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PamperedKitchenChefAid Site (“PKCA”) Online Privacy Policy
(Last updated May 8, 2006)
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PKCA has established this Privacy Policy to explain how it protects and
manages the personal information that it collects from
you (the customer) online.
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1. Consent for Collection, Use and Disclosure
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Your use of the PKCA and/or your registration for PKCA products and
services constitute your consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not
use the PKCA site.
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PKCA may occasionally update this Privacy Policy. When it does, PKCA
will also revise the “last update” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
In addition, PKCA will seek a customer’s prior consent, by email, for
any new uses or proposed disclosures of information collected from the
customer prior to the change. PKCA will notify customers by email of
changes to this policy that will affect information collected from them
in the future. In certain circumstances, however, PKCA will not inform
and obtain the consent of the customer, such as in connection with an
investigation of a breach of an agreement, contravention of laws, an
emergency where the life, health or security of an individual is
threatened, the collection of a debt or in compliance with the request
of a law enforcement agency or a court order.
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A customer may withdraw his or her consent for collection, use and
disclosure at any time by sending an email to
unsubscribe@giftsonic.com.
Please note that, if you do, PKCA may suspend its provision of products
and services to you. When you unsubscribe, if you fall within the
guarantee period for any PKCA product and you request a refund, the
guarantee will be honored.
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2. Accountability
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PKCA collects, at the time of your registration and your sign-on to its
web site, certain “personal information” (information that personally
identifies you) including but not limited to your name, email address,
home or work address, telephone number, and information about your
computer hardware and software (e.g., IP address, operating system,
browser type, domain name, URL, access times, and referring web site
addresses).
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PKCA has implemented this Privacy Policy to protect personal information
received from its customers, and to respond to any inquiries. The
Privacy Policy also provides that PKCA will use appropriate contractual
means to establish a comparable level of protection for personal
information which is sent for processing by third parties on PKCA’s behalf.
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PKCA has designated responsibility for your personal information to its
Privacy Officer, who ensures compliance with the principles in this Privacy
Policy. Other PKCA individuals may be delegated to act on behalf of the
Privacy Officer. You can contact PKCA's Privacy Offer by sending an
email to
privacydept@giftsonic.com.
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3. Purposes for Collecting Personal Information
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PKCA collects and uses personal information for the following Identified
Purposes:
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(a) to understand customer needs regarding PKCA’s services;
(b) to develop and provide our web site and our products and services
for our customers;
(c) to fulfill your requests for products, services or information;
(d) to communicate with customers and site visitors, when necessary, and
to inform customers of upgrades, as well as of other products and services
available from PKCA, its affiliates and third parties;
(e) to allow customers to access limited-entry areas of PKCA’s site;
(f) to personalize some of our services and products for you and to deliver
targeted advertisements and offers from PKCA and third parties;
(g) to bill accounts and maintain payment records;
(h) to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or
government request;
(i) to respond to a legitimate claim, or to address our reasonable belief,
that you are violating the rights of any third party or any of the
agreements or policies that govern your use of the PKCA site or any PKCA
product or service;
(j) to protect the services, products or rights of PKCA, including but not
limited to the security or integrity of the PKCA site; and
(k) to identify and resolve technical problems concerning PKCA’s site, products
and services.
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PKCA also uses personal information in an aggregate form (i.e., not
individually attributable to you) for its business analysis, operational,
marketing and other promotional purposes.
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If we hire other companies to provide some products or services on our
behalf, then we will only provide those companies the personal information
they need for the Identified Purposes, and we will limit their rights to
use and further disclose your personal information as appropriate in the
course of their work for us.
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4. Limiting the Collection of Personal Information
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PKCA limits its collection of personal information to only that information
which is necessary for the Identified Purposes. PKCA does not direct its
site to, nor does it knowingly collect any personal information from
children under the age of thirteen.
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When you visit the PKCA web site, a cookie may be placed on your computer
or the cookie may be read if you have visited the PKCA site previously.
PKCA uses cookies to allow PKCA to determine which products and services
you have already purchased so that PKCA does not provide redundant
information to you, and, if you are an PKCA affiliate, to track PKCA
sales made to customers referred by you so that you can receive
compensation under our affiliate program. If you choose to not have
your browser accept cookies from the PKCA web site, you may not be
able to view all the text on the screens, or to experience a
personalised visit, or to subscribe to certain service and product
offerings on the PKCA site.
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5. Disclosure, Processing and Retention
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PKCA does not sell, rent or disclose your personal information to
anyone else, except:
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(a) to someone you have designated to act as your agent, for one
or more of the Identified Purposes (listed in Section 2, above);
(b) to PKCA’s employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries,
affiliates, consultants, business associates, service providers,
suppliers and agents, acting on PKCA’s behalf for any of the
Identified Purposes;
(c) as necessary if PKCA has reason to believe that disclosure is
necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either
intentionally or unintentionally) with PKCA’s rights or property,
other users of PKCA’s web site, products or services, or anyone
else that could be harmed by such activities; and
(d) to respond to judicial process and provide information to
law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation
on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or
otherwise as required by law.
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In addition, as we continue to develop our business, we or our
affiliates may sell or buy other businesses or entities, or we
may merge with another company. In such transactions, personal
information may be one of the transferred business assets. Also,
in the event that PKCA or substantially all of its assets are
acquired, your personal information may be one of the transferred assets.
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Your information may be stored and processed in the United States,
or in any other country in which PKCA or its affiliates, subsidiaries
or agents maintain facilities. By using this web site, you consent
to any such transfer of information outside of your country.
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After your account becomes inactive (that is, if you request to
be removed from our database), PKCA will keep your personal
information in its archives. Your information will then be
used only as necessary for tax reasons or to prove PKCA’s
compliance with any applicable law.
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6. Accuracy of Personal Information
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PKCA will use reasonable efforts to keep customer personal
information accurate for the Identified Purposes, and for
minimizing the possibility of making inappropriate customer
decisions based on such information. Customers are
responsible for informing PKCA about changes to their
personal information. You can do this by sending an email to
privacydept@giftsonic.com.
PKCA will use new or updated personal information it receives from
customers to update its own records.
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7. Security Safeguards
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PKCA will use reasonable efforts to protect customers’
personal information.
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8. Access to Personal Information
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PKCA will afford you a reasonable opportunity to review
the personal information in your file, if you so
request by writing to:
GiftSonic Company - PKCA
382 N. Lemon Ave. #122
Walnut, CA 91789
... or upon request to
privacydept@giftsonic.com.
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If PKCA is not able to provide access to some aspect of a
customer’s personal information, it will provide reasons
for denying access such as; that by doing so would likely
reveal personal information about a third party, or that
it is confidential commercial information or attorney–client
privileged communications, or that the information relates
to a breach of an agreement or a contravention of law, or
that its disclosure could reasonably be expected to threaten
the life or security of another individual.
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Customers have the right to request that inaccurate or
incomplete information be amended as appropriate, by
contacting PKCA or the Privacy Officer as described above.
PKCA will promptly correct such personal information.
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