About
Your Privacy
This privacy statement covers the site http://www.eLighting.org. Because this Web site wants to demonstrate
its commitment to your privacy, it has agreed to disclose its information
practices and have its privacy practices reviewed for compliance by The Better
Business Bureau.
If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you
should first contact eLighting.org Webmaster, at webmaster@eLighting.org.
Information Collection and Use
eLighting.org is the sole owner of information collected
on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to any outside
parties, except as outlined in this policy. We collect information from our
customers to process orders and better serve you with pertinent information,
such as order confirmations and order status updates. Information collected
includes your name, shipping address, billing address, telephone numbers,
e-mail address, and payment information such as your credit card number. We
also require you to submit a username and password of your choice for your
future access to your account information. To safeguard that your user name and
password remain confidential, DO NOT share this information with anyone. If you
elect to receive our newsletter or special promotions, your contact information
will be used for the delivery of these items.
Registration
In order to process your orders placed on this website, you must
first complete the registration form. During registration, you will be required
to provide your contact information, which includes your name, e-mail address,
telephone number and street address. This information is used to provide you
with important eLighting.org services such as automated order status
updates via e-mail.
Order
Most of the information collected in the registration process
will be used to process orders. During the order process, you will have to
provide financial information such as your credit card number, expiration date,
money order, wire transfer or check information. This information is used for
billing purposes and to fulfill your order. If we have trouble processing an
order, we will use this contact information to get in touch with you. To
properly process your credit card information, we must share your personal and
financial information with the merchant bank for authorization and approval.
This process is protected by an enhanced security system. See the Security
section below for more details on security measures and procedures. We do not
share your personal and financial information with any third parties, except
those specified in the Sharing section of this policy.
Cookies
We customize certain Web page content based upon your browser
type and other information provided by our cookie. If you choose to reject the
cookie, you can still browse our store but will be unable to use the shopping
cart to buy merchandise. The eLighting.org shopping cart cannot function
without cookies enabled so that the necessary information to process your order
is retained. If you disable cookies, eLighting.org will be unable to
accept your online order. We will not share any personally identifiable information
provided by this cookie with any third party. We will, however, link data
stored in cookies to the personally identifiable information you submitted
while on our site. This allows us to personalize your shopping experience and
discern user preferences to evoke subconscious feelings of familiarity and
assurance.
Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on
our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies.
This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by eLighting.org
only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site,
track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate
use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information, and we
do not distribute or share IP information with any third parties.
Sharing
We may employ third party companies to perform functions on our
behalf. These functions may include order fulfillment, package delivery, marketing
assistance, postal and e-mail delivery, customer service, data analysis, and
credit processing. The third parties we contract for these purposes have
limited access to your personal information and may not use it for other
purposes.
FedEx Corporation
942 South Shady Grove Road
Memphis, TN 38120
1-800-GO-FEDEX
www.fedex.com
UPS Corporate Headquarters
55 Glenlake Parkway, NE
Atlanta , GA 30328
United States
www.ups.com
US Postal Service Headquarters
475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington DC
1-800-ASK-USPS
www.usps.com
We may frame or mask another web site so that the look, feel and
interface simulate the experience of browsing a genuine eLighting.org web
page. Extreme care and discretion is exercised when evaluating third party
sites. We only brand third party sites if their organization applies stringent
security and privacy practices which parallel our own commitment to safe online
shopping.
As our business continues to evolve, we may acquire or sell
business units or subsidiaries. Customer information is one of the business
assets that would be transferred in these types of transactions. In such a
situation, your personally identifiable information would only be used in a
manner consistent with our pre-existing Privacy Notice.
We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable
information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary
to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or
legal process served on our Web site.
Testimonials
The testimonials section of the eLighting.org website is for the purpose of sharing
positive experiences. The testimonials section is moderated to ensure accurate
and positive testimonials. Published testimonials are genuine and are not
edited or altered by eLighting.org. eLighting.org reserves the right to post or remove any
testimonial at its discretion.
By posting your comment(s) or testimonial(s)
("Testimonial") on our website, you give us permission to reprint or
use the Testimonial in connection with our business. You also are agreeing to
the following: (1) The reprint or use of the Testimonial will be at our
discretion and without compensation; (2) We may use the Testimonial with or
without any pseudo (pen) name credit; (3) Our right to use the Testimonial is
perpetual and may be assigned by us; (4) We may use the Testimonial locally,
nationally or globally and such use may be made in any media, information or
communication platform (including Internet advertising) currently in use or
later developed; and (5) You and not someone else composed and posted the
Testimonial.
Other than your pseudo (pen) name, which we may or may not use,
your personal contact information will not be disclosed in connection with our
reprint or use of your Testimonial.
Children
eLighting.org does not sell products for purchase by
children. Youth-oriented products are sold for purchase by adults only. If you
are under the age of 18, you may only use eLighting.org in the presence of a consenting parent or
guardian. We will not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information
via the Internet from children under the age of 13. eLighting.org is committed to protecting the welfare and
privacy of children.
Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that
eLighting.org is not responsible for the privacy practices
of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our
site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects
personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies only to
information collected by this website.
Security
eLighting.org takes precautions to protect its customers'
information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your
information is protected both online and offline.
When our registration/order form asks you to enter sensitive
information (such as your credit card number), that information is encrypted
and is protected with the best encryption software currently available in the
industry - SSL. eLighting.org
uses the most advanced form of SSL software available: 128-bit encryption by
Equifax Secure Global eBusiness. To learn more about SSL,
follow this link http://www.geotrust.com/products/ssl_certificates/index.asp
All employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy
practices. Every quarter, in addition to any time a new policy is added, eLighting.org
employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we of privacy and
what they can do to ensure that customers' information remains protected at all
times.
If you have any questions or concerns about eLighting.org's security practices, you can send us an
email at customerservice@eLighting.org.
Special Offers
Our special offers are sent only to customers who grant eLighting.org permission to send them such information.
To honor the privacy of our users, we offer the option to not
receive these types of communications. At the time of your order, you may opt
to not receive special offers and news by clicking the appropriate field.
Furthermore, all special offers are sent via e-mail and include an opt-out link
if you no longer wish to receive special offers and news. Customers might still
receive intermittent updates on products, services, specials or eLighting.org news. Please reference the Choice/Opt-out
section below for further details on how to be removed from our mailing list
should you choose to be removed.
Correction/Updating/Reviewing Personal
Information
Customers may change or review their stored account information
such as street address or e-mail address through our website by visiting our
Help section. You must have your username and password in order to access your
account. In the event you forget both your username and password, please
contact our customer service department for assistance.
Choice/Opt-out
For customers who wish to opt-out and stop receiving eLighting.org special offers and related news, eLighting.org provides several ways to do so. Users who no
longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out of
receiving these communications by un-checking the "permission to
send" field when processing their orders. They may also send e-mails to webmaster@eLighting.org with a request to be removed. Finally, they
may use the link provided in all eLighting.org communications to
automatically unsubscribe.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those
changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem
appropriate so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use
it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right
to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.
If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email,
or by means of a notice on our homepage.
If you have opted out of receiving communications from eLighting.org, you will still be able to view news of
policy changes at www.eLighting.org. Otherwise, you may e-mail us at webmaster@eLighting.org to ask our customer service department about
changes and updates.
Last Update
The Privacy Policy contained herein became officially effective
Feb 1, 2007.
