Privacy Policy

In General

We collect the following information from you by your voluntary submission:

• Name
• Email address
• Physical and mailing address
• Telephone and facsimile numbers
• Credit card information
• Other information about your preferences and opinions

Your submission of credit card and related information to us in connection with purchases authorizes us to disclose such information to consumer reporting agencies and other financial institutions for the sole purpose of verifying your credit availability for such purchases.

In addition, we collect the following information from you through the use of "cookies" and other electronic means including:

• IP address
• Information about the pages you visit while logged on our Internet site
• Information about purchases made on our Internet site
• Information about your other transactions with us
• Information about other Internet sites you visit
• Information from consumer reporting agencies and financial institutions regarding availability of credit for purchases
• Information automatically stored by your browser

A "cookie" is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. In most instances, you can refuse cookies by turning them off in your computer's browser. The cookies we use are temporary and expire upon the closing of your internet browser software after visits to our site.

We use the information collected for the purposes of completing sales of merchandise and services to you, to customize the content of our Internet site, to improve our services and products offered, to contact you, to inform you of our promotions and offers, and to conduct internal research. We do not provide this information to third parties except as permitted by law and solely utilize the information for internal purposes related to the operation and business of Mary Jo's Cloth Store.

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time as our policies and the content of this Internet site change. Any such modifications will be effective immediately upon publishing on our Internet site.

Use and Security

We limit access to the information collected from you to employees who need to know such information in connection with their jobs. We have physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with Federal requirements and regulations regarding personal information. We will only transmit or request financial information over secure internet connections, using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, the currently accepted standard for online security, and security keys. Individual financial information is downloaded from our servers on a regular basis, maintained separately and access is limited to individuals who may only use such information in connection with processing your orders. Some personal information (preferences, name, etc.) shall be maintained on the servers in order to facilitate and enhance your use of our internet site.

Even with the best safeguards, however, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be absolutely secure. As a result, while we attempt to protect the information we collect, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information provided to us. We cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to your information.

Children

We do not intend to collect information from any person under 18 years of age. Parents should not allow children to provide any such information. If we determine that a child has provided information in violation of this policy, we will delete that information as soon as practicable. If any parent or guardian becomes aware that any child has provided information, please contact us so we can delete that information.

Consent

By using our Internet site, you consent to the terms of our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and to our processing of any personal information provided by you for the purposes described above.