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Privacy

We take your privacy seriously. Below we provide details about how we do that. In summary, we not sell or redistribute your information without your permission. We keep your information in a physically secure location. We have invested in high levels of computer and Internet security. This includes daily 3rd party monitoring of our security protection . We welcome your input and will be glad to alter how we handle any of your specific information to meet your requests.

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McAfee Secure tested and certified daily Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard SSL : the de-facto industry standard Internet transaction security technology. Our building, computers and staff What Information Do We Collect? How You Can Control E-mail Communications You Receive From Us Links to Other Sites Updates to this Statement . This web site, Stowecraft.com, is tested and certified daily to pass the "McAfee Secure" Security Scan. To help address concerns about possible hacker access to your confidential data, and the safety of visiting this site, the "live" McAfee Secure mark appears only when this site passes the daily McAfee Secure tests. You can see the "McAfee Secure" symbol and the date of the last security scan on the upper right hand corner of each page on our web site.

Our credit card processing is also protected by Authorize.net.

You can be confident in knowing that www.stowecraft.com is a verified Authorize.Net merchant. (get seal from auth . ne site- need stowecraft id#)

Authorize.Net is committed to providing its merchant customers with the highest level of transaction processing security, safeguarding customer information and combating fraud. We implement and maintain compliance with industry leading security initiatives such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. More than 232,000 merchants trust Authorize.Net to process their Internet transactions securely. For more information about the benefits of Authorize.Net's secure transaction processing, please visit the Authorize.Net Web site.

Stowecraft.com also uses industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL ) to protect your data. SSL protects data submitted over the Internet from being intercepted and viewed by unintended recipients and as used by hundreds of thousands of web sites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers, SSL is the de-facto industry standard Internet transaction security technology. It is used in the shopping cart section of our website. When you connect to an SSL part of stowecraft.com, you will see that the URL in the address bar begins with https:// rather than the usual http:// and also a small gold padlock will in your browser.

Our building and computers are also protected with an active security system connected to a security monitoring service. We are located in Vermont. Did you know that in 2008 Vermont was rated the No. 2 safest state in the USA? ( New Hampshire was #1- But Vermont has better ice cream) -- (NY Times on VT vs NH ) -- ( The facts on NH vs VT by Am Heritage)

What Information Do We Collect?

We collect information we need to fulfill your order and contact you about it. We also collect standard information on your IP address, browser type, and Refer URL data. We use this data to prevent hacking attempts, help us know what web browsers people are using, and find out where our visitors are coming from so that we can improve our marketing.

Who gets this information?

Your information is only used by the staff in our store here in Vermont. We do not sell or redistribute your information without your permission. All our staff are taught about privacy and confidentiality.

How You Can Control E-mail Communications You Receive From Us You have the opportunity to choose to receive our e-mail newsletter and change your mind at any time. If you choose not to sign up for our newsletter, we will send you only e-mail that relates to a specific purchase, a request for information or in response to an e-mail inquiry from you

Links to Other Sites

We provide links to affiliated entities and on occasion to other sites we think you may enjoy. These sites operate independently of stowecraft.com and have established their own privacy and security policies. For the best online experience, we encourage you to review these policies before submitting any Personal Information through these sites.

Updates to this Statement

We will update this Statement from time to time to reflect changes in our business. If we change how we use your Personal Information or the purposes or entities for and to which we disclose your Personal Information we will post the policy change notification on our web site.

This privacy statement was last updated April 7, 2009