HOME DELL GATEWAY SONY LINKS PRIVACY Privacy Policy   We at Dwayne's Bargains have created this privacy policy to describe our information gathering and dissemination practices with respect to information we collect through any of our websites. This privacy policy does not govern our use of any information you provide to us when you call us, write to us, or communicate with us in any manner other than through our websites. This privacy policy is effective as of January 1, 2005. Because the Internet is global, information about you that we collect or that you submit may be transferred to, processed in, and held in countries (including the United States) other than the one in which you reside. By using our website(s), you explicitly consent to such use of your information and agree to the terms of this privacy policy. Changes We may update this privacy policy from time to time. If under any such update we make any material change to the way in which we treat your personal information, we will inform you of such change via e-mail or by posting a notice on relevant areas of our website. Any updated version of this privacy policy will be effective as of the date set forth therein. Information You Choose to Submit You can visit our website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. If, however, you wish to make a purchase from our website, you maybe required to register with our website and, in connection with such registration, provide your full name, e-mail address, billing address (and, if different, the address to which you would like your order shipped), phone number, and credit card information (unless you are paying by check or money order). We use such information to fulfill your order and to contact you from time to time about us, our websites, and our products and services. We will also use any information you provide to us about someone other than you (e.g., the names and addresses of recipients of items you have ordered) in the same manner that we use your personal information. Information We Automatically Collect We may automatically collect certain information to help us understand how visitors use our website. For example, each time you visit our website we may automatically collect your IP address, browser and computer type, access time, the webpage from which you came, and the webpage(s) that you access during your visit. We may also use cookies (which are small amounts of data sent from a web server to your browser that are stored on your computer’s hard drive) to keep track of your shopping cart, to validate your identity, to tailor our website to meet your personal interests, and to improve the quality of our website. In addition, third parties who place advertisements on our website may also collect information through cookies to ensure that their advertising systems and technologies work properly and to allow them to track responses to their advertisements. Cookies set by these third parties are governed by the privacy policies of those third parties. Generally, you can set your browser not to accept cookies or to notify you if you are sent a cookie, giving you the opportunity to choose whether or not to accept the cookie. Please note that if you do set your browser not to accept cookies, we will be unable to maintain your shopping cart and you will not be able to complete an on-line purchase. Our Information Sharing Practices Service Providers. From time to time, we may enter into relationships with third parties who provide services to us (e.g., credit card processing services, shipping services, or data management and storage services). In those circumstances, we disclose information about you that is necessary for such service providers to perform those services. This web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Dwayne's Bargains.com, are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. Other Disclosure Scenarios. Notwithstanding anything in this privacy policy to the contrary, we reserve the right, unless limited by applicable law, to share any information we have collected about you or that you have submitted: (1) in response to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish, protect, or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; (2) if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person; (3) if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding situations that involve significant abuse of our website infrastructure or the Internet in general (such as voluminous spamming, denial of service attacks, or attempts to compromise the security of information); (4) to our parent company, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control with us (in which case we will require such entities to honor this privacy policy); and (5) if we are acquired by or merged with another entity. Security We have implemented reasonable security measures to protect your personal information. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its security. We urge you to keep your password in a secure place, not to divulge it to anyone, and to sign off of our website and close your browser when you have finished visiting our website.