Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate Privacy Policy

This privacy policy explains how Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate uses personal information collected at this web site. Please read this Privacy Policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. If this policy changes, we will prominently post a notice to that effect on our web site.

Please note: Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate’s Privacy Policy applies to this web site only. If you link to other web sites from this one, please review the privacy policies posted at those sites.

Collection of Information

Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate collects personal information such as names, postal addresses, email addresses and phone numbers in order to process orders from our Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate store on-line. You may browse the web site at any time without submitting any personal information.

1. (Client) Account – in order to make an on-line purchase from the Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate store on-line, it is necessary for you to set up an account with specific personal information that we can use to contact you. This information is used to:
(a) Connect you to people/companies to whom you wish to send products or a gift from Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate and for whom you will need to provide delivery addresses;
(b) Contact you if there is difficulty in processing your order.

Personal information may also be used in the event of the sale of all or part of Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate. Client information would be given to the purchaser to carry on business.

2. Delivery Addresses – you may make a delivery from Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate to your own address (as shown in the Client Account), or you may make it to a third party. Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate gives you the option to enter a personal name, address and contact information for a third party delivery location. This information is used to:
(a) Make the delivery of your purchase;
(b) Contact the person/company for whom you have made the purchase in the event of difficulty in making the delivery.

3. Credit Card Information – in order to process an on-line order, you will be requested to provide a credit card number and data suitable to confirm its authenticity. This information is processed and verified by PayPal before your order is processed.

Use, Disclosure and Retention of Information

With the exception noted below, Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate has adopted the following policies with regards to the personal information it collects.
(i) Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate will use personal information only for its own business and will not sell or release it to third parties.
(ii) Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate will not send account clients any promotional material unless they have indicated they are willing to receive it.
(iii) Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate will not contact any persons/companies identified in a delivery address for any reason except to facilitate the delivery of an order.
(iv) Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate provides, as part of its web site programming, the ability for you to delete your delivery addresses from our database should you choose to do so. If you wish to delete your account, please send an email to simone@simonemarie.net requesting the deletion. We would be pleased to do it for you.
(v) Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate does not retain any information relating to your credit card on its client database.

Please note: Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate may disclose information about its clients if required to do so by law or in the belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders or other legal processes.

Safeguards

1. Access to Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate’s personal information is limited to employees (who have agreed to maintain security and confidentiality of data) who might require it for the purpose for which it is collected. We have put in place measures to ensure that our web site is as secure as current technology can make it.

2. All information is encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) 128-bit encryption so that any data sent from your computer to our web site is completely secure.

Anonymous Gifts

For security purposes, Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate will not deliver anonymous gifts. All packages are required to have “Bill To” or “Sender” information clearly displayed on the package. Should the recipient of the package contact us to clarify the identity of the giver, we will disclose identity information, but all other personal information will be kept confidential.

Links To Other Websites

As a service to our clients, our website may provide hyperlinks to other websites that are not operated or controlled by Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate. Therefore, Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate cannot be responsible or liable for the content of such websites or the privacy practices of such other parties. Please note that these privacy policies may differ from our policy. We encourage you to review and understand their privacy practices before providing them with personal information.

Contact Simone Marie Belgian Chocolate

Please contact us at simone@simonemarie.net with any questions or concerns regarding the collection and use of your personal information.