At Abernook, we take issues of privacy seriously.
We want your experience shopping with us to be enjoyable
and hassle free.
During the order process or when creating an
account, we collect your name, address, phone number, email, credit card
numbers and other personal information.
This information is collected
to facilitate your purchase and is not shared with anyone other than the
companies that assist in processing of your order, such as banks and shipping
companies.
We use the email address and contact information you've
provided to send you updates about the status of any order you have
placed.
Your information will not be sold or provided to any other party.
With your permission, we may also use the information to
send you email or postal mail about special offers.
You can choose that we not contact you by selecting the appropriate
options in your on-line account or by notifying us in writing or by phone
at:
Abernook, LLC
Barrington, IL 60010
Phone:
Fax:
Security
We use all means at our disposal to safegard the
information you have provided using the latest technology.
Our website uses Secure Socket Layers (SSL) to encrypt information sent
between our servers and your browser.
SSL is the encryption method generally used by all on-line stores, banks and
other websites that require secure transactions.
Additionally, our servers are housed in a secure, access controlled location.
You'll know that you are using an SSL secured connection when you see a lock
(or other security symbol) on the bottom bar of your browser.
The Abernook.com website is designed to put the your browser in
“secure mode” only at times when you are accessing or entering personal
information such as your name, address or credit card information.
When you checkout or if you are an existing customer logging into your account,
the Abernook.com website forces your browser into secure mode.
Cookies and IP Addresses
A cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer to allow our web
server to indentify you and distinguish you from all the other users of our
store.
A session cookie is a temporary cookie that does not store any
permanant files or information on your computer and it is removed from
your computer's memory when you close your browser.
A permanant cookie stores small files of information on your computer that the
webserver can access from visit to visit to identify you.
Abernook.com does not store any personally identifiable information in either
session or permanant cookies.
Cookies we use are to distinguish you from other vistors to our
site.
We use cookies and ip addresses to track the usage patterns of our
visitors to improve the design of our website and the products we offer.
Once you leave our website, nothing else is tracked.
Updates
This is the most recent version of the Abernook.com privacy policy which may
change from time to time. This version of our policy replaces all previous
policies and applies to all information collected in th past. Any time our
policy changes, we will post it on our website. The privacy
policy was last updated 7/27/2005.