What
Information Do We Collect?
When you visit our Web site you may provide us with two types of
information: personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is
collected on an individual basis and Web site use information collected on
an aggregate basis as you and others browse our Web site.
1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide
Registration Information
You will provide us information about yourself, your firm or company, and
your practices when you register for certain services, or register for email
newsletters and alerts.
Credit Card Information
If you choose to purchase products or services from us or our partners, you
may need to give personal information and authorization to obtain
information from various credit services. For example, you may need to
provide the following information:
• Name
• Mailing address
• Email address
• Credit card number
• Home and business phone number
Email Information
If you choose to correspond with us through email, we may retain the content
of your email messages together with your email address and our responses.
We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we
employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone.
2. Web Site Use Information
Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard
technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are
Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web
site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may
include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web
site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site.
How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us?
Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering
our business activities, providing customer service and making available
other products and services to our customers and prospective customers.
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about
important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think
you will find valuable. You may notify us at any time if you do not wish to
receive these offers by emailing us at storefront@lagarde.com
What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous
unique identifier. When you visit a Web site, that site's computer asks your
computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive
specifically designated for cookies. Each Web site can send its own cookie
to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your
privacy) your browser only permits a Web site to access the cookies it has
already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
How Do We Use Information We Collect from Cookies?
As you shop on our Web site, the site uses its cookies to differentiate you
from other shoppers so your shopping cart is only available to you. In some
cases, we also use cookies to prevent you from seeing unnecessary
advertisements or requiring you to log in more than is necessary for
security. Cookies, in conjunction with our Web server's log files, allow us
to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Web site and which
parts of the site are most popular. This helps us gather feedback in order
to constantly improve our Web site and better serve our customers. Cookies
do not allow us to gather any personal information about you and we do not
generally store any personal information that you provided to us in your
cookies.
IP Addresses
IP addresses are used by your computer every time you are connected to the
Internet. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers on the
network to identify your computer. IP addresses are automatically collected
by our web server as part of demographic and profile data known as “traffic
data” so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you.
Referrers
A Referrer is the information passed along by a web browser that references
the Web URL you linked from, and is automatically collected by our web
server as “traffic data”. We use traffic data to credit your referral to
a partner or affiliate who referred you to our web site. This information by
also be used by LaGarde to identify broad demographic trends that may be
used to provide information tailored to your interests. You will not be
personally identified from this information.
Sharing Information with Strategic Partners
We may enter into alliances or partnerships with third parties who may be
given access to personal information including your name, address, telephone
number and email for the purpose of providing you information regarding
products and services that we think will be of interest to you. In
connection with alliances or partnerships, we may also provide certain
information to third parties if we have determined that the information will
be used in a responsible manner by a responsible third party. For example,
some of our partners operate stores or provide services on our site, while
others power offerings developed by us for your use. We also use third
parties to facilitate our business, including, but not limited to, sending
email and processing credit card payments. In connection with these
offerings and business operations, our partners and other third parties may
have access to your personal information for use in connection with business
activities. As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or
business offerings. Customer and visitor information is generally one of the
transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also need
to transfer such information in the course of corporate divestitures,
mergers, or any dissolution.
Notice of New Services and Changes
Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about
important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think
you will find valuable. As our customer, you will be given the opportunity
to notify us of your desire not to receive these offers by sending us an
email request at storefront@lagarde.com.
How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions?
Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this
reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email.
Some of the information you may enter on our Web site may be transmitted
securely via Secure Sockets Layer SSL, 128 bit encryption services, which
are enabled by VeriSign, Inc. Pages utilizing this technology will have URLs
that start with HTTPS instead of HTTP. Please contact storefront@lagarde.com
if you have any questions or concerns.
Evaluation of Information Protection Practices.
Periodically, our operations and business practices are reviewed for
compliance with corporate policies and procedures governing the security,
confidentiality and quality of our information.
Employee Access, Training and Expectations.
Our corporate values, ethical standards, and practices are committed to the
appropriate protection of customer and visitor information. In general, our
business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and
limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons,
processes and transactions.
How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?
You may request access to all your personally identifiable information that
we collect online and maintain in our database by emailing
storefront@lagarde.com.
What About Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information?
We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words,
when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the
protection of our legal rights.
What About Other Web Sites Linked to Our Web Site?
We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or
from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often
links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on
topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.
Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Web site to another
Web site, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and
interaction on any other Web site, including Web sites which have a link on
our Web site, is subject to that Web site's own rules and policies. Please
read over those rules and policies before proceeding.
Your Consent
By using our Web site you consent to our collection and use of your personal
information as described in this Privacy Policy. If we change our privacy
policies and procedures, we will post those changes on our Web site to keep
you aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what
circumstances we may disclose it.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, the practices of
LaGarde.com, or your dealings with our web site, please contact us at:
LaGarde Incorporated, 25055 West Valley Parkway, Olathe, KS 66061. Telephone
913-489-0808 or Facsimile 913-489-0833.
Modification
Modification of Privacy Policy by LaGarde.com. LaGarde.com reserves the
right to change or update this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a
notice that we are changing our Privacy Policy.
Last Update: April 4, 2002
