At Capital Styles, we will always respect
the privacy rights of everyone who comes to our website-- whether they are
customers or passing visitors. We have created many policies and
procedures so that your privacy rights (stated below) will never be
violated.
What are the
conditions of electronic communication with Capital Styles?
Electronic communication with Capital
Styles encompasses two categories: sending us an email and visiting our
website. Sending an email to Capital Styles signifies your consent to
receive electronic communications from us in response. We may
communicate with you through email or by posting information on our
website; you agree that all communications that Capital Styles
electronically provides to you satisfy any legal requirement that such
communication be in writing. All communications with Capital Styles are
the property of Capital Styles.
What information does
Capital Styles collect?
We collect and store your personal
information in order to make our service the best it can be. We collect
and store this information when you: (1) create an account at Capital
Styles, or (2) sign up with Club Capital to receive information
regarding special discounts and exclusive offers. We create an account
for you if it is your first time: (1) making a purchase on Capital
styles, or (2) registering for an account on Capital Styles. Certain
sweepstakes also require that you create an account. To create your
account, we must ask you for your first and last name, your email
address, a password, and some other optional information. To make a
purchase, you must also supply your billing address, shipping address,
and credit card information (or other payment information).
Additionally, our system may gather information about the specific
Capital Styles pages that you visit and/or about the IP address you use
to connect to our website. This data may be used internally, for only
the following reasons: (1) to personalize your experience on
CapitalStyles.com, and (2) to prevent fraud related to your account. We
will not share any of this data on an individual basis with any outside
company other than consultants or service providers of Capital Styles
(our consultants and service providers help us to serve you better). If
we do share any of your information with a consultant or service
provider, we required that the party agrees to protect your information
with a privacy policy at least as rigid as our own. Your navigational
information may be used both on a collective basis and on an individual
basis; this information allows us to understand how our visitors use our
website and helps us improve the site. Capital Styles does not keep
track of any other websites that you visit.
What does Capital
Styles do with my personal information?
We require your personal information so
that we can process your orders. Additionally, we may use it to
personalize your shopping experience on Capital Styles. Overall, we use
your information for internal purposes and to comply with legal
requirements. When we store your personal information on our secure
server, we can shorten your checkout process and allow you to check your
order status online.
Does Capital Styles
share any information it collects with outside parties?
We will not share any of your information
on an individual basis with any outside company other than consultants
or service providers of Capital Styles (our consultants and service
providers help us to serve you better). If we do share any of your
information with a consultant or service provider, we required that the
party agrees to protect your information with a privacy policy at least
as rigid as our own.
How does Capital
Styles safeguard my personal information?
Capital Styles has many ways of keeping
your personal information safe. We store your information behind secured
networks. Furthermore, your information is accessible by only a handful
of employees, each of which has special access rights. Our secure server
handles any orders that you place and gives you access to your
information. We transmit all sensitive/credit information through Secure
Socket Layer (SSL) technology; we store this information in the secure
Capital Styles database.
Does Capital Styles
offer a way to update or remove personal information?
Yes. First, log into your account by
clicking the “My Account” link at the top of any page. Logging into your
account will enable you to modify your personal information. And, as
always, we keep all of your account information secure-- only you and a
very limited number of Capital Styles employees can access it.
How does Capital
Styles use my email address?
We use your email address to create your
Capital Styles account; furthermore, you must enter your email address
to log into your account. We also use your email address to communicate
with you regarding orders that you place and to send you the results of
contests that you may have entered. We may send you emails about
important functionality changes on our website, new services, and
special offers and promotions. If you do not wish to receive this
information, log into your account and click on the “Subscribe or
unsubscribe from newsletters” link. To stop receiving these informatory
emails, uncheck the box (alternately, you can check the box if you don't
receive them but want to). Another way to complete this process is to
click on the “Unsubscribe” link that appears at the bottom of any
Capital Styles email.
Note: Since processing your request may take several business days, you
may still receive emails from us during the processing time. Thank you
for your understanding.
Does Capital Styles
use “cookies”?
When you visit a website, it sends your
computer small bits of information called “cookies”; your Internet
browser can save these cookies onto your computer's hard drive. The
purpose of a cookie is to store information that the website can use to
personalize your experience and to compile statistical data. Capital
Styles gathers the following data: which of our webpages you visit,
which websites you visit immediately before entering and after leaving
our website, your Internet provider's domain name, and the country you
come from. We do not associate any of this information with you as an
individual; in other words, we collect information anonymously and
collectively. With the information we receive from cookies, we can trace
your navigation on our website. We do not collect your email address or
other private, personal information.
Today's Internet browsers make it easy for you to edit your cookie
preferences. If you would like your browser to reject cookies or to
notify you when a cookie is established, consult your browser's “Help”
menu. If you instruct your browser to reject all cookies, you will still
be able to use most of the features on CapitalStyles.com.
Your Consent
You acknowledge that this privacy policy
is included in the Capital Styles terms of service. You also agree that
when you use CapitalStyles.com, you assent to CapitalStyles's privacy
policy. Capital Styles reserves the right to change our terms of
service, including this privacy policy: we may make changes at any time,
without advanced notice. In the event that we have changed our privacy
policy, we will post the new policy on this page. Updating our policy
ensures that you can always learn about what information we collect, how
we use it, and when we might we disclose it.
Tell Us What You Think
Please
contact
us if you have any questions or comments about the Capital Styles
privacy policy.
Your Capital Styles
Password
Your personal information-- which
includes data regarding your account and your orders-- is accessible
only through your password. If you write your password down, make sure
to keep it in a safe, private place. For security purposes, do not share
your password with anyone. Since we understand that customers sometimes
lose their passwords, we have created a system for sending you a
temporary password, which the customer will be able to use to regain
access to their account. If you would like us to email you a temporary
password, please navigate to the Log In page and click on the “Password
Forgotten?” link. When we send out that email, we will remove access to
all credit cards on your account. This measure ensures that your
personal information remains secure.
How to Create a Secure
Password
Whether you're shopping with Capital
Styles or any other online company, security and privacy of the utmost
importance. Although a website has a significant role in securing the
information of its customers, the customer must also take certain
measures. Creating a secure password is one of the most effective ways
for you to keep your information safe.
The first step to creating a secure
password is knowing that you should never select a word found in the
dictionary. Using a dictionary word makes it easy for hackers to
discover your password: a common hacking technique is a dictionary
attack, which involves going through every word in the dictionary in an
attempt to match your password to one of those words. You should also
take care not to create a password that is obvious. An obvious password
includes anything that refers to the following: your name, the names of
your friends, family members, or pets, your home address, your car, your
hobbies, television shows, celebrities, and literary characters. You
should also refrain from using dates-- including birthdays, months of
the year, and days of the week-- in your password.
A secure password incorporates a variety
of symbols, including letters, numbers, and/or special characters
(@,#,$, etc.). Some of the letters should be upper-case and others
should be lower-case. A creative way to increase your password's
security is to replace some letters with numbers (e.g. replace the
letter “I” with the number “1”). Another effective technique is to use a
foreign word in your password.
If you write your password down, you
should store it in a place where no one will find it. Specifically,
never store your written password around your computer desk. Finally,
frequently changing your password is a very effective and easy way to
keep your personal information secure. Ideally, you should change your
password about once a week. The reason that you should change your
password is that if someone else knows your password, they may wait
awhile before they do anything malicious to your information. If you
don't change your password regularly, that person may be logging into
your account without you even knowing it.