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Three Georges Southern Chocolates is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement only applies to Three Georges Southern Chocolates; it does not apply to other online or offline Three Georges Southern Chocolates sites, products or services. Please read the complete Three Georges Southern Chocolates privacy statement. Collection of your Personal Information We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering before ordering e-mail newsletters or when purchasing and/or registering Three Georges Southern Chocolates services or products. If you choose a service or transaction that requires payment, such as making a purchase in the Online Store area of the Web site, we will request personal information necessary for billing and/or shipping, such as: name, address, telephone number, and credit card number. Three Georges Southern Chocolates also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, to provide for security of our Web Site and servers, and to provide general statistics regarding use of Three Georges Southern Chocolates. Three Georges Southern Chocolates also collects information about which pages our customers visit within Three Georges Southern Chocolates. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below. Use of your Personal Information We use your personal information for the following purposes: To ensure our site is relevant to your needs. To deliver services, such as newsletters, that you request or purchase. To help us create and publish content most relevant to you. To alert you to new products, special offers, updated information and other new services from Three Georges Southern Chocolates, if you so request. To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate. We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of Three Georges Southern Chocolates, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your personal information in order to provide you with personalized content. If you decline permission, we will not provide you the personalized service and won’t merge your personal information with site-visitation data. We may hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging, mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about products or services, and sending postal mail. We will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. Three Georges Southern Chocolates may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Three Georges Southern Chocolates or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Three Georges Southern Chocolates and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Three Georges Southern Chocolates employees, users of Three Georges Southern Chocolates products or services, or members of the public. Your information may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Three Georges Southern Chocolates or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Three Georges Southern Chocolates abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union. Control of your Personal Information When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Three Georges Southern Chocolates will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above. Three Georges Southern Chocolates does not allow other companies to offer our registered customers information about their products and services. Three Georges Southern Chocolates may send out periodic e-mails informing you of new products or services you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen. Access to your Personal Information We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current. If you register at Three Georges Southern Chocolates or subscribe to a newsletter, you can review and edit your personal information at any time. Security of your Personal Information Three Georges Southern Chocolates is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we may protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Protection of Children's Personal Information Three Georges Southern Chocolates is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children. Use of Cookies When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above. We may also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter links are clicked by customers. This information is used to ensure we are sending information customers want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information. If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Three Georges Southern Chocolates Web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site or make online purchases. Enforcement of this Privacy Statement If you have questions regarding this statement, you should contact Three Georges Southern Chocolates by email. or write to: Privacy @ Three GeorgesThree Georges Southern Chocolates 528 South Broad Street, Mobile, Alabama 36608
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