New Customers: SmartChoiceFurniture.com Privacy Policy (Last Revised March 1, 2002)

Your Privacy

At SmartChoiceFurniture.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect about you to process your furniture order and to provide a more personalized experience. Please read on for more details about our privacy policy.

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

How does SmartChoiceFurniture.com protect customer information?

How we make ordering furniture safe?

What cookies are and do.

Will SmartChoiceFurniture.com disclose the information it collects to outside parties?

How does SmartChoiceFurniture.com protect the privacy of children younger than 13?

What is your policy if I link to a third-party web site?

Your consent.

What information do we collect and how do we use it?

• When you make an order, we need to know your name, email address, mailing address, credit card number, and credit card expiration date. This allows us to process your order and send you your confirmation information.

• When you sign up for services like Newsletters, we need only an email address -- which we use to send the information you requested.

• When you enter a contest or other promotional feature, we may ask for your name, address, and email address so we can administer the contest and notify winners. SmartChoiceFurniture.com may also host promotions and sweepstakes that may be sponsored and administered by outside parties. When you are entered in any sweepstakes or contest simply by making a purchase from us, only your order number is given to the entity administering the sweepstakes or contest. When the winning entries are chosen, only the names and addresses of the winners are shared with the entity administering the sweepstakes or contest, so that they can notify the winners. When you enter a sweepstakes or contest through an email entry, your email entry is sent to the supplier house that we use to help gather entries for our sweepstakes and contests. When the winners have been selected, the winners' email addresses may be shared with the entity administering the sweepstakes, so that they can be notified that they have won. When you enter a sweepstakes or contest through a mail-in entry, the information you provide on your entry is sent directly to the entity administering the sweepstakes or contest. Unless we explicitly notify you in the terms of the sweepstakes or contest, no other information is shared by SmartChoiceFurniture.com with third parties in connection with any sweepstakes or contest. To the extent that any privacy information relating to a sweepstakes or contest conflicts with the information provided here, the specific privacy information regarding the sweepstakes or contest will be clearly stated in an area that will be accessible to potential entrants and will govern that particular sweepstakes or contest.

• We may personalize your experience by using your past orders and site behavior to shape our recommendations about other information that might be of interest to you. We also monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop the design and layout of the site.

• We may also use the information we collect to occasionally notify you about important functionality changes to the web site, new SmartChoiceFurniture.com services, and special offers we think you'll find valuable. If you would rather not receive this information, when you receive this email just reply back and write in the subject UNSUBSCRIBE. We will then remove you from our mailing list

How does SmartChoiceFurniture.com protect customer information?

SmartChoiceFurniture.com uses the latest encryption technology to keep your personal information safe. All your ordering information -- including your name, address, and credit card number -- is encrypted using a secure server for maximum security. Your credit card and billing information cannot be read as it travels to our ordering system. To ensure that your information is even more secure, once we receive your credit card information, we store it on a server that isn't accessible from the Internet. We're so certain that our online reservation systems are secure that we back it up with a guarantee. In the unlikely event that you are subject to fraudulent charges, remember to first notify your credit card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures. If, for whatever reason, you are held responsible for any fraudulent charges made on our site, SmartChoiceFurniture.com will cover the entire liability for you, up to $50, as long as the unauthorized use of your credit card resulted through no fault of your own from an order made with SmartChoiceFurniture.com while using our secure server. Credit card transactions are handled by a third-party financial institution, which receives the credit card number and other personal identifying information only to verify the credit card numbers and process transactions.

How do we make ordering furniture safe?

We use the latest encryption technology to keep your personal information safe. All your ordering information -- including your name, address, and credit card number -- is encrypted using a secure server for maximum security. Your credit card and billing information cannot be read as it travels to our ordering system.


What cookies are and do.

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our site uses cookies to speed navigation, keep track of items, and provide you with custom-tailored content. We use cookies to remember information you gave to us so you don't have to reenter it each time you visit our site. By showing us how and when individuals use our site, cookies help us see which areas are popular and which are not. Additionally, we may serve ads using a third-party advertising company. Many improvements and updates to our site are based on the data derived from these cookies, such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, and the total number of ads served. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you would prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies. You will still be able to complete your order with SmartChoiceFurniture.com. Additionally, if you would like to obtain more information about the third-party advertising company and to know your choices about having its particular cookie turned off, click here: www.privacychoices.org. If you turn off the third-party advertising company's cookie, you will still see ads on our site; however, the ads will not be tailored to your shopping experience.

Will SmartChoiceFurniture.com disclose the information it collects to outside parties?

From time to time, SmartChoiceFurniture.com may share customer information. We may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, reservations, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information. SmartChoiceFurniture.com may release account information when we believe, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to (i) comply with law, (ii) enforce or apply the terms of any of our user agreements, or (iii) protect the rights, property, or safety of SmartChoiceFurniture.com, our users, or others.

How does SmartChoiceFurniture.com protect the privacy of children younger than 13?

SmartChoiceFurniture.com is concerned about the privacy of young children and does not knowingly collect any personal information from a child under 13. We suggest that you become involved with your child's access to the Internet and to our site to ensure that his or her privacy is well protected.

What is your policy if I link to a third-party web site?

When you click on links and/or ad banners that take you to third-party web sites, you will be subject to the third parties' privacy policies. While we support the protection of privacy on the Internet, SmartChoiceFurniture.com cannot be responsible for the actions of third parties. We encourage you to read the posted privacy statement whenever interacting with any web site.

Your consent.

By using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by SmartChoiceFurniture.com. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

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