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SOLE TECHNOLOGY ONLINE PRIVACY STATEMENT
Thank you for visiting this website. Sole Technology, Inc. (hereinafter "Sole
Technology," "we" or "us") has created this Online Privacy Statement to
demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. To better protect your
privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and
the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used
by us. This notice discloses our information gathering and dissemination
practices for each of the Sole Technology websites (each a "Sole Technology
Site" and, collectively, the "Sole Technology Sites").
Although our computer systems are currently based in the United States of
America, we operate internationally. Your personal data will be processed by us
in the United States where data protection and privacy regulations may or may
not be to the same level of protection as in other parts of the world, such as
in the European Union. By visiting the Sole Technology Sites from outside the
United States, you consent to the collection and processing in the United
States of your identifiable information.
1. THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We use the information that you provide to respond to your requests, assist our
sales team to reach an appropriate audience, improve our stores and the Sole
Technology Sites, manage our contests, and to communicate with you. Here are
the types of information we gather.
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Information You Give Us. You can enter certain information on the Sole
Technology Sites, including your name, age, e-mail address, survey information
or other site registration data, hobbies, interests and your URL. You can
choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to
take advantage of some of the features of the Sole Technology Sites.
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Automatic Information. Certain data is automatically collected from you and all
visitors whenever you visit any of the Sole Technology Sites. This data
includes your IP address and the type of browser you use to surf the Internet.
Your IP address tells us both your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the
general geographic location from where you are connecting. We may also use your
IP address to track the date and time you accessed the Sole Technology Site,
how long you stayed at the Sole Technology Site, and what pages you visited. If
you have configured your browser with your e-mail address, this data may also
be available to us.
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Cookies. Like many websites, Sole Technology makes use of "cookies" on the Sole
Technology Sites. A cookie is a file transferred from a website to the hard
drive of your computer so that the website may track your activities on the
website. Cookies, by themselves, do not let a website know any personally
identifying information about you, such as your real name, address, etc.,
unless you previously provided that information at the website or have set your
preferences in your browser to provide that information. Sole Technology does
not collect personally identifiable information about any one person using
cookies. Cookies technology allows Sole Technology to keep track of the sites
you visit and store your preferences. The Help portion of the toolbar on most
browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies,
how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to
disable cookies altogether.
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Rant Boards. If you wish to participate in the "rant" or any other "chat room"
type feature offered on any Sole Technology Site, you will be asked to enter
your name, e-mail address, and URL. When posting a rant, you can do so under a
pseudonym. If you do choose to post any information about yourself, please be
aware that Sole Technology cannot control and assumes no responsibility for the
collection, use or misuse of this publicly accessible information by other
visitors to the Sole Technology Sites.
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Surveys. Occasionally, Sole Technology will request you to fill out a user
survey. Such surveys are optional to you, the users, but these surveys allow
Sole Technology to better understand the demographics and interests of our
users. Your responses in combination with the responses of our other users help
Sole Technology to improve the Sole Technology Sites.
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Contests. Sole Technology may occasionally run contests, sweepstakes, or other
promotions sponsored by Sole Technology or our partners and sponsors. As part
of entering the contest, Sole Technology may request your name, age, e-mail
address and mailing address. Sole Technology may share such information with
the third party sponsors. Any information supplied to a third party may be
retained by such third party and will be beyond the control of Sole Technology.
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E-Mail. If you contact Sole Technology through the regular mail or via e-mail,
Sole Technology may keep a record of that correspondence. Any personally
identifiable information contained within your communication will not be used
for a commercial or unlawful purpose.
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Newsletter/Bulletin. Sole Technology may produce a newsletter or email
bulletin. If you choose to subscribe to this feature, you may be asked to
provide your e-mail address and mailing address. Your e-mail address will be
used only by Sole Technology to distribute the newsletter or bulletin and any
promotions or marketing that we feel may be on interest to you. To no longer
receive newsletters or bulletins, please review how in Section 4 of this Online
Privacy Statement.
2. HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION
Sole Technology puts the non-personally identifiable information gathered
whenever you visit the Sole Technology Sites and the information volunteered by
you to several uses.
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Your IP address is used to assist us in diagnosing problems with our server and
to administer the Sole Technology Sites.
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We may use the information provided to perform statistical analyses of the
characteristics and behavior of the users and decide where to invest our
resources. We may use this information to update the Sole Technology Sites, to
notify you about information that may be of interest to you, or display content
for which you may have shown a preference.
