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Privacy Policy
Internet Privacy Statement
Barks 'n Giggles has a strong commitment to providing excellent service to all of our customers and visitors of this web site, including respecting your concerns about privacy. We understand that you may have questions about how this web site collects and uses the information that you provide to us. We have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern this web site, including barksngiggles.com and barksngiggles.ca.
Any questions relating to this Statement may be sent to:
Barks 'n Giggles
725-157 Adelaide St W
Toronto, ON M5H 4E7
Browsing
This web site does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse this web site and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, your email address, or any other personally identifiable information.
When you visit our web page, our server automatically collects non-personally identifiable information — your internet service provider address and information on the pages you access on our site. In addition, we store information you provide when you make a purchase, enter your e-mail address. We collect this information in order to make our web site function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on this web site. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use our web site and how we can better tune it, its contents and functionality to meet your needs.
Information We Collect
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested. The personal information we collect may include your name, e-mail, phone number, and home address.
We will use your email address to send order and shipping confirmations, and if necessary, might use the other information to contact you regarding your order. Otherwise, we will only use your email address to notify you about special offers and promotions if you have chosen to be added to our email list during the check out process. You can at any time opt-out of e-mails at any time.
Securing the Transmission and Storage of Information
We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company's security procedures and policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. When we ask you for personal information, it is transferred over a Secured Sockets Layer (SSL) line, provided you are using an SSL enabled browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. This ensures that your information is encrypted as it travels over the Internet. This secure mode is enabled before any such information is transmitted from your computer. We do not store any credit card information on our servers.
You will know you are in secure mode when the padlock or key icon in the lower right-hand or left-hand corner of the computer screen appears in the locked position. In addition, when accessing a secure server, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https."
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
Barks 'n Giggles from time-to-time uses the services of third parties, such as email service providers and marketing companies that act as agents on behalf of Barks 'n Giggles. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose Barks 'n Giggles specifies.
Barks 'n Giggles does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information collected on our web site to others.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information, but they do enable us to personalize and enhance your shopping experience with us. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that. Even without a cookie, you can still use most of the features in our store, including placing items in your shopping cart and purchasing them.
Links to Other Sites
Barks 'n Giggles is only responsible for the privacy statement and content of this web site. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the use of cookies on web sites that you have accessed this web site from and to the non-Barks 'n Giggles web sites that you may access from this web site.
Legal Issues
This is a Canadian web site and is subject to Canadian law. Barks 'n Giggles will disclose personally identifiable information without your permission when required by law.
Changes to the Privacy Statement
In the future, we may need to change this privacy statement. All changes will be made here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.
This statement was last updated on June 30, 2007
Contact Information
Barks 'n Giggles welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe that Barks 'n Giggles has not adhered to this privacy statement, please contact us electronically or via postal mail at the address provided below.
Barks 'n Giggles
725-157 Adelaide St W
Toronto, ON M5H 4E7
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