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Your Privacy At Velotel.com, we recognize and
respect the importance of maintaining the privacy of our customers and members
and have established this Privacy Policy as a result. Below we describe why we
gather customer, member and third party information, what information we
collect, how we collect it, what we use the information for and how you can
instruct us if you prefer to limit the use of that information. This Privacy
Policy is part of the Terms and Conditions which governs your use of www.velotel.com.
Why do we gather information? Since our inception,
Velotel.com has consistently provided our customers with quality goods and
excellent customer service. We gather personal information to allow us to
process your orders, to provide an enhanced and more personalized shopping
experience and to inform you of special offers and discounts.
What information do we gather? Through our Web Site and
emails, including when you place an order, we may collect the following
information: your name, telephone number, email address, billing information
(credit card number, expiration date and billing address) and products
purchased. Information you enter is collected even if you cancel or do not
complete an order.
How we use "cookies" A "cookie" is
a small file stored on your computer by a Web site which gives you a numeric
user ID and stores certain information about your activity on the site. We use
cookies to let us know that you are a prior customer and to provide certain
features to you, for example to store information on your product selections as
you shop on our site, but we do not store any personal information (except your
name) or financial information about you using cookies.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but most allow you to
instruct your browser to prevent the use of cookies. However, if you disable
this feature, certain aspects of Velotel.com, such as the shopping basket,
will not function properly.
How we use the information we collect about you. We use
information we collect from you to process your orders, to provide an enhanced
and more personalized shopping experience and to inform you of offers and
discounts from Velotel.com or other sites and companies that we own. We do
not make such information available to third parties except subsidiaries,
subcontractors, distributors or agents acting on our behalf in compliance with
this Privacy Policy) or any Successor (see below) to our business. If you would
like us to email you a notice when our Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions
change, please follow the instructions below.
In the event of a merger,
consolidation, or sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets or
business of Velotel.com (a "Successor"), one of the assets which would
generally be transferred is the information we collect from our customers and
members. However, the use of this information by any Successor would still be
governed by the terms of this privacy policy, as amended from time to time,
including any amendment after such transaction, and you will continue to have
the right to opt-out of sharing your information with third parties.
We may disclose any information you provide to Velotel.com (i) when we
believe disclosure to be appropriate to comply with any law, regulation, or
governmental request, or to comply with judicial process; or (ii) if such
disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate this web site or to process
any purchases you make or conduct any promotions you participate in; (iii) to
protect the rights or property of Velotel.com, its users, Sponsors,
Providers, Licensors, or Merchants.
Links Velotel.com wants you to be aware that 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, not ours. While we
support the protection of privacy on the Internet, we cannot be responsible for
the actions of third parties. We encourage you to read the posted privacy
statement and user terms and conditions whenever interacting with, and prior to
providing any personal information to, any other Web site.
Your Security Our Web site encrypts your credit card
number prior to transmission over the Internet using secure socket layer (SSL)
encryption technology. This technology works best when the site is viewed using
Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.
However, no
transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be
guaranteed to be 100% secure. Although we make reasonable efforts to safeguard
your personal information once we receive it, we cannot warrant the security of
information you transmit to us.
How to limit the use of your information
If you also prefer not to receive further product information and promotional
mailings/emails from Velotel.com and sites and companies we own based on
information you provided to Velotel.com, please indicate this in your
instructions to us and please include your mailing address. Please note that
your instructions will not apply to order status and confirmation emails, and
that such emails may also contain promotional items and offers.
Your instructions will apply to information collected by Velotel.com,
not to information collected on other Web sites or companies owned by
Velotel.com. If you are a user of any of those Web sites and wish to
opt-out in a similar manner with respect to those sites, please go to those
sites, click on the Privacy Policy link or banner and follow the
instructions.
Your instructions to limit the use of your information will be processed as
soon as reasonably practicable.
Corrections If you would like to update or correct
information previously provided to us, please send an e-mail with your new
information to webmaster@velotel.com
Your Consent and Changes to this Policy Subject to the
above provisions, by using our Web site, you consent to the collection and use
of information by us and the terms of this Privacy Policy. We may change our
Privacy Policy from time to time and we will post those changes so that you are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances we may disclose it. In addition, if you would like prior notice of
changes to the Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions, email us at
webmaster@velotel.com from the email address to which you would like notice
sent. By using the Velotel.com web site you agree to be legally bound and
to abide by the changes and other provisions contained in the Privacy Policy and
Terms and Conditions.
Your Comments Velotel.com welcomes feedback
concerning its privacy policy. Please send your comments and questions to
webmaster@velotel.com
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