privacy policy
Your privacy is important to me.
What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our shopping cart, place an order, provide your email address (you opt-in) explicitly for the purpose of receiving updates, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.
When using a form to contact us by email, when ordering or when registering with the shopping cart, as appropriate, you may be asked to one or more of the following: full name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or a variety of details pertaining to a specific form you choose to fill out. You may, however, visit our site anonymously. If you wish to avoid recording any personal information, you can also email us at [email protected].
Although we do not specifically display ads on our sight, Google, as a third party vendor, uses DART cookies to serve ads on websites. The DART cookie enables Google to serve ads to our users based on their visit to this site as well as other sites on the Internet. For information regarding how to opt out of Google ads, visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy. Note that this is a feature of Google, it is not something to which we subscribe or promote specifically.
What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
*To process transactions This is the primary reason we collect personal information. (Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of processing your payment and delivering the purchased product or service that you requested.)
*To personalize your experience (Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.)
* To improve our website (We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.)
*To improve customer service (Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.)
*To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
*To send periodic emails (The email address you provide for order processing may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order. It may also be used to send out company news, updates, related product or service information that pertains specifically to items you purchased. Buying something does not subscribe you to the newsletter automatically. If you wish to receive updates and newsletters, you must subscribe to our e-mailing list separately. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each e-newsletter.)
How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
Our server is secure. All supplied sensitive/credit card information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted directly into the database of my payment gateway providers (Paypal and Square) only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and who are required to keep the information confidential.
When you choose to register as a customer in the shopping cart portion of our site, some of your personal information (such as your name, mailing address, email address and phone number) will be kept on file for future purchases. Whether you register or not, your credit card details are encrypted and processed immediately upon submission and will never be kept on file by the shopping cart.
If you choose to make your purchase as a visitor to my site, your personal details will not be stored and you will have to reenter them to make future purchases, however the specific details pertaining to the order you place, including your name, address, phone number and email address, will be available to me in a password-protected record of that order on my website. The details of your order will also be entered into my password-protected bookkeeping records for my reference and to serve as a record of your purchase should you require customer service in the future that pertains to your order.
Do we use cookies?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow cookies) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. To find out more general information about cookies, click here.
On my websites, cookies are only used by my shopping cart to help it retain and process the items you place in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits, compile aggregate, anonymous data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. For maximum security your credit card details are NOT stored in any kind of cookie or saved in any way. They are encrypted and pass through directly to my credit card processor and therefore must be entered again each time you place an order.
We may contract with third-party analytic services to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These analytic service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You may find out even more details about when and how cookies are used on my websites by clicking here.
As an end-user, you have several options as to how to deal with cookies. If you prefer, you either choose to turn off all cookies except for those from specific websites that you know to be safe and designate as "okay" (how to do this can be found in the help files of your browser or by Googling "how to enable cookies for a specific domain," check down the list of search results for instructions for your preferred web browser). The shopping cart area of my website will do this for you for the shopping cart area of my website only when you click on the ACCEPT COOKIES button at the right-hand end of the yellow bar you will see at the top of the page.
You can also choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn cookies off completely, some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone or by e-mailing customer service at [email protected].
Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. One example of this is my credit card processor (currently SQUARE) in order to pay for your order. The other prime example is my warehouse or freight forwarding service for international orders, to whom I must send your order details and address in order to ship your items. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, from time to time, anonymous visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. This would be data stripped of all indentifiable information.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site who have created a username and password on the shopping cart may make any changes to their information at any time by logging into the shopping cart and updating or deleting their personal details. If you purchase items as a guest, your personal details (but not your credit card information) is retained in the history of the order you placed, it cannot be accessed by you for updates.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years of age or older. If a child who is younger than 13 who wishes to learn more about midwifery, a parent or guardian should place orders on behalf of the child.
Terms of Service
Please also visit our Terms of Service page establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.
Your Consent
By using our website, you consent to this privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update the Privacy Policy modification date below. This policy was last reviewed, modified and updated on 04/23/2019.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy please contact me at [email protected]
What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our shopping cart, place an order, provide your email address (you opt-in) explicitly for the purpose of receiving updates, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.
