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Privacy
Ace
Hardware & Hearth maintains high standards for the
protection of privacy over the Internet. The
following policy statement explains how Ace Hardware
& Hearth protects the privacy of information
transmitted over the Internet from its web-site
visitors.
Generally, Ace Hardware & Hearth only obtains
specific and individualized data about its website
visitors when such information is supplied
voluntarily, i.e., when web site visitors send
e-mail, inquiries or make registrations of purchases
from Ace Hardware & Hearth. Ace Hardware & Hearth then uses the information for the purpose of
fulfilling the visitors' requests. However, Ace
Hardware & Hearth gathers some generic information
automatically, solely to help Ace Hardware & Hearth determine the success and usefulness of its
websites. This generic information, which does not
reveal the identity of the visitor, include: what
web site the visitor visited, how much time people
spend on various pages of the site, visitors' domain
name types (.com, .org, etc.), and the originating
web page of the visitor. Ace Hardware & Hearth
uses this information to determine customer service
needs. In the future, Ace Hardware & Hearth may
increase its technical abilities for gathering data
about visitors in order to enhance the services
offered to visitors and customers. This privacy
policy will be periodically updated to reflect any
such changes to Ace Hardware & Hearth' practices.
Ace
Hardware & Hearth websites may employ "cookies".
Cookies are small segments of text that are
transmitted to a visitor's web browser and which
store information on the visitor's hard drive. This
information is later transmitted back to the server
that originally sent it to the visitor upon a later
visit to that site. Cookies allow servers to recall
previous transactions to avoid repetition in data
gathering. A visitor can configure its equipment
hardware, usually with its browser to make
notification when they receive a cookie. The visitor
can refuse it.
Ace
Hardware & Hearth will not sell or reveal
information obtained about its visitors to anyone
outside of Ace Hardware & Hearth unless authorized
by the visitor through the nature of their
transaction, it is legally required, or such
disclosure is required to protect the safety of
employees, visitors, customers, or property. Ace
Hardware & Hearth does not send "junk" e-mail,
also known as "spam". In certain instances, when
Ace Hardware & Hearth wishes to contact customers via
e-mail, respond to messages, confirm purchases, or
transmit information requested by or of interest to
a visitor, Ace Hardware & Hearth will typically
use e-mail. Any time a customer or visitor receives
e-mail it does not want from Ace Hardware & Hearth, the customer can request that
Ace Hardware & Hearth not send further e-mail.
Ace
Hardware & Hearth has security measures in place
for protecting data conveyed during a visitor's
purchase with Ace Hardware & Hearth. Ace Hardware &
Hearth's employees, partners and subcontractors
are required to protect the privacy of such data.
Ace Hardware & Hearth wants its visitors and
customers to feel that their privacy will be
protected when the visitor accesses their account or
purchases services from Ace Hardware & Hearth
on-line. Ace Hardware & Hearth denies any
responsibility for the privacy protections or
content offered by other sites to which Ace Hardware
& Hearth websites may contain links.
Because
Ace Hardware & Hearth desires accuracy in the
information it obtains and uses about its visitors
and customers, Ace Hardware & Hearth will attempt
to verify its data and will ask its customers to
notify it of any inaccuracies or mistakes of which
they may become aware through their on-line account
data and monthly bills.
rev.
01/18/05 |