This privacy statement describes how Embroidery Library Inc. collects and uses the personal information you provide on our Web site: www.emblibrary.com. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.Embroidery Library Inc. has been awarded TRUSTe’s Privacy Seal signifying that this privacy policy and practices have been reviewed by TRUSTe for compliance with TRUSTe’s program requirements including transparency, accountability, and choice regarding the collection and use of your personal information. The TRUSTe program covers information collected through this Web site, www.emblibrary.com. TRUSTe’s mission, as an independent third party, is to accelerate online trust among consumers and organizations globally through its leading privacy trademark and innovative trust solutions. If you have questions or complaints regarding our privacy policy or practices, please contact us at stitch@emblibrary.com. If you are not satisfied with our response you can contact TRUSTe here. Embroidery Library Inc. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: http://www.emblibrary.com. IP Address We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. We run reports that tell us how many visitors come to our store by hour of the day and days of the week. The information gathered also gives us a good idea of what browsers are used and which sites people are coming from. There is no personal information (such as name, address or email address) logged that links any particular person to any particular IP address. All the data collected is used by us solely for the purpose of improving our store and is not shared with, or sold to anyone. Cookies Our site uses cookies to keep track how customers use the store so that we can make improvements. These cookies are automatically removed from your computer when you sign off your browser. If your browser is set to not accept cookies you may still browse through the store's categories and the design pages. The site does use persistent cookies for your login information. Usage of these persistent cookies are tied to personally identifiable information. If you allow persistent cookies in your browser you will automatically be logged into the store each time you visit. Third Party Cookies A session cookie from Verisign (www.verisign.com )(the issuer of our security certificate) is used on pages that display the Verisign seal of authenticity. The cookie does not collect any information and is simply to aid in displaying Emblibrary's validation page on Verisign's site when users choose to click on the seal. Registration Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (such as their name and email address and password). The registration form also collects your address. This information is completely optional and is used to populate the billing address in the Purchase form. The customer's contact information is used to contact the customer if necessary. Reasons for email originating from the Embroidery Library include; Issues with an order that the customer has placed. Updates to our privacy statement that include any changes with how we use your information. We do not send out any junk email. Emails are sent on occasion with updates about the Embroidery Library. You do have an option to not receive the updates. To unsubscribe from our email updates please send an email to stitch@emblibrary.com or reply to one of our emails with the subject 'Unsubscribe'. This information is not used in any other way and is never shared with any other companies. Links This site contains links to other sites. Embroidery Library is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. As privacy practices may be different at other sites please review each site's privacy statement.Contests Occasionally the Embroidery Library sponsors contests held by other sites. The Embroidery Library does not ask for any additional information to enter a contest. If you are asked for any information please be aware that this information is being requested from the originator of the contest. For any questions about privacy issues regarding information being collected by the contest owner please refer to their privacy statement. Orders Our site uses an order form for customers to request products. We collect visitor's billing and financial information (such as their account or credit card numbers). Financial information that is collected is used only to bill the user for products and services. This information is used only for that purpose and is never shared with any other person or company. We do use a secure third party to process credit cards. We don't store credit card information, other than that required by the Credit Card companies, for any use other than processing the credit card transactions. If a customer purchases a gift certificate through our site, we will ask customers for the name and email address of the intended recipient. This information is used to send an email to the recipient of the certificate notifying them of the gift. Our store maintains a list of receipts or Order History for each customer. This information is accessible by logging in to the store and then clicking on the Order History link located in the right margin of the Lobby page or at the top of your Basket page. This information is for your convenience. It is not available to anyone else. Your credit card information is not stored in your Order History. Newsletter The Embroidery Library sends out newsletters to customers. If you wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter please email us at stitch@emblibrary.com or reply to a newsletter with 'Unsubscribe' as the subject. Security This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. We use a 128 bit encryption security certificate provided by Verisign. There is a seal of authenticity available on our Home page and the Purchase page where you can see full details about the security certificate. Correct/Update This site gives users the following options for changing, deleting, or modifying information previously provided. You may email stitch@emblibrary.comOr, visit http://www.emblibrary.com, after you have logged into the store, click on the 'My Profile' link located in the lower left margin of our Lobby page.To remove your information from our database, Please send an email to stitch@emblibrary.com asking that your information be removed from our database. Please note, by completely removing your information from our database all record of your orders with us will also be removed. Data Retention We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services contact us at stitch@emblibrary.com. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Please note, by completely removing your information from our database all record of your orders with us will also be removed. Updates We will notify you of material changes to our privacy statement with a notice on our Home page http://www.emblibrary.com. If we ever make material changes to the way we handle your personal information you will be contacted by email in advance. At that time if you wish to remove any information that is stored with us you may do so. The opt-out instructions will be in the posted changes notice. Contacting the Web Site If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact: Embroidery Library Inc. 5000 Chesire Lane North Ste #3 Minneapolis, MN 55446 stitch@emblibrary.com 763-509-3320 Legal Disclaimer Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site. If Embroidery Library, Inc. is involved in a merger, acquistion, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Embroidery Library Inc. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website: http://www.emblibrary.com.
