Privacy Policy
Personal information
The WHYY Store respects your privacy. In general, you can visit the WHYY Store on the Web without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. There are times, however, when we may need information from you, such as your full name, home address, e-mail address and phone number. It is our intent to let you know before we collect personal information from you on the Internet.
We collect certain types of personal information in order to process your order. We collect your name, address, telephone number, email address, and your payment information. We share some or all of this information with our credit card processors and shipping companies in order to complete your order.
Additionally, information collected at the WHYY Store is used internally by authorized employees for three main purposes. First, we collect information to figure out how to improve our site by seeing which areas, features and products are most popular. Second, we collect information in order to personalize the site for our customers. For example, in the future, we may recommend products or features you may like based on what you have liked in the past. Lastly, we keep track of the domains from which people visit us. We analyze this data in aggregate for trends and statistics, and then we discard it. Other than as described above, we do not sell, rent, loan, or transfer any personal information regarding our customers to any unrelated third parties.
Related Parties
The WHYY Store is operated by WHYY, Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Email Addresses/Communications from the WHYY Store
As part of the registration process required to place an order at WHYY Store, we ask for your correct email address. The email address, in combination with your last name, is used as a unique identifier in order to track your orders within our system.
From time to time, we may send email communications to registered customers of the store, announcing new products, sales, and promotions. Our intent is to issue these communications sparingly, and not burden our customers. If you would like to have your email address removed from this list, please send us an email.
Cookies
There are various technologies, including one called "cookies", which can be used to provide you with tailored information from a Web site. A cookie is an element of data that a Web site can send to your browser, which may then store it on your system. Some WHYY Store pages use cookies or other technologies so that we can better serve you when you return to our site. For example, we use these cookie files to track your clicks as you go through the WHYY Store Web site, to keep track of items you put into your shopping cart, to tell us whether you have visited WHYY Store previously, and to help us determine whether you came to WHYY Store from a particular Internet link or banner advertisement. You can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. However, disabling cookies in your browser will prevent you from successfully completing an online transaction in the WHYY Store.
Security
When visiting the WHYY Store, your personal information is protected using the most secure SSL technology, the industry standard for ensuring the security of your electronic commerce transactions. SSL encrypts all of your personal information transmitted over the internet, including your credit card number, name, and address. This technology is designed to protect your information by rendering it useless, should it ever be intercepted in transit.
Important Disclaimer
No transmission of data over the internet is guaranteed to be compeletely secured. While we take all reasonable measures to prevent unauthorized use of your personal data, it may be possible for third parties not under the control of Peak Fulfillment, Inc. to intercept or access transmissions or private communications unlawfully. While we strive to protect your personal information, Peak Fulfillment, Inc. cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us. Any such transmission is done at your own risk.
WHYY, Inc. reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Any such changes will be posted online. Questions should be directed to dwoo@whyy.org
This policy is current as of October 15, 2003.
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