Privacy
Statement
You can
be rest assured that your personal information submitted to us during your
shopping process will be kept private and safe.
We do
not sell or rent your personal information to others. Customer information
collected will only be used for the purposes of processing orders, contacting
purchasers about their order status and sending promotional information in
assisting you in your future purchases. Only authorized third parties which we
may use to help us fulfill orders, to help process payments, to deliver, to
provide customer service are allowed to access to our database for the content
they may need to fulfill their job.
However,
we will cooperate fully should a situation arise where we are required by law
or legal process to provide information about a customer to the proper
authorities.
Order
We request information from the user on our order
form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and shipping
address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date).
This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer’s orders. If
we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in
touch with the user.
Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s
hard drive containing information about the user. We use persistent cookies on
our site to have a seamless experience. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked
to any personally identifiable information while on our site. The site uses
persistent cookies. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user
would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while
on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they will be unable to use our site.
Galawatches.com relies on cookies to identify the user, and also for additional
features on the site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the
interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.
Log
Files
We use IP addresses, daily unique visitors, time
spent on page, user browser & operating system, and country of origin to
analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to
personally identifiable information.
Sharing
We
will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and
advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information. We use an outside
shipping company, Federal Express (
http://www.fedex.com)
or United Parcel Services (
http://www.ups.com),
to ship orders. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally
identifiable information for any secondary purposes. Please note that when
accessing these areas of the Site, the user will be brought to the third party
service provider's site to perform the asked function. These pages have the
look and feel of our site.
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 an appropriate law enforcement investigation, current judicial proceeding,
a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Security
Shopping
with Galawatches.com, you won't be held responsible for any unauthorized
charges.
This website takes every precaution to
protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive
information via the website, your information is protected both
online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to
enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or
account password), that information is encrypted and is protected
with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL.
Here are the precaution steps we take to ensure
security and prevent
Fraud:
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All transactions are processed on a secure server to ensure
security.
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All credit card transactions (VISA, MASTER, and AMEX) are thoroughly
reviewed by credit card security specialists for fraud indicators prior to
processing the credit card.
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All potential fraud indicators are immediately reported to the
appropriate credit card issuing bank for further investigation.
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The card holder will be contacted if the order contains any unusual
circumstances that may be considered a fraud indicator.
Our
secure online ordering system is protected by the Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
technology. Galawatches.com guarantees you secure online transactions, as all
your credit card information submitted during the shopping process will be
protected. It is 100% safe. All information is encrypted and you will know that
you are shopping in a safe site when you see a solid key (Netscape Navigator)
or a closed lock (Internet Explorer),
as opposed to un-locked, or open, when
you are just "surfing". You will receive our e-mail order
confirmation within 24 hours after you have submitted your online order.
Supplementation
of Information
Galawatches.com
does not supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party
sources.
Information Collection and Use
Galawatches.com is the sole owner of the information collected on
this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to
others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
We collects information from our users at several different points
on our website.
Notification
of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will
post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we
disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable
information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was
collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as
to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will
use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the
information was collected.
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