Touch of the Mountain - Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY of Touch of the Mountain, Inc.

Information we collect on phone and mail orders:

Order information - When you place an order, we ask for your personal information so that we can ship you what you wish. The information we require includes your name, credit or debit card number, card expiration date, card security number, address, phone number, and email address. This information allows us to process your payment, ship your order and protect you from fraud. In some cases, we may also ask you to send us additional information or to answer additional questions to help verify your information.
Information obtained from third parties - In order to protect you from fraud or other misconduct, we may obtain information about you from third parties to verify the information you provide. For instance, we may use card authorization and fraud screening services to verify that your credit or debit card information and address match the information that you provided to us.
Transaction information - When you place an order with us, we collect information about each transaction, including the transaction amount, a description of the product/s being purchased, and the type of payment used.

How we use the information we collect on phone and mail orders:
We will not sell or rent your personal information to companies or individuals . Period. We will only use or share your personal information with other companies or individuals in the following limited circumstances:

As necessary to process your transaction and maintain your account. As with any credit card payment, if you process a credit card transaction through us, we need to share some information (for example, your name and credit card number) with the banks and other entities in the financial system that process credit card transactions.
To detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud.

Security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical and technical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.

We will never sell or rent your personal information, and we will not share your personal information with anyone.

Web Orders:

A cookie (a small file placed on your computer) is necessary for the shopping cart to work, as is true for all shopping carts. This is set by the shopping cart host - RomanCart. Their Privacy Policy is available here. Touch of the Mountain keeps no records of your information, nor do we have any control over Pay Pal's policies.

Credit card processing is furnished by Pay Pal. Pay Pal's Privacy Policy is available here. They handle all the details of your transactions. Touch of the Mountain keeps no records of your information, nor do we have any control over Pay Pal's policies.

Web Beacons/Cookies/Affiliates

We do not use web beacons or cookies, except as necessary to process your orders. A cookie is required for your Shopping Cart to work, please see above. If you prefer not to have any cookies at all set, you may fax, mail or call us to place your order. We are not a member of any circle or ring, nor are we part of any affiliate chain or network.

The links on our Christmas Links page will take you away from our site. We have no control over the policies or behaviors of these sites. Please read the individual privacy policies on each site for more information.

Changes to our privacy policy
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Policy changes on this page.

If you have any questions about this Policy, please feel free to contact us through our website or write to us at Privacy Policy, Touch of the Mountain, Inc., P. O. Box 667, Elk Park, NC 28622.


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