Privacy Policy
HOBBY TOOL STOP, U.S.A. PRIVACY POLICY
Hobby Tool Stop, U.S.A. ("Hobby Tool Stop") values your personal information and respects your privacy. The purpose of this Notice is to keep you informed of: (1) personal information we may collect from or about you; (2) how we may use and share that information; (3) the choices and resources you have with respect to the forgoing; (4) our collection, use and sharing of other non-personal information; and (5) additional information about the Hobby Tool Stop Website & Hobby Tool Stop’s privacy practices. Our primary purpose in the collection and use of this information is to further our efforts to interact and build relationships with you, our potential or existing customers, in order to provide a diverse array of innovative and reliable products.
This Notice applies to the Hobby Tool Stop website located at http://www.hobbytoolstop.com and other related websites owned and operated by Hobby Tool Stop that may link to this Notice (the "Hobby Tool Stop Website" or "Website"). The Website and this Notice are intended for U.S. residents only. By using the Website, or providing us with any information, you consent to the collection, processing, maintenance and transfer of such information in and to the United States and other applicable territories in which the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive or equivalent to those in the country where you reside or are a citizen.
1. Information We May Collect From or About You
To fulfill your order, you must provide us with certain information, such as your name, email address, postal address, payment information, and the details of the product that you’re ordering. You may also choose to provide us with additional personal information (for a custom order of engraving, for example), if you contact us directly.
Passive Information. When you visit the Hobby Tool Stop Website, we may collect passive information about your visit. Passive information is any form of aggregate data, navigational data, tracking data, click-stream data, or historical data, which does not on its own personally identify you. Passive Information includes information collected through cookies and web beacons (see 4 below.
Personal Information. When you purchase products through our e-commerce programs via the Website, send us an email, subscribe to one of our newsletters, or submit other data through the Hobby Tool Stop Website, we may obtain and collect personal information. Personal information is information collected that personally identifies you, such as by name, email address, mailing address, and/or phone number. This personal information may be combined with Passive Information or additional information we receive from third parties, as well.
2. How We May Share or Use Your Personal Information
Sharing. Personal information may be shared by Hobby Tool Stop on an international basis with its parent entity, subsidiaries and affiliates, and such information may be further shared between internal product groups in order to enhance the Hobby Tool Stop customer experience and offer additional products and/or services that may be of interest to you. We may also share your personal information with third parties either at your express direction, such as when you request that we have a specialist contact you or you authorize sharing of your personal information with a third party business partner. Hobby Tool Stop is not responsible for the handling of such information by these third parties who are responsible for their own privacy policies that would govern such collection, use and handling of this information. Hobby Tool Stop may also appoint third party agents in connection with its marketing and survey efforts, subject to a confidentiality agreement concerning the information. In any case, Hobby Tool Stop will not, without your consent, disclose any such personal information for use in connection with an unrelated third party's marketing efforts.
Use. Hobby Tool Stop does not send unsolicited bulk emails or marketing-related communications to anyone who has requested that we not contact them. We send promotional information and communications only to those who have taken affirmative steps to subscribe to these communications or our existing registered customers, who have not unsubscribed or opted out of such communications. You may "opt-out" of our promotional use of your personal information (see 3 below).
If you have opted out of our promotional use of such personal information (see 3 below), Hobby Tool Stop will not use or disclose such information except as follows:
- to communicate directly with you in connection with your Hobby Tool Stop products, purchases or specific requests;
- to validate credit card numbers;
- to permit our website designers to develop features and services that meet your needs (see 4 below, including Cookies);
- to tailor your experience on our Website, showing you individually tailored content (see 4 below, including Cookies);
- to comply with a lawful subpoena or court order;
- to remedy any violation or breach of an agreement between you and Hobby Tool Stop; and
- to prevent harm to the property or rights of Hobby Tool Stop or its customers.
3. Choices & Resources With Respect to Your Personal Information
Response Opt-Out. In response to any Hobby Tool Stop promotional or marketing communication, such as a newsletter or other circulation, if you wish to no longer receive such communications, please follow the "unsubscribe" instructions contained in such communication. The entity or business group sending such communication will mark your personal information with this request to cease further marketing communications. However, you may receive future communications from other entities or business groups within Hobby Tool Stop that have received your personal information, unless you have already unsubscribed from such communications from those other entities or business groups or you have communicated a request to opt-out of such communications from all Hobby Tool Stop business groups.
Opt-Out, Amend or Delete Contact. If you wish to opt-out of our use and disclosure of your personal information for marketing and survey purposes (other than through use of the unsubscribe/opt-out provided in a marketing communication you may have received), or if you wish to amend or delete certain information that you have previously provided, please email your request to info@hobbytoolstop.com. If opting out in such communication, please provide detail of the specific product segment you wish to opt-out of or whether you wish to opt-out of all applicable products with respect to use and disclosure of your personal information for marketing and survey purposes. With respect to amendment or deletion of certain information, we will endeavor to provide a simple way to review, correct, update or remove personal information, as applicable. In some limited circumstances, such as to resolve disputes, comply with retention obligations, troubleshoot problems and enforce our Terms and Conditions, we may retain in our files information you have requested us to remove, but such information is not actively used.
