If you are under 18, we require that you inform a parent or guardian about SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM's Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions as well as requiring their consent to the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions before registering with SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM or placing and order with SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM

The following information is provided by SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM to enable our online visitors to be fully informed of our Privacy Policies. By visiting SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM.COM, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions.

SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM collects personal information in several ways when you place an order, buy a gift voucher for a friend or register for a service offered by SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM. If an order is placed with us, we need to hold personal information including your name, email address, phone numbers, home address, shipping and credit card billing address(es) so that we can process and fulfil your order. You may also choose to store your credit card details with us. This will only be done with your consent. Saved card details will never be shared with third parties and will only be used to process your order, using our payment partner's systems. Additionally we may also obtain information as a result of authentication or identity checks. Sometimes we may ask for your telephone number. This number may be given to our courier for delivery services. These details allow us to process your order and to let you know the status of your order.

As a user of our services, we may collect non-personal data about your use of the website, such as pages visited, times and volume of use of the services as well as Traffic Data. Traffic Data includes logs, details of networks, time of log-on or access, length of sessions and similar systems data.

Our site uses cookies to keep track of how often you visit our site, the contents of your shopping cart, previous purchases and to deliver content specific to your interests. (A cookie is a piece of information that is stored on your computer's hard drive by your web browser which tracks your movements within websites.) Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to prevent automatic acceptance. If you choose not to receive cookies, you may still use most of the features of our website, including the ability to purchase items. However, this may prevent us from delivering certain services, particularly personalization of the site.

SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM may use your personal information for the processing of orders, payments and to provide you with a personalized shopping experience. We will also use your details to fulfill and deliver your orders and manage your account. Your personal information may also be checked with credit card verification agencies to prevent fraud. Where there is a legal obligation to do so, we may disclose your information to any relevant regulatory body.

When you register with SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM, you will be offered the opportunity to opt out of our email newsletter and other update services. The information you provide will allow us to alert you to new products, features and enhancements; special offers; upgrade opportunities; contests and events of interest. No personal data is ever shared with third parties for marketing purposes. From time to time we send offers to selected groups of SHOESONASHOESTRING.COM customers on behalf of other businesses; in such instances no personal data is passed to those businesses. We do collate statistical information about site traffic, sales and other commercial information which we may pass on to trusted third parties but these statistics do not include any information which can identify you personally. We see this as a value-added service helping you to find useful products or services. We strive to limit use of your information to those offers that we think you would appreciate receiving. Finally, we may use your personal information for our internal marketing and demographic studies, together with non-personal data to monitor customer patterns so we can consistently improve our site design to better meet our visitors' needs. If we change our policy on disclosure to others, we will inform you and give you the choice of opting out.

We will only collect personally identifiable information to the extent deemed reasonably necessary to serve you in view of our legitimate business purposes as set out above, and we will use our best endeavors to maintain appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the information you have provided us with. When you place an order or access your account information, we use a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption which encrypts your information before it is sent to us to protect it from unauthorized use. In addition, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that third party business partners to whom we transfer any data will provide sufficient protection of that personal information.