Thank you for visiting the Grim Graphix site. We are committed to protecting your privacy. The purpose of this privacy policy is to make you aware of the personal information that we collect and the purposes for its collection. Please read this privacy policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. This policy applies to the information collected by grimgraphix.com. By using our site you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Collection of Your Personal Information
In some instances we may ask for personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. If you choose to make a purchase, we will ask for additional information, such as your credit card number and billing address, which is then used to charge your account for your purchase.
In the event that you sign up for an account with our site or otherwise register and provide your information, your information will be used to contact you via our mailing list and provide information regarding updates to the website as well as to items for sale.
1. Personal Information We Collect Provided By You
Credit Card Information
If you decide to make a purchase from us, we will need your personal information and authorization to obtain credit from your provider. We will likely need the following information: name, mailing address, email address, credit card number, home phone number, and other personal information.
In the event that you use some other form of payment, such as PayPal, we will collect only enough information necessary to charge your account for your purchase. Charging to your PayPal account will involve a similar collection of information as that of a credit card purchase.
In order to protect your information, we do not keep your credit card information at any time. Your credit card information is only used at the time that you input the information in order to make a purchase from our site and is not retained by us.
Email Information
When you communicate with us via email, we may retain your messages along with your email address and our responses. By doing so, we ensure that we are promptly responding to concerns and questions by you. This electronic communication is also protected and not shared with any outside party.
2. Web Site Use Information
Our site may use “cookies” and logs from web servers to obtain information about how our site is used. The information is gathered aggregately and may include when and for how long you visited, what pages you viewed, the time spent at a site, and other sites you have visited.
Use of Your Personal Information
Grim Graphix collects and uses your personal information to operate and improve its site. These uses may include making you aware of new products, keeping a database of our visitors, and providing customer service.
The primary use of our collection of personal information will be to communicate with you. At times, we may use the information that we collect to inform you of changes to the site or other pertinent information. In the event that you would not like to receive e-mails with this information, you may select to opt out of further e-mails.
We do not collect personally identifiable information about you on this site without your knowledge, and all such information is collected directly from you. At no point will your information be communicated to other sites or individuals and will never be sold to marketing research companies.
In the event that you would like to review or request changes to any of your personal information that may be collected through our site, you may contact us at the following e-mail address: info@grimgraphix.com and we will then provide you with or make changes to your personal information.
Some information may automatically be collected as you browse our site. This information includes the domain name of the service providing the Internet access, the Internet Protocol (IP) address used to connect to the Internet, your browser type and version, operating system and platform, the average time spent on our site, pages viewed, information searched for, access times and other relevant statistics. Our site also uses cookies. This type of data is used only to measure the use of our site and to continuously work to improve our site and products.
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a web site. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user's web browser on the user's hard drive. Cookies can remember what information a user accesses on one web page to simplify subsequent interactions with that web site by the same user or to use the information to streamline the user's transactions on related web pages. This makes it easier for a user to move from web page to web page and to complete commercial transactions over the internet. Cookies should make your online experience easier and more personalized.
How We Use Information Collected from Cookies
Cookies are used to gather information about our visitors’ browsing activities. This information is used to make our web site easier to use and to better serve your needs. This information helps use to make our website the most user-friendly that we can.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
Encryption software is used to protect the personal information we collect from you from improper access or disclosure. We recognize how important your information is and are determined to protect it.
However, although every effort is made to prevent the accidental loss of information, there are some risks associated with the transmission and maintenance of information via the Internet. In the rare event that your information is lost, we assume no liability for the loss of that information.
Legally Compelled Disclosure of Information
We may disclose information when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights.
Sites Linked To or From Our Web Site
Other sites linked from our web site are not covered under our privacy policy. We are not responsible for the content or practices employed by any website linked-to from our web site. Links to other sites are provided only for your convenience and to point you to information that you may find relevant or entertaining. Your interaction with any other site that is linked to or links to our site is subject only to that particular web site’s rules and policies. Please read those rules and policies before proceeding.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
Grim Graphix reserves the right to change our privacy policy as necessary to reflect new issues that have arisen as well as changes to our website. We encourage you to periodically review this policy to remain informed of our practices and aware of any changes.
Effective Date
This privacy policy is effective as of July 4, 2010.
