World of Good ("World of Good", "us", or "we") respects and honors your privacy and takes the privacy and protection of your personal information very seriously. By visiting the World of Good website, located at http://www.worldofgood.com (the "Website"), and/or using our services and ordering our products (the Website and services we offer are collectively referred to as the "Services" in this privacy policy), you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined in this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy").
What This Privacy Policy Covers
This Privacy Policy describes World of Good’s use of Personal Information and Anonymous Information that we collect when you use our Services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the use of your Personal Information by third parties that World of Good does not own or control, or to individuals that we do not control or manage.
"Personal Information" is information about you that is personally identifiable to you like your name, address, e-mail address, or phone number, as well as other non-public information that is associated with the foregoing.
"Anonymous Information" means information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information; Anonymous Information does not permit the identification of individual persons.
We collect and use Personal Information and Anonymous Information as described in this Privacy Policy from the visitors of our Website, and from the registered users of our Services ("Customers").
BY USING THE SERVICES OR SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH OUR SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ACCORDING TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE PROCESSED BY US IN THE COUNTRY WHERE IT WAS COLLECTED AS WELL AS OTHER COUNTRIES (INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES) WHERE LAWS REGARDING PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE LESS STRINGENT THAN THE LAWS IN YOUR COUNTRY.
Personal Information We Collect
The Personal Information we gather from you helps us to provide you with our products and to learn more about the visitors and Customers of our Services. We collect the following Personal Information that you submit to us voluntarily:
You can choose not to provide us with certain information, but this may limit the features of the Services you are able to use; you will not be able, for example, to order any of our products through the Website.
Personal Information Collected Via Technology
As you use the Services, certain information may also be collected passively, including your Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, and operation system. World of Good also stores a small text file called a "Cookie" on your computer to store your login information. World of Good may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them). You must have Cookies enabled in your web browser to use the Services.
We may also contract with advertisers in order to promote third party products and/or services by placing advertisements on the Services. Clicking on such advertisements will direct you to the website of a third party and the advertiser and/or third party may also use Cookies in connection with these advertisements. This Privacy Policy covers the use of Cookies by World of Good only and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. Any advertisements appearing in conjunction with the Services are delivered by third parties. For information about our advertising partners, please visit their websites through the links included in the presentation of the advertisements.
Personal Information From Other Sources
We may receive Personal Information about you from other sources like telephone or fax, from third parties that provide services for us in connection with the Services, or from website of companies and organizations we have relationships or partnerships with. We may add this information to the information we have already collected from you via our Services, if any, and we will handle such information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Use Of Information We Collect
In general, Personal Information you submit to us is used by us either to provide you with the products and/or services you ordered, to register you for our Services, respond to requests that you make, to improve our Services and to better tailor the features, performance and support of the products and Services, and to offer you additional information, opportunities, and functionality. The information you provide when you become a partner of World of Good is used by us to establish and maintain a commercial relationship with you and/or your store. When you provide us information in connection with an artisan community or organization, we will use the provided information to get in touch with such community or organization.
We may also use your Personal Information to provide you with electronic newsletters or promotional e-mails, should you request to receive such communications from us.
We may create Anonymous Information records from Personal Information by excluding information (such as your name) that make the information personally identifiable to you. We may use this Anonymous Information to analyze usage patterns so that we may enhance our Services. We reserve the right to use and disclose Anonymous Information to third parties in our discretion.
Feedback
If you provide feedback to us, we may use and disclose such feedback for any purpose, provided we do not associate such feedback with your Personal Information. We will collect any information contained in such feedback and will treat the Personal Information in it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not trade, rent, or share your Personal Information with third parties, unless you ask or authorize us to do so.
We may provide your Personal Information to third party service providers who work on behalf of or with us to provide some of the services and features of the Services or to provide you with our products and to help us communicate with our Customers. Examples of such services include sending e-mail, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, fulfilling orders, and providing customer service. However, these service providers do not have any independent right to share this information (except pursuant to a legal requirement such as a subpoena or warrant).
We may share Anonymous Information about our visitors and Customers with third parties. This Anonymous Information may include, but is not limited to, browser type, URLs visited, and search terms entered.
Although we currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, "Affiliates"), we may in the future. We may share some or all of your Personal Information with these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
In the event World of Good goes through a business transition such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your Personal Information will likely be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of World of Good or its assets may continue to use your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. You hereby consent to World of Good sharing your Personal Information under the above circumstances.
We may disclose your Personal Information if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to (a) comply with relevant laws or to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on us; or (b) to protect and defend the rights or property of us, the visitors and Customers of our Services, or third parties.
Choices Regarding Personal Information
If you sign up for our newsletter, you will be the first to know about special sales and promotions, and we will also inform you when popular items become available again for order. Our newsletter is sent frequently (but normally not more than 12 times a year) and you can unsubscribe at any time. Unsubscribe instructions will accompany each newsletter or promotional communication you receive from us. You may also indicate in your account preferences that you do not wish to receive newsletters or other promotional communications from World of Good.
We will send you strictly service-related announcements (such as, but not limited to, notices of any updates to our Services, Terms of Use or Privacy Policy) when it is necessary to do so. You may not opt-out of these communications, which are not promotional in nature, but if you do not wish to receive these announcements, you have the option to deactivate your account, which involves termination of the Terms of Use.
When we delete information about you, it will be deleted from our active databases but may remain in our archives.
Links to Other Sites
The Services contain links to other websites that are not owned or controlled by World of Good. The provision of such links is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such websites or location or its contents. We have no control over, do not review and are not responsible for the privacy policies of or content displayed on such other websites. We are also not responsible for the opinions expressed by other Customers on the Services. Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply to any outside websites.
Privacy of Minors
We do not intentionally collect or maintain information in the Services from those visitors of our Services who are under 13 years old.
Security and Confidentiality
World of Good has put in place commercially reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. However, no company, including World of Good, can fully eliminate security risks associated with Personal Information.
Changes in this Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement is a living document. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to it we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy, the Website, and other places we deem appropriate so that you are aware of what Personal Information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy please contact service@worldofgood.com.
This Privacy Policy was last updated in March 2007.