Privacy Policy
To help us
achieve our goal of providing the highest quality products and services, we use
information from our interactions with you and other customers, as well as from
other parties. Because we respect your privacy, we have procedures to ensure
that your personal information is handled in a safe, secure, and responsible
manner.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and (under certain conditions)
disclose your personal information. This Privacy Policy also explains the steps
we have taken to secure your personal information. Finally, this Privacy Policy
explains your options regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your
personal information. By visiting our Site, you accept the practices described
in this Policy.
As we continue to develop our Web site and take advantage of advances in
technology, our privacy policy may change. Please refer to this page frequently
for the most up-to-date information.
The information we collect
Whenever you shop with UpscaleDeals.com, we obtain from you the information we
need to complete your transaction. This may include your name, address,
telephone number, birth date, and e-mail address. If you use a credit or debit
card or pay by check, it will include your account number.
When you register with us as an online customer, we may ask for additional
information, such as your favorite designers.
If you use one of our services, or participate in one of our promotions or
sweepstakes, we may ask for additional information, such as your age, interests
or product preferences.
From your purchases and other interactions with us, we obtain information
concerning the specific products or services you purchase or use.
To improve our Web site, we collect non-personal information about how users
navigate through the site. We may share this information with our affiliates or
other outside companies.
How we use the information we collect
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
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to complete your purchase transactions
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to provide the services you request
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to send you our catalogs and other offerings by mail
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to keep you informed about the status of your orders
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to identify your product and service preferences, so we can notify
you of new or additional products, services, and promotions that might be of
interest to you
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to notify you of product recalls or provide information
concerning products you have purchased
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to improve our merchandise selections, customer service, and
overall shopping experience
Others
with whom we share your information
Service providers: We provide information to outside companies that help us
bring you the products and services we offer. For example, we may work with an
outside company to manage a database of customer information or assist us in
distributing e-mails.
Other companies: We may provide your information to carefully selected outside
companies when we believe their products or services may be of interest to you.
Your choices regarding use of the information we collect
If you do not want us to share information about you with any company or
organization outside UpscaleDeals.com and its parent, Daosphere Corporation,
please contact us via one of the communication channels listed at the end. Please note
that many promotions and mailings are completed well in advance, so you may
continue to receive some offers after you ask us to stop sharing your
information. We appreciate your patience in giving us time to carry out your
request.
Online account registration
To make online shopping faster and easier, you may register with
UpscaleDeals.com. As a registered customer, you only have to enter your shipping
addresses and billing information once; they will be securely stored with us for
your future use. Using your name and a password of your choice, you may access
your account online at any time to add, delete, or change information.
If you are using a public computer, we strongly encourage you to LOG OUT at the
conclusion of your session. Your information will still be stored with us but it
will not be accessible to anyone else from that computer.
E-mails
You will receive promotional e-mails from us only if you have asked to receive
them. Each time you receive an e-mail from UpscaleDeals.com, you will be given
the opportunity to "opt-out" or stop receiving them.
If you choose to "opt-out," we will stop sending you e-mails. Please note,
however, that some e-mail promotions are prepared well in advance, so you may
continue to receive offers after you have chosen to "opt-out." We appreciate
your patience in giving us time to carry out your request.
Cookies
and how we use them
Cookies are small pieces of information that are stored as text files by your
Internet browser on your computer's hard drive. Most Internet browsers are
initially set to accept cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies from
web sites or to remove cookies from your hard drive, but if you do, you will not
be able to access or use portions of this Site. We have to use cookies to enable
you to select products, place them in an online shopping cart, and to purchase
those products. If you do this, we keep a record of your browsing activity and
purchase. THIS SITE'S COOKIES DO NOT AND CANNOT INFILTRATE A USER'S HARD DRIVE
TO GATHER A USER'S CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Our cookies are not "spyware."
We use cookies to identify the pages you click on during your visit to our site
and the name of the Web site you visited immediately before clicking to
UpscaleDeals.com. We use this information to improve our site design, product
assortments, customer service, and special promotions.
We may contract with third parties who may use cookies and collect information
on our behalf or provide services such as credit card processing, shipping,
promotional services or data management. We call them our Customer Care
Partners. These third parties are prohibited by our contract with them from
sharing that information with anyone other than us or our other Customer Care
Partners. However, we respect your right to choose whether to be included in
such services. If you would like to opt out of these services, please contact us
at the address above.
Children's privacy protection
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act took effect on April 21, 2000. It
imposes certain requirements on Web sites directed at children under 13 that
collect information on those children, and on Web sites that knowingly collect
information on children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age
of 13 on our Web site, and our online sweepstakes are restricted to entrants who
are at least 18 years old.
No one under the age of 15 should submit any personal information to this or any
other Web site without the consent of a parent or guardian.
Links to other sites
While visiting UpscaleDeals.com, you may link to Web sites operated by our
business partners or other third parties. This does not mean that we endorse
these Web sites. We do not make any representations or warranties about any Web
site you may access through this Web site. They are independent from us, and we
have no control over, or responsibility for, their information or activities.
You need to make your own independent decisions regarding your interactions or
communications with any other Web site.
If you provide personal information at one of those sites, you are subject to
the privacy policy of the operator of that site, not the UpscaleDeals.com
privacy policy. We encourage you to read that policy before submitting any
personal information.
Security Policy
We want your UpscaleDeals.com shopping experiences to be safe and secure.
Therefore, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt your credit
card information as it travels over the Internet. SSL is a standard technology
used by many other E-Commerce websites. This means that using your credit card
to place an order with UpscaleDeals.com is as safe as giving us your credit card
information via telephone.
For extra protection, we will do the following for you. If you make a purchase
online at UpscaleDeals.com and as a result, through no fault of your own, the
credit card information is stolen and fraudulent charges are made to your
account, you will not have to pay the first $50 of those fraudulent charges.
Simply do the following:
You must first notify the issuer of your credit card in accordance with the
issuer's rules about these fraudulent charges. If your credit card company makes
you pay any part of the first $50 of these fraudulent charges (under federal law
your credit card company can only make you pay up to $50), UpscaleDeals.com will
reimburse you for the amount your credit card company required you to pay, up to
$50.
More questions?
We'll be happy to provide additional information or answer any questions. Please
contact us
