in)
comments, questions, suggestions

We don't share this information with anyone

Privacy Statement

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Questions asked on our MAILFORM and ORDER FORM.

Questions asked on our
MAILFORM and ORDER FORM.