Jean Puttock Embroideries and Designs. (Embroideries.com.au) Privacy Policy

This privacy statement discloses the privacy practices for Jean Puttock Embroideries and Designs (www.embroideries.com.au),
a web site maintained by Puttock International Pty. Ltd.

If you feel that this company is not abiding by its posted privacy policy, you should contact us through our Contact Form

Information Collection and Use
Puttock International Pty. Ltd. is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Puttock International Pty. Ltd. collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

Users Accounts
In order to receive updates on this website, a user must first complete the user account request Form. During submission a user is required to give their contact information (such as name and email address, shipping address etc.) for this purpose and also for  purchases. This information is used to contact the user about the status of your purchases from our site, send purchased items etc.

Cookies and sessions
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.

Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.

Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we (Puttock International Pty. Ltd.) are 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 web site that collects personally identifiable information.
This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Newsletter
If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address.

Tell-A-Friend
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friends name and email address. Puttock International Pty. Ltd. will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. Puttock International Pty. Ltd. stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact Puttock International Pty. Ltd. through our Contact Form to request the removal of this information from the database.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

We do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users? information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure your information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.

If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can contact us through our Contact Form

Confirmation Email
We send all new users a confirmation email to inform them of acceptance to the site. Unless you sign up for the newsletter, or make purchases, we will not normally contact you via email.

Correction/Updating Personal Information:
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your address etc.), please update via the your account page.

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter from may opt-out of receiving these communications by removing yourself from the newsletter/updates options on your account page.

Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.