When using a form to contact us by email, when ordering or when registering with the shopping cart, as appropriate, you may be asked to one or more of the following: full name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or a variety of details pertaining to a specific form you choose to fill out. You may, however, visit our site anonymously. If you wish to avoid recording any personal information, you can also email us at [email protected].
Although we do not specifically display ads on our sight, Google, as a third party vendor, uses DART cookies to serve ads on websites. The DART cookie enables Google to serve ads to our users based on their visit to this site as well as other sites on the Internet. For information regarding how to opt out of Google ads, visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy. Note that this is a feature of Google, it is not something to which we subscribe or promote specifically.
What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
*To process transactions This is the primary reason we collect personal information. (Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of processing your payment and delivering the purchased product or service that you requested.)
*To personalize your experience (Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.)
* To improve our website (We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.)
*To improve customer service (Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.)
*To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
*To send periodic emails (The email address you provide for order processing may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order. It may also be used to send out company news, updates, related product or service information that pertains specifically to items you purchased. Buying something does not subscribe you to the newsletter automatically. If you wish to receive updates and newsletters, you must subscribe to our e-mailing list separately. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each e-newsletter.)
How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
Our server is secure. All supplied sensitive/credit card information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted directly into the database of my payment gateway providers (Paypal and Square) only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and who are required to keep the information confidential.
When you choose to register as a customer in the shopping cart portion of our site, some of your personal information (such as your name, mailing address, email address and phone number) will be kept on file for future purchases. Whether you register or not, your credit card details are encrypted and processed immediately upon submission and will never be kept on file by the shopping cart.
If you choose to make your purchase as a visitor to my site, your personal details will not be stored and you will have to reenter them to make future purchases, however the specific details pertaining to the order you place, including your name, address, phone number and email address, will be available to me in a password-protected record of that order on my website. The details of your order will also be entered into my password-protected bookkeeping records for my reference and to serve as a record of your purchase should you require customer service in the future that pertains to your order.
Do we use cookies?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow cookies) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. To find out more general information about cookies, click here.
On my websites, cookies are only used by my shopping cart to help it retain and process the items you place in your shopping cart, understand and save your preferences for future visits, compile aggregate, anonymous data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. For maximum security your credit card details are NOT stored in any kind of cookie or saved in any way. They are encrypted and pass through directly to my credit card processor and therefore must be entered again each time you place an order.
We may contract with third-party analytic services to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These analytic service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You may find out even more details about when and how cookies are used on my websites by clicking here.
As an end-user, you have several options as to how to deal with cookies. If you prefer, you either choose to turn off all cookies except for those from specific websites that you know to be safe and designate as "okay" (how to do this can be found in the help files of your browser or by Googling "how to enable cookies for a specific domain," check down the list of search results for instructions for your preferred web browser). The shopping cart area of my website will do this for you for the shopping cart area of my website only when you click on the ACCEPT COOKIES button at the right-hand end of the yellow bar you will see at the top of the page.
You can also choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn cookies off completely, some of our services may not function properly. However, you can still place orders over the telephone or by e-mailing customer service at [email protected].
Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. One example of this is my credit card processor (currently SQUARE) in order to pay for your order. The other prime example is my warehouse or freight forwarding service for international orders, to whom I must send your order details and address in order to ship your items. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, from time to time, anonymous visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. This would be data stripped of all indentifiable information.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent. As part of the California Online Privacy Protection Act, all users of our site who have created a username and password on the shopping cart may make any changes to their information at any time by logging into the shopping cart and updating or deleting their personal details. If you purchase items as a guest, your personal details (but not your credit card information) is retained in the history of the order you placed, it cannot be accessed by you for updates.
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years of age or older. If a child who is younger than 13 who wishes to learn more about midwifery, a parent or guardian should place orders on behalf of the child.
Terms of Service
Please also visit our Terms of Service page establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.
Your Consent
By using our website, you consent to this privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update the Privacy Policy modification date below. This policy was last reviewed, modified and updated on 04/23/2019.
Questions?
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy please contact me at [email protected]