PRIVACY POLICY
Privacy matters. Milele Atelier, Inc., and its parent, subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Milele Atelier,” “we,” or “us”) recognize the importance of our customers’ privacy, and the steps to take in order to protect that privacy. This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for MileleAtelier.com. The statement does not include the privacy practices for partnered sites. We encourage our users who visit external sites from links within MileleAtelier.com to read the privacy statements of those sites, as their privacy practices may differ from ours. This privacy statement applies only to the site and does not necessarily apply to our off-line collection of information. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, you should first contact us via e-mail at mileleatelier.com. Please submit a written request to the email address specified above specifying that you want a copy of Mara Hoffman’s “New Jersey Privacy Rights.” Please allow up to 30 days for us to process your request. You may submit your request once per year.
In order to make you feel comfortable and secure in our online store, we have taken numerous precautions to safe guard your security while making purchases online. For each visitor to our Web site, our Web server automatically recognizes the consumer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, domain name and e-mail address (where possible).
WHAT INFORMATION IS BEING COLLECTED?
When you visit the MileleAtelier.com web site, in order for us to provide you with the products or services that you have requested, you may be asked to provide us with personally identifiable information. We collect and retain two types of information from site visitors: (i) personal information voluntarily provided by individual visitors when interacting on the site, making purchases of products or services from us, or on certain other occasions, such as via forms or in emails; and (ii) tracking data, which is automatically collected from every site visitor and recorded on our log files. For example, when you order a product, we may ask you to become a registered user of our site, during which you will be asked for your name, shipping and billing addresses, your date of birth, your e-mail address, and your credit card number or other payment-related information. In addition, we may keep a record of any correspondence, including any information contained therein. You may decline to provide any personal information, but this may prohibit registration on the site or limit participation in activities or services offered on the Site. In an effort to improve our site we may collect non-personal information about how users navigate through the site. Without limitation, we may collect information and tracking data regarding the number and frequency of visits to the site, viewed and/or purchased items, information on websites accessed prior to and following your visit to the site, the software used to access the site, your IP address and other device identifiers, Internet service provider-related information, and clickstream data. However, that information typically does not contain any personally identifiable information about you. The tracking data we record may include the location of your computer. We may post customer testimonials on our web site, which may contain personally identifiable information such as the customer's name. We do obtain the customer's consent prior to posting the testimonial to post their name along with their testimonial.
HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION BEING USED?
Financial information that is collected is used to bill you for products that you request. Contact information from the order form is used to send orders and information about our company to you. If you register for email or if you provide your email address to us, we will send you emails. These emails will inform you of our launch of new products, of special sales, of promotional offers from our partners, of other events and issues we think are important, and of potential employment opportunities with Mara Hoffman that you may find of interest. If you currently receive our emails and do not wish to continue receiving them, please see the “How to remove your name from our mailing, sharing or email list” section below. We use your shipping address to ship your products to you and to send catalogs and other mailings to you. We use your billing address, if different than your shipping address, to verify your billing information. We never share our customer names or addresses, e-mail addresses or other personally identifiable information, other than to the extent described in the “With whom do we share your information” section below. If you do not wish to receive catalogs or other mailings from us, please see the “How to remove your name from our mailing, sharing or email list” section below.
WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION?
In order to operate this Web site and in order to provide you with the products and services you have requested, we occasionally need to share information with third parties. We may transmit your personal information to service providers who assist us in processing orders, shipping products to you, processing your payment information, sending you catalogs, conducting surveys, on and offline sweepstakes, processing job applications, sending you e-mails and newsletters, and helping us decide whether to extend credit to you. We have agreements with these service providers that they will protect your privacy in accordance with our standard Privacy Statement. Some of those organizations may have their own Privacy Statements that may give you additional protections, so you are encouraged to read those statements when presented to you. We may share personal information about you outside of Milele Atelier and our affiliates, including as follows:
We may share personal information with third parties who complete transactions or perform services on our behalf
We may use third-party service providers that use cookies, web beacons and pixel tags to publish advertisements (banners or links) on our behalf across the Internet.
