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Privacy Policy
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Deaf Service Center of SW Florida
Working to empower Southwest
Florida's
deaf and hard of hearing citizens
and their families
through
education, advocacy, and community involvement
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Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida knows that you care how
information about you is used when shopping online. This notice describes Deaf
Service Center of Southwest Florida's privacy policy. Visiting and shopping on
http://www.dsc.us and
http://shop.dsc.us indicates your acceptance of the practices in this privacy policy.
Personal information collected
The information we learn from customers helps us to personalize your online
shopping experience with us. We gather the following the types of information:
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Information you provide us
We receive and store any information you provide to us via our webstore or in
any other way. For example, you provide information when you search for a
product, place an order, request a catalog or catalogs, ask to be notified on
changes to products, communicate with us via email, phone, or otherwise. As a
result of these actions, you might provide us with information such as your
name, address, phone numbers, credit card information, people to whom purchases
have been shipped (including addresses and phone numbers), and reviews and
emails sent to us.
You may choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be
able to take advantage of many of the features found on our webstore. We use the
information that you provide for purposes such as responding to your requests
and questions, customizing your future shopping experience, and communicating
with you.
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Automatic information
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us.
For example, like many other websites, we use "cookies" which obtain certain
types of information when your web browser accesses our website. Examples of
information we collect and analyze include the Internet Protocol (IP) address
used to connect your computer to the Internet; browser type and version,
operating system, and computer platform; the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
clickstream to, through, and from our webstore, including date and time; cookie
number; and products viewed or searched for.
Visit the
Federal Trade
Commission's website for more information about online privacy.
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Cookies
Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are transferred to your computer's
hard drive through your web browser. They enable our systems to recognize your
browser and to provide features such as the storage or transfer of items added
your shopping cart between visits.
The Help portion of the toolbar on most web browsers provide information on how
to prevent your browser from accepting cookies, how to have the browser notify
you before receiving a new cookie, or how to disable your browser from accepting
any cookies. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of the
features on our website, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.
Sharing of information
Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida does not sell information about our
customers to others.
Information security
We work to protect the security of your information during transmission with
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts the information you input.
Your credit card number is not transmitted in any emails transmitted to you when
confirming an order. In addition, once orders have been processed, credit card
numbers are deleted from our server.
Visit the Federal Trade
Commission's website for more information about online privacy.
Children
Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida does not sell products for purchase by
children. We sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you are under
18 years of age, you may use the Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida
website with the involvement of a parent or guardian only.
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to use the Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida website, your
visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Policy and our Conditions
of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and
application of the law of the state of Florida. If you have any concerns about
privacy at Deaf Service Center of Southwest Florida, please send a thorough
description to
info@dsc.us and we will try to resolve it.
Our business is changing constantly, and our Privacy Policy and the Conditions
of Use may also change. You should also check our website frequently to see
recent changes. Unless otherwise stated, our current Privacy Policy applies to
all information that we have about you. We stand behind the promises we make,
however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make
them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the
consent of affected customers.
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