Our Commitment to Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
Our Commitment to Data Security
The Living Meridian Chart Store seeks to take all reasonable security measures to safeguard against risks of loss, unauthorised access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure to or of any personal information you have disclosed to us.
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Once we receive your transmission, we take all reasonable steps to ensure its security.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
Our Commitment to Children's Privacy
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, we never collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
The Information We Collect
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the The Living Meridian Chart Store website. On some pages, you can order products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The types of information we may collect include your name, address details (including billing, delivery and email), age, and gender.
On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient's address. In this circumstance, the types of information we may collect include that person's name, address details.
Where applicable, any credit card details submitted to us will not be kept, recorded or passed on to any third parties other than for the transaction it is intended for.
In order to improve our services to you, we ask some of our customers and visitors to our site to voluntarily complete questionnaires. If you do not wish to answer one of our questionnaires, simply decline when asked.
You will be informed as to why we need your information at the time it is collected from you.
Your personal details may also be used to send further update newsletters and information about our and/or third party goods and services, but only where we understand that you are happy to do so. Please note that you can elect not to receive these newsletters and information at any time (see "Contacting Us" below).
Cookies
Cookies are small text files which web sites transfer to your computer to help customise future visits you make to those sites. The cookies used by The Living Meridian Chart Store do not record any confidential or personal information, but we may use cookies to personalise or enhance your return visits to our site.
If you do not wish to accept cookies, please set the options in your web browser accordingly. It must be noted though, that if cookies are not enabled on your browser, then the site may not function as designed
The Way We Use Information
We use the information you provide about yourself when placing an order only to complete that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We use the information you provide about someone else when placing an order only to ship the product and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
We offer gift-cards by which you can personalize a product you order for another person. Information you provide to us to create a gift-card is only used for that purpose, and it is only disclosed to the person receiving the gift.
We use return email addresses to answer the email we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties.
You can register with our website if you would like to receive our catalog as well as updates on our new products and services. Information you submit on our website will not be used for this purpose unless you fill out the registration form.
We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our website and to share with affiliates. For example, we may tell an affiliate that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.
Finally, we never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Who has access to information?
Your personal information will be used to provide any goods or services you have requested.
We may also pass on information collected from you to the company which hosts the The Living Meridian Chart Store site for the purposes of carrying out its hosting services (including verifying Your registration details).
We may disclose personal information to appropriate law enforcement agencies if we suspect that someone is violating The Living Meridian Chart Store's terms and conditions, or that someone is causing intentional or unintentional injury or interference with The Living Meridian Chart Store's rights or property.
We may also disclose or access personal information where we believe in good faith that it is required by law.
Linked Sites
Our site may contain links to other sites. If you are in doubt as to whether a link is to The Living Meridian Chart Store site please check the address displayed on your browser bar. If it does not commence with http://store.thefifthelement.com.au, then you are no longer connected to our site.
Other sites accessible through our web site have their own privacy policies and data collection practices. We cannot accept responsibility for any information you may divulge to non-The Living Meridian Chart Store sites.
How You can Access or Correct Your Information
You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by logging in and clicking on "My Account" in the menu at the top of the screen. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information.
How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send us an email at store@thefifthelment.com.au.
Last Updated: 1 Oct 2006
