Privacy Policy

Security and Privacy Policy

Review our Security and Privacy Policy, which, as part of our Terms of Use, governs your visit to wadesjewelers.net.

Wade’s Jewelers is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information you provide to us, including through the use of Wadesjewelers.net or our official Wade’s Jewelers’ pages on various social media platforms (the “Wades Jewelers Sites”). “Personal information” is data that can be used to uniquely identify or contact a single person. We are providing this Security and Privacy Policy statement so that you know what information we collect from you, how we use it, and how you can contact us to request information or changes to the personal information you provide to us. Use of this Wade’s Jewelers Site signifies your understanding and acceptance of the terms of this Security and Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any terms of this Security and Privacy Policy, do not use the Wade’s Jewelers Sites or submit any personally identifiable information to us.

Security

We are committed to handling your personal information with high standards of information security. We take reasonable physical, electronic and administrative steps to maintain the security and accuracy of personally identifiable information we collect, including limiting the number of people who have physical access to our database servers, as well as employing electronic security systems and password protections that guard against unauthorized access.

Only authorized Wade’s Jewelers representatives and agents working on Wade’s Jewelers’ behalf have access to the data. Wade’s Jewelers representatives and agents will not share information with any third parties outside of Wade’s Jewelers, other than as set forth in this Security and Privacy Policy. If at any time you provide a third party’s personal information to us, you warrant that you have permission to do so and you agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Wade’s Jewelers from and against any claim, liability, cost and expense arising in connection with your provision of that information.

For purposes of forums, discussion boards, certain promotions, and other public interactive areas that may be available on the Wade’s Jewelers Sites from time to time, you are solely responsible for the information and other content you post on or through the Wade’s Jewelers Sites. You understand that personal and other information that you post on or through public areas of our Site are generally accessible to, and may be collected and used by, others and may result in unsolicited messages or other contact from others. Users of the Wade’s Jewelers Sites are encouraged to exercise caution when posting personal information about themselves in public areas.

Personal Information We Collect and Why

Generally, you may browse the Wade’s Jewelers Sites without providing any personally identifiable information. However, we may ask you to provide personally identifiable information at various times and places on the Wade’s Jewelers Sites. In some cases, if you choose not to provide us with the requested information, you may not be able to access all of the areas on the Wade’s Jewelers Sites or participate in all of its features. When you visit and use the Wade’s Jewelers Sites, we may need to collect certain personal information from you in order to provide and improve upon our products, our inventory and services. How we collect this information will depend on how you choose to use our services and interact with us, including the services and opportunities we might provide on the Wade’s Jewelers Sites.

You can access many features on the Wade’s Jewelers Sites without providing personal information to us, but doing so may prevent you from making full use of all the online features and/or promotions we offer and may limit our ability to provide you with the level of service that you would otherwise expect from us. In short, the information we gather is all designed to help us deliver attentive customer service.

Cookies/Site Usage Data and Collection of Non-Personal Information

When you view the Wade’s Jewelers Sites, we may store some information on your computer in the form of a “cookie”. Cookies are bits of information that are passed between our web server and your web browser and are used by many websites to give users access to certain functions. Our cookies do not store personal data such as name and address. If you do not accept our use of cookies on the Wade’s Jewelers Sites, it is possible for you to configure your browser to reject cookies by modifying your browser settings.

The Wade’s Jewelers Sites also uses a web use monitoring service which provides us with certain information about visitors such as IP addresses and publicly available information, for the purposes of giving us operational and marketing data about our website visitors’ use of the Wade’s Jewelers Sites for our business purposes. This aggregate information provides statistics and publicly available information that we use to analyze, market and improve our Wade’s Jewelers Sites and business. We do not collect any personally identifiable information unless you voluntarily provide it.

