We at A THOUSAND WORDS ("A THOUSAND WORDS," "we," "us," or "our") know that our users ("you," "your," or "yourself") care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy seriously. Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. By visiting or using the www.athousand-words.com website and domain name, any other linked pages, features, content, mobile applications, you agree to the practices and policies set forth in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby acknowledge and consent to our collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. The following outlines our Privacy Policy.
What personal information about customers does Athousand-words.com collect?
The information we collect from our customers helps us constantly improve your shopping experience at Athousand-words.com. Below are the types of information we gather.
- Information You Give Us: We receive and store information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future shopping for you, improving our store, and communicating with you.
- E-mail Communication: To help us make e-mails more useful we might receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from Athousand-words.com. If you do not want to receive email or other mail from us, please indicate your preference by changing your account settings accordingly.
Does Athousand-words.com use cookies?
Cookies are identifiers that are transferred to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to allow our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features such as storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits.
Please refer to the "Help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers to tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on's settings or visiting the Web site of its manufacturer. However, because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of Athousand-words.com's features, it's recommended that you leave them turned on. For instance, if you block or otherwise reject our cookies, you will not be able to complete a purchase in our store.
Does Athousand-words.com share the information it receives?
Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others.
Is the information about me secure?
We work to protect the security of your information during order transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts order information you transmit. We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.
What about third-party advertisers and links to other web sites?
Our site might include third-party advertising and links to other Web sites. We do not provide any personal customer information to these advertisers or third-party Web sites. These third-party Web sites and advertisers, or Internet advertising companies working on their behalf, sometimes use technology to send (or "serve") the advertisements that appear on our Web site directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content.
We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that they may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third-party Web sites are not covered by this Privacy Notice. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy practices. In addition, the Network Advertising Initiative offers useful information about Internet advertising companies (also called "ad networks" or "network advertisers"), including information about how to opt-out of their information collection. Athousand-words.com might also display targeted advertising based on personal information about users. Although Athousand-words.com does not provide any personal information to advertisers, advertisers (including ad-serving companies) may assume that users who interact with or click on a targeted advertisement meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad (for example, users in the northwestern United States who like designer jeans).
What information can I access?
Athousand-words.com gives you access to a broad range of information about your account and your interactions with Athousand-words.com for the limited purpose of viewing and, in certain cases, updating that information.
Do I have any choices?
- As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase.
- You can add or update certain information on pages such as those referenced in the "Which Information Can I Access?" section above. When you update information, we usually keep a copy of the prior version for our records.
- If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your Email Preferences or unsubscribe by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any A THOUSAND WORDS e-mail.
- The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. Additionally, you can disable or delete similar data used by browser add-ons, such as Flash cookies, by changing the add-on's settings or visiting the Web site of its manufacturer. However, because cookies allow you to take advantage of some of Athousand-words.com's features, we recommend that you leave them turned on. For instance, if you block or otherwise reject our cookies, you will not be able to complete a purchase in our store.
Are children allowed to use Athousand-words.com?
Athousand-words.com does not sell products for purchase by children. If you are under 18, you may use Athousand-words.com only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.
Examples of collected information
Information You Give Us
You provide most such information when you search, buy, participate in a contest or questionnaire, or communicate with customer service. For example, you provide information when you search for a product; place an order through Athousand-words.com; provide information in My Account (and you might have more than one if you have used more than one e-mail address when shopping with us); communicate with us by phone, e-mail, or otherwise; complete a questionnaire or a contest entry form. As a result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, and phone numbers; credit card information; people to whom purchases have been shipped, including addresses and phone number; content of e-mails to us.
Automatic Information
Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information such as browser type, version, and timezone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, and platform; purchase history; the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our Web site, including date and time; cookie number; products you viewed or searched for; and the phone number you used to call our phone number. We may also use browser data such as cookies, Flash cookies (also known as Flash Local Shared Objects), or similar data on certain parts of our Web site for fraud prevention and other purposes. During some visits we may use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
Information from Other Sources
Examples of information we might receive from other sources include updated delivery and address information from our carriers or other third parties, which we may use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase or communication more easily.
