Bear Necessities has created
this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment
to privacy. The following discloses our information gathering
and dissemination practices as of December 19, 2004.
The www.BearNecessities.org web site is owned and operated
by Bear Necessities. Our postal address is: Bear Necessities
Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Inc., 23 W. Hubbard Street, 3rd
Floor, Chicago, IL 60610. We can be reached via e-mail at
CustomerService@BearNecessities.org or you can reach us by
telephone at 1-312-836-BEAR (2327).
We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our
server, and to administer our Web site. Your IP address is
used to help identify you and your shopping cart. Our site
uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart.
Our site's e-mail subscription form requires users to give
us contact information (like their name and e-mail address).
We use customer contact information from the e-mail subscription
form to send the user information about our company. The customer's
contact information is also used to contact the visitor when
necessary. Bear Necessities does not sell nor distribute information
collected to third parties. Users may opt-out of receiving
future mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below, or
by writing to us at the above address.
Our site uses a secure online order form for customers to
request information, products, and services. We collect visitor's
contact information (like their e-mail address) and financial
information (like their account or credit card numbers). Contact
information from the order form is used to send orders and
information about our company to our customers. The customer's
contact information is also used to get in touch with the
visitor when necessary. Users may opt-out of receiving future
mailings; see the choice/opt-out section below. Financial
information that is collected is only used to bill the user
for products and services.
Security
The Bear Necessities website has security measures in place
to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of any information
under our control. We know the importance of online security,
and utilize a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to protect your information.
This protects credit card numbers, online forms, and other
confidential information from interception and hacking. We
use Thawte (a division of VeriSign) to insure our site is
authentic and secure and to provide complete online payment
security. This technology ensures that your information is
only readable by our processing department. We encrypt personal
information when transmitting over the Internet.
Cookies
We also use a technology called "cookies". A cookie
is a piece of data that is sent to your browser and stored
on your system for record keeping purposes. We use cookies
to facilitate your use of this site, allowing you to use the
shopping cart feature and to order product without entering
your personal information each time you visit us. You can
set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie,
giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it.
Choice/Opt-Out
Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving
communications from us at the point where we request information
about the visitor. Bear Necessities gives users the following
options for removing their information from our database to
not receive future communications or to no longer receive
our service: either e-mail with your name and e-mail address
to mailto:CustomerService@BearNecessities.org or write to
us at: Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Inc.,
23 W. Hubbard Street, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60610.
Correct/Update
Bear Necessities gives users the following options for changing
and modifying information previously provided: either e-mail
with your name and e-mail address to CustomerService@BearNecessities.org
or write to us at: Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation,
Inc., 23 W. Hubbard Street, 3rd Floor, Chicago, IL 60610.
If you feel that Bear Necessities is not following its stated
information policy, you may contact us at the above addresses
or phone number, or contact state or local chapters of the
Better Business Bureau, state or local consumer protection
office, The Federal Trade Commission by phone at 202.FTC-HELP
(202.382.4357) or via the Web at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm.
Date: December 19, 2004
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