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OUR PRIVACY POLICY
TheLittleTeaHouse.com is committed to protecting the privacy
of our online visitors. We strive to offer our visitors
the many advantages of Internet technology and to provide
an interactive and personalized experience. We may use personally
identifiable information (your name, e-mail address, street
address, telephone number) subject to the terms of this
privacy policy. We will NEVER sell, barter, or rent your
email address to any unauthorized third party. Period."
We collect information from online visitors who ask to
be on our newsletter mailing list and/or receive periodic
email announcements. Anyone who wishes can choose to be
removed from our mailing list at any time.
All online visitor data collected by TheLittleTeaHouse.com
is protected against unauthorized access. We will not sell,
trade, or give your personal information to other companies
or organizations.
How we gather information from users:
How we collect and store information depends on the page
you are visiting, the activities in which you elect to participate
and the services we provide. For example, you may be asked
to provide information when you register for access to certain
portions of our site or request certain features, such as
newsletters or when you make a purchase. You may provide
information when you participate in sweepstakes and contests,
message boards and chat rooms, and other interactive areas
of our site. Like most Web sites, TheLittleTeaHouse.com
also collects information automatically and through the
use of electronic tools that may be transparent to our visitors.
For example, we may log the name of your Internet Service
Provider or use cookie technology to recognize you and hold
information from your visit. Among other things, the cookie
may store your user name and password, sparing you from
having to re-enter that information each time you visit,
or may control the number of times you encounter a particular
advertisement while visiting our site. As we adopt additional
technology, we may also gather information through other
means. In certain cases, you can choose not to provide us
with information, for example by setting your browser to
refuse to accept cookies, but if you do you may be unable
to access certain portions of the site or may be asked to
re-enter your user name and password, and we may not be
able to customize the site’s features according to
your preferences.
What we do with the information we collect:
Like other Web publishers, we collect information to enhance
your visit and deliver more individualized content and advertising.
We respect your privacy and do not share your information
with anyone.
Aggregated Information (information that does not personally
identify you) may be used in many ways. For example, we
may combine information about your usage patterns with similar
information obtained from other users to help enhance our
site and services (e.g., to learn which pages are visited
most or what features are most attractive). Aggregated Information
may occasionally be shared with our advertisers and business
partners. Again, this information does not include any Personally
Identifiable Information about you or allow anyone to identify
you individually.
We may use Personally Identifiable Information collected
on TheLittleTeaHouse.com to communicate with you about your
registration and customization preferences; our Terms of
Service and privacy policy; services and products offered
by TheLittleTeaHouse.com and other topics we think you might
find of interest.
Personally identifiable information collected by TheLittleTeaHouse.com
may also be used for other purposes, including but not limited
to site administration, troubleshooting, processing of e-commerce
transactions, administration of sweepstakes and contests,
and other communications with you. Certain third parties
who provide technical support for the operation of our site
(our Web hosting service for example) may access such information.
We will use your information only as permitted by law. In
addition, from time to time as we continue to develop our
business, we may sell, buy, merge or partner with other
companies or businesses. In such transactions, user information
may be among the transferred assets. We may also disclose
your information in response to a court order, at other
times when we believe we are reasonably required to do so
by law, in connection with the collection of amounts you
may owe to us, and/or to law enforcement authorities whenever
we deem it appropriate or necessary. Please note we may
not provide you with notice prior to disclosure in such
cases.
Affiliated sites, linked sites and advertisements:
TheLittleTeaHouse.com expects its partners, advertisers
and affiliates to respect the privacy of our users. Be aware,
however, that third parties, including our partners, advertisers,
affiliates and other content providers accessible through
our site, may have their own privacy and data collection
policies and practices. For example, during your visit to
our site you may link to, or view as part of a frame on
a TheLittleTeaHouse.com page, certain content that is actually
created or hosted by a third party. Also, through TheLittleTeaHouse.com
you may be introduced to, or be able to access, information,
Web sites, features, contests or sweepstakes offered by
other parties. TheLittleTeaHouse.com is not responsible
for the actions or policies of such third parties. You should
check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties
when providing information on a feature or page operated
by a third party.
While on our site, our advertisers, promotional partners
or other third parties may use cookies or other technology
to attempt to identify some of your preferences or retrieve
information about you. For example, some of our advertising
is served by third parties and may include cookies that
enable the advertiser to determine whether you have seen
a particular advertisement before. Other features available
on our site may offer services operated by third parties
and may use cookies or other technology to gather information.
TheLittleTeaHouse.com does not control the use of this technology
by third parties or the resulting information, and is not
responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties.
You should also be aware that if you voluntarily disclose
personally identifiable information on message boards or
in chat areas, that information can be viewed publicly and
can be collected and used by third parties without our knowledge
and may result in unsolicited messages from other individuals
or third parties. Such activities are beyond the control
of TheLittleTeaHouse.com and this policy.
Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children
under the age of 13. If we learn that we have personal information
on a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information
from our systems. TheLittleTeaHouse.com encourages parents
to go online with their kids. Here are a few tips to help
make a child's online experience safer:
* Teach kids never to give personal information, unless
supervised by a parent or responsible adult. Includes name,
address, phone, school, etc.
* Know the sites your kids are visiting and which sites
are appropriate.
* Look for Web site privacy policies. Know how your child's
information is treated.
Check out the FTC's site for more tips on protecting children's
privacy online: http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/privacyinitiatives/childrens.html
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