Information You Can Access
Examples of information you can access easily at Athousand-words.com include up-to-date information regarding recent orders; personally identifiable information (including name, e-mail, password, e-mail preferences); payment settings (including credit card information and gift certificate balances); e-mail notification settings.
Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions
Welcome to Athousand-words.com. If you visit or shop at Athousand-words.com, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. In addition, when you use any current or future A THOUSAND WORDS service or business, you also will be subject to the guidelines, terms and agreements ("Terms") applicable to such service or business. If these conditions are inconsistent with such Terms, such Terms will control.
PRIVACY
Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to Athousand-words.com, to understand our practices.
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
When you visit Athousand-words.com or send e-mails to us, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive communications from us electronically. We will communicate with you by e-mail or by posting notices on this site. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.
COPYRIGHT
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, images, audio, and data compilations, is the property of A THOUSAND WORDS or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of A THOUSAND WORDS and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.
LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS
A THOUSAND WORDS grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site and not to download (other than page caching) or modify it, or any portion of it, except with express written consent of A THOUSAND WORDS . This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without express written consent of A THOUSAND WORDS. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of A THOUSAND WORDS without express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing A THOUSAND WORDS’ name or trademarks without the express written consent of A THOUSAND WORDS. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by A THOUSAND WORDS. You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of Athousand-words.com so long as the link does not portray A THOUSAND WORDS or its products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter. You may not use any A THOUSAND WORDS’ logo or other proprietary graphic or trademark as part of the link without express written permission.
YOUR ACCOUNT
If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. A THOUSAND WORDS will sell products for children, but will sell them to adults, who can purchase with a credit card. If you are under 18, you may use Athousand-words.com only with involvement of a parent or guardian. A THOUSAND WORDS reserves the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content, or cancel orders in its sole discretion.
REVIEWS, COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND OTHER CONTENT
Where this site permits, visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content; send communications and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of content. A THOUSAND WORDS reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content.
If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant A THOUSAND WORDS a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant A THOUSAND WORDS and its sublicenses the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify A THOUSAND WORDS for all claims resulting from content you supply. A THOUSAND WORDS has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. A THOUSAND WORDS takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.
COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
A THOUSAND WORDS respects the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, pleasesend us a detailed message to complaints@athousand-words.com or call 201.951.0637.
RISK OF LOSS
All items purchased from A THOUSAND WORDS are made pursuant to a shipment contract. This means that the risk of loss and title for such items pass to you upon our delivery to the carrier.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
A THOUSAND WORDS attempts to be as accurate as possible. However, A THOUSAND WORDS does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. If a product offered by A THOUSAND WORDS itself is not as described, your sole remedy is to return it in unused condition.
OTHER BUSINESSES
We may provide links to the sites of affiliated companies and certain other businesses. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating, and we do not warrant the offerings of, any of these businesses or individuals or the content of their Web sites. A THOUSAND WORDS does not assume any responsibility or liability for the actions, product, and content of all these and any other third parties. You should carefully review their privacy statements and other conditions of use.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
THIS SITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY A THOUSAND WORDS ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. A THOUSAND WORDS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, A THOUSAND WORDS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. A THOUSAND WORDS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE; INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE; THEIR SERVERS; OR E-MAIL SENT FROM A THOUSAND WORDS ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. A THOUSAND WORDS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING.
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APPLICABLE LAW
By visiting Athousand-words.com, you agree that the laws of the state of New Jersey, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Conditions of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and A THOUSAND WORDS .
SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY
Please review our other policies, such as our Terms of Service, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to Athousand-words.com. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Conditions of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.
Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide A THOUSAND WORDS’ with the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying A THOUSAND WORDS that your copyrighted material has been infringed.
- An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
- A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
- A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
- Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.