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Privacy Policy |
This privacy statement explains our privacy practices for our customers who register to use our eInvite.com at costco.com Web site for delivery of products to a U.S. address.
We respect your right to privacy. Your ability to make informed choices
about the uses of your information is important to us. This privacy statement
explains our policy regarding the collection, use, disclosure and protection
of personal information. The terms of this privacy statement apply to
information collected from you, unless different terms are specified as part
of a special offer, or in another form or contract we provide you and you
consent to those terms by participating in the special offer or the program,
or otherwise. The links below provide detailed information about our privacy
practices:
Personal information is information that identifies an individual or is directly
associated with a specific person or entity such as a customer's name,
address, telephone number, e-mail address, credit card number, or
information about activities which can be directly linked to that person,
such as his or her purchases.
Our definition of personal information
does not include "aggregate" information. Aggregate information is data we
collect about a group or category of products, services or customers, from
which individual customer identities have been removed. In other words,
information about how you use a service may be collected and combined
with information about how others use the same service, but no personal
information will be included in the resulting data. Likewise, information
about the products you purchase may be collected and combined with
information about the products purchased by others. Aggregate data helps
us understand trends and customer needs so that we can better consider
new products and services, and tailor existing products and services to
customer desires.
We collect the personal information that you provide us, such as when you:
The personal information we collect is generally used to process your requests
or transactions, provide you with high-quality service, tell you about opportunities
we think will be of interest, and understand your needs so that we can serve you
better.
We do not sell, rent, share or disclose personal information to third parties
without your prior consent, except in the limited circumstances described below:
We have put into place security measures in an effort to protect personal
information from loss, misuse or alteration while it is under our control.
Personal information we collect is stored electronically and may be combined
with other membership information. We use technical, contractual,
administrative and physical measures in an effort to protect against
unauthorized access.
Further, when you enter personal information online, that information is
encrypted using a security protocol called SSL (Secure Sockets Layer).
SSL encrypts all information entered on our site before it is sent over the
Internet. We also use SSL to allow you to securely view your online
account and registration information.
Account information is accessible online only through the use of a password.
To protect the confidentiality of personal information, you must keep your
password confidential and not disclose it to any other person. You are
responsible for all uses of eInvite.com at costco.com by any person using
your password. If other people have access to your e-mail, they may be
able to access your password and obtain personal information about you
(such as your credit card information), or change information about your
user profile. You should not use an e-mail account operated by an employer
because many employers have the legal right to access such e-mail accounts.
Please advise us our customer service department immediately if you believe
your password has been misused.
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy statement or would
like to contact us for any reason, you can do the following:
We reserve the right to change this privacy statement at any time, but will alert you that changes have been made by indicating at the top of the privacy statement the date it was last updated. We encourage you to review our privacy statement to make sure you understand how information you provide will be used. If there is ever a material change to how we use information you provide and the new uses are unrelated to uses we disclose in this statement, we will communicate the changes in advance.