IP Address
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. We run reports that tell us how many visitors come to our store by hour of the day and days of the week. The information gathered also gives us a good idea of what browsers are used and which sites people are coming from. There is no personal information (such as name, address or email address) logged that links any particular person to any particular IP address. All the data collected is used by us solely for the purpose of improving our store and is not shared with, or sold to anyone.
Cookies
Our site uses cookies to keep track how customers use the store so that we can make improvements. These cookies are automatically removed from your computer when you sign off your browser. If your browser is set to not accept cookies you may still browse through the store's categories and the design pages. The site does use persistent cookies for your login information. Usage of these persistent cookies are tied to personally identifiable information. If you allow persistent cookies in your browser you will automatically be logged into the store each time you visit.
Third Party Cookies
A session cookie from Verisign (www.verisign.com )(the issuer of our security certificate) is used on pages that display the Verisign seal of authenticity. The cookie does not collect any information and is simply to aid in displaying Emblibrary's validation page on Verisign's site when users choose to click on the seal.
Registration
Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (such as their name and email address and password). The registration form also collects your address. This information is completely optional and is used to populate the billing address in the Purchase form. The customer's contact information is used to contact the customer if necessary. Reasons for email originating from the Embroidery Library include; Issues with an order that the customer has placed. Updates to our privacy statement that include any changes with how we use your information. We do not send out any junk email. Emails are sent on occasion with updates about the Embroidery Library. You do have an option to not receive the updates. To unsubscribe from our email updates please send an email to stitch@emblibrary.com or reply to one of our emails with the subject 'Unsubscribe'. This information is not used in any other way and is never shared with any other companies.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. Embroidery Library is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites. As privacy practices may be different at other sites please review each site's privacy statement.
Contests
Occasionally the Embroidery Library sponsors contests held by other sites. The Embroidery Library does not ask for any additional information to enter a contest. If you are asked for any information please be aware that this information is being requested from the originator of the contest. For any questions about privacy issues regarding information being collected by the contest owner please refer to their privacy statement.
Orders
Our site uses an order form for customers to request products. We collect visitor's billing and financial information (such as their account or credit card numbers). Financial information that is collected is used only to bill the user for products and services. This information is used only for that purpose and is never shared with any other person or company. We do use a secure third party to process credit cards. We don't store credit card information, other than that required by the Credit Card companies, for any use other than processing the credit card transactions.
If a customer purchases a gift certificate through our site, we will ask customers for the name and email address of the intended recipient. This information is used to send an email to the recipient of the certificate notifying them of the gift. Our store maintains a list of receipts or Order History for each customer. This information is accessible by logging in to the store and then clicking on the Order History link located in the right margin of the Lobby page or at the top of your Basket page. This information is for your convenience. It is not available to anyone else. Your credit card information is not stored in your Order History.
Newsletter
The Embroidery Library sends out newsletters to customers. If you wish to unsubscribe from this newsletter please email us at stitch@emblibrary.com or reply to a newsletter with 'Unsubscribe' as the subject.
Security
Correct/Update
Data Retention
Updates
We will notify you of material changes to our privacy statement with a notice on our Home page http://www.emblibrary.com. If we ever make material changes to the way we handle your personal information you will be contacted by email in advance. At that time if you wish to remove any information that is stored with us you may do so. The opt-out instructions will be in the posted changes notice.
Contacting the Web Site
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site. If Embroidery Library, Inc. is involved in a merger, acquistion, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified via email and/or prominent notice on our Web site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.