Privacy Notice

Here at Specialty Beads, we understand how important it is to keep your online information confidential and secure. So as it is important to you the customer, it is important to us here at Specialty Beads that we are able to satisfy your desire to keep your information private. By opening an account, making purchases, signing up for newsletters or notifications, you agree to the terms of Specialty Beads' privacy policy.

What personal information does Specialty Beads need from you?

Specialty Beads' policy is that we gather no more information from you than we need to ensure that your purchases are delivered and expectations are met by you the customer. All information is used only to complete business transactions between you the customer and Specialty Beads. You as a customer, can be assured that any information other than billing and shipping information, is only used for protecting Specialty Beads against any possible fraud.

What other information does Specialty Beads gather?

Like many other web sites, Specialty Beads utilizes files called "cookies" to help us provided a better representation of what you as the customer may be looking for. Each time you access our site, your computer stores a file on you hard drive with information relating to our site. This "cookie" may provide us with information that allows us to restore an old shopping cart order, or help you login to your account quicker. We do not use cookies in any way to manipulate your personal computer, or use the "cookies" in any other way other than relating to the business of Specialty Beads
 
You may choose to change how your web browser reacts to cookies. This may be done by looking in the help section of your browser's toolbar.

Does Specialty Beads share information from it's customers?

Specialty Beads does not share or sell information on it's customers other than what is needed to complete the business transaction with you the customer.
 
Specialty Beads does use an outside agent in order to perform credit card transactions. This company only has access to the personal information needed to complete the transaction.
 
Specialty Beads reserves the right to use your information when needed to protect its property, comply with laws, enforce our Conditions of Use, protect our customers, and protect itself from fraud. However, the use of information in these cases does not in any way change our information sharing policy as stated in the previous paragraph.

Security

Specialty Beads works to protect any and all information given to us by you the customer. Specialty Beads is protected by a Secure Socket Layer software, which encrypts information passed from you to us via your web browser. We only display the last four digits of your credit card for you to identify what card was used.

Automatic Information

When someone visits Specialty Beads, we collect certain information from the visitor. Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is collected along with the date/tiime, cookie number, and your navigation through our site. As with all other information about you, Specialty Beads does not share this information with anybody outside it's business operating procedures. This information is used only for Specialty Beads' business practices, including protecting its other customers and itself from fraud.