Privacy Policy

Information Collection and Use

Global Shopaholics is the sole owner of information collected on this site. We know that your privacy is very important to you. That's why protecting any personal information, such as your name, address, e-mail address or phone number that you provide to us is of the utmost importance to Global Shopaholics. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to any outside parties, except as outlined in this policy. We collect information from our customers to process orders/purchase requests and better serve you with pertinent information, such as order confirmations and order status updates. Information collected includes your name, shipping address, billing address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, and payment information such as your credit card number. Although we collect Payment information, we do not store this information on any of our servers. We also require you to submit a password of your choice for your future access to your account information. To safeguard that your password remains confidential, DO NOT share this information with anyone. If you elect to receive our newsletter or special promotions, your contact information will be used for the delivery of these items. We allow third-party companies to collect non-personally identifiable information when customers visit our site. These companies typically use a cookie or web beacon to collect this information in order to provide advertisements likely to be of interest to you. Our site does not respond to "Do Not Track" signals or mechanisms.

Information we may collect

We also may collect other types of information in the following ways when you visit our Site: • Our server logs automatically collect information, such as your IP address, your browser type and language, and the date and time of your visit, which helps us track users' movements around our site and understand trends. • We may assign your computer one or more cookies which may collect information to facilitate access to our website and to personalize your online experience. • Information that tracks your use of our website and enables us to customize our services.

When you register on Global Shopaholics.com, we collect and store your e-mail address, a password, and the other information that you provide. We may get additional information from or about you in other ways not specifically described here. For example, you might contact customer support or respond to a survey, or we might get a third-party complaint about you.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 on this site. If we were to do so, we would comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Registration

You can browse Global Shopaholics.com without revealing any personal information about yourself. We collect some information automatically from your computer while you browse our sites, such as where you go on Global Shopaholics.com and what you do there. In order to enable access to our services and process your orders/purchase requests placed on this website, you must first complete the registration form. During registration, you will be required to provide your contact information, which includes your name, e-mail address, telephone number and street address. This information is used to provide you with important Global Shopaholics services such as automated order status updates via e-mail.

Order

Most of the information collected in the registration process will be used to process orders. During the order process, you will have to provide financial information such as your credit card number, expiration date, wire transfer or check information. This information is used for billing purposes and to fulfill your order and is not stored statically on our servers. If we have trouble processing an order, we will use this contact information to get in touch with you. To properly process your credit card information, we must share your personal and financial information with the merchant bank for authorization and approval. This process is protected by an enhanced security system. We do not share your personal and financial information with any third parties, except those specified in the Sharing section of this policy.

Cookies

We customize certain Web page content based upon your browser type and other information provided by our cookie. If you choose to reject the cookie, you can still browse our store but will be unable to use the shopping cart to buy merchandise. The Global Shopaholics shopping cart cannot function without cookies enabled so that the necessary information to process your order is retained. If you disable cookies, Global Shopaholics will be unable to accept your online order. We will not share any personally identifiable information provided by this cookie with any third party. We will, however, link data stored in cookies to the personally identifiable information you submitted while on our site. This allows us to personalize your shopping experience and discern user preferences to evoke subconscious feelings of familiarity and assurance.

• Some of our business partners (e.g., advertisers) use cookies on our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies. • This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by Global Shopaholics only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Log Files

We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information, and we do not distribute or share IP information with any third parties.

Sharing

We may employ third party companies to perform functions on our behalf. These functions may include order fulfillment, package delivery, marketing assistance, postal and e-mail delivery, customer service, data analysis, and credit processing. The third parties we contract for these purposes have limited access to your personal information and may not use it for other purposes.

As our business continues to evolve, we may acquire or sell business units or subsidiaries. Customer information is one of the business assets that would be transferred in these types of transactions. In such a situation, your personally identifiable information would only be used in a manner consistent with our pre-existing Privacy Notice.

We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law, and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our website.

Testimonials

The testimonials section of the Global Shopaholics website is for the purpose of sharing positive experiences. The testimonials section is moderated to ensure accurate and positive testimonials. Published testimonials are genuine and are not edited or altered by Global Shopaholics. Global Shopaholics reserves the right to post or remove any testimonial at its discretion.

By posting your comment(s) or testimonial(s) ("Testimonial") on our website, you give us permission to reprint or use the Testimonial in connection with our business. You also are agreeing to the following: (1) The reprint or use of the Testimonial will be at our discretion and without compensation; (2) We may use the Testimonial with or without any pseudo (pen) name credit; (3) Our right to use the Testimonial is perpetual and may be assigned by us; (4) We may use the Testimonial locally, nationally or globally and such use may be made in any media, information or communication platform (including Internet advertising) currently in use or later developed; and (5) You and not someone else composed and posted the Testimonial.

Other than your pseudo (pen) name, which we may or may not use, your personal contact information will not be disclosed in connection with our reprint or use of your Testimonial.

Children

Global Shopaholics does not sell products for purchase by children. Youth-oriented products are sold for purchase by adults only. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use Global Shopaholics in the presence of a consenting parent or guardian. We will not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information via the Internet from children under the age of 13. Global Shopaholics is committed to protecting the welfare and privacy of children.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Global Shopaholics is 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 statement applies only to information collected by this website.

Security

Global Shopaholics takes precautions to protect its customers' information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. We will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited e-mail. Also, if you are using a computer that others have access to, such as one in a computer lab, Internet cafe or public library, always remember to log out and close your browser window when leaving our site.

When our registration/order form asks you to enter sensitive information (such as your credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected using SSL encryption software. To learn more about SSL, follow this link: www.verisign.com.

Please review your browser version to ensure it supports the latest secure protocols.

All Global Shopaholics servers, including web servers and database servers, are housed and maintained in secure locations. Access to the database is strictly monitored and protected from outside access. Internet access is restricted and protected by multiple firewalls and password protection. The servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secured environment If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or our information practices, please contact us by email or postal mail below:

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