Our Privacy Commitment
Effective Date: March 19, 2009
Thank you for visiting the BassShoes.com web site operated by “Harbor Wholesale, Ltd. And Affiliates”. Your privacy is important to us at Bass Shoes.com (“Bass Shoes”,” we” or “us”). This online privacy policy explains our practices related to the information collected via this web site and how your privacy is protected.
By accessing the Site, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site. Each time you use the Site, the current version of the Privacy Policy will apply. We reserve the right to revise this privacy policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes to this privacy policy by posting a new policy here and changing the “Effective date”.
The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this website.
Information We Collect
We may collect two types of information from users of the Site: “personally identifiable information” which means any information by which a user can be personally identified (such as name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, billing and account number, credit card information, and other information incidental to providing goods and services) and “aggregate information” which means information that would not permit the personal identification of a user (such as IP address, frequency of visits to the Site and Site pages most frequently accessed).
Collection and Use of Personally Identifiable Information
BassShoes.com collects personally identifiable information that is voluntarily provided by users of the Site, such as when placing an order on the Site, creating an account, contacting us with a question or comment, utilizing an “Email to a Friend” or wish list feature, or signing up to receive emails about our latest products and services. In addition, BassShoes.com may conduct surveys on the Site where users can voluntarily participate and provide personally identifiable information. We will maintain a record of your purchases or the types of products that appeal to you by using “Wish List” feature. By providing personally identifiable information to us, we are better to service your interests. BassShoes.com may use your personally identifiable information for various purposes such as to help us improve our Site, improve products, services and marketing efforts, and to provide content on the Site or inform you of upcoming promotions and other product or service offerings that may be of interest to you.
Collection and Use of Aggregate Information
BassShoes.com collects aggregate information, which is used in a collective manner, and no individual person can be identified by this compiled information. The types of aggregate information we collect include frequency of visits to the Site, search terms entered, Site pages most frequently accessed; location, age or gender of users; and types of products that are of greatest interest to our customers. By knowing more about the general profile or our customers (without identifying any specific individual characteristics), we believe we can improve your shopping experience.
Sharing, Selling and Trading Personally Identifiable Information Collected Online With Third Parties
BassShoes.com will not rent, sell or otherwise disclose your personally identifiable information, without your consent, to unrelated third parties, except as stated in this Privacy Policy. BassShoes.com may share or disclose your personally identifiable information to its parent or affiliates in connection with our internal business purposes. In addition, we may share your personally identifiable information with our third party service providers that provide assistance with operating or hosting the Site, providing or fulfilling the products and services you request through this Site, authorizing and processing of your payments, fraud protection and credit risk reduction, product customization, marketing and promotional material distribution, web site evaluation, data analysis, Site improvements, and, where applicable, data cleansing, and marketing, promotions and other services performed on our behalf.
In addition, the BassShoes.com and our affiliate companies may share or transfer personally identifiable information to unrelated third parties: if required to do so by law or to comply with a legal requirement, judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process; to investigate a possible crime, such as fraud or identity theft; or when we believe it is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of the BassShoes.com party or other persons. All third parties are contractually bound to use the Personally Identifiable Information only according to this privacy policy. They are not authorized to send you any information about goods and services from other companies without your permission. In the unlikely event of our bankruptcy, insolvency, merger, acquisition, reorganization, receivership, this privacy policy is null and void in its entirety, and we may sell, transfer or auction any and all information, including customer and personal information, in any manner in our sole discretion.
We may use certain aggregate information for research or marketing purposes and may share, trade or publish that aggregate information and statistical data derived from such information with our parent, affiliates or third parties for research or marketing purposes. We do not use aggregate information to identify a particular individual.
