SimpleSeating understands how important the privacy of personal information is to our customers. We are committed to honoring your privacy. The document you are reading is our privacy policy for our Web sites that are accessible by consumers, and it describes what information we may collect about you, what uses we may make of it, how you can tell us what to do with your information and what precautions we take against unauthorized access or use of your information.
Web Sites Covered
This privacy policy applies to SimpleSeating.com (www.simpleseating.com)
This privacy policy only applies to SimpleSeating.com. You should read the privacy policy at each Web site that you visit after you leave one of our sites. We are not responsible for how other Web sites treat your privacy, once you leave a SimpleSeating.com.
Privacy Policy Changes
As our privacy policies change in significant ways, we will make every effort to notify you of the changes. When the privacy policies change in a way that significantly affects the way we handle personal information, we will not use the information we have previously gathered without obtaining consent from the appropriate individual. We will post privacy policy changes on our Web sites in a timely manner.
Information We Collect from Unregistered Visitors
Visitors to each of our Web sites can access the Web site's home page, and browse some areas of the site, without disclosing any personally identifiable information. We may track information provided to us by your browser, including the Web site you came from (known as the "referring URL"), the type of browser you use, the time and date of access and other information that does not personally identify you. On most of our sites, you must register with us to use all of the site.
Information We Collect When You Register
Customers registering for services on our Web sites are asked to provide us with identifying information, such as name, gender, contact information, and other identifying information. On our registration screen, we clearly label which information is required for registration and which information is optional and may be given at your discretion. You will also be given a choice about whether or not you want to receive any additional free information from us.
Information from Outside Sources
In some cases we may ask customers for information after they register, such as credit card information. Where necessary (for example, to process an order for a purchase), our Web sites may contact financial or credit organizations to confirm customer credit cards.
Other Information
In addition, we gather information about you that is automatically collected by our Web server, such as your IP address and domain name. SimpleSeating will use this information to personalize its offerings and presentations to you, facilitate your movements throughout our Web sites, provide personalized services, and to communicate with you individually.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are a technology used by the SimpleSeating.com to identify a user as the user moves through the Web site. Your browser allows us to place some information on your computer's hard drive that identifies the computer you are using. We use cookies to personalize our Web sites and to track your usage across all of our Web sites.
Your Web browser can be set to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies, reject cookies or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to you. If your browser is set to reject cookies, Web sites that are cookie enabled will not recognize you when you return to the Web site, and some Web site functionality may be lost.
Although cookies do not normally contain personally identifiable information, if you are a registered user we may associate your registration information with cookies our Web site places on your computer's hard drive. Associating a cookie with your registration data allows us to offer increased personalization and functionality. For example, you can elect to have our Web sites "remember" your user name and password and bypass the sign-in process on each visit to the site. Without cookies, this functionality would not be possible.
Children's Privacy
SimpleSeating.com is designed and intended for use by adults, and is not intended for, nor designed to be used by children under the age of 18.
Aggregate Data
We create aggregate data about visitors to our Web sites for product development and improvement activities. We also use it for market analysis. We may provide information from our Web sites in aggregate form, with identifying information removed, to third parties.
Marketing and Advertising
We may target our advertising or marketing depending on information we have about you. For example, a user we know is a woman may receive advertising for products targeted at women that a male user will not see (although in no case will the advertiser have access to any individually identifiable information about you).
We may also personalize our Web site based on your interests. For example, you may see different content in different places on our Web site based on information you have shared with us, or information we have gained by observing your previous behavior, or information we may have gained from your interactions with a third party that shares information with us. We use information for our own internal marketing, research and related purposes.
Third Parties
In addition to aggregate information (discussed previously), we may share some kinds of information with third parties as described below.
When we share information with third parties, we ask that they agree in writing to abide by SimpleSeating's privacy policies.
If we discover that a third party inadvertently disclosed personal information about any of our customers, we will take immediate action to prevent further occurrences.
Other than the cases described above, SimpleSeating will not release personally identifiable information to a third party without the customer's consent. Also, if we ask your consent to release personal information to a third party, we will use our best efforts to clearly define and limit the scope of your consent.
General Policies
We have implemented technology and security policies, rules and other measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction and accidental loss. We also protect your information by requiring that all our employees and others who have access to or are associated with the processing of your data respect your confidentiality.
SimpleSeating.com uses security methods to determine the identity of its registered users, so that appropriate rights and restrictions can be enforced for that user. Reliable verification of user identity is called authentication. SimpleSeating uses both passwords and usernames to authenticate users. Users are responsible for maintaining their own passwords.
Correction of Information We Have About You
If you believe that registration information collected by our Web site(s) is in error, you may edit your personal profile any time that you like. You can directly edit your user profile on SimpleSeating.com. Requests for deletion of your record may result in your removal from the registry, but we may keep certain demographic information about you for product improvement purposes. You may contact Web Customer Support and ask for the changes that you would like to make.
SimpleSeating Employees
SimpleSeating employees are required to keep customer information private, as a condition of their employment with the company.
Employees are required to sign a confidentiality agreement. All employees and contractors must abide by our privacy policy, and those who violate that policy are subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of their employment and legal action.
Privacy Questions or Concerns about One of Our Web Sites
For privacy questions or concerns about SimpleSeating, please contact answers@simpleseating.com.
Terms of Use
Our terms of use agreements can be found here.
This policy was last updated on August 28, 2008.