Sharon Haver's FOCUS ON STYLE
TERMS, PRIVACY POLICY and DISCLAIMER
By accessing any areas of Sharon Haver’s FOCUS ON STYLE (“Site” or “we”), you
agree to be legally bound and to abide by the terms and conditions of this
privacy policy as set forth herein (“Policy”). If you do not agree with this
Policy, do not use this Site.
Like most web businesses, the Site captures both personal and aggregated
information about visitors to our Site. We explain here why we need that
information and what we do (and won't do) with it.
Overview: We never disclose or sell personal information about you to third
parties without your permission, unless compelled to do so by law. We store
personal information on secure web servers and you can review and change the
personal information we keep about you. If you send us questions or comments via
email and you include your and any other identifying information, though your
name and such information will not be shared or published, we can not
subsequently change or delete your name or such information.
I. Why we retain and use information about our visitors.
The Site collects personal and aggregate (anonymous) information about our Site
visitors for the following reasons:
A. To allow us to respond to your questions and comments: Since our Site
revolves a great deal around being interactive with our visitors, we need to
know who our visitors are so as to better respond to he questions submitted by
those individual visitors.
B. To know our audience: We use aggregated (anonymous) information about our
visitors to understand our audience and to describe that audience to business
partners, sponsors, and advertisers, which will enable us to provide an enhanced
surfing experience to our visitors.
C. For user convenience and customization: To allow us to customize the use of
the Site, to present the issues most important to our visitors in the fashion,
style, and beauty worlds.
D. For product improvements: To help us understand how visitors use our Site and
how we can improve it.
E. To provide a better shopping environment: By knowing about our visitors it is
possible for us to be able to offer those items and site links that we feel our
visitors most want to have, reducing the amount of time spent searching online.
II. Types of information we collect.
Depending on how you use our Site, we may collect the following kinds of
information:
A. Your name and e-mail address when you register for the Site or e-mail us a
question.
B. Your user preferences, your interest in receiving our newsletters and product
announcements, and similar information, which you can change at any time.
C. Your credit-card number and mailing address, if you purchase one of the
products offered by us exclusively. Any purchases made through our affiliates
are subject to their privacy policy.
D. Additional Personal information: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may
collect personal information that allows us to target visitors with information,
products or services which fit your specific needs or desires.
E. Demographic information that you choose to provide, such as your gender, age,
martial status, occupation, income, number and ages of your children, hobbies,
zip code, mailing address, and so on.
F. Aggregated usage data, such as the popularity of various pages on our Site,
the times of day when most Site visits occur, and so on.
Personal information is stored on secure web servers and is available on the
Site for you to review or modify at all times.
III. Do we use cookies?
Yes, like other websites, we use the technology called "cookies" to place small,
anonymous data files on your computer. Depending on the version of the Site you
use, cookies may be used for the following purposes:
A. To help us track the number of visitors and the popularity of our pages.
B. To allow you to store personal preferences, such as your list of sites or
list of purchases made.
C. To give you the convenience of having your username submitted automatically
once you've registered.
You can turn cookies off if you wish (see your browser's Help instructions), but
the Site features that rely on them will be disabled.
IV. The Site uses personal information about you in the following ways:
A. To interact with you about problems or questions you may want answered.
B. To announce new Sharon Haver's Focus On Style products and enhancements.
C. To meet legal demands on us by certain administrative or legal organizations,
if required to turn over such information.
D. If you send email to us, to respond to you with specific information if
requested by you.
E. All reader letters are answered with an alias, or ghost phrase, and city
rather than your real name.
V. The Site uses aggregate (anonymous) information about you in the following
ways:
A. To help us understand our audience as we grow our business.
B. To promote ourselves to potential sponsors, advertisers or business partners.
VI. Sale or transfer of personal information retained by us:
Sharon Haver's Focus On Style will never disclose or sell personal information
about you, including your e-mail address, to any third party without your
permission, unless compelled to do so by law.
VII. DISCLAIMER
(a) The materials in this Site and any third-party sites are provided "as is"
and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We disclaim all
warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. We do not
warrant that the materials or information will be accurate, reliable or
error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that this Site or the server that
makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not
warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use
of the materials or information contained on this Site or on third party
websites.
