Due to the nature of our website and in an effort to improve your shopping experience, MascotsBuy.com does collect personally identifiable information as well as log aggregate shopping information. We recognize we must maintain and use customer information responsibly. We respect your privacy and will never sell your information to third parties.
What personal information is collected and how is it used?
Personal
information is considered any information that is specific to you, such
as your name, email address, credit card information, etc. In order to
make a purchase or receive MascotsBuy.com's newsletter, users must enter
their personal information.
When you make a purchase, we require
that you provide your shipping and billing address, phone number and
credit card information (if paying by credit card). This information is
stored in a secure database, only accessible to select employees with
access rights to this information. MascotsBuy.com protects your online
order information using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
Additionally,
MascotsBuy.com logs your Internet Protocol Address (IP). An IP address
is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when
browsing the Internet. Information from IP addresses is used for system
administration, to examine overall traffic trends, troubleshooting, etc.
This information is used only in the aggregate form. IP addresses are
not linked to any PII, meaning that your session on our site is tracked,
but will not be linked to any personal information.
How secure is my personal information?
Your
information is secure with MascotsBuy.com! Protecting your order
information is a priority. MascotsBuy.com uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
technology to insure that all data passed between our server and your
web browser remain private and secure.
SSL encrypts your order
information to avoid the decoding of that information by anyone other
than MascotsBuy.com. To check the security of your connection, look at
the lower left-hand corner of your browser window after accessing the
server. If you see an unbroken key or a closed lock (depending on your
browser), this means the SSL is active. You can also double check by
looking at your browsers URL. When accessing a secure server, the first
characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https".
Some
firewalls do not permit communication through secure servers. In this
case, you will not be able to connect to the secure server and must
disable your firewall or choose a different method to order.
Cookies: What are they and how do we use them?
A
web tracking cookie is a bit of electronic information that a website
or web browser can place on your computer's hard drive in order to do
specific jobs like remember your preferences or shopping cart contents.
Cookies allow web site operators to better customize site visits to the
visitor's preferences. The use of cookies has become standard on the
Internet and most major websites use them.
MascotsBuy.com uses
cookies to help keep track of the products you add to your wishlist and
your cart so that we can provide a more convenient shopping experience.
Please be assured that we do not use cookies to track any information
about other sites you may visit or to collect any additional personal
information.
Although most browsers automatically accept cookies,
you can usually change your web browser’s preferences to block cookies
or notify you whenever you are sent a cookie.
Protection for Children
MascotsBuy.com is not intended for users under the age of 18, and we have no intention of collecting Personal Information from children (i.e., individuals under the age of 13). Where appropriate, we take reasonable measures to inform children not to submit such information to our site or in response to advertisements. If a child has provided us with personally identifiable information, we will use all reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, your dealings with MascotsBuy.com, or would like to opt-out of receiving communications from us, you can contact us — help@mascotsbuy.com.