Our business has developed relationships with our customers based on respect and integrity. We are aware of the trust and confidence you demonstrate when you visit our website and provide us with information. The Privacy Notice below is posted to demonstrate our adherence to the practices you will find common to the best websites online. We promise that we will treat your information with the same honesty and sensitivity that we have displayed throughout our company history.

We will never share your email address, phone number or credit card information with any unrelated 3rd party except as necessary to fulfill transactions that you initiate.

By visiting our website you agree to accept the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

Personal Information Collected:
TinasOnThe Strand.com uses information that we collect from our visitors to personalize and improve your visit at our website. We gather the following types of information:

Information you give us: TinasOnTheStrand.com collects any information which you enter on our Web site. This information is normally provided when you search, buy, or when you communicate with any of our departments such as customer service or sales services through our Web site, telephone, mail or fax. You also provide information when you establish an account with us. Examples of the type of information you may supply us with include your name, address, telephone number, credit card information, and e-mail addresses. In some instances, we ask you for other names and email addresses for the sole purpose of fulfilling your specific request to email certain specific information as part of our email a friend feature.

Automatic Information collected by us: We collect anonymous information from visits to our sites through the use of Web Beacons. Web Beacons are simply web page elements which may employ cookie technology that enable us to record anonymous data about visits to or transactions made on our web site. This information is anonymous. We may use this data to analyze trends and statistics to improve your online experience, or customer service. No personal data is collected through the use of Web Beacons on our sites. Through the use of cookies, we may also collect and analyze the IP address used to connect your computer to the Internet, computer and connection information such as your browser type and version, operating system and platform, purchase history, confirmation when you open e-mail that we send you, and the URLs which lead you to and around our Web site including the date and time.

Orders: If you place an order we use a secure order form which requires you to provide contact, billing, and financial information. This information is transmitted to your credit card company to authorize your purchase. All information obtained from you in the course of transacting orders is used for the purpose of fulfilling your order in a timely manner and for communicating the status of your order with you.

Sharing of Information with third-parties

Independent Contractors: We may employ other companies or individuals to provide certain services to us such as analyzing customer lists and data, providing marketing assistance, or consulting services. These third parties will have access to the information needed to perform their functions but cannot use that information for any other purpose. Any 3rd parties who use our data will be fully bound by this privacy policy. In no event will the data being used by any unrelated third party include your email address.

Orders: We will never share any telephone numbers, email addresses, or credit card information which you have given us with any marketing partners or any unrelated 3rd party.

Credit card companies and shippers: When you buy something from us we send your credit card information, name, billing address and the amount of your purchase to your credit card company to verify and authorize the purchase. Your name, telephone number and shipping information must be provided to third party shippers such as UPS, Federal Express and the United States Postal Service to deliver your purchase.

Law Enforcement and Protection of Users:
We will release personally identifiable information to third parties and organizations when we believe it is appropriate for us to do so to comply with the law. We will also do so to cooperate with law enforcement investigations, comply with court orders or subpoenas, protect the legal rights of us and our users, or when we believe it is needed for fraud protection and/ or credit risk reduction.

Security:
We employ the latest 128-bit encryption technology in all areas of the site which require you to provide your personal or account information, including online ordering and order status. Your name, your personal information and especially your credit card number are safely stored in our proprietary systems behind our firewall. To make sure you have the latest security features on your browser, you may want to download the most recent version of your favorite browser, which should have full SSL support.