Thank you for visiting North Star Resources, Inc. We are committed to
honoring and protecting your privacy while at the same time providing you with a
first rate on-line and shopping experience. As an important part of respecting
your privacy, we believe that you have the right to know what information is
collected by this Web site, how such information may be used, and what security
measures are taken to protect your information.
Effective Date of this Privacy Policy
This policy is effective as of January, 2011.
Collection and Use of Information
When you visit our Web site, place an order, request a catalog and/or contact
us via e-mail, certain information is or may be collected. Among the types of
information that may be collected are the following:
- Domain names of visitors to our site
- If you place an order or contact us, your name, address, e-mail address
and whatever credit card information you provide in connection with your
purchase
- "Navigational information" regarding the traffic patterns of our Web
site, including the number of visits to a particular page and user-specific
information on which pages a guest visits, average length of time spent on
the site and similar site usage data; and
- Any information that you may choose to submit in connection with any
e-mail messages, on-site surveys, registry programs, contests and the like.
We use this information in order to analyze, manage and improve our Web site so
that we may continually strive to provide you with the best shopping experience
that we possibly can. Information on traffic patterns and the number of page
visits and the like helps us to further develop and improve our site layout to
better meet your needs. Of course, we also use information such as your name,
e-mail address and credit card information to contact you, respond to your
inquiries, send you a catalog and to process, deliver and receive payment for
your purchases. We may use such information to notify you of services, special
offers, new products and other services that we believe may be of interest to
you, or to notify you of important new changes in our Web site. Finally, we use
collected information to help us diagnose problems with our server or other
technical issues relating to the performance of the Web site. For further
information, please see "Cookies" and "Providing Third Party Information" below.
Cookies
"Cookies" are small bits of data that a web site can send to your browser and
may then be stored on your hard drive. We use cookies in connection with certain
features on our Web site, although we note that our cookies do not contain any
personally identifying information such as your name. We use the cookies to
enable us to store items in your shopping cart and may also use them to help
provide you with customized or tailored information or services. You can set
your web browser so that you will always be notified when you receive a cookie.
Security
North Star Resources takes reasonable precautions to protect the
security of your personal information. Our Web site is hosted on secure servers
and utilizes SSL secure server software. Any personal information that you
provide is encrypted while it is being transmitted over the Internet in order to
reduce the possibility that such information can be read by an unauthorized
person. Any information collected by us is stored in private files behind a
firewall designed to protect your information by denying unauthorized access by
outside users.
Opt In/Opt Out
If you do not wish to receive e-mail regarding special offers, or catalogs,
please let us know by sending us an e-mail to sales@northstarusa.net. Please be
sure that your e-mail includes your name and address. If you are requesting to
be removed from our mailing list, please include the source code that is located
on the back of your catalog.
If you would like to correct or update any information that you have
previously provided, you may do so via e-mail to sales@northstarusa.net, or by
mail.
Please note that sometimes these requests may take up to 6-8 weeks to be
effective, particularly if we are removing your name from postal mailings. In
addition, when you purchase from us online or through our catalogs, we may need
to contact you via phone, email or mail to address questions or issues specific
to your order, entry, etc., even if you have opted to not receive
communications.
Providing Third Party Information
To serve you better, we may combine information you give us online, in our
stores or through our catalogs. We may also combine that information with
publicly available information and information we receive from or
cross-reference with our Select Partners and others. We use that combined
information to enhance and personalize your shopping experience with us, to
communicate with you about our products and events that may be of interest to
you, and for other promotional purposes.
We may collect, store or accumulate certain non-personally identifiable
information concerning your use of this Website, such as information regarding
which of our pages are most popular. We may share or transfer such
non-personally identifiable information with or to our affiliates, licensees and
partners. We may disclose any information, including personally identifiable
information, we deem necessary, in our sole discretion, to comply with any
applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.
We may contract with companies or persons to provide certain services
including credit card processing, shipping, data management, promotional
services, etc. We call them our Service Providers. We provide our Service
Providers with the information needed for them to perform these services. We
also ask our Service Providers to confirm that their privacy practices are
consistent with ours.
Although unlikely, in certain instances we may disclose your personally
identifiable information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to
identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be
causing injury to you, to North Star Resources, Inc. or to others. We may also
disclose your personally identifiable information when we believe the law
requires it.
When you visit this Website or view one of our e-mails, we may use pixel tags
(also called "clear" gifs), tracking links and/or similar technology to note
some of the pages you visit on our Website and personalize your experience. We
may also use pixel tags to determine what types of e-mail your browser supports.
We may use the information collected through pixel tags, tracking links and
similar technology in combination with your personally identifiable information.
We may use the information you provide in aggregate form for internal
business purposes, such as generating statistics and developing marketing plans.
We do not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to third parties
without your consent, except as disclosed in this Privacy Policy.
As we continue to develop our business, we might sell certain of our assets.
In such transactions, user information, including personally identifiable
information, generally is one of the transferred business assets, and by
submitting your personal information on the Website you agree that your data may
be transferred to such parties in these circumstances.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change
our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised policy here. As we may make changes
at any time without notifying you, we suggest that you periodically consult this
Privacy Policy. Please note that our rights to use your personally identifiable
information will be based on the privacy policy in effect at the time the
information is used. If you object to any such revisions you must cease using
our website. Continued use of our website following notice of any such revisions
shall indicate your acknowledgement of such revisions and your agreement to be
bound by the terms and conditions of the revised Privacy Policy.
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