Gemstyle.com Privacy Policy
GemStyle.com (GemStyle Ltd) is committed to establishing trusting relationships
with its customers. This trust is based on respect for personal identity and
information by promoting the use of fair information practices. This privacy
statement covers the site www.GemStyle.com. Because GemStyle.com wants to demonstrate
its commitment to our users' privacy, we disclose our information practices.
- What personally identifiable information GemStyle.com collects.
- What personally identifiable information third parties
collect through the Web site.
- What organization collects the information.
- How GemStyle.com uses the information.
- With whom GemStyle.com may share user information.
- What choices are available to users regarding collection,
use and distribution of the information.
- What types of security procedures are in place to protect
the loss, misuse or alteration of information under GemStyle.com
control.
- How users can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement, they should
first contact GemStyle.com via email, support@GemStyle.
Information Collection and Use
Information Collection
GemStyle.com LLC is the sole owner of the information collected on GemStyle.com.
GemStyle.com LLC collects information from our users from various points on
our Web site.
Registration
When making a special request for information from our site a user must first
submit a registration form. During registration a user gives contact information
such as name, address phone numbers and email address. We use this information
to contact the user regarding the requested information. All informational
is optional. If either a valid email address or phone number is not included
GemStyle.com will not respond.
Order
We request information from the user on our order form. A user must provide
contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial
information (such as 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, the information is used to contact the client.
Information Use
Personal customer information is confidential and will not be disclosed to
any non-related third parties. GemStyle.com does not sell mailing lists and
will not disclose your name, email address, or any other information about
you to any non-related third parties. The information we collect is used solely
for the purposes of preparing, processing and completion of orders.
Sharing
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.
Third Party Intermediaries
We use outside shipping companies to ship orders, and a credit card processing
company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain,
share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary
purposes.
Business Transitions
In the event GemStyle.com LLC goes through a business transition, such as a
merger, being acquired by another company, personal information would probably
be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via email when
possible or through a posting on our Web site al least 30 days prior to a
change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result
of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information
will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection
they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.
Profile
We store information that we collect through cookies and log files to create
a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual
users that details their viewing preferences. Consequently, collected information
is tied to the users personally identifiable information to improve the viewing
experience of the site for the user. We do not share your profile with other
third parties
Cookies
GemStyle.com uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are
small pieces of information saved by your browser onto your computer. Cookies
are used to remember various aspects of your visit. This information is used
by GemStyle.com to guarantee a consistent and uninterrupted experience. Cookies
will allow you to revisit without losing many of your settings. We do not use
cookies to save personal information for outside uses.
We use both session ID
cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close
the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small
text file that remains stored on the user's hard drive. Persistent cookies
can be removed by following your specific Internet browser instructions.
By setting a cookie on our site, users would not have to log in a password
in order to view contents from a previously stored shopping cart or wish
list. This will save our viewers valuable time during the shopping experience.
If users reject the cookie, they may still retain this information by choosing
to provide a viewer defined username and password.
Log Files
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This includes internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit
pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends,
administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad
demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked
to personally identifiable information.
Communications from the Site
Service Announcements
On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement.
In the event that it is necessary to contact previous clients and shoppers
regarding required service, recalls or service related announcements we will
do so through email or phone. Shoppers and clients will not be able to opt-out
from this type of communications.
Customer Service
We communicate with users to provide requested services and information via
email or phone, in accordance with the users wishes.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, GemStyle.com
LLC, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We
encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy
statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected
by this Web site.
Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about
the contents of a shopping cart or wish list, we ask them for the friend's
name and email address. GemStyle.com will automatically send the friend a one-time
email providing a link to the specific contents and inviting them to visit
the site. GemStyle.com stores this information for the sole purpose of sending
this one-time email and tracking the success of our referral program. The friend
may contact GemStyle.com via email to request the removal of this information
from our database.
Security
When you make a purchase at GemStyle.com, our server uses a Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) to connect with you. This protocol is the finest security available.
SSL will encrypt your sensitive information, guarding it from interception
and misuse. Your security and a safe shopping environment are our primary concerns
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also
do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our
users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is
restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform
a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative)
are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees are
kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. On a frequent basis
and as policies are added or modified, our employees are notified and/or reminded
about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our
users' information is protected. Finally, the servers that store personally
identifiable information are in a secure environment in a locked facility.
If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can
send an email to support@GemStyle.com.
Supplementation of Information
In order for this Web site to properly fulfill its obligation to users it
is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information
from 3rd party sources.
Identity Verification
We use third party software as well as various proprietary methods to verify
a user's personal information. GemStyle.com does this in order to avoid fraudulent
or unauthorized attempts to purchase our products.
Correcting/Updating Personal Information
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code,
phone, email or postal address) we provide a way to correct, update this information.
This can usually be done at the or by emailing our Customer Support at support@gemstyle.com or
by telephone at 702-523-8000.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this
privacy statement so our users are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will
use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information
was collected.
If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information
in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will
notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use
their information in this different manner.
Contact Information
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please
contact us at:
support@GemStyle.com
GemStyle.com
PO Box 81619
Las Vegas, NV 89180
1-888-GemStyle
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