PRIVACY POLICY – Effective June 7th, 2011
Scope of Policy
This policy applies to our treatment of personally identifiable information that we collect through the Website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to practices of companies whose sites may be linked to the Website. For access to the privacy policies of such linked sites please refer to the information provided by such sites at their home pages.
Modifications to Policy
We may from time to time modify, amend or replace this Privacy and Security Policy, so we encourage you to review it periodically. In the event that such changes alter how we gather, processes, use or disclose your personally identifiable information, we will post such changes on the Website in the “Privacy” section (which can be found in the footer of the www.mint-x.com homepage.) The changes will go into effect on the effective date posted in the notice at the top of the revised Privacy Policy. The new Privacy Policy will apply to all current and past users of the Website and will replace any prior policies that are inconsistent. Your continued use of the Website constitutes your consent to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
Personal Information
When you shop with us, we may collect certain personal information in connection with your transaction. If you pay by credit or debit card, PayPal, or other similar forms of payment, you provide us with your account information. We also may collect personal information from you (including your name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, date of birth and other personal information you provide) if you send us an e-mail or postal mail, send an e-mail or send postal mail to our service providers relating to an issue where they need to contact us, call customer service, sign up on our Website to receive e-mail, create an online account with us, participate in our online community blogs or forums, or voluntarily participate in customer research.
IP Addresses and Browser Information
When you visit our Website, we will automatically collect certain information describing your visit including your IP address and browser information. This information provides us with data regarding the use of the Website.
Use of information we collect
We use the contact and other information you provide for internal purposes, such as confirming and tracking your order, registration, analyzing preferences, trends and statistics, informing you of our new products, services and offers.
We may contract with companies or persons to provide certain services including credit card processing, shipping, data management, promotional services, etc. We provide these service providers with the information needed for them to perform these services and ask them to confirm that their privacy practices are consistent with ours.
We may share your personal information with third party service providers who assist us in executing transactions requested by you. We may also release your personal information to third parties, if we believe such release is necessary: (i) to comply with the law (e.g., a legal process or a statutory authorization), (ii) to apply or enforce our user agreements, (iii) to protect our rights or property, (iv) as part of a corporate reorganization, consolidation, merger, or sale of substantially all of the assets of Mint-X, or (v) because of a potential danger to any person.
Information Storage
While we take reasonable efforts to protect personal information provided to us, we cannot and do not guarantee that such information will not be lost, disclosed or accessed by accidental circumstances or by the unauthorized acts of others.
Policies Regarding Children
You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older in order to use the Website. Mint-X does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under thirteen (13) years of age.