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march 20, 2009

buyingstilts.com

Private Policy

Thank you for visiting us at www.buyingstilts.com. Because we want our site to be your premiere online source for all of your stilt-shopping needs, you can rest assured that your customer experience, as well as your privacy, is of primary importance to us — and we’ve taken the necessary precautions to make sure our web site is secure utilizing the most current technologies so that your personal information (and ours) is safeguarded.

Our Privacy Policy Regarding Your Personal Information

In using our web site, kindly take note that we may use personal information you supply to us, to process your order (information such as your name, address, telephone number, etc.) or to contact you with respect to your order and our products. Subject to our privacy policy, we do not and will not sell, barter, or give away this information to any third parties without your prior authorization. As mentioned previously, we do collect personal-identifying information from you. We may use this information in processing your order, but also to contact you regarding our registration procedure, to reach out to you with respect to a change in our Terms of Service or Privacy Policy, or regarding products and services that we believe may be of interest to you or with respect to other matters. We may also utilize this information to process monetary transactions, assist you, or process other services which you may have opted into, and only those third parties, (including any company with which we may acquire, merge with or partner) who assist us in these matters may access your information to fulfill our obligations to you. All data we collect from you is utilized as allowed by law, and may be disclosed as a result of a court order, when we may be required to do so by law, or as part of a collections process and/or in response to a law enforcement request. In these particular instances, you may not be notified that your information has been disclosed.

Please note that any personal information that you post voluntarily to chat rooms, message boards, and the like, can be viewed publicly and utilized by third parties. The regulation of information posted in this manner is beyond our control, and may result in you receiving spam or advertisements from other parties without your prior consent or our knowledge. Thus, this particular instance is outside the jurisdiction of our web site and this privacy policy.

Our Methods for Gathering User Information

There are various methods through which we gather and collect information on our users. This may happen when you are asked to enter your information in order to access various pages of the site, or when you are asked to opt into services, such as newsletters or through other areas that are for entertainment purposes, such as chat rooms, sweepstakes, contests, message boards, and other interactive elements on the site.

This information is electronically gathered via various online tools which are utilized by most sites to monitor site usage and to gather important information on what our users are interested in. These tools are not outwardly apparent to the everyday user. One such example is cookie technology, which allows us to recognize you and to retain information about your visit to our site. A cookie may also store other personal identifying information about you, such as your User ID and password, to make it easier for you to log in the next time. It may also trigger the appearance of certain ads. If you are uncomfortable with cookie technology, you may set your browser to refuse cookies. If this is done, however, you may be unable to customize the site to your liking or to access certain features or pages, which require cookies to function smoothly.

Uses for Non-Identifying Information that We Collect

We also collect data that is non-identifying, to analyze visiting patterns to our site which we would use to make improvements to our site and products. This collected non-identifying data (which does not contain your name or other specific information connected to your individual person) may be shared with other parties with which we do business, such as advertisers or other types of business associates.

Third Parties and Their Privacy Policies

In working with our business partners and advertisers, we expect them to respect our clients’ privacy. Do note, however, that the privacy policies of companies differ from one to the next,

and that each has their own privacy policy and data collection policies/practices. You may, for example, link to content (such as an offer) that sits on our site, but is actually provided by a third party provider. Our web site is not responsible for the actions of these other providers, so you should take the time to check out their privacy policies before providing your personal information to them.

Additionally, third party providers who advertise (or provide offers or services) on our site, may use cookie (or other related) technology as previously discussed, to track your preferences, interests, and whether you have viewed some of their advertising while on the site. We are not responsible for any technology that is utilized by such third parties, the information that they cull, nor the actions taken by third parties with such information.

Access by Minors

Please note that our web site does not knowingly gather nor solicit personal identifying information from children under the age of 13, except as allowed by law. Should we discover such information, we will immediately delete such information as per this privacy policy. Should you become aware of any infraction of this policy, kindly contact as soon as possible so that we may take the proper actions.

Changes to Our Policy

We reserve the right to amend our policies at any time as we see fit and as allowed by law. Kindly check back from time to time to see if there have been any changes to our policies. If you continue to use our site following a posted policy change, your continued use will mean that you accept the change in terms. Any information gathered prior to a policy change will be governed by the terms in effect at that particular time.

Laws under which this Site is Governed

Our privacy policy, procedures and web site operate under the governing law of the US. Should we encounter a dispute, we will seek to resolve it via a mutually-agreed upon impartial mediator conveniently located within the US. with any fees (apart from attorney fees) divided between us. If we cannot reach a resolution that satisfies both parties, then the dispute will be submitted to be decided via binding arbitration under the jurisdiction of the British Justice System in the US.

Any award as a result of this arbitration may be entered in any court with legal jurisdiction. The administration and operation of this web site is based solely in Fort Myers. The policies and declarations outlined above are not meant to be construed as a legal contract nor do they assert legal rights on behalf of any party described herein.