Zuma Beads - Privacy Policy

In order to use all the features of this Web site, you must first submit your e-mail address and create a password. During registration you are required to give contact information including name and email address. We use this information to contact you about the services on our site in which you have expressed interest.

When you register, you will receive only information regarding your order unless you select to subscribe to our newsletter. If you subscribe to our newsletter, you will receive periodic e-mails regarding upcoming sales, promotions and other special events.

Zuma Beach Bead Co. LLC is the sole owner of the information collected on http://www.zuma-beads.com. Zuma Beach Bead Co. LLC collects personally identifiable information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

Orders

If you purchase a product or service from us, we request certain personally identifiable information from you on our order form. You must provide contact information (such as name, email, and shipping address) and financial information (such as credit card number, expiration date).

We use this information for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this information to contact you. We will also use this information to keep you informed of the status of your order.

Communications from the Site

We will occasionally send you information on products, special promotions, and other beading-related events. You can sign up for these emails from us on our registration page.

Out of respect for your privacy, we present the option not to receive these types of communications. If you would like to remove yourself from our mailing list please follow this link.

Newsletters

If you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, we will request your name and email address so we can send the newsletter to you. Out of respect for your privacy, we provide you a way to unsubscribe. Please see the "Choice and Opt-out" section.

Customer Service

Based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us, we will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes.

Profile

We do not tie your purchasing history to any personally identifiable information not directly related to processing your order.

Information Sharing and Disclosure Personally Identifiable Information

We share personally identifiable information with third parties only to process your order as described below.

Agents

We use an outside shipping company to fulfill orders, and a credit card processing company to bill you for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes.

Legal Disclaimer

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 to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our Web site.

Choice/Opt-out

We provide you the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having your personally identifiable information used for certain purposes, when we ask for this information. For example, if you purchase a product/service but do not wish to receive any additional marketing material from us, you can indicate your preference on our order form.

If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the link at the bottom of each e-mail or by e-mailing us at orders@zuma-beads.com. We offer an opportunity to opt-out of our newsletter and promotional material on our website, or you may contact us at (314) 862-3345 or through the mail at: Zuma Beach Bead Co. LLC 7708 Delmar Bl. St. Louis, MO 63130

You will be notified when your personal information is collected by any third party that is not our agent/service provider, so you can make an informed choice as to whether or not to share your information with that party.

Log Files

As is true of most Web sites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.

We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users' movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

We do not link this automatically-collected data to personally identifiable information.

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. We use cookies on this site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site.

A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. We use session ID cookies on our website. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser's "help" file. More information on cookies can be found at this site.

We use cookies to maintain information on your shopping cart until you have confirmed your order in the form of a session cookie. This information is subsequently deleted upon completion of your order.

If you reject cookies, you may still use our site, but your ability to use some areas of our site, such as the shopping cart and order forms will not work.

Third Party Advertisers

We do not associate with any third party advertisers.

Links to Other Sites

This Web site contains links to other sites that are not owned or controlled by Zuma Beach Bead Co. LLC. Please be aware that we, Zuma Beach Bead Co. LLC, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites.

We encourage you to be aware when you leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information.

This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this Web site.

Access to Personally Identifiable Information

If your personally identifiable information changes, or if you no longer desire our service, you may correct, update or delete it by emailing our Customer Support at orders@zuma-beads.com or by contacting us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information listed previously.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number) on our registration or order forms, we encrypt that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL).

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. 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 personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you have any questions about security on our Web site, you can send an email to us at webmaster@zuma-beads.com.

Business Transitions

In the event Zuma Beach Bead Co. LLC goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personally identifiable information will likely be among the assets transferred. You will be notified via email of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

Changes in this Privacy Statement

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 home page.

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at: (314) 862-3345, webmaster@zuma-beads.com, or Zuma Beach Bead Co. LLC 7708 Delmar Boulevard. St. Louis, MO 63130.