Privacy & Security Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how personal information is collected from users of the MyGiftCertificateStore.com ("MyGiftCertificateStore.com", "we" or "us") website (the "Site"), and how that information is used and disclosed.

Collection of Information

• We receive and may store any information you enter on our Site or make available to our Site in other ways. For example, we collect information you provide when you create an account, place an order, create an address book, send us an e-mail or call us. This information may include your  name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card or other account number, demographic information, geographic area and your preferences. It may also include information you provide about other people, for example the name and address of a gift recipient.
• We may also receive information about you from other sources in order to personalize services offered to you.
• When you visit our Site, some information is automatically collected, such as your computer's operating system and browser type, your Internet Protocol (IP) address and the time and date of your visit. This information is collected through the use of "cookies".
• Through "cookies" we obtain certain types of information when your web browser accesses our website. Cookies are alpha numeric identifiers that we transfer to our computer's hard drive through your web browser. There are utilities designed to help you visit websites anonymously by allowing you to prevent your browser accepting new cookies, to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie or disable cookies all together.

Use of Information

• In general, we use the information you provide to enhance your experience with MyGiftCertificateStore.com and to provide you with high quality products and services. For example, we use it to process and track your purchases and other transactions via the Site, maintain a record of our dealings with you and respond to your inquiries.
• MyGiftCertificateStore.com does not use or disclose your personal information for marketing or promotional purposes.

Disclosure of Information

• We contract with third-party vendors to help us provide services and process transactions with you. For example, we may host some of our Site or databases on another company's computers and/or utilize their services in hosting portions of our Site, hire a company to answer customer questions, send information about our products and other services, complete orders or collect payment for us, or hire a company to help us market our products and services. In order to perform their jobs, these third-party vendors may have limited access to some of the information we maintain about you. We require all such third-party vendors to ensure the confidentiality of your personal information, limit their access to any personal information to the minimum necessary to perform their obligation, and not to use the information they may access for purposes other than fulfilling their responsibilities to us or on our behalf. We are not responsible for any additional information you provide to these parties, and we encourage you to become familiar with their privacy practices before disclosing information directly to them.
• We provide aggregate information regarding the use of our Site to merchants whose gift cards and certificates we sell, but these statistics do not include personally identifying information.
• We disclose personal information when we believe it is appropriate to comply with the law (e.g. a lawful subpoena, warrant or court order); to enforce or apply this Privacy Policy or our other policies or agreements; to initiate, render, bill, and collect for amounts owed to us; to protect our or our customers' rights, property or safety; to protect our customers from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful use of our Site; or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records without delay or as otherwise permitted by law.
• Information about our visitors may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, debt financing or sale of all or part of company assets, as well as in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personally identifiable information could be transferred to third parties as one of our business assets.

Security

• MyGiftCertificateStore.com is committed to taking reasonable steps to ensure the security of your information. In an effort to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information while it is under our control, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online via the Site.
• When you register for an account on the Site, we ask you to create a password. To protect the confidentiality of your personal information, you  must keep your password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. You are responsible for all uses of the Site by an person using your password.

Links to Other  Web Sites

The Site contains links to other Web sites. Links from our Site to such other sites or content are provide for your convenience only, and we do not have control over the content or privacy and security practices and policies of such third parties or other sites. Please note that any personal information  you provide on linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party's privacy policy. We encourage your to learn about their privacy and security practices and policies before providing them with personal information.

E-mails

If you provide our Site with your e-mail address, you may receive e-mails from us. For example, you may receive an e-mail regarding the status of your order, for customer service inquiries, for other reasons related to the fulfillment of your order, or in response to requests initiated by you. MyGiftCertificateStore.com does not use or disclose your e-mail address for marketing or promotional purposes.

Your Consent / Policy  Changes

• By using the Site, you consent to our  use of your personal information as specified above. We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy at any time. If we decide to materially change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this Site so you are always aware of what information we collect, howe we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy each time you visit our Site to see if it has been updated since your last visit and to make sure you understand how information you provide will be used.
• If you are visiting or using the Site from outside the United States, please be advised that our Privacy Policy is intended to meet the laws and regulations of the United States, which may not be the same as the laws and regulations of your home country. By providing us with your personal information via the Site, you consent to the transfer to (and processing of such information in) the United States.

Concerns & Comments

You may e-mail us with any further questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy at Info@MyGiftCertificateStore.com or call us toll-free at 1-800-714-0590.

Updated May 6, 2010