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Privacy
Statement for communicationsdepot.com
Communications
Depot, Inc. has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm
commitment to Privacy and Fair Information Practices. As
a general policy we do not share, sell or rent your information
to third parties without your permission, unless required
by a court of law. By using this site to purchase hardware
and related services and accessories, you are explicitly
granting us permission to share your information with third
parties as required to fulfill, maintain and service your
order. The following discloses the information gathering
and dissemination practices for communicationsdepot.com
(hereafter referred to as Communications Depot, Inc.).
Information
Automatically Logged
We
use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server
and to administer our Web site, and to help identify you
and your shopping cart. Your IP address is also logged with
each order to detect and minimize fraud. Your IP address
is also used to gather broad demographic information, and
for other purposes.
Cookies
Our
Site uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart, to
anonymously track previous visits and simplify the sign-in
process.
Order,
Survey, Contest and Registration Forms
Our
site uses order, survey, registration and contest forms
for visitors and customers to request information, products,
and services. We collect contact information (like email,
postal address, and phone numbers), financial information
(like credit card numbers), unique identifiers (like social
security and driver license number), and demographic information
(like zip code, age, occupation, company or income level).
Contact
information is used to verify your identity, establish
your account, ship purchases, provide information about
our company, and to send promotional material from Communications
Depot, Inc. and some of our partners to some of our customers.
Customer contact information is also used to contact visitors
when necessary, related to your service, to promote other
services available from Communications Depot, Inc., and
to share with other companies who may want to contact our
visitors and customers. We retain this information during
the initial and renewal term of your wireless subscriber
or Communications Depot, Inc. agreement and for a period
of up to 24 months after termination of these agreements.
Financial
information that is collected is used to check your
purchase qualifications, verify your identity, to bill you
for products and services, and for other purposes. We retain
this information during the initial and renewal term of
your wireless subscriber agreement and for a period 12 months
after termination of a wireless service agreement to verify
your identity and to process refunds, and cancellation and
restock fees, if applicable.
Unique
identifiers (such as social security and driver license
numbers) are collected from Web site customers to validate
and verify the user's identity, verify the user’s
purchase qualifications, for use in our account identity
record system, and for fraud detention as required by the
carrier. We retain this information during the initial and
renewal term of your wireless subscriber agreement and for
a period 12 months after termination of a wireless service
agreement to verify the user’s identity, if applicable.
Demographic
and profile data is also collected at our site. This
information is shared with advertisers and marketing partners
on an aggregate basis. We use this data to tailor our visitor's
experience at our site showing them content that we think
they might be interested in, and displaying the content
according to their preferences. We use this information
to target promotions and advertisements for products and
services offered by Communications Depot, Inc. and its partners.
Surveys
and Contests
Our
online surveys ask visitors for demographic and lifestyle
information (like zip code, age, or favorite activities).
We also collect customer satisfaction information, phone
and usage preferences and purchase intentions. Often these
surveys are promotional in nature, offering sweepstakes
and other free offers. We use this data to tailor our visitors'
experience at our site showing them content and product
offers that we think they might be interested in, and displaying
and delivering the content according to their preferences.
We also use this information to target promotions and advertisements
for products and services offered by Communications Depot,
Inc. and its partners.
External
Links
This
site may contain links to other sites not directly related
to Communications Depot, Inc. Communications Depot, Inc.
is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content
of such Web sites. Visitors should consult the other
companies’
and sites’ privacy notices, as we have no control
over information that is submitted to, or collected by,
these third parties.
Special
Relationships
Communications
Depot, Inc. has several special relationships with agents
and third-parties to provide merchant processing, fulfillment,
customer service, wireless service, phone and accessory
equipment, data processing, web hosting, email opt-in list
management, etc., to provide you with products and services.
We share data with contracted third parties on a need-to-know
basis, as required to fulfill their contractual obligations.
To process your requests for products and services, we also
need to share your information with Strategic Partners and
the wireless provider from which you would like to request
products or services. In the event that Communications Depot,
Inc. is purchased, acquired, merged or liquidated, Communications
Depot, Inc. retains the right to dispose of the business
and it assets without limitation or notification.
Security
This
site has security measures in place to protect the loss,
misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.
We do not disclose our security practices as a general practice.
In broad terms, to protect the information you provide us
online we use firewalls and SSL encryption, which automatically
encrypts your personally identifiable information so that
it cannot be read while traveling over the Internet. Moreover,
we limit employee access to information to a need-to-know
basis, and require all employees, agents, and vendors to
sign confidentiality and security protocol agreements to
protect your information.
Supplemental
Information
This
site supplements the information that you provide with
information
that is received from third parties. We use third-party
data to verify deliver ability, validate unique identifiers,
qualify purchaser’s qualifications, and reduce fraud.
In addition we collect data from third parties to better
understand our customers in order to provide products and
service packages and other services that would be of value
to our customers.
Choice/Opt-Out/Opt-In
You
cannot opt-out of customer service and account related messages
from Communications Depot, Inc. and it partners. These messages
are sent to provide you with a high level of customer service
and to provide you with notices that we are legally required
to do.
When you purchase a product or service from Communications
Depot, Inc., we will ask your privacy preferences for email,
direct mail, and other methods of contact. You can choose
not to receive promotional and marketing messages from Communications
Depot, Inc. and /or its partners, we will confirm your choices
with either an e-mail or web page verification.
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving
promotional/marketing information from Communications Depot,
Inc. and/or our partners.
1.You can reply to email at
opt-out [at] communicationsdepot.com
Data
Quality/Access
Our
site gives users the following options for changing and
modifying information and privacy preference previously
provided:
1. You can email: privacy [at] communicationsdepot.com
Contacting
the Web Site
If
you have any questions about this privacy statement, the
practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site,
you can contact:
privacy [at] communicationsdepot.com
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