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We understand that you care how information about you is used and
shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully
and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting
RC Wholesales Online, you are accepting the practices described in
this Privacy Notice.
What Personal Information About Customers Does RC Wholesales Company
Gather?
The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and
continually improve your shopping experience at RC Wholesales
Company. Here are the types of information we gather.
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Information You Give Us |
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We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or
give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain
information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of
many of our features. We use the information that you provide for
such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future
shopping for you, improving our stores, and communicating with you.
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Automatic Information |
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We receive and store certain types of information whenever you
interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use
"cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web
browser accesses RC Wholesales Online.
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E-mail Communication |
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To help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often
receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from RC Wholesales
Company if your computer supports such capabilities. If you do not
want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please adjust your
account to reflect this by selecting unsubscribed in the newsletters
menu.
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What About Cookies? |
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Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your
computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems
to recognize your browser and to provide features such as automatic
login and permanent shopping carts for storage of items in your
Shopping Cart between visits. The "help" portion of the toolbar on
most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from
accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you
receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However,
cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of RC Wholesales
Company's coolest features, and we recommend that you leave them
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Does RC Wholesales Company Share the Information It Receives? |
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Information about our customers is an important part of our
business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We
share customer information only with the subsidiaries RC Wholesales
Company controls and as described below. |
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Agents |
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We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on
our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages,
sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from
customer lists, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance,
processing credit card payments, and providing customer service.
They have access to personal information needed to perform their
functions, but may not use it for other purposes. |
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Promotional Offers |
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Sometimes we send offers to selected groups of RC Wholesales Company
customers on behalf of other businesses. When we do this, we do not
give that business your name and address. If you do not want to
receive such offers, please adjust your account newsletter
preference as that is how we will send out our promotions.
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Protection of RC Wholesales Company and Others |
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We release account and other personal information when we believe
release is appropriate to comply with law; or protect the rights,
property, or safety of RC Wholesales Company, our users, or others.
This includes exchanging information with other companies and
organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
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How Secure Is Information About Me? |
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We work to protect the security of your information by using 128-bit
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you
input. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized
access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off
when finished using a shared computer. |
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What Information Can I Access? |
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RC Wholesales Company gives you access to information about you for
the limited purpose of viewing and, in certain cases, updating that
information. This list will change as our Web site evolves.
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What Choices Do I Have? |
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As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide
information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase or to
take advantage of such RC Wholesales Company features as Automatic
login, and permanent shopping carts. You can add or update certain
information on pages such as those listed in the "My Account" pages.
If you do not want to receive e-mail or other mail from us, please
adjust your account to reflect this in the newsletter menu.
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Children |
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RC Wholesales Company does not sell products for purchase by
children. We sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you
are under 18, you may use RC Wholesales Company only with
involvement of a parent or guardian. |
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Conditions of Use, Notices, and Revisions |
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If you choose to visit RC Wholesales Online, your visit and any
dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Conditions of
Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and
application of the law of the state of California. If you have any
concern about privacy at RC Wholesales Company, please send us a
thorough description to info@rcwholesales.com, and we will try to
resolve it. Our business changes constantly. This Notice and the
Conditions of Use will change also, and use of information that we
gather now is subject to the Privacy Notice in effect at the time of
use. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions,
unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web
site frequently to see recent changes. |
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Information You Give Us |
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You provide information when you search, buy, or communicate with
customer service. For example, you provide information when you
search for a product; make an order; provide information in Your
Account (and you might have more than one if you have used more than
one e-mail address when shopping with us); communicate with us by
phone, e-mail, or otherwise; complete a questionnaire or a contest
entry form; provide and rate Reviews. As a result of those actions,
you might supply us with such information as your name, address, and
phone number; people to whom purchases have been shipped, including
address and phone number; other people; content of reviews and
e-mails to us. |
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Automatic Information |
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Examples of the information we collect and analyze include the
Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the
Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection
information such as browser type and version, operating system, and
platform; purchase history; the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
click stream to, through, and from our Web site, including date and
time; cookie number; and products you viewed or searched for. |