(b) You expressly agree that we shall not be liable to you or any third party
for any claims, damages, losses, obligations, costs or expenses or any other
liability directly or indirectly arising from: (i) any termination, suspension,
delay or disruption of service of or by this Site; (ii) your failed attempts to
access this Site, and/or (iii) any delays, losses and/or viruses resulting from
your use of this Site.
(c) In no event shall we be liable to you or to any third party for any direct,
indirect, special, incidental, consequential, punitive, exemplary or unproven
losses, damages or expenses of any kind, including, without limitation, lost
profits resulting from the use of this Site.
(d) Links to third party websites may be included on this Site. We make no
warranty regarding these third party websites, including, but not limited to,
the type, quality and/or authenticity of the content, information, advice,
products and/or services thereon. You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be
liable to you or any third party for any claims, damages, losses, obligations,
costs, expenses or any other liability in connection with such third party
websites or the content, information, advice, products and/or services thereon.
(e) All content and information referenced herein is provided for informational
purposes only. All opinions expressed herein and on third party websites are not
necessarily the opinion of Sharon Haver's Focus On Style or Poodle Productions,
Inc. Any resemblance to any person(s), living or dead, or place(s) is purely
coincidental.
VIII. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any claims and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, related to any breach of the
Policy by you or any negligence or willful misconduct with respect to your use
of this Site.
IX. WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
You hereby represent and warrant that you have the full power and authority to
enter into and perform according to this Policy and that your use of this Site
will not infringe the copyright, trademark, right of publicity or any other
legal right or intellectual property of any third party.
X. MISCELLEANOUS
(a) You acknowledge that this Site contains content, including but not limited
to, information, data, software, photographs, text, artwork, graphs, sketches,
audio, video, typefaces, graphics, music, sounds, files and/or other material
(collectively "Content") that is protected by copyrights, trademarks, or other
proprietary rights, and that these rights are valid and protected in all forms,
media and technologies now or hereinafter developed. You may not modify, copy,
remove, delete, augment, add to, publish, post, transmit, download, participate
in the transfer or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit
any of the Content, in whole or in part. You acknowledge and agree that as
between you and us, we and our associated and affiliated companies (collectively
“FOS”) retain all title and ownership of this Site, the Content and its
component parts and that FOS does not convey any title or ownership interest to
you and that the only right granted to you is the right to use this Site
according to the Policy.
(b) In the event that this Site specifically and expressly grants you the right
to use any portion of the Content, such use shall be subject to the specific and
express terms and conditions set forth in this Site and you acknowledge and
agree that: (i) your use of the Content shall be for your own personal,
non-commercial use, (ii) you will not share, modify, copy, remove, delete,
augment, add to, publish, post, transmit, download, participate in the transfer
or sale of, create derivative works from, or in any way exploit any of the
Content or use the Content on any network or on any other device whether now
known or hereinafter developed other than as expressly set forth in this Site,
and (iii) you shall not modify or alter the Content or the copyright or
trademark notice. No right, title or interest in any Content is transferred to
you as a result of any such express permitted use of any Content.
(c) The validity, interpretation and legal effect
of the Policy shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. The New
York courts (state and federal), only, will have jurisdiction of any
controversies regarding the Policy, and any action or other proceeding which
involves such a controversy will be brought in those courts, in New York County,
and not elsewhere.
XI. CONCLUSION
We are committed to protecting your privacy. Nevertheless, while we strive to
protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of
any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. Finally, our
partners and third party Internet sites have separate privacy and data
collection practices which are independent of us. We have no responsibility or
liability for these independent policies or the actions of our partners and of
third parties. By using our Site, you consent to the collection and use of
information by us as outlined in this Policy. We have a right to change this
Policy at any time. If we decide to change the Policy, we will post those
changes on this page so that you are able to review the Policy. We encourage you
to review this Policy whenever you visit this Site. Your use of this Site
subsequent to any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound
by the Policy as changed. If we decide for any reason to sell information
concerning you, you will be given a right to opt out of such transfer. Any such
procedure shall be outlined in our updated Policy.
XII. COMMENTS
© 2004 Poodle Productions, Inc.
All trademarks and other proprietary rights in and to the name, image and
likeness of Sharon Haver and/or Sharon Haver’s Focus On Style are owned and
controlled by Poodle Productions, Inc.
We welcome your questions and comments about privacy.
Our postal address is:
P.O. Box 532
Cooper Station
New York, NY 10003
Question and comments can be sent to the following address: suggestion.box@focusonstyle.com
Policy updated 1/21/04.