We appreciate the trust you place in Bsö, and we are committed to respecting
your privacy and the security of your personal information. Our privacy policy,
updated on November 1, 2005, describes the information we collect and how we use
it.
We always welcome your questions and feedback. For privacy-related issues, please
contact us at:
Information We Collect
We may collect information (including name, address, telephone number, email address
and, when necessary, credit card information) when you:
- Place an order from our catalogues or on our Web site
- Make a purchase at one of our Retail Stores
- Return an item or make an exchange
- Inquire about our services
- Request a catalog
- Receive a gift package
- Create an account at boardingschooloutfitters.com
- Subscribe to our Email Newsletter
- Register for a School program
- Enter a contest or sweepstakes
- Participate in a marketing survey, promotion or event
We maintain the data that you provide us, along with a record of your purchases,
in a secure database. To best serve you, we may combine this information with data
that is publicly available and data that we receive from other reputable sources
whose policies meet the Direct Marketing Association's privacy standards.
We also gather information about how visitors navigate through our Web site by using
clickstream data gathered with "cookies" and/or other online tools such as "pixel
tags." See
"Cookies and Pixel Tags" for further
information.
Using Information We Collect
At Bsö, we always want to provide you with the best possible shopping experience
and fulfill your orders exactly as you've requested. In order to do this, we collect
information that allows us to:
- Process and track your order
- Provide the services you request
- Contact you about the status of an order
- Send you catalogues or promotional offers we believe will be of interest
to you
- Send you the Bsö Email Newsletter, if requested
- Identify your product and service preferences
- Customize our communications to you
- Provide information concerning product recalls or products you have
purchased
- Improve our merchandise selection and customer service
Information We Share with Others and Your Privacy
Rights
Bsö may contract with other companies to provide certain services, including
credit card processing, shipping, email distribution, market research and promotions
management. We provide these companies with only the information they need to perform
their services and work closely with them to ensure that your privacy is respected
and protected. These companies are prohibited by contract from using this information
for their own marketing purposes or from sharing this information with anyone other
than Bsö.
From time to time, we make our mailing list (names and addresses only) and general
shopping activity available to carefully screened companies whose products we believe
will be of interest to you and whose privacy practices meet the Direct Marketing
Association's privacy standards. If you prefer that we do not share any information
with these companies, please
contact us.
On rare occasions, we may disclose specific information upon governmental request,
in response to a court order, or when required by law to do so. We may also share
information with companies assisting in fraud protection or investigation. We do
not provide information to these agencies or companies for marketing or commercial
purposes.
Your Choices
We offer choices about the types of information you receive from us. If you prefer
not to receive catalogues or other communications from Bsö or if you prefer
to receive them less frequently, please contact us at the address shown below. If
you no longer wish to receive our Email Newsletter you also may contact us at the
address below or unsubscribe using the link provided in each edition of the email.
Please be sure to provide us your exact name and address, or the mailing label from
your catalog, so that we can be sure to identify you correctly. Because mailings
are planned in advance, it may take several weeks for your request to become effective.
If, due to human error, you continue to receive unwanted communications, please
contact us again and we will make every effort to correct the situation.
Cookies and Pixel Tags
A cookie is a small data file that is stored by your Web browser on your computer.
Cookies enable you to place an order on our Web site. They also allow us to enhance
and personalize your online shopping experience, so that the information you receive
is more relevant to you. For example, we use cookies to:
- Remember what items are in your Shopping Bag
- Recognize you when you return to our Web site
- Enable you to use Express Checkout, if you have created an account
at llbean.com
- Study how our customers navigate through our Web site and which products
they request in site searches
If you set your browser to refuse cookies, please call us at 773-247-8879 to place
your order.
We also use pixel tags - tiny graphic images - to tell us what parts of our Web
site you have visited or to measure the effectiveness of any searches you may do
on our site. Pixel tags also enable us to send you email in a format you can read
and let us know when you have opened an email message from us.
We also may contract with other companies who use cookies or other online tools
such as pixel tags to measure the performance of a marketing effort on our behalf.
We prohibit these companies from using this information for their own marketing
purposes or from sharing this information with anyone other than Bsö.
How We Use Email
When you provide us your email address, we may send you emails necessary to process
your order or respond to a request. For example, after you place an order at boardingschooloutfitters.com,
you will receive an email confirmation. In most cases you will also receive an email
with package tracking information.
It is our intent to send you promotional email (our Email Newsletter) only if you
have agreed to receive it. Instructions on how to unsubscribe are included in each
edition of the newsletter.
Links to Other Sites
Occasionally we provide links on our Web site to other sites we think you will enjoy.
These sites operate independently of Bsö and have established their own privacy
and security policies. For the best online experience, we strongly encourage you
to review these policies at any site you visit.
To update your customer information (name, address, telephone number and email address),
please contact us at the address
above. A
limited amount of purchase information also may be available to you. To protect
your privacy, we will need to validate your identity before you update or review
your information.
Security
It is our intent to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of information
that we have collected from you. We use a variety of current technologies and processes
for protection of our customer data. We limit the information we provide to outside
companies with whom we contract to only what they need to carry out their responsibilities.
When you make a purchase, request a catalogue or create an account on our Web site,
your transactional information is transmitted in a safe, encrypted format.
Privacy of Children on Our Web Site
Our Web site is not intended for use by children under the age of 10, and we do
not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 10.
Policy Changes
From time to time, we may use customer information for unanticipated uses not previously
disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change, we will post
these changes on our Web site. We encourage you to review our privacy policy periodically.
Questions or Comments?
For questions, comments or assistance, we invite you to
contact us.
We hope to answer any questions to your satisfaction, but should you ever want to
contact a third party regarding our privacy practices, you can email the Direct
Marketing Association's Committee on Ethical Business Practices at
privacypromise@the-dma.org. The DMA is the oldest and largest
association for consumers and companies with interest in direct marketing.