Effective 10/22/2003
Our Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect
your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information
practices. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our
homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may
be requested.
The Information We Collect:
This notice applies to all information collected or
submitted on the Carpet One website. On some pages, you may be able to
order products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The
types of personal information collected at these pages are:
Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Credit/Debit Card Information
(etc.)
{We will safeguard, according to strict standards of
security and confidentiality, any information you share with us.
We will limit the collection and use of customer
information to the minimum we require to deliver our services to you,
which includes advising you about our products, our services and other
opportunities, and to administer our business.
We will permit only authorized employees, who are
trained in the proper handling of customer information, to have access to
that information.}
The Way We Use Information:
We use the information you provide about yourself
when requesting information or services only to complete that request. We
do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent
necessary to complete that order.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we
receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not
shared with outside parties.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to
better design our website and to share with advertisers. For example, we
may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area
on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out
our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be
used to identify those individuals.
Finally, we never use or share the personally
identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the
ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out
or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses {, except as may be required by
law}.
{We will always maintain control over the
confidentiality of our customer information. We may, however, facilitate
relevant offers from reputable companies. These companies are not
permitted to retain any customer information unless the customer has
specifically expressed interest in their products or services.
We will tell customers in plain language initially,
and at least once annually, how they may remove their names from marketing
lists. At any time, customers can contact us to remove their names from
such lists.
Whenever we hire other organizations to provide
support services, we will require them to conform to our privacy standards
and to allow us to audit them for compliance.
For purpose of credit reporting, verification and
risk management, we will exchange information about our customers with
reputable reference sources and clearinghouse services.
We will attempt to keep customer files complete, up
to date, and accurate. We will tell our customers how and where to
conveniently access their account information (except when we are
prohibited by law) and how to notify us about errors which we will
promptly correct.}
Our Commitment To Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data
accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place
appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard
and secure the information we collect online.
Our Commitment To Children's Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of the very young is
especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain
information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and
no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information
You can correct factual errors in your personally
identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows
error.
To protect your privacy and security, we will also
take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or
making corrections.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about
these privacy policies, please call us at 1-703-691-1616 or send us an
EMAIL.
Cookies
In order to provide better service or to address
security hazards, we will occasionally use a "cookie." A cookie is a small
piece of information which a Web site stores on your Web browser on your
PC and can later retrieve. The cookie cannot be read by a Web site other
than the one that set the cookie. We use cookies for a number of
administrative purposes; for example, to store your preferences for
certain kinds of information or to store a password so that you do not
have to input it every time you visit our site. Most cookies last only
through a single session, or visit to our site. None will contain
information that will enable anyone to contact you via telephone, e-mail,
or any other means. You can set up your Web browser to inform you when
cookies are set or to prevent cookies from being set.
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