Information Collection and
Use
A&A Optics, Inc. is
the sole owner of information collected on this site. 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 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. We also require you to submit a username and password
of your choice for your future access to your account information. To safeguard
that your user name and password remain 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.
Registration
In order to process your
orders 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 A & A
Optics 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. This information is used for billing
purposes and to fulfill your order. 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. See the Security section below for
more details on security measures and procedures. 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 A&A
Optics, Inc. shopping cart cannot function without cookies enabled so that the
necessary information to process your order is retained. If you disable
cookies, A & A Optics will be unable to accept your online
order. We will not share any personally identifiable information provided by
this cookie with any third party.
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.
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UPS Corporate
Headquarters 55 Glenlake Parkway, NE Atlanta , GA 30328 United States |
US Postal Service
Headquarters 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington DC 1-800-ASK-USPS |
FedEx Corporation 942 South Shady Grove
Road Memphis, TN 38120 1-800-GO-FEDEX |
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 Web
site.
Testimonials
The testimonials section
of the A&A Optics, Inc. 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 A&A Optics, Inc.. A&A Optics, Inc.
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
A&A Optics, Inc.
does not sell products for purchase by children. If you are under the age of
18, you may only use A&A Optics, Inc. 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. A &
A Optics is committed to protecting the welfare and privacy of children.
Links
This website contains
links to other sites. Please be aware that A & A Optics 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
A&A Optics,
Inc. takes precautions to protect its customers' information. When you submit
sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both
online and offline.
When our
registration/order form asks you to enter sensitive information (such as your
credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the
best encryption software currently available in the industry - SSL. A&A
Optics, Inc. uses the most advanced form of SSL software available: 128-bit
encryption by Authorize.Net.
Access to all of our
users' information is restricted. A & A Optics operates in a
secured and locked facility that requires all employees to check in. Security
cameras are positioned throughout the building in conjunction with multiple
alarm systems. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific
job are granted access to personally identifiable information. Your financial
information is removed upon completion of your order.
All A&A Optics,
Inc. 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 Checkpoint and Cisco firewalls and password protection.
All employees are kept
up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, in addition to
any time a new policy is added, A & A Optics employees are
notified and/or reminded about the importance we of privacy and what they can do
to ensure that customers' information remains protected at all times.
Special Offers
Our special offers are
sent only to customers who grant A & A Optics permission to
send them such information.
To honor the privacy of
our users, we offer the option to not receive these types of communications. At
the time of your order, you may opt to not receive special offers and news by
clicking the appropriate field. Furthermore, all special offers are sent via
e-mail and include an opt-out link if you no longer wish to receive special
offers and news. Customers might still receive intermittent updates on
products, services, specials or A & A Optics news. Please
reference the Choice/Opt-out section below for further details on how to be
removed from our mailing list should you choose to be removed.
Correction/Updating/Reviewing
Personal Information
Customers may change or
review their stored account information such as street address or e-mail
address through our website by visiting our Help section. You must have your
username and password in order to access your account. In the event you forget
both your username and password, please contact our customer service department
for assistance.
Choice/Opt-out
For customers who wish
to opt-out and stop receiving A&A Optics, Inc. special offers and
related news, A & A Optics provides several ways to do so..
You, may use the link provided in all A & A Optics
communications to automatically unsubscribe.
Notification of Changes
If we decide to change
our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the
homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what
information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we
disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time,
so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this policy, we
will notify you here, by email, or by means of a notice on our homepage.
Last Update
The Privacy Policy
contained herein became officially effective August 1, 2016.