Website Privacy Statement
Thank you for visiting the Whalen Furniture, Inc. website. Whalen Furniture, Inc. ("Whalen Furniture") believes that privacy is important to the success and use of the Internet. This notice provides Whalen Furniture' policy regarding the nature, purpose, use, and sharing of any information collected via Whalen Furniture sites and services. It details the practices that Whalen Furniture will follow with respect to the privacy of users of this site. Additional information can be found in the Whalen Furniture Terms & Conditions.
The information that you provide on the Whalen Furniture website, or via electronic mail, will be used only for its intended purpose. From time to time, we may change this Privacy Statement. For example, as we update and improve our service, new features may require modifications to this Privacy Statement. Therefore, it is recommended that website users check back periodically to view any updated versions of this page.
Collection of your Personal Information
"Personal Information" is information about you, such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone numbers, user ID, credit card number, and so on. We do not collect personal information, including your e-mail address, unless we first ask you for it, or you provide it via our website, customer call centers, or via other electronic media, such as e-mail.
Whalen Furniture collects and uses your personal information to deliver the services you have requested. These services may include parts service calls, warranty information, purchasing questions, or other similar services. Whalen Furniture does not use or disclose any personal information without your explicit consent. Whalen Furniture does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. Whalen Furniture may access and / or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
• conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process;
• protect and defend our rights or property;
• enforce the Web site Terms and Conditions of Use; or
• act to protect the interests of our users or others. Whalen Furniture abides by the Safe Harbor
o framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention
o of data from the European Union.
If you have voluntarily provided information, you consented to the collection and use of your personally identifiable information as described in this Privacy Statement. If, in connection with your use of a particular service, we ask to use your data in a way not described in this Privacy Statement and you do not wish to permit that use, you can choose not to use the particular service.
Site Security
Whalen Furniture is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. This includes, among other things, using industry standard techniques, such as firewalls, encryption, intrusion detection, and site monitoring to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For sensitive information that may be transmitted to or from our site, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as completely secure. So, while we strive to protect such information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to us and individuals do so at their own risk. Once any personal data comes into our possession, we will take reasonable steps to protect that information from misuse and loss, and from