This site is hosted by Yahoo! Store. Yahoo! hosts the store pages, ordering system, and order data. Yahoo! automatically collects order information but may only use this information in the aggregate. If you accessed this store through Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! also automatically collects information about your shopping experience. Please see the Yahoo! Privacy Policy for more information about how Yahoo! uses this information.

PRIVACY POLICY

Gems4Me is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Gems4Me collects information from our users at several different points on our website.

All information gathered by Gems4Me during your order is kept strictly confidential and will not be distributed to third parties without your permission. The information will be used only to make sure that your order gets delivered to you in the timeliest manner.

Order Form We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer's orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the user.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive indexed tocontaining information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, the user would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If a user rejects the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. For example, the user will not be able to participate in any of our Sweepstakes, Contests or monthly Drawings that take place. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site.Our site is powered by Yahoo Shoping and Yahoo! uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to: „h Access your information when you "sign in," so that we can provide you with customized content, such as My Yahoo!. „h Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using Yahoo!'s services -- for example, the local zip code you want to use in Yahoo! Yellow Pages or Yahoo! Movies. „h Display the most appropriate advertising banners, based on your interests and activity on Yahoo!. „h Assist merchants in Yahoo! Stores and Yahoo! Shopping to process the items in your shopping cart. „h Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic. „h Conduct research to improve Yahoo!'s content and services. „h Require you to re-enter your Yahoo! password after a certain period of time has elapsed to protect you against others accidentally accessing your account contents.



Communication from the Site, Special Offers and Updates

We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see our choice and opt-out below.

On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send you an email. Users may opt-out of these communications. See our choice and opt out section below. [Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.]

We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account via email or phone.

Log Files

We use IP addresses, browser type, ISP (internet service provider), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and #of clicks to analyze trends, to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Links

This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we Gems4Me are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. For example, our ˇ§refer a friendˇ¨ feature is hosted on another website. 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.

Surveys & Contests

From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Usersˇ¦ personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we obtain your prior consent. Though we may use an intermediary to sponsor these surveys or contest, but they may not use your personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

Supplementation of Information

In order for this website to properly fulfill its obligation to our customers, it is necessary for us to supplement the information we receive with information from 3rd party sources. As mentioned above, Yahoo! hosts the ordering system on the site and consequently verifies credit card information for Gems4me to process your order.

Security

This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line.

When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just 'surfing'.

While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password-protected screen-savers when they leave their desk. When they return, they must re-enter their password to re-gain access to your information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Periodically during the year, as well as any time new policies are added, our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy, and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is protected. Finally, the servers that we store personally identifiable information on are kept in a secure environment, behind a locked cage.If you have any questions about the security at our website, you can send an email to customercare@gems4me.com.

Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information:

If a userˇ¦s personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate that userˇ¦s personally identifiable information provided to us. This can usually be done by emailing our Customer Support at support@Gems4me.com. Choice/Opt-out

Our users are given the opportunity to 'opt-out' of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for the information. For example, our order form has an 'opt-out' mechanism so users who buy a product from us, but don't want any marketing material, can keep their email address off of our lists.

Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials from our partners may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us at customercare@Gems4Me.com Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether they should proceed with services that require an outside party, or not.

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. However, if you have opted out of all communication or deleted/deactivated your account you will not be contacted, nor will your information be used in this new manner.