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Privacy Policy Your
privacy and the privacy of all registered users of Smokeplaza is
important to us. Accordingly, we have adopted the following privacy
policy.
Our policy
is based on the principles of notice, choice, access and security in the
collection and use of all information regarding our users and their
activities at our site. Please review this policy each time you use the
site as it is subject to change at any time by Smokeplaza without
notice to you.
Notice
This policy tells you among other things what information we gather from
you, how we may use or disclose that information, and our efforts to
protect it.
Types of Information Collected
In connection with your use of our site, we ask for and may collect a
variety of information from and about you in different ways. For example,
when you purchase an item from our site, we may ask for and store your
information including, but not limited to, your and/or your business'
name, address, email address, billing, shipping, and payment information
and other identifying contact data.
Use of Cookies
Our site makes use of cookies when a visitor's Internet browser is set up
to accept them. Cookies are small data files that our web site sends to
your browser for storage on your computer's hard drive. We use cookies to
identify members, track activity at our site, and better serve your needs
and interests.
Use of Information
We use your personal identifying information to identify you as a user of
the site and to assist and speed the completion of transactions on the
site. We may use your email address to contact you directly regarding
services or products that we believe may be of interest to you. We may
also associate your personal identifying information with information we
collect about your preferences and activities at the site, such as the
particular pages you request at the site and purchases or other
transactions you effect through the site. We may vary the content you
receive in future visits to the site based on your preferences and
activities.
We may
combine your personal identifying information, and information about your
preferences and activities, with those of all or a particular group of our
users to prepare collective profiles of our users and their activities.
For example, we may track the number of our users who view certain pages
or use certain features or compile the total dollar amount of sales
conducted through our site in a particular geographic region. Such
information, and other information we derive from individual users'
information, allows us to continue to grow and provide you with quality
fellow users through more accurate marketing and advertising of our Web
site.
Disclosure of Information
If you provide us permission to do so, we may provide your personal
identifying information, and information about your activities and
preferences, to other companies wishing to contact you about products or
services, but only to those that we believe impose reasonable safeguards
on the privacy of your information. We may provide other companies with
collective profiles of our user groups and their activities and
preferences. Such collective profiles may also be disclosed in describing
our site and services to prospective partners, advertisers and other third
parties, and for other lawful purposes.
Additionally, with your approval, your personal, order and payment
information may be shared with other companies.
Finally, we
may disclose information to fulfill certain legal and regulatory
requirements or if we believe, in good faith, that such disclosure is
legally required or necessary to protect others' rights or to prevent
harm.
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