INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to any outside parties, except as outlined in this policy. The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired collects information from our users at several different points on our website in order to process orders and better serve you with pertinent information. Information collected includes name, shipping address, billing address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, and payment information such as credit card. The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired also requires you to submit a user name and password of your choice for future access to your information.
Your user name and password is to remain confidential and you should not share this information with anyone.
REGISTRATION
In order to process your orders using this website, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give their contact information, which includes name, e-mail, telephone number and physical address. This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site such as sending automated order status updates.
ORDER
Most of the information collected in the registration process will be used to process orders. In the order process, a user must provide additional financial information such as credit card number, and expiration date. This information is used for billing purposes and to fulfill customer’s orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user. The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired does not share your personal and financial information with any third parties. The only exception is when processing your credit card information with the merchant bank for authorization and approval. This process is protected by an enhanced security system. See Security paragraph for more details on security measures and procedures.
COOKIES
With respect to cookies, The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired uses cookies to customize Web page content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site, however you will be unable to use our shopping cart to purchase items online. This is because cookies are used by the shopping cart to retain information necessary to process your order. If you disable cookies, we will not be able to accept your order online. We do not share any information with any third party sites. Cookies are used strictly for the purpose of enhancing your personal experience with our site.
When you close your browser, the cookies will be terminated.
LOG FILES LINKS
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired 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.
PRODUCT REVIEWS
The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired provides a product- review feature that allows customers to leave written comments to further elaborate their experience with the product. All posted review comments are viewable to all customers browsing the Adaptations site. This information is exclusive to the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and is not sent to any third party sites. The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired is not responsible for the comments or actions of customers based on the information posted on the site.
SECURITY
The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired’s website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.
When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. Our SSL technology is the most advanced 128bit encryption by AuthSecure.com. If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to Info@LightHouse-sf.org
