UPDATED: May 11, 2016
This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for EssenceWatchStore.com which is wholly owned by Essence Watch, LLC. We are committed to protecting your privacy and encourage you to periodically review this page to be informed of how we protect the information you disclose to us. This Privacy Policy explains the information collection and use by EssenceWatchStore.com from each user at different points on our website. If you believe that EssenceWatchStore.com is not abiding by our posted privacy policy, please contact us at 1-617-489-0764 or e-mail us.
My Account:
When you make a purchase on our site, you are required to create an account. By creating an account, the system will remember your personal and purchase information and the checkout process on future purchases will be fast, easy and secure. At your option, your account can also store important dates such as birthdays or anniversaries and allow you to subscribe to receive promotional e-mails and announcements from us (see "Catalog, Newsletters, Etc." section below). Creating an account is also fast and easy: simply enter your personal information once and select your very own password. Then during checkout on your next purchase, just login and the system will take care of the rest. At all times, your personal information is accessible to you to review, edit, or update as necessary by clicking on the My Account link.
Order:
We request information from the user on our order form when making a purchase. Here is where a user must provide their contact information, like name and shipping address, and financial information, like credit card number and expiration date. This information is used for billing purposes and to fill the customer order. If we have difficulty processing an order, this contact information is used to communicate with the customer.
Cookies:
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the hard drive of the user containing information about the user. We use both session and persistent cookies. Cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users in the aggregate by analyzing popular areas and products to enhance future experiences on our site. Cookies do not cause damage to your computer systems or files, and only the web site that transferred a particular cookie to you can read, modify or delete such cookie. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there are simple procedures in most browsers that allow you to delete existing cookies, to automatically decline or accept cookies in whole or from a specific site, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of particular cookies to your computer. Please be aware our site requires cookies enabled from our site to submit your order.
Usage Tracking:
EssenceWatchStore.com database tracks the traffic throughout our site. This information is used to compile overall statistics and is not recorded at an individual level. This includes IP (internet protocol) addresses, browser type, ISP (internet service provider), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and # of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement in the aggregate. The statistics help us decide which products and services best serve our customers and guests.
Aggregate Information:
EssenceWatchStore.com uses aggregate information from demographic surveys, traffic patterns and IP addresses to customize our site. Aggregate information is occasionally shared with third parties for purposes such as planning or executing advertising or promotions.
Sharing:
EssenceWatchStore.com may give you access to third party partners to provide you with certain services. EssenceWatchStore.com will provide that third party with your transaction information and then that third party will collect additional information if needed to provide you with the requested service, such as outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit card processing company to bill user for goods and services. We reserve the right to transfer any and all information that we collect from users of the site to a third party in the event of any merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of the assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings) relating to EssenceWatchStore.com. Finally, notwithstanding any other provision of this privacy policy to the contrary, we reserve the right to disclose your personal information if we believe that we are required to do so (i) by law; (ii) to comply with legal process or governmental requests; (iii) to enforce our Terms of Use; (iv) to protect our operations or those of any affiliated entities; (v) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of Essence Watch, LLC, any affiliated entities, you or others; and (vi) to permit us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
Links:
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by EssenceWatchStore.com.
Catalog, Newsletters, Etc.:
If a user wishes to subscribe to our catalog, newsletter, etc., we ask for contact information such as name, street address and e-mail address to provide these communications. Because we respect our user privacy, we provide a way to opt-out of these communications. Please see the choice and opt-out section below. On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send you an e-mail. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though you can deactivate your account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.
Tell-A-Friend:
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about an item, we ask them for the name of the friend and e-mail address. EssenceWatchStore.com will automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail inviting them to visit the site. We do store the e-mail address of the friend and they have an option to opt-out in the communication.
Security:
EssenceWatchStore.com takes precautions to protect our user information. When our order form asks users to click on the "Confirm order" button to enter payment information such as credit card number at PayPal.com, that information is encrypted and is protected with the Secure Socket Layers (SSLs) encryption software. While on a secure page, such as our payment form on PayPal.com, a lock icon appears on your Web browser. When you are not on a secure page, no lock icon will appear. In addition, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment under restricted access. If you have any questions about the security at our website, send us an e-mail for more info.
Supplementation of Information:
In order for EssenceWatchStore.com to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers, it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from third party sources. When a user makes a purchase from any of these companies, the companies collect and share that purchase information with us so we can tailor the site to our user preferences.
Special Offers:
Established customers will occasionally receive information on products, services, special offers and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users, we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see our choice and opt-out below.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating:
If personally identifiable information of a user changes (such as your zip code, phone, e-mail or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate that personally identifiable information provided to us. This can be done by using the unsubscribe feature in our communication - log onto your online account and change it under the My Account: My Account sidebar link or by sending us an e-mail atcustomerservice@essencewatchstore.com.
Choice/Opt-Out:
Our users are given the opportunity to opt-in to having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site by changing your subscription preferences in your online account under My Account: E-Mail Notifications: Newsletter Subscriptions. A user who no longer wishes to receive promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by using the unsubscribe feature in our e-mail, sending us an e-mail to customerservice@essencewatchstore.com or by changing your subscription preferences in your online account under the My Account: Newsletter sidebar link.
Changes to This Policy:
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy, and any of our policies or procedures concerning the treatment of information collected through the site, without prior notice. You can determine when this privacy policy was last revised by referring to the "Last Updated" legend at the top of this page. Any changes to our privacy policy will become effective upon posting of the revised policy on the Internet, accessible through the site. Use of the site following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy then in effect. We encourage you to bookmark this page and to periodically review it to ensure familiarity with the most current version of our privacy policy.