We may make our postal mailing list and general shopping information available to selected companies we believe may offer products or services of interest to you.
We may use a third party to "power" product reviews on our site. When you submit a product review, you become subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of this third party, the reviews you submit may be publicly posted on our site, and other sites (such as social networking sites).
The blog, social networking and community sections of our site are designed as an open and public social community for connecting and sharing with other people. When you sign up you will be asked to provide certain information that will be displayed publicly along with photos, stories, posts, and other information you choose to provide in your profile.
We may also post or publish your information when you submit comments, stories, photos, and videos in connection with other areas of our sites and linked sites.
Personal information may be shared as part of a corporate business transaction, such as a merger or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company, joint venture, corporate reorganization, financing or sale of company assets. It may also be shared in the event of insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information could be transferred to third parties as one of the business assets in the transaction.
We may share personal information (i) to comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process, (ii) to protect the rights and property of Milele Atelier, our agents, members, and others, including to enforce our agreements, policies, and terms of use, or (iii) in an emergency to protect the personal safety of Mara Hoffman, our employees, our members, our customers, or any other person.
WHAT INFORMATION WILL BE DISCLOSED IF REQUIRED BY LAW?
If required by law, we may provide any and all information we have about you to law enforcement or other government agencies, pursuant to a subpoena, warrant, or other order by a court of competent jurisdiction. In all cases, we will require written documentation of the request, proof of the identity of the law enforcement official making the request, and we will take steps to authenticate the validity of the request. Any law enforcement or government agency request submitted with less than a court-issued order will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis according to the need and urgency, as well as the particular law enforcement agency making the request.
WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED IN MILELE ATELIER'S SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES?
On certain portions of our web site, we provide links to sponsored social networking sites and message boards. Those features may require you to provide additional registration information, such as creating a username and password, providing an e-mail address or other information. It is important to understand that when you participate in online discussions, any information you choose to provide is considered "public knowledge" and it is your responsibility to protect your own privacy. If you register to use the social networking or message board features, we will keep your information private, in accordance with this policy. You have the choice of making certain information about yourself available to other users of the system. It is your responsibility to manage your account settings in order to maintain the level of privacy that you desire. If you inadvertently post private or other inappropriate information, we will do our best to assist you in removing it, but we will not be responsible for any problems arising from your errors. The social networking forums and message boards are provided without any warranty and you use them at your own risk.
WHAT CHOICES ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU REGARDING THE COLLECTION, USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INFORMATION?
If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please click "unsubscribe from this list" at the bottom of the email. If you provide us with your e-mail address, you may receive messages about your order status, issues regarding the operations of this web site, and messages from affiliates of Milele Atelier and other companies with operational relationships to Milele Atelier. You may modify your e-mail preferences by writing or e-mailing us, if you are a registered member at MileleAtelier.com, you may change them in the "My Account" section. We will request your telephone number or fax number, and if you provide it, you may receive telephone or fax contact from us with information regarding your orders, requests for information or in reference to valuable offers from us. We do not sell or rent phone numbers.
SECURE ORDERING PROCESS
Any credit card information you enter on our site is strongly encrypted by industry-standard protocol, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). MileleAtelier.com site uses SSL to communicate with secure browsers like Google and Internet Explorer. These browsers encrypt your credit card and personal information in a way that makes it extremely difficult for anyone to intercept and misuse while being transmitted between your computer and our server.
CHILDREN
In accordance with federal law, we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under age 13 without the verifiable permission of a parent or guardian. If you are under age 13, you are welcome to browse our web site. However you are not permitted to use any of the features of our site that require the collection of any personally identifiable information. If we determine that we have erroneously collected a child's information, we will immediately undertake to delete that data from our records.
CHANGES IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our home page.