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What Personally Identifiable Information Is Collected When Making a Purchase?

When you make a purchase on our site, you provide the following information:
- Name
- E-mail address
- Billing and shipping address
- Telephone number
- Credit card number and expiration date, or other form of payment

Data Security:

Tech for Less, Inc. uses a secured network to handle your personal information. A secured server is used and information is transmitted via SSL encryption. This security technology makes it safe to enter and transmit your credit card over the Internet by providing the following protections:

Server authentication - keeps out impostors
Privacy using encryption - keeps out eavesdroppers
Data integrity - keeps out vandals

Personal Information:

Personal information relating to you and your order history are only available to employees of Tech for Less, Inc. and a 3rd party vendor we use for email follow-ups as well as our fraud prevention company. This information cannot be modified by web visitors. We do not store your credit card number on our Web Site.

Navigational Information:

TechForLess.com and Google Analytics logs the user's IP Address and other information such as the type of device or browser you're using, your browsing behavior while on our website, and the URLs of the websites you were at before you visited our site (these are called "referring URLs"). This is used for system administration, to examine overall traffic trends, troubleshooting, etc. This information is used only in the aggregate form. IP addresses are not linked to any personally identifiable information, unless you make a purchase. When you make a purchase the IP address is logged with the order, for use in fraud prevention checks, but is not shared with any other companies or agencies except in the case of fraud where information is provided to the appropriate authorities.

Cookies:

A cookie is a small piece of information that web sites use to remember information about users. Tech for Less, Inc. uses cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. You can disable your cookies at any time through your browser options, however, some Functional Cookies are needed to run our web site and you might encounter web site issues if you disable cookies. Even if you set your browser to "Do Not Track (DNT)", certain data collection will still continue if the browser provides it as we don't monitor for this DNT setting.

From time to time we allow 3rd parties to collect anonymous non-personally identifiable usage data. To read more about the industry standards and practices at NAI (Network Advertising Initiative) and to opt-out of certain networks, click http://www.networkadvertising.org or the Digital Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices.

Transactional Information:

When you make a purchase from TechForLess.com we will ask for information such as name, address and credit card information. This information is stored in a secured database, only accessible to employees with access rights to this information. User's credit information is transferred over a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) line. This ensures your information is encrypted and cannot be read by any other Internet users. We do not store your credit card information.

To be sure you're browsing secure pages, check your Web browser for the closed padlock icon. Also, all browsers display an "s" after the "http" (https://...) in the Web site address to indicate that you're in a secure environment.

We also protect your purchase by preventing the shipment of merchandise to a fraudulent address. All billing and shipping addresses are verified electronically.

Data Storage:

Tech for Less follows best practices for storing of data by using locked file cabinets for any paper files and shredding of documents when no longer needed. We are using full PCI compliant electronic storage processes including firewalls, encryption and other security measures to keep your information safe. Only authorized employees have access to this data. We keep the categories of Personal Information described in this notice for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this notice or otherwise authorized by law.

Managing your information:

Personal information relating to you and your order history are only available to authorized Tech for Less, Inc. employees. You cannot edit this information online, unless you have created an account on our Web site. You can request to delete, update or correct your personal information by contacting our sales department via phone or email as provided below or by emailing our Privacy Officer at privacy@techforless.com

Opt-out:

We may use the information you provide to send you marketing communications and in some circumstances, we may share your information with certain third parties to perform services on our behalf. Tech for Less, Inc. will give visitors a choice whether they wish to be on the mailing list, receive promotions, information or updates about the site. The visitor may choose to remove their name from the site's mailing list by clicking the "remove" link at the bottom of any promotional email communication.

If you wish to be removed now, please visit our unsubscribe page

Data Sharing:

Tech for Less may use embedded scripts in connection with the Web site. "Embedded scripts" are programming code designed to collect information about your interactions with a website, such as the links you click on, and may assist our customers in providing us with information used to improve the web site experience. Tech for Less, Inc. does not provide any third party with any individually identifiable information other than that which is necessary to complete your order or to perform services on our behalf. Specifically, Tech for Less, Inc. gives your name, shipping address, phone number, and order information to our shipping carrier and our service provider to be able to send you timely follow up emails and other communications.

You can opt-out of receiving marketing communications, except for transactional notices about an order you placed, via the details provided above.

We may provide transaction-related information to government or private auditors to inspect or validate our business practices, accounting records, or financial reports. Any release of information for such a purpose will be done under standard confidentiality restrictions.

Tech for Less, Inc. also supplies your name, billing address, and credit card information to the credit card processor who bills your account. Tech for Less, Inc. has strict guidelines requiring all third parties to keep any shared personal information confidential.

Outside Links:

TechForLess.com may direct you to other sites with which we associate or are outside our service. These other sites may use their own "cookies", collect data or solicit personal information from you. Please be advised TechForLess.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and guidelines on these sites. TechForLess.com suggests you review their policies before you utilize their site.

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