Cape Cod Precious Gems is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Cape Cod Precious Gems Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Cape Cod Precious Gems website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Cape Cod Precious Gems collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Cape Cod Precious Gems also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Cape Cod Precious Gems. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Cape Cod Precious Gems for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Cape Cod Precious Gems Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Cape Cod Precious Gems public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Cape Cod Precious Gems does not read any of your private online communications.

Cape Cod Precious Gems encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Cape Cod Precious Gems so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Cape Cod Precious Gems is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Cape Cod Precious Gems and Cape Cod Precious Gems family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Cape Cod Precious Gems collects and uses your personal information to operate the Cape Cod Precious Gems Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Cape Cod Precious Gems also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Cape Cod Precious Gems and its affiliates. Cape Cod Precious Gems may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Cape Cod Precious Gems does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Cape Cod Precious Gems may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Cape Cod Precious Gems may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Cape Cod Precious Gems, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Cape Cod Precious Gems does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Cape Cod Precious Gems keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Cape Cod Precious Gems, in order to determine what Cape Cod Precious Gems services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Cape Cod Precious Gems to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Cape Cod Precious Gems Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Cape Cod Precious Gems or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Cape Cod Precious Gems; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Cape Cod Precious Gems, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Cape Cod Precious Gems Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Cape Cod Precious Gems pages, or register with Cape Cod Precious Gems site or services, a cookie helps Cape Cod Precious Gems to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Cape Cod Precious Gems Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Cape Cod Precious Gems features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Cape Cod Precious Gems services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Cape Cod Precious Gems secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Cape Cod Precious Gems secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Cape Cod Precious Gems will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Cape Cod Precious Gems encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Cape Cod Precious Gems is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Cape Cod Precious Gems welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Cape Cod Precious Gems has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Cape Cod Precious Gems at avbag@foradvice.net. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.