GooseCreekCycle.COM PRIVACY POLICY
Goose Creek Cycle and Skate ("Goose Creek") is committed to providing you with a secure and safe experience on our site and associated sites. Information we collect from our users is used only for our internal use and never sold to outside parties. Goose Creek is the sole owner of the information collected on www.goosecreekcycle.com.
General Use.
Information you provide to us will be transferred to the state of Kentucky in the United States. By using this website, you consent to this transfer and the processing of your data (personal or otherwise) in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You also consent to the adjudication of any disputes arising in connection with this website in the federal and state courts of, and in accordance with the laws of, the state of Kentucky. The applicable laws in the United States regarding the processing of data (personal or otherwise) may be less stringent than the laws in your country.
The Information We Collect
Registration (Forums):
When you create an account on our forums site ( http://www.goosecreekcycle.com/forums) Basic information such as name and e-mail are collected. This information is never sold, but please note that information you post to our forums as well as the information in your public profile is public. For further details please read the separate forums privacy statement.
Registration (Shopping):
Before placing an order you will need to create an account. We collect information that we will need to contact you about your order and where to ship it. This information is used internally only for purposes of handling your account and keeping our records. This information is never sold or shared. There is also an opt in e-mail list that you may join or decline at this time. If you wish to be removed from this list at any time you may contact us to be removed and you will be removed after a reasonable amount of time to process the request.
Placing an Order
Financial information is collected at checkout for billing purposes only. You have to option to store this information securely with us for ease of use for future orders, but you are not required to do this. This information is not sold, rented or shared. Further complete billing information such as credit card numbers is not viewable by Goose Creek employees outside the billing department.
How we communicate with you
e-list
Our email list of sales, updates and announcement is an opt-in , opt-out service
Customer service announcements-
Even if you opt out of our e-mail list, we do retain contact information for you that may be used to contact you about specific issues with your account. These may include but are not limited to, problems processing your orders, recalls on products you have ordered, and status changes to your account.
How We Share Information
These are instances in which we will share users� personal information
Legal Disclaimer concerning Subpoenas and other matters
We may disclose personal information if we are required to do so by law or we in good faith believe that such action is necessary to (1) comply with the law or with legal process; (2) protect and defend our rights and property; (3) protect against misuse or unauthorized use of our website(s); or (4) protect the personal safety or property of our users or the public (among other things, this means that if you provide false information or attempt to pose as someone else, information about you may be disclosed as part of any investigation into your actions).
Aggregate Information (non-personally identifiable)
We share with our business partners or relationships aggregated demographic information that excludes personally identifiable information.
Third Party Intermediaries
Goose Creek has partners with a number of companies that process credit cards, maintain our data base, and handle our shipping from our door to yours. These companies have agreed with us that they do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
Business Transitions
In the event Goose Creek goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users� personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via email or direct mail prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users� personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.
Links
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Goose Creek is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.
Security
Our shopping cart security is handled by Nexternal.com to provide the most secure shopping experience that we can.
Breaches of Security
We are not responsible for any breach of security caused by third parties or for any actions of any third parties that receive the information. We also may link to other websites or we may allow to be displayed on The Site advertisements of third parties. We are not responsible for such third party�s privacy policies or how they treat information about their users.
Changes to this Policy
We reserve the right to modify the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy or other disclaimers or legal terms at any time without giving you prior notice. Your use of The Site following any such modification constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by such things as modified. For this reason, we encourage you to review the Privacy Policy and other terms whenever you use The Site.
