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Storybook Advent Privacy Policy
Privacy is as important to us as it is to you. Our founders are
staunch adversaries (and really, really, really detest) unsolicited
e-mail, direct mail and intrusive telemarketing, which is one of the
reasons why at The Storybook Advent & via StorybookAdvent.com we
are commitment to protecting your privacy. We will never sell, rent,
publish or distribute your name, email address or other identifiable
information collected via registration, during an e-commerce
transaction, Web site features or cookies to any third party without
your consent. In the event that we are sold or acquired by a 3rd
party, all members with current contact information will be given
the opportunity to remove their information from our systems prior
to the transfer or merging of assets.
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Information Collection and Use
StorybookAdvent.com is a company created to
assist in bridging differences and assisting non-profits and
charities in raising funds for their good works. . Questions asked
are purely for the internal marketing, editorial creation and
product planning use of StorybookAdvent.com. Though detailed, this
information allows us to decided what products to carry, what price
ranges will suit our membership, where to look for special offers
for our members, plus the direction of our editorial, courses and
other service offerings. For auditing purposes, it substantiates our
membership and visitor numbers. Any personal information collected
on StorybookAdvent.com is knowingly and voluntarily provided by
customers and visitors to our site. Under no circumstance is this
information ever sold, leased, published or rented to a third party
without your expressed consent. Should changes be made to our
privacy policy, all registered customers in our database will be
notified of the changes and given the opportunity to opt-out of
their membership.
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Mergers, Acquisitions or Sale
In the event that Storybook Advent is
bought, merged or acquired by a third party, all members of the
Storybook Advent Lists with valid contact information will be
notified prior to the third party taking possession of Storybook
Advent. This notification will ask whether members prefer to remain
members after the transfer or prefer to remove their information
from the Storybook Advent Lists prior to the transfer. Federal law
and tax requirements mandate we keep on file records relating to
purchases for up to seven years. This includes online transactions
initiated via Storybook Advent. Information contained in these
documents can not be changed or eliminated in the event of a sale or
transfer. However information collected for commerce purposes will
never be used to contact a customer unless it relates to the
transaction covered within the context of the document. This
requirement will be a non-negotiable item in the event of a sale,
acquisition or merger of Storybook Advent with a third party.
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Third Party Collection of information on
StorybookAdvent.com:
Many of our shopping functions are outsourced. Should you choose
to purchase from a StorybookAdvent.com vendor, you will be prompted
for information and given the opportunity to submit to that vendor
individually or allow StorybookAdvent.com to drop in your name,
shipping address, and phone number from your Storybook Advent Lists
member file.
Your address and phone number are required to ship or deliver
products. Your email address will be used to send you two emails
following a purchase, one to confirm your order has shipped, and the
second to provide an itemized order summary with your order number
and tracking number so that you can find the status of your order.
If necessary, a StorybookAdvent.com customer service representative
may contact you by telephone to resolve any issues concerning your
order.
We may occasionally run contests and other
similar promotions on our site. As a visitor, you are
automatically eligible unless your state or country laws exempt you.
Winners of cash prizes and merchandise will be required to complete
all personal income forms required by their government to claim
prizes. Winners of publishing contracts will be required to sign
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Other areas within StorybookAdvent.com where we use
your information:
1. IP address –
- Diagnose problems with our server and Web site
administration.
- Used to identify you and your shopping cart.
- Used to prevent multiple distribution of digital products to
persons other than the person who purchased
2. Your name & password
- Verify that you are a registered customer
- Prevent anyone else who may have access to your computer
from ordering in your name without your express permission.
- Provides access to marketing materials and samples for
organizations using Storybook Advent for fundraising purposes.
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Storybook Advent has an SSL certificate to insure
the prevention of loss, misuse and alteration of the
information under our control. Credit card number and expiration
date will be stored on our secure server with your account so that
if you choose, you will not have to fill out this information again
during future visits and purchases through StorybookAdvent.com and
StorybookAdvent.com vendors. This information is used solely for
billing purposes when you order from StorybookAdvent.com and is
always encrypted and transmitted safely over the Internet using
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.
StorybookAdvent.com may share non-personal,
non-individual information in aggregate form with our vendors and
marketing partners for research purposes. This includes aggregate
data about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related site
information. You always have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving
future mailings from StorybookAdvent.com or our partners; see the
section below entitled Opt-out.
StorybookAdvent.com has
third party relationships with credit card processing companies,
shipping companies, vendors and the company from which we lease our
servers. These companies only have access to information that is
necessary for each to fulfill their respective roles in completing
our customers' orders. StorybookAdvent.com reserves the right to
share personal information with legal authorities to the extent
required by law.
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Co-branded
Relationships and Strategic Partners
Users may experience
StorybookAdvent.com within a co-branded environment alongside one of
our partners. These companies are strategic partners. Co-branded
pages are recognizable by two methods. 1) By the presence of a
"frame" either at the top the page and/or when both companies' brand
logos are presented together on the page. 2) By a separate browse
window opening to allow access to the partners site without leaving
Storybook Advent. In such situations, individual user information
may be shared only between our two companies in an effort to better
understand and meet our customers' needs. An example of this would
be your region of the country or zip code. Should you have
additional privacy concerns, please also refer to the privacy policy
of our partner from whose site you visited prior to arriving at
StorybookAdvent.com.
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Cookies
StorybookAdvent.com may at a later date choose to use a
feature of your Internet browser called a "cookie" to assign a
unique identification to your computer. Cookies are files that your
Web browser places on your computer's hard drive.
StorybookAdvent.com creates and then uses these cookie files to
track your clicks as you browse the StorybookAdvent.com Web site.
Cookies are like your business card and they tell
us whether you have visited StorybookAdvent.com previously and to
help us determine whether you came to us from a particular Internet
link or banner advertisement. They also help us determine which
areas are most important to people like you so we can best determine
what features, products and services to carry on StorybookAdvent.com.
Cookies allow you to save
time and frustration by storing the user names and passwords you use
on our site and information on past purchases and personal
preferences. By doing this, you do not have to re-enter the
information. Should you disable the use of cookies on your browser,
you will need to re-enter this information whenever you visit our
site. StorybookAdvent.com will not and cannot use cookies to
retrieve personal information about you from your computer.
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Opt-Out
StorybookAdvent.com provides customers the opportunity to opt-out of
receiving communications from us during your Storybook Advent Lists
registration. We give you the following options to change or modify
your information in our database and to choose not to receive future
communications.
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Contacting StorybookAdvent.com
For Questions, concerns and curiosities about the
StorybookAdvent.com privacy statement and Web site, please contact
us at:
Storybook
Advent
C/O Couples Company, Inc.
6250 Canoga Ave. #483
Woodland Hills, CA. 91367
(310) 594-3728
Storybook Advent Inc is
an Idaho Corporation.
Legal Disclaimer:
The articles, opinions and views provided on Storybook Advent are
not intended as medical, legal or financial advice. All information
is provided for entertainment purposes only. Features are
authored by licensed psychologists, mental health professionals,
legal, financial and other experts or by journalists. Additional
content is provided by affiliated companies and Storybook Advent
patrons. Articles and content contained herein are not to be used
as a substitute for medical attention, diagnosis, treatment, or
other professional mental health or medical services. As laws,
details and personal situations vary from person to person and state
to state, articles and content contained herein are not and cannot
to be used as a substitute for legal, parental. health, mental
health, career or financial advice.
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