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We may use personal contact information volunteered by you for promotional
and/or marketing purposes.
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If you provide us with your telephone number, you will only receive a telephone
call from us with information in relation to a contest.
3. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES?
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Unless required by law, user information provided by you, including but not
limited to demographic information, will not knowingly be shared with third
parties that are unaffiliated with Sole Technology, with the exception of third
party sponsors of contests.
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User information provided by you, including but not limited to demographic
information, may be shared with affiliates or partners of Sole Technology, and
may be used for promotional and/or marketing purposes.
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From time to time, Sole Technology may offer contests and sweepstakes sponsored
by third party business or in connection with third party content providers.
Sole Technology may share with such third parties entrant information collected
by Sole Technology. Sole Technology encourages all third parties to adhere to
our policies regarding the privacy of our users, but Sole Technology is not
responsible for the privacy practices or the third parties use of such
information.
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Sole Technology responds to subpoenas, warrants or other court orders regarding
information that is contained within our access logs concerning any user. Sole
Technology also reserves the right to release the information concerning a user
who we believe is in violation of our content guidelines, even without a
subpoena, warrant, or other court order. Sole Technology cooperates with law
enforcement agencies in identifying those who use our servers for illegal
activities. We also reserve the right to report any illegal activity to law
enforcement for prosecution.
4. WHAT CHOICES DO I HAVE TO CONTROL MY INFORMATION?
You have the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and/or
to opt out of permitting us to share your information with affiliates and third
parties sponsors by sending us an email at
whyareyoubotheringus@soletechnology.com or sending us a letter at Web
Manager, Sole Technology, Inc., 20161 Windrow Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630 and
telling us that you do not want us to send you any communications and/or permit
us to share your information with affiliates or sponsors of our contests.
5. THE PRIVACY OF MINORS
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Sole Technology believes that it is particularly important to protect the
privacy of minors online. Sole Technology defines a "minor" as any person less
than 13 years of age. Sole Technology does not knowingly share personal
information about minor users with third parties without a parent's permission.
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Sole Technology recommends that parents review our Online Privacy Statement
before allowing their children to access the Sole Technology Sites, especially
the message board or rant areas. Children should always ask a parent for
permission before sending personal information to anyone online. They should
also be instructed not to fill out any forms or register at any domain without
a parent's knowledge and consent.
6. HOW DO WE PROTECT THE USER DATA WE COLLECT?
We employ several physical, electronic and managerial safeguards to protect
collected user data.
7. How secure is my information?
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We work to protect the security of your sensitive information such as credit
card number and personal information during transmission by using Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
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We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming
an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the
appropriate credit card company during order processing.
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It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password
and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared
computer.
8. DISCLAIMERS
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All users should be aware while using any service where you disclose personal
information online voluntarily, including on message, rant or bulletin boards,
or through e-mail, that such information can be collected and used by others.
If you use these services on the Sole Technology Sites and voluntarily provide
any information on our rant areas, you do so at your own risk. Sole Technology
cannot make any representations regarding the security of such transfer of
information.
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You should be aware that the Sole Technology Sites contain links to outside
sites. Sole Technology is not responsible for the privacy practices or the
content of such websites.
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Sole Technology reserves the right to change or modify this Online Privacy
Statement at any time by posting such change or modification on this page.
Users should check this page regularly for such updates. However, we stand
behind the promises we make, and will never materially change our policies and
practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the
past without the consent of the affected customers.
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This statement and the policies outlined herein are not intended to and do not
create any contractual or other legal right in or on behalf of any party.
9. ORDER ACCEPTANCE
The receipt of an email order confirmation does not constitute the acceptance
of an order or a confirmation or an offer to sell. Etnies reserves the right,
without prior notification, to limit the order quantity of any item and/or
refuse service to any customer for any reason not prohibited by law. Orders
shall be deemed accepted upon your acceptance of the terms of the invoice
issued with the product delivered to you.
10. CONTACTING SOLE TECHNOLOGY
If you have any questions about this Online Privacy Statement, the practices of
the Sole Technology shopping Site, or your dealings with any of the Sole
Technology Shopping Sites, please contact
us or send us a letter at Etnies Shop 305 North Harbor Blvd. Ste 330-C,
Fullerton, CA 92832 , Attention: Web Manager.
This privacy statement is effective on July 15, 2004.
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