Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy 
What This Privacy Policy Covers
This privacy policy covers the use of the web site located at http://www.alyssa-nicole.com and the services provided by Alyssa Nicole, Inc. including how Alyssa Nicole treats personal information that alyssa-nicole.com collects and receives. Pursuant to Alyssa Nicole's Terms of Use, you must be 18 years and older to use this site or have permission from a legal guardian. Therefore, this policy makes no provision for individuals under 18 years old. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Alyssa Nicole does not own or control, or individuals that Alyssa Nicole does not employ or manage.
Effective Date: July 4, 2009

Information Collection and How it is Used
General Information: 
• Alyssa Nicole will not sell or disclose your name or email address to third parties without your explicit consent, except as specified in this privacy policy. 
• Alyssa Nicole collects personal information when you register to use Alyssa Nicole services. At registration you are asked for your email address and certain other optional information. 
• Alyssa Nicole automatically receives and records information on our server logs from your browser, including your IP address, cookies, and the pages you request. This data is only used in the aggregate. 
• Alyssa Nicole uses information for the following general purposes: products and services provisioning, billing, identification and authentication, services improvement, research, contact,  and anonymous reporting. IP addresses are automatically reported by your browser each time you view a web page. Your IP address is stored in Alyssa Nicole's user registration databases when you register with alyssa-nicole.com. IP addresses may be used for various research purposes.

Service-related Announcements
Alyssa Nicole will send you a welcome/confirmation email when you sign up for Alyssa Nicole services. Receipt of this email is required for using Etsy's services.
Alyssa Nicole  will send you service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so.
You may not opt-out of service-related communications, which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you have the option to deactivate your account by emailing alyssa@alyssa-nicole.com from the email address you signed up with.

Administrative Messages
Alyssa Nicole may periodically email you with administrative messages. Alyssa Nicole will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. Your information may be combined with information Alyssa Nicole  collects from other companies and used to improve and personalize services, content and advertising. If you don't wish to receive administrative messages or participate in these programs, simply opt-out by emailing alyssa@alyssa-nicole.com.

Friend Features
"Tell a Friend" allows members to share information about a specific item listed on Alyssa Nicole by sending a personalized email message.
If you choose to use Alyssa Nicole's "Tell a Friend" feature, Alyssa Nicole  will ask for the information needed to send the message, such as your friend's email address. Alyssa Nicole will then automatically send your friend an email, inviting your friend to visit the site. Alyssa Nicole  does not store "Tell a Friend" information on our servers.
 
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive. You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject all cookies, you will not be able to use Alyssa Nicole  products or services that require you to "sign in," and you may not be able to take full advantage of the Alyssa Nicole service. Alyssa Nicole uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to: Access your information when you "sign in"; keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Alyssa Nicole's services; display the most appropriate advertising banners; estimate and report Alyssa Nicole's total audience size and traffic; conduct research to improve Alyssa Nicole's content and services. Alyssa Nicole cookies do not collect personal information, and Alyssa  Nicole  does not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your username or email address is.

Information Sharing and Disclosure
Alyssa Nicole will not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with nonaffiliated parties except as specified in this Privacy Policy to provide products or services you have requested or when Alyssa Nicole has your permission. It may be necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Alyssa Nicole Terms of Use, as specified in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise required by law. In some cases, Alyssa Nicole may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Alyssa Nicole will transfer information about you if Alyssa Nicole is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Alyssa Nicole will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the Alyssa Nicole web site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Without limiting the above, in an effort to respect your privacy and Alyssa Nicole's ability to keep the community free from bad actors, Alyssa Nicole will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement, other government officials, or other third parties without a subpoena, court order, legal process, or substantially similar legal procedure, except when Alyssa Nicole believes in good faith that the disclosure of information is necessary to protect Alyssa Nicole's rights, prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss, or to report suspected illegal activity.

Third Parties
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this document addresses only the use and disclosure of information Alyssa Nicole collects from you. If you disclose your information to others, whether they are buyers or sellers on Alyssa Nicole or throughout the internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. Alyssa Nicole does not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. Alyssa Nicole is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of other websites on the Internet, even those linked to or from the Alyssa Nicole site. Alyssa Nicole encourages you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.


Security
The security of your personal information is important to us. Your Alyssa Nicole account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need to work to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by signing off once you have finished using a shared computer. When you enter sensitive information (such as credit card number) for registration Alyssa Nicole encrypts that information using secure socket layer technology (SSL). Alyssa Nicole follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once Alyssa Nicole receives it. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while Alyssa Nicole strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, Alyssa Nicole cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on alyssa-nicole.com, you can email Alyssa at alyssa@alyssa-nicole.com

Changes to this Privacy Policy
If the privacy policy is changed, Alyssa Nicole will post changes so that you are aware of those changes. Alyssa Nicole reserves the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently. If Alyssa Nicole makes material changes to this policy you will be notified here, by email, or other places Alyssa Nicole deems appropriate.

Questions
If you have questions or suggestions you can contact alyssa@alyssa-nicole.com