Barbara Smith
(referred to as "Barbara Smith," "we," "us," or "our") recognize
the importance of protecting the privacy of certain information
("Information") collected about our customers and prospective
customers (referred to as "Customers," "you" or "your"). This
privacy statement discloses what information we gather, how we
use it, and how to correct or change it. It is our intention to
give you an understanding about how we collect your Information
and the use we make of it in the course of our business.
To that end, Barbara Smith gathers two types of information
about Customers: data that Customers provide through optional,
voluntary registration on our sites; and data Barbara Smith
gathers through aggregated tracking, mainly by tallying page
views throughout our sites. Such information enables us to
tailor our content to fit Customers' needs better and to help
our advertisers understand our audience. Be assured that Barbara
Smith will not disclose personal Information to third parties
without your consent, except as may be noted in this Privacy
Policy or disclosed to you when the Information is submitted.
How does Barbara Smith collect Information?
• Optional
Registration
We collect information by specifically requesting it from
you. Generally this occurs when you register at a site or
request information or a service. Usually, the Barbara Smith
sites and Barbara Smith's service partners use your
information to operate the sites and to deliver services.
Barbara Smith sites also use your information to inform you
about other products or services available from Barbara
Smith and its affiliates
• Usage tracking
Use of Internet Protocol ("IP") Addresses
An IP address is a unique number that is automatically assigned
to your computer whenever you're surfing the Internet so that
your computer can be identified by the main computers, known as
"Web servers," that "serve up" Web pages.
Barbara Smith and/or its affiliates may collect IP addresses for
the purposes of system administration, to report aggregated
information to our advertisers, and to audit the use of our
site. When Customers request pages Barbara Smith's and/or its
affiliates' sites, our servers log the Customers' IP addresses.
We do not normally link IP addresses to anything personally
identifiable, which means that a Customer's session will be
logged, but the Customer will remain anonymous to us. We can and
will use IP addresses to identify a Customer when we feel it is
necessary to enforce compliance with our site terms of use or
terms of service or to protect our service, site, customers or
others.
Use of Cookies
We currently do not use cookies on this site, but reserve the
right to do so in the future.
With whom
does Barbara Smith share my Information?
As a general rule, Barbara Smith will not disclose any specific
personal information that you submit to us about you ("Personal
Information") in a manner that connects you with the Personal
Information, except when we have your permission or under
special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith
that the law requires it or under the circumstances described
below. The following describes some of the ways that your
Personal Information may be disclosed.
Business Partners & Sponsors
Barbara Smith may disclose some or all of your Personal
Information to Sotheby's, business partners or sponsors, but
this use will be specifically described to you prior to data
collection or prior to transferring the data. Many promotions
offer opportunities to request additional information from
sponsors. By requesting more information, you give Barbara Smith
permission to transfer your Personal Information to the sponsor
so they can fulfill your request. In many instances, only your
e-mail address will be shared. If more Personal Information will
be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior to the
transfer.
Third Party & Aggregate Data
From time to time, you may be offered the opportunity to receive
materials or special offers from third parties. If you opt to
receive information from these third parties Barbara Smith will
(with your permission) share your name and e-mail address with
such third parties. Under confidentiality agreements, Barbara
Smith may match Personal Information with third party data.
Also, Barbara Smith may keep track of what portions of the Web
site Customers are visiting and other Customer statistics, and
aggregate this information to help us create a better experience
for users of our Web site. This is all done without knowing your
name or other Personal Information in order to describe our
viewers and services to prospective partners, advertisers, and
other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
Other
Barbara Smith may also disclose account Information in special
cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this
Information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal
action against someone who may be violating Barbara Smith's
terms of use or terms of service, or may be causing injury to or
interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with any
of Barbara Smith's rights or property, other Barbara Smith
Customers, or anyone else Barbara Smith may disclose or access
account Information when we believe in good faith that the law
requires it and for administrative and other purposes that we
deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our products
and services.
How can you control the usage of Information?
In case you change your mind or some Personal Information
changes (such as your zip code or e-mail address), we will try
to provide a way to correct, update or remove the Personal
Information that you give us. We also give you the opportunity
to control the communications we direct to you. We offer
Customers the opportunity to "opt out" of having Personal
Information shared with parties outside of Barbara Smith and/or
its affiliated companies. If a Customer wishes to update
Personal Information or objects to any usage provided herein for
any reason, he/she may e-mail the requested change to:
info@barbarasmithaz.com.
What happens when you link to a third party site?
You should be aware that when you are on Barbara Smith's and/or
its affiliates' sites you could hyperlink or be directed to
other sites that are beyond our control and/or outside our
service. For example, if you "click" on a banner advertisement
or a the "click" may transfer you off the www.BarbaraSmithAZ.com
site. These other sites may include sites of advertisers,
sponsors and partners that may Barbara Smith's and/or its
affiliates' logo as part of a co-branding agreement. These other
sites may send their own cookies to Customers, collect data, or
solicit Information.
Barbara Smith and its affiliates do not control such sites, and,
therefore, are not responsible for their contents or the
hyperlinks or advertising they choose to place on such sites
Barbara Smith's and/or its affiliates' inclusion of hyperlinks
to these sites do not imply any endorsement of the material on
such sites or any association with their operators. Barbara
Smith's policy does not extend to anything that is inherent in
the operation of the Internet, which is Barbara Smith's and its
affiliates' control.
Please keep in mind that whenever you give out information
online (for example, via message boards or chat) that
information can be collected and used by people you don't know.
Barbara Smith and its affiliates strive to protect their
Customers' information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the
security of any information you disclose online, and you
disclose such information at your own risk.
Is my Information secure from others using the
www.BarbaraSmithAZ.com site?
The security of all information associated with our Customers is
an important concern to us. We exercise care in providing secure
transmission of your information from your computer to our
servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we
strive to protect your information, Barbara Smith and its
affiliates can't ensure or warrant the security of any
information you transmit to us or from our online products or
services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your
transmission, Barbara Smith uses industry standard efforts to
safeguard the confidentiality of your information, such as
firewalls. However, "perfect security" does not exist on the
Internet.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this site, you signify your agreement to Barbara
Smith's Privacy Policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY,
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE. Your continued use of Barbara
Smith's and/or its affiliates' sites following the posting of
changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
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