JAVA CITY PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

Java City is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the domestic tranquility of Javanistas. At times, Java City will collect certain personal information about customers and visitors to our website. Such information will include both identifiable personal data, as well as non-identifiable personal information. Identifiable personal information will be collected when you request our newsletter in order to receive valuable updates or notification of promotions, or when you use our website for a transaction. Non-identifiable information is gathered automatically when you visit our website and stored for use in our system; this is aggregate information used only to ascertain the effectiveness of our website and understand to serve you better.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to explain to our customers what types of information we will collect and how that information is used. In most cases, we collect this information for network integrity and to ensure that we continue to provide you with the most relevant content and best possible service to suit your needs. Except where the law requires otherwise, we undertake to protect the confidentiality of such information.

Confidentiality

Java City respects our customers privacy and the privacy of those accessing our website. We strive to protect the confidentiality of our customers and users including all personal information supplied in the course of making a purchase, subscribing to our newsletter, or joining our club. We will not sell or otherwise divulge your personal information to third parties for commercial or marketing purposes.

Collection of Personal Data

Java City collects personal data about our users when they visit a website hosted by us, apply for our newsletter, purchase items from our store, respond to a customer questionnaire and through the use of cookie technology. We may also combine the information we have about you with information we obtain from our business partners or affiliates for internal use only.

Use of Personal Data

Java City may on occasion use your personal information to contact you about promotional offers if you’ve given us permission to do so; advise you of matters relevant to service provision and in some cases, solicit your feedback.

However, Java City will provide you with an option within every communication to opt out of receiving any further communications of this nature or you can contact our Customer Service Center to ensure that you do not receive such promotional information, at (800) 528-2289.

Java City may collect your IP address and information about your operating system and the type of browser you use for the purposes of network/system administration and to audit the use of our site. This information, however will not be used to identify individual users who will at all times remain anonymous.

Any information Java City collects from you through correspondence with us, whether by e-mail, by phone or by written letter, will only be used to address the matters within that correspondence. If this requires referring such correspondence within Java City or to a third party to ensure customer service, your personal information will only be disclosed to the point necessary to address your query or concerns and will otherwise be kept confidential.

Cookies

Java City may use a software technology called “cookies.” Cookies are small text files that we place in a visitor's computer browser to store their preferences. Cookies themselves do not contain any personally identifiable information. Although cookies could enable us to relate a visitor’s use of this website to personal information that the visitor has provided, such as an email address, we do not use cookies for this purpose. We do use cookies to determine how many visitors we have and how often they visit various sections of our site.

Security

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security and correctly use the information we collect online.

We are particularly sensitive to visitors’ security concerns regarding the use of credit cards to purchase products over the Internet. For orders placed in the store at javacity.com, we work with eBeans and, under the eBeans Store Agreement, use a technology that automatically encrypts credit card data while information is being transmitted over the Internet, provided that the visitor’s browser supports the Secure Socket Layer protocol (SSL).

Reservation of Rights

Java City reserves the right to disclose information about customers where required in good faith, to do so by law or to exercise our legal rights or defend ourselves against legal claims. Further, Java City reserves the right to share information with law enforcement to investigate or prevent illegal activities being committed over our network. Java City reserves the right to disclose your personal information where you have given us explicit legal written consent to do so. Java City reserves the right to monitor user and network traffic for site security purposes and prevent any unauthorized attempts to tamper with our site or cause damage to our property. Java City reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy or update it. Where a major change is made, customers will be informed by e-mail notification or through a notice on our website. Customers and site visitors bear the responsibility to ensure that they have read the changes or updates as the case may be.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our privacy policy and / or practices you can contact us at:

privacy@javacity.com