4. Collection, Use & Sharing of Passive & Other Information Beyond the Scope of Personal Information
Aggregate Information. Hobby Tool Stop may share aggregate statistical information with business partners, sponsors or other third parties without sharing your personal information.
Cookies. Your browser software includes a feature called "cookies." We may use "cookies" to enhance your experience with our site. If enabled, cookies may store small amounts of data on your computer about your visit to the Hobby Tool Stop Website, including your page preferences. Cookies tell us nothing about you personally, unless you specifically give us additional information. Hobby Tool Stop does not merge or associate our cookie information with any personally identifiable information obtained by us or from third parties. Cookies simply assist us in tracking which of our features you like best and what content you may have viewed during past visits. When you re-visit the Hobby Tool Stop Website, cookies can enable us to customize our content according to your preferences. We may use cookies to: (i) keep count of your return visits to the Website; (ii) accumulate anonymous, aggregate, statistical information on website usage; (iii) deliver content specific to your interests or past viewing history; and (iv) save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit our sites. You can also disable cookies. By modifying your browser preferences, you can accept or reject all cookies, or request a notification when a cookie is set.
IP Addresses. An Internet Protocol ("IP") address is a number assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet. An Internet Service Provider ("ISP") typically assigns a random dynamic IP address at the time of your dial-up. For local area network ("LAN"), DSL, or cable modem users, a static IP address may be permanently assigned to a particular computer. Hobby Tool Stop may record IP addresses of visitors to its Website. While an IP address may reveal your ISP or geographic area, we cannot determine your identity solely based upon your IP address. Other websites you visit have IP addresses, and we may collect the IP addresses of those websites and their pages, but these IP addresses are never associated with Internet users.br /> Web Beacons. The Website may contain web beacons, which are electronic images (sometimes called "single-pixel gifs") that allow us to count page views, or to access cookies. We may also include web beacons in HTML-formatted newsletters containing graphics that we may send to opt-in subscribers, to count the number of newsletters that have been opened and read. Our web beacons do not collect, gather, monitor, or share any personal information about our website visitors. They are used only to compile our anonymous, aggregate statistics about website usage. Computer Profiles. Hobby Tool Stop may also collect and accumulate other anonymous data that helps us understand and analyze the Internet experience of our visitors.
Geo-location. Hobby Tool Stop products and connected device applications may collect, use, and share precise location data, including the real-time geographic location of your Hobby Tool Stop product or connected device using a Hobby Tool Stop application in order to provide location-based services and features. Where available, geo-location features may use GPS, Bluetooth, and your IP Address, along with crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower locations, and other technologies to determine the approximate location of your device and/or Hobby Tool Stop product. Unless you provide consent, this location data (if collected at all) is collected anonymously in a form that does not personally identify you and is used by Hobby Tool Stop, its affiliates and servicers generally to provide and improve location-based products and services.
5. Additional Information about The Hobby Tool Stop Website & Hobby Tool Stop’s Privacy Practices
Terms of Use. By using this Website you accept the General Terms and Conditions for using the Website, which are published either in proximate location to the link for this Notice. If you do not agree to any of these Terms, you should not use the Website.
Information Communicated via Social Media & Other Similar Third Party Platforms. Any information disclosed via third party communication platforms are outside of the Hobby Tool Stop Website and subject to the privacy policies of those applicable third parties. Exercise caution before disclosing your personal information via these public venues (whether through public post or via direct messages) all of which you do at your own risk. If you do so, you may receive unsolicited emails or "spam." Hobby Tool Stop cannot safeguard the privacy of personal information that is disclosed and can be viewed or accessed online in this manner. Personal information you provide to Hobby Tool Stop via third party communication platforms may be combined with any of your personal information Hobby Tool Stop may already have subject to this Notice.
Links & Third Party Sites. The Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by Hobby Tool Stop. Hobby Tool Stop has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party website, which may collect both passive and personally identifiable information. In addition, Hobby Tool Stop will not and cannot censor or edit the content of any third party site. By using the Website, your expressly relieve Hobby Tool Stop from any and all liability arising from your use of any third party website. Accordingly, we encourage you to be aware when you leave the Hobby Tool Stop Website, and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.
Security. We take safeguarding your data seriously. We seek to use reasonable information security measures to help protect your personal information. Unfortunately, even though we take measures to protect your personal information, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit, and you do at your own risk.
Children's Online Privacy Protection. The Hobby Tool Stop Website complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulation protects the privacy of children using the Internet. Hobby Tool Stop does not knowingly collect contact or personally identifiable information from children under 13. The Hobby Tool Stop Website is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and is designed to block our knowing acceptance of any such information, wherever age related information is requested. It is possible that by fraud or deception we may receive information pertaining to children under 13. If we are notified of this, as soon as we verify the information, we will immediately obtain parental consent or otherwise delete the information from our servers. If you want to notify us of our receipt of information by children under 13, please do so by emailing us at info@hobbytoolstop.com.
Should Hobby Tool Stop make changes to its Privacy Policy, we will publish an updated Notice to the Website, and/or attempt to further inform you via available contact information.
If you have questions or concerns regarding the contents of this Notice or any related matters, please contact Hobby Tool Stop at info@hobbytoolstop.com, or at the following address:
Hobby Tool Stop, U.S.A.
Attn: Privacy Manager
1895 Avenida del Oro #4047
Oceanside, CA 92052