Privacy policy

2BWed Reception Superstore (hereafter referred to as “2BWed”) values the privacy of our customers. We undertake reasonable efforts to safeguard the privacy of our customers from unauthorized and/or malicious use. The following is a detailed explanation of our Privacy Policy with regard to the 2BWed website and our related services.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
We employ various methods for gathering information. First, our website uses "cookies", which are required to collect non-personally identifiable information about the visitors to our web site.

Personally identifiable information consists of information that is unique to you, such as credit card numbers, bank accounts, social security numbers, home address, email address and the like. This is the type of information that most people consider private and deem the most important to protect from unauthorized access.

Non-personally identifiable information most often consists of web surfing characteristics, such as your search preferences, and the number of times that you have visited a given website. These types of details are most often associated with a particular computer or IP address, but not with a particular person. "Cookies" are pieces of information generated by a web server and stored in the user's computer, ready for future access. Every time you visit our website, our site server locates the cookie on your computer. The information in the cookie is used by our server to individualize your visit on our site.

The following is a list of the non-personally identifiable information that we collect each time you visit our site:

• Your IP address, which is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer based on your geographical location, your computer, and your internet service provider.
• The type of browser and operating system used to access our site. For example, Netscape, Windows XP.
• The date and time that you access our site.
• The number of times that you have visited our site.
• The Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to our site. For example, Google.
• The pages that you visit on our site.

When you register as a customer on our site, the type of information that we generally collect includes personal information, such as your name, phone number, and email address. When you shop on our site, we also collect personal information, such as your billing address, shipping address, and credit card number. As a customer of 2BWed, you hereby acknowledge that certain personally identifiable information concerning you is collected and stored by 2BWed and viewed by employees of 2BWed when you register as a customer and/or purchase products on our website. The information that we collect is essential for us to properly fulfill the goods/services that you are requesting.

WHY DO WE COLLECT THIS INFORMATION?
We use this information in order to serve the needs of our customers. We need to know who you are in order to verify the credit card details that you have provided. We collect several pieces of personal information from you in order to conduct our verification process. In addition, the non-personal information that we collect from you is used for internal purposes to make your visit to our site more enjoyable. We may use the non-personal information we collect from our customers and other visitors in a compiled form in order to assist in our advertising and marketing efforts. We may also use your email address to notify you of new products, price changes, and discounts.

HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION PROTECTED?
We use the latest encryption technology, including 128-bit SSL encryption, in order to ensure that sensitive information that is sent by you to us via the Internet is protected from unauthorized interception and use. All information that is submitted to us by our customers is stored on a server, which requires authentication for access to customer data files. The server is housed in a secure environment that employs a variety of techniques to protect your information. We also use anti-virus protection software to guard against outside attacks on our networks. Additionally, we utilize a 3rd-party vulnerability screening process, performed by http://www.scanalert.com, which scans our site daily for pages that may be susceptible to unauthorized access. Furthermore, all employees that we hire must sign a confidentiality agreement that forbids them from disclosing any information to which the employee has access. When an employee is terminated or is no longer with the company, we change the access codes that the employee used to access customer accounts.

All information submitted by our customers by other means, such as mail, phone, or by facsimile, is stored in a secure area that requires a key for access. Only those employees who absolutely need access to the information in order to perform their job effectively are allowed access to our secure area.

WHO HAS ACCESS TO MY INFORMATION?
2BWed does not lease, license, sell, or share any of this information with anyone or any company except as mentioned in the preceding paragraphs or in the paragraphs below. In order to process your credit card we must consult with an outside credit card processing company. The processing company is regulated by the financial services industry (Visa, Mastercard, etc.) and must meet certain security requirements and hacker safe verification in order to be in business. The processing companies will have access to your credit card information, billing address, name, and possibly your telephone number. The processing company will communicate with the issuing bank of your credit card in order to get final approval to charge your credit card for the products that we are providing to you.

CAN I CORRECT OR REMOVE INFORMATION FROM YOUR SITE?
You always have the option of logging into your account and changing your account information, including your name, address, phone number, and email address. We do not store any of your credit card information on our website, so there is no need to make changes to a credit card number that you may have used when shopping with us in the past.

CAN I OPT OUT OF HAVING CERTAIN INFORMATION COLLECTED?
You have the option of disabling your computer's ability to accept or transmit cookies. This will prevent us from gathering certain non-personally identifiable information from your computer. If you choose to disable your computer from accepting cookies, please be aware that your Internet experience will likely change. You should consult with your Computer's User Manual before attempting to disable your computer’s ability to accept of transmit cookies, if you are not familiar with this process.
 
NOTICE OF CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. Should you have any questions about this privacy policy or if you would like to report a possible noncompliance issue of a current or past employee, or noncompliance issue on our site, please contact us at 703-914-5667.

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