Security
Security of your personally identifiable information is important to us at BassShoes.com. We are committed to handling such sensitive information carefully. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your personally identifiable information. We use secure socket layer (“SSL”) technology to protect the security of your payment information and we encrypt your personally identifiable information when it is sent over the Internet. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personally identifiable information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Use of Cookies, Web Beacons, or Pixel Tags The Site uses “cookies” for the purpose of facilitating the gathering of aggregate information. Cookies are pieces of information which websites transfer to your computer’s web browser for storage on your computer’s hard drive. In addition, cookies on the Site may contain information (such as a unique user ID), which tracks the pages of the Site you have visited. This information allows us to make updates to enhance your experience including through recognizing your preferences to make shopping easier for you and providing you with a customized experience. If you wish not to utilize cookie technology, this feature may be disabled within your web browser. You may use the Site without restriction even if you have blocked cookies on your browser.
We use third-party service providers to provide Internet data hosting and to help us measure and determine how visitors use the Site and the effectiveness of the Site in order to help us improve and optimize the Site and the products and services we offer. Those service providers may place web beacons or pixel tags on certain pages of the Site or use cookies in order to facilitate collection of information regarding your use of the Site each time you visit the Site.
Other Websites
This Privacy Policy only applies to the Site. The Site may link from several points to third party websites. BassShoes.com has no control over third party privacy policies, which may differ from this Privacy Policy. Please examine the privacy policies of such third parties prior to submitting any personal information. Neither, BassShoes.com nor its parent, affiliates, or service providers control the content that appears on any third party sites and do not endorse any of their products or services. Links to third party sites are provides solely for your convenience and any submission of data to such sites should be performed at your sole risk.
Children
This website is not intended for children and we do not intentionally collect Personally Identifiable Information from children or provide any information about children to any third party. If you have reason to believe that we have collected Personally Identifiable Information concerning a child, please let us know immediately.
LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
IN NO EVENT WILL BASSSHOES.COM OR ITS PARENT, AFFILIATES, LICENSEES OR ANY PARTY INVOLVED IN CREATING, OPERATING, PRODUCING, TRANSMITTING OR DELIVERING THIS SITE OR ITS PRODUCTS OR SERVICES BE LIABLE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE RESULTING FROM LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS SITE, ANY SITES LINKED TO THIS SITE, OR THE MATERIALS, INFORMATION OR SERVICES CONTAINED AT ANY OR ALL SUCH SITES, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY DO NOT APPLY TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY LAW. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY SUCH PROHIBITIONS.
IN THE EVENT OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THIS SITE OR ANY CONTENT, YOU AGREE THAT YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO CEASE USING THIS SITE. IN THE EVENT OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT YOU HAVE PURCHASED ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE, YOU AGREE THAT YOU’RE SOLE REMEDY, IF ANY, IS A RETURN AND REFUND FOR SUCH PRODUCT OR SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RETURNS AND REFUNDS POLICIES POSTED ON THIS SITE.
User Requests and Corrections of or Questions Relating To User Information
If you need to make changes to your name, e-mail, postal address, telephone number or other personally identifiable information changes, please make these changes signing onto My Account link on our website. If you have a question relating changes in your information, you can email us by clicking Contact our Customer Service Department.
We reserve the right to retain any personally identifiable information reasonably necessary to appropriately document our business activities and for archival and record retention purposes. We will store personally identifiable information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
User Opt-Out
You may elect not to receive promotional communications from BassShoes.com in connection with the Site. If you have established an account or signed up for our email list, you will have an opportunity to opt-out of receiving promotional emails at anytime.
Please note that removal of user information from our database or “opting-out” will not stop marketing or advertising content that is generated for distribution or is otherwise queued for transmission to you prior to the time when we can implement your request.
If you establish an account, you may receive certain types of communications even if you have not opted-in to receive them because these types of communications may be necessary in order to maintain an account on the Site.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
This policy statement is subject to change. All changes will be posted on this page. We encourage you to review our privacy policy periodically to remain informed of changes that may have occurred.
This website is operated by:
Harbor Wholesale, Ltd. And Affiliates
55 Harbor Park Drive
Port Washington, NY 11050