Accelerate.com Privacy
Policy
PRIVACY NOTICE
ACCELERATE.COM collects, retains, and
uses information about customers and other visitors to the site only for
specific business purposes, including to protect and administer customer
records and accounts; to comply with certain laws and regulations; to help
design or improve ACCELERATE.COM
items and services, and to understand customers' needs so that we can provide
them with high-quality items and service.
If ACCELERATE.COM
believes it has a legitimate business reason for sharing identification and
other personal information with a third party, such as to offer the customer
certain discounts, products or services, it may share such information with
third parties. ACCELERATE.COM
may also disclose information about its customers to third parties as required
or permitted by applicable law.
INFORMATION GATHERED
The information ACCELERATE.COM
learns from customers helps to personalize and continually improve the
customer's experience at ACCELERATE.COM. ACCELERATE.COM
gathers the following types of information:
•
Surname and forename
•
Preferred language
•
Delivery address and billing address
•
E-mail address
•
Website addresses/URL's
•
Telephone numbers
•
Facsimile numbers
•
Social security or other national ID numbers
•
Items purchased
•
Bank card information including card type, number, expiry date, security
code, card holder's surname and forename, and billing address.
ACCELERATE.COM uses the
information that the customer provides for purposes such as responding to the
customer's requests, customizing future shopping for him or her, and
communicating with him or her.
In addition, ACCELERATE.COM
may also use standard software to collect non-identifying information about
customers and other visitors to the site, such as:
¥ Date and time the
site was accessed;
¥ IP address (a numeric address given to servers
connected to the Internet); and
¥ Web browser used (collectively,
"Anonymous Information").
ACCELERATE.COM hopes
that by using Anonymous Information, it can update the site to make it more
useful to you and other visitors. ACCELERATE.COM reserves the right to
maintain, update, disclose or otherwise use Anonymous Information, without
limitation.
NOMENCLATURE DATA
In accordance with the
Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act of April
13 2000, nomenclature information concerning customers may be processed
automatically.
This processing is
required in order to process customer orders. By indicating his or her e-mail
address, the customer may receive confirmation of his or her order but also
information on ACCELERATE.COM
promotions as well as on events via the Internet.
ACCELERATE.COM reserves
the right to collect information concerning customers, including by use of cookies
when a customer's web browser accesses ACCELERATE.COM and, if it desires, reserves
the right to transmit the information so collected to business partners and
others as described below.
The customer may object to
disclosure of his or her personal information by so informing ACCELERATE.COM
by submitting the modification of personal information request form on the
website.
In the same way, the customer has a right of access,
modification and rectification of personal data about himself or herself, in
accordance with the Canadian Federal Law of 13 April 1978 and other laws. This
right may be exercised via e-mail or by submitting the modification of personal
information request form on the website.
SECURITY
ACCELERATE.COM protects the security of
a customer's information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL) software, which encrypts information the customer inputs.
It is important for a
customer to protect against unauthorized access to his or her account,
password, and to his or her computer.
SHARING OF INFORMATION
Gathering information
about customers is an important part of ACCELERATE.COM business, but it is not in
the business of selling that information to others. Except as otherwise
provided in this Privacy Policy, ACCELERATE.COM shares customer information only
as described herein.
Business Transfers: As ACCELERATE.COM
continues to develop its business, it might sell or buy companies,
subsidiaries, or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally
is one of the transferred business assets, but remains subject to the promises
made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy (unless, of course, the customer
consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that ACCELERATE.COM
or all of its assets are acquired, customer information will be one of the
transferred assets.
Protection of ACCELERATE.COM
and Others: ACCELERATE.COM
releases account and other personal information when it believes release is
appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our policies and other
agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of ACCELERATE.COM,
our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other
companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction;
however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing or otherwise
disclosing personal information from customers for commercial purposes in
violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Policy.
With Your Consent: Other
than as set out above, a customer will receive notice when information about
him or her might go to third parties, and the customer will have an opportunity
to choose not to share the information.
ACCELERATE.COM reserves
the right to resolve system problems using means including, but not limited to,
examining accounting logs and other records, accessing an account's mailbox and
any other means necessary to ensure proper functioning of the system. ACCELERATE.COM
does not guarantee the security of any data on the system including data
transmitted using secure servers. ACCELERATE.COM assumes no liability for the
loss of private or confidential material. ACCELERATE.COM customers should be aware
that no computer system/network is completely safe from system failures or
intrusions by unauthorized parties, and therefore no sensitive material should
be passed through the network.
RETENTION
ACCELERATE.COM retain personal
information for as long as we have a business need for it or as applicable laws
or regulations or government orders require us to retain it. We maintain an
information retention policy that is designed to comply with applicable laws
and regulations. Customer information is stored in ACCELERATE.COM
computer system. That information is used to respond to any inquiries by the
customer, to provide customer service, to customize future shopping for
customers, to respond to any governmental or other inquiries regarding sales or
other taxes, and for no other purpose.
PRIVACY OF CHILDREN
ACCELERATE.COM
encourages parents and guardians to be aware of and participate in their
children's online activities. ACCELERATE.COM strictly adheres to the
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and will not knowingly collect, use or
disclose personal information from any child under the age of 13 in any manner
that violates this law.
LINKS
ACCELERATE.COM may contain links to
other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties.
deliveries to California addresses is not responsible for the collection or use
of your personal information or Anonymous Information at any third party sites.
Therefore, ACCELERATE.COM
disclaims any liability for any third party's use of your personal information
or Anonymous Information obtained through using the third party web site.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
This Privacy Policy shall
be governed by Indiana law, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of
law provision or rule.
For deliveries to
California addresses, pursuant to California law, ACCELERATE.COM
and the customer agree that any and all disputes, claims or controversies
arising out of or relating to this Privacy Policy shall be submitted to an
arbitrator chosen and paid by ACCELERATE.COM.
Prior to the arbitration,
a period of time shall be allowed for the discovery or exchange of
non-privileged information relevant to the dispute. The dispute shall be
determined by arbitration in the customer's hometown area, before one
arbitrator. Judgment on the Award may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction. This clause shall not preclude parties from seeking provisional
remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction.
MODIFICATION OF PRIVACY
POLICY
ACCELERATE.COM reserves the exclusive
right, at its discretion, to update, change, modify, add, or remove portions of
ACCELERATE.COM
and this Privacy Policy. The effective date of the latest version of the
Privacy Policy, as stated below, indicates the last time the policy was
materially modified. Checking the effective date below allows the customer to
determine whether there have been material modifications since the last time he
or she reviewed the policy.
The customer's continued
use of ACCELERATE.COM
following any change in the Privacy Policy will constitute his or her
acknowledgement and acceptance of such change. If he or she does not agree to
any change, he or she must immediately stop using and accessing ACCELERATE.COM.
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
For any information,
queries or complaints regarding the policy, the customer may contact ACCELERATE.COM
by submitting the modification of personal information request form on the website.