Privacy Policy

Information Collection and Use by Sun Diego

Store/Ecommerce:

When you order, we need to know your name, e-mail address, billing address, shipping address, credit card number, and expiration date. This allows us to process and fulfill your order and to notify you of your order's status. When you enter a contest or other promotional feature, we may ask for your name, address, and e-mail address so we can administer the contest and notify winners. In addition, we may ask that you fill out a survey to assist us in getting to know our customers so that we may better serve you. We monitor customer traffic patterns and site usage to help us develop the design and layout of the site. If you arrived at our web site via a link from another page, we may receive aggregate or otherwise anonymous statistical information about your visit to our site. We treat this information with the same care as we treat other information that you entrust to us, and it is fully protected by our privacy policy.

Sun Diego collects user submitted information such as name, email address, and age to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the Sun Diego service. Sun Diego also collects other profile data including but not limited to: personal interests, gender, age, education and occupation in order to assist users in finding and communicating with each other.

Community

Sun Diego also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website services. This non-personally identifiable information may be shared with third parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes.

User Profile information including members' pictures and first names are displayed to people in order to facilitate user interaction in the Sun Diego social networking community. Email addresses are used for the purposes of inviting new friends to join Sun Diego, to add users to members' friends' networks, and to send notifications related to the service. With the exception of inviting friends, adding friends, and notifications, a user's email address is not shared or displayed to people within a user's personal network Users within a personal network communicate on Sun Diego with each other through the Sun Diego service, without disclosing their email addresses. Users' full names are never directly revealed to other members. To facilitate searching and finding friends and acquaintances on the service, Sun Diego allows users to search for other members using first and last name and email address.

We may also use a user's email address to send updates, a newsletter or news regarding the service. Users may choose not to receive email of this type by changing their "notification" setting to "Do not send me notification emails" in the user "Account Settings".

From time to time, Sun Diego or a partner may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on Sun Diego. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.

Use of Cookies

Sun Diego uses cookies to store visitors' preferences and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that visitors are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set -- each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences -- however, you must enable cookies from Sun Diego in order to use most functions on the site Please note that Sun Diego allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the Sun Diego Privacy Policy.

Correcting/Updating or Removing Information

Sun Diego users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as Edit Profile and Account Info.

Email Choice/Opt-out

Members who no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me notification emails' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. Users who do not wish to receive Sun Diego newsletters may choose not to by selecting 'Do not send me Sun Diego newsletters' in the user profile 'Account Settings'. All notification emails and Sun Diego newsletters also include the above instructions for opting-out of those communications in the future.

Third Party Advertising

Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by Sun Diego or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Sun Diego and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Sharing and Disclosure of Information Sun Diego Collects

Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Sun Diego will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by Sun Diego, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the Sun Diego Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. Sun Diego reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of Sun Diego or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.

Changes in Our Privacy Policy

From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Web site for 30 days.

Security

Store/Ecommerce:

When you place orders or access your account information, the communication between you and Sun Diego is protected by a security mechanism known as Secure Sockets Layer. Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communication, the server software encrypts all information that is sent and received between you and Sun Diego. This makes is nearly impossible for your personal information to be intercepted by an unauthorized individual. It's easy to tell when you have established a secure connection. Your browser with display a small locked padlock in the bottom corner. The presence of the locked padlock is your signal that your connection with Sun Diego has been secured. All of the customer information collected by Sun Diego’s web site is protected against unauthorized access. Sun Diego implements a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of employees who have special access rights to such systems. Please be aware, however, that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Sun Diego cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems. Please note: Due to the number of orders received please allow 8-10 business days for delivery. Please note that as per our shipping policy, any order with a PO Box shipping address will be canceled. Currently shipping U.S. orders only.

Community

Sun Diego member accounts are secured by member-created passwords Sun Diego takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private. We use reasonable measures to protect member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time.

Safe Shopping Guarantee

Secure Technology

The security of the information regarding your order is very important to us. We use the 128-bit Secure Socket Layer protocol to protect the security of your online order information. You can be assured that all sensitive information will be handled with the utmost discretion and security. SSL technology encrypts your order information to protect it from being decoded by anyone other than OM Matters/shop.

Secure Mode

Once you enter the checkout page your computer will begin communicating with our server in secure mode. You can tell that you are in secure mode by the following:

The "http" in the web address will be replaced by "https"

When you enter secure mode, you will see a padlock in the lower right section of the browser window (*Internet Explorer Shown Here).

Browser Information

Only browsers that use the 128-bit Secure Socket Layer protocol are able to order through the OM Matters website. If your browser does not support SSL.