Privacy Policy
Last Updated on August 25, 2011
What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our website
or place an order on our website or over the telephone. We
also collect information from you when you add items to your
"jewelbox" (i.e., wishlist) and when you mark any designers as your
favorites.
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you
may be asked to enter your name, e-mail address, mailing address,
phone number or credit card information. You may, however, visit
our site anonymously.
What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of
the following ways:
- To improve customer service - your information helps us to more
effectively respond to your customer service requests and support
needs)
- To process transactions - your information, whether public or
private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any
other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent,
other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased
product or service requested
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site
feature
- To send periodic emails - the email address you provide for
order processing, will only be used to send you information and
updates pertaining to your order
Also, any emails from you, any comments that you post on our
site, and any images that you share with friends are collected and
may be used as testimonials.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from
receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe
instructions at the bottom of each email.
How do we protect your information?
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied
sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment gateway
providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with
special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the
information confidential. After a transaction, your private
information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials,
etc.) will not be stored on our servers.
Do we use cookies and web beacons?
Yes. "Cookies" are small files that a site or its service
provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web
browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers
systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain
information. "Web beacons," also known as pixel gifs or action
tags, are small strings of code placed on a web page or within an
email for the purpose of transferring information.
We use cookies, web beacons and other monitoring technologies to
help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart,
understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile
aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we
can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may
contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better
understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not
permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to
help us conduct and improve our business.
If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you
each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all
cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn
your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly.
However, you can still place orders by contacting customer
service.
Do we disclose any information to outside
parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties
your personally identifiable information. This does not include
trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website,
conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties
agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release
your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply
with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others
rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable
visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing,
advertising, or other uses.
We reserve the right to transfer any and all information that we
collect from users of our website to a third party in the event of
a merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other
disposition of all or any portion of our assets or stock (including
without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar
proceedings).
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third
party products or services on our website. These third party sites
have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have
no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of
these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity
of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary
precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy
Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal
information to outside parties without your consent.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information
from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and
services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old
or older.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes on this page. We encourage you to check the date of our
privacy policy each time you visit our website for any changes or
updates.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy,
including any changes or updates.