Privacy Policy
Lafayette Bridal Connection is committed to your right to privacy. We are
constantly making changes as technology advances to ensure that your personal
and financial information remains secure. This Privacy Policy serves to inform
you, the user, of our practices as they apply to the usage of any collected
personal information. We will only use your information in accordance with this
Privacy Policy.
YOUR
CONSENT
By using our web site
and/or providing information, you consent to the collection and use of your
personal information as described in this Privacy Policy (established on January
1, 2005.) Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be reflected on this. Your
continued use of this site following the posting of any amendment, modification
or change shall constitute your acceptance thereof.
Children should always get permission from their parents before sending any
information about themselves (such as their names, email addresses, and phone
numbers) over the Internet, to us or to anyone else. We will not knowingly allow
anyone under 13 to register with any of our sites or to provide any other
personally identifying information. The Internet contains information and
material that may be inappropriate or offensive to children. We strongly
recommend that you supervise and monitor your children's use of the Internet.
THE
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
General: Lafayette Bridal Connection, as well as its
affiliates and advertisers, collect personal information necessary to respond to
your requests for products and services and to allow you to use the resources
and features available on our web site. Personal information includes, but is
not limited to, name, physical address, e-mail address, phone numbers, age and
any other information that identifies or, when tied to the above information,
may identify you as a specific individual. Lafayette Bridal Connection, as well
as its affiliates and advertisers, also collect information related to your
wedding, including dates and places of the rehearsal, wedding and reception,
name of your fiancé, and information relating to your gift registry and
honeymoon.
We may also collect information about you in a number of ways, including tracking your activities through your IP address, computer settings or most-recently visited URL. As you browse our site, we may gather navigational and clickstream data that shows what pages are visited and how long various features are used. We use this information to complete and support the immediate activity requested, and to comply with any requirements of law.
Contest: Lafayette Bridal Connection, as well as its affiliates and advertisers, frequently sponsor contests to give you the opportunity to win great prizes. Your participation in these contests is optional. Information we collect for such contests can include contact information and demographic information.
Cookies: "Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We use cookies in several ways. Cookie files are used to tell us whether you have visited our web site previously, and to help us determine whether you came to our web site from a particular Internet link or banner advertisement. Cookies cannot and will not be used by us to retrieve any personal information about you from your computer that you have not previously and voluntarily provided to us. However, cookies may also be received when you link to our affiliates’ and/or advertisers’ sites and we do not have control over how they use this information. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can edit your browser options to block them in the future. However, most of our features will not function if you do not accept cookies. For more information on cookies, see please refer to your web browser’s help file.
Forums and message boards: We make forums and message boards available to you. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information, just as full name, address, phone numbers, etc.
Security: Our site has industry standard security measures in
place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our
control. While there is no such thing as "perfect security" on the Internet, we
will take all reasonable steps to insure the safety of your personal
information. Security, Intrusion, and Detection for site security purposes, and
to ensure that this service remains available to all users, all traffic is
monitored in order to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change
information, or otherwise cause damage or conduct criminal activity. To protect
this web site from unauthorized use and to ensure that it is functioning
properly, all users are subject to having all of their activities monitored and
recorded by authorized personnel. Anyone using this web site expressly consents
to such monitoring and is advised that if there is evidence of possible abuse or
criminal activity, the results of this monitoring shall be made available to
appropriate officials for possible prosecution. Unauthorized attempts to upload
or change information, or otherwise cause damage to this web site, are strictly
prohibited and may be punishable under applicable Federal law.
WHO YOUR
INFORMATION IS SHARED WITH AND HOW IT IS USED
When
you provide information to Lafayette Bridal Connection, the information is
stored in our databases. Such information is used by Lafayette Bridal Connection
in accordance with this Privacy Policy and by our affiliates and advertisers in
accordance with their policies. Information we collect is used to tailor your
experience at our site, to show you content that we think you might be
interested in, and to display the content according to your preferences. We also
use your personal information to send you information and promotional materials
on us and some of our affiliates and/or advertisers. Your contact information
may also be used if it becomes necessary to contact you.
To allow you to use some of our features, information we collect will be shared with our affiliates and/or advertisers. Information collected by us, our affiliates or advertisers (for example, when you link to their sites or call a phone number provided by us) will also be shared with third parties, such as product suppliers and wedding professionals, to ensure the successful fulfillment of your product orders or to offer assistance with your wedding.
Any information we collect may be shared from time to time with a third party to act on our behalf for projects such as market research surveys and contest entry processing, and we will provide information to these third parties specifically for use in connection with these projects. Contest participation is entirely optional and the information we provide to such third parties will be protected by a confidentiality agreement that will obligate the third party to only use such information to complete the assigned project.
In
addition to the circumstances outlined above, we may disclose your information
if required by law, court order, as requested by other government or law
enforcement authorities, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is
necessary or advisable, including (without limitation) when we have reason to
believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or
bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our
rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else
could be harmed by such activities.
THE
CHOICES YOU HAVE ABOUT THE COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Please
be aware that on our site we have advertisements and links to other web sites
that may collect personal information about you. This Privacy Policy does not
cover the information practices or policies of such web sites. We encourage you
to read the privacy policies of all such web sites, as their policies may be
different from our Privacy Policy. Changes in the way we use personal
information will be described in future versions of this Privacy Policy.
However, you may always address your concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or
our privacy practices to us bride@lafayettebridalconnection.com. Please
reference the Privacy Policy in the subject line of your e-mail.