When you first purchase products from GadgetHQ.com or sign up for an account, we ask you to fill out a form that requests your name, billing and shipping addresses, telephone number and e-mail address as well as some demographic information, such as your gender. We do not share this information with anyone. Your personal information is used solely to process orders and to allow us to communicate with you.
Refer-A-Friend
If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site or a product, we will ask you for your friend's name and e-mail address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. We do not store this information on our web site. We use it for the sole purpose of sending a one-time email.
Our Use of IP Addresses and Log Files
When you visit our site we automatically log your IP address, your browser type and other non-personal information. Log files are commonly used by web site owners to track the number of visitors, the number of web pages requested, the general geographic locations of users, and other site usage statistics.
We also use IP addresses to detect and prevent fraud and abuse and we will block any IP addresses and reject orders from users who abuse our web site. IP addresses are not intended to identify you personally, but are commonly used to identify the general geographic location of a user. Server log files typically record the IP address, browser type and other non-personal information from users when web pages are requested. This is part of the standard HTTP Internet protocol.
Use of Cookies
This site does use cookies to enhance and improve your experience while visiting our site. A cookie is a small text file sent to your browser from a web site. It is commonly used to store a randomly generated number that is used to associate you with any items you may place in a shopping cart. A cookie is not a program and it cannot read data from your hard drive or damage your computer.
This site does not require the use of cookies and you may block or disable cookies if you choose to do so. Should you choose to disable cookies in your browser, you will lose some functionality and features with this site. Also, many other e-commerce sites that depend upon cookies to identify you or the items you place in a shopping cart may not function properly.
Merchants that we are affiliated with, third party advertisers, affiliate management networks and remote analytics systems may use cookies on their web sites. We are not responsible nor do we have any control over the use of cookies on other web sites. Although their advertisements and links may appear on this site, we do not have access to the information stored in any cookies they might use and we do not pass any personally identifying information to any merchants or third parties.
Site Security
All employees are required to learn and follow our security policies. Personal information is password protected and our site uses 128 bit SSL (Secure Socket Layers) encryption on all web pages that display or request customer information to safeguard this data. SSL is used to encrypt the transmission of information from a browser to a web site, which prevents the information from being intercepted or monitored on the Internet.
We do not store full credit card numbers or any credit card security codes (CVV, or Card Verification Values) on this site or on our web server. Your credit card information is processed by trusted and secure payment services, such as Authorize.net and PayPal, who are responsible for safeguarding this information.
Correcting/Updating Your Personal Information
After becoming a GadgetHQ.com member you may correct/update your personal information by clicking on the 'Log In' link at the top of any page. You can then enter your ID and password when prompted and clicking on the Edit Information button. The changes you make will be reflected in our databases instantly. If you wish to deactivate your account, you may contact our Customer Service group through the 'My Account' section, or by using the 'Contact Us' page.
Communications from GadgetHQ.com
You may receive communications from us:
- when you place an order and when your order ships,
- if we have questions about an order that you placed,
- if we need to contact you to verify that an order has been placed or to prevent fraudulent orders,
- if you contact us for any reason,
- if you opted in for newsletters or product notifications, we may send messages to alert you that products are available or to inform you of promotional offers.
We may correct or supplement your address information with standardized postal representation in order to ensure that your orders are delivered. We do this since we want to make sure that our members receive the order and to lower costs associated with our programs.
Your Feedback is Always Welcome
We welcome your comments and questions about our privacy policy - or anything else you might want to talk about. Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about your order or the products we offer.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time to address new issues and changes to our site. We will post those amendments on this page in order to keep you informed regarding the information we collect and how we use it. All amendments will be effective immediately upon posting. We encourage you to visit this page regularly for updated Privacy Policy information.
Last updated: May 14, 2008
