Monday, May 21, 2012
Privacy Statement

J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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 J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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 J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company Web site.

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

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

Use of your Personal Information

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

J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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, J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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 J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

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

J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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 J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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 J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company pages, or register with J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company site or services, a cookie helps J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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 J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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 J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company 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

J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company is protecting your information.

Contact Information

J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company has not adhered to this Statement, please contact J.R.Phillips Merchantile Company at glennsphillips@gmail.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.


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