How Wade’s Jewelers Uses Your Personal Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• to provide the services you request to send you our catalogs and other offerings by mail
• to maintain and develop our service-oriented software and other business systems;
• to identify your product and service preferences, so we can notify you of new or additional products, services, and promotions that might be of interest to you
• to improve our merchandise selections and customer service
• to research, develop, manage, protect and improve the Wade’s Jewelers Sites, products and services
• to provide you with information on products, services, special deals, contest announcements, surveys or a newsletter in connection with a product or service about which you previously inquired, or about a product or service that we think you might be interested into analyze shopping and purchasing data, or to have a third party do so on our behalf

Your Choices Regarding Use of the Information We Collect

You may opt-out of having your personal information used for commercial purposes. If you would prefer not to be contacted about our special offers, products or services, or if your personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), you may correct, update or delete/deactivate your personally identifiable information at any time by notifying us via the “Contact Us” form elsewhere in this Wade’s Jewelers Site or at the e-mail address provided within any communication we send you.

If you use more than one e-mail address, send your opt-out e-mail from each of your e-mail addresses. If you receive any online newsletter or similar promotional e-mail communication from us, you will always be given the option to “unsubscribe” from receiving further e-mail communications from us at any time. Your option not to receive promotional and marketing material will not preclude us from corresponding with you, by e-mail or otherwise, regarding your existing or past business relationships with us (e.g., any use of our services or responses to requests for information you pose to us either through use of the Wade’s Jewelers Sites or by other means), and will not preclude us from accessing and viewing your personal information in the course of maintaining and improving the Wade’s Jewelers Sites, our products or our services.

Because customer lists generally are prepared well in advance of a communication, eblast or offer, you may continue to receive some offers after you send us a request not to use your information for specified marketing purposes. We appreciate your patience and understanding in giving us time to implement your request.

What We Share With Others

We limit access to your personal information to those within our organization with a business need to know. Most of our employees do not have access to that information. In addition, we enforce a policy against unauthorized disclosure or use of the information you share with us, and we instruct our employees concerning that policy. We may use or disclose your personal information to vendors who manage databases of customer information, to assist us in distributing emails, protect the security and integrity of Wade’s Jewelers Sites, to correct technical problems and malfunctions on Wade’s Jewelers Sites, to technically process your information, for fraud prevention, or to take precautions against liability. We reserve the right to disclose any personal information as needed if that information is requested by law enforcement agencies or if we are required to do so by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or by a government entity. We also may disclose your personal information to third parties if we have reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to conduct investigations of possible breaches of law, to cooperate in any legal investigation, or to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the terms of use of Wade’s Jewelers Sites.

Links to Other Sites

The Wade’s Jewelers Sites sometimes contain links to other sites. We are not endorsing any such linked websites and we are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such linked websites. Any links to outside sites are provided solely as a convenience to our visitors. You will need to make your own independent judgment regarding your interaction with these links.

Children

The Wade’s Jewelers Sites are general audience sites. The Wade’s Jewelers Sites are not targeted for use by children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected the personal information of a child under 18 we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.

Notification of Changes

We reserve the right to change or replace this Privacy Policy at our sole discretion at any time. In the event our Privacy Policy should materially change, we will generally notify our users by posting a notice of such change in a separate section of this Privacy Policy so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. Users will have the opportunity to opt-out of any change in the use of their information. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the Wade’s Jewelers Sites, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used or disclosed in this new manner. Your continued use of the Wade’s Jewelers Sites following the posting of changes to our Privacy Policy means you accept those changes.

Transfer of Your Data to the U.S.

By voluntarily providing us with your personal information, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Statement our Terms of Use. Due to the nature of the Internet if you are visiting a Wade’s Jewelers Site from a country other than the United States, your communications will inevitably result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By visiting this Wade’s Jewelers Site, you consent to these transfers. If you provide personal information to this Wade’s Jewelers Site, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of Wade’s Jewelers and the affiliates, agents and service providers referred to herein located in the United States.

By using this Wade’s Jewelers Site, you acknowledge that you have reviewed the terms of our Security and Privacy Policy and you agree that we may collect, use and transfer your personal information in accordance with it. If you do not agree with these terms, you may choose not to use the Wade’s Jewelers Sites, and please do not provide any personal information through the Wade’s Jewelers Sites. This Security and Privacy Policy forms part of our Wade’s Jewelers Sites Terms of Use and such shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States of America.

Questions / Suspected Security Breaches

We welcome your questions and comments about our Privacy Policy and we want to know if you are aware of a known or suspected privacy or security breach. To report a known or suspected privacy or security breach or to submit privacy or security-related questions or complaints, please contact us by using the “Contact Us” form in this Wade’s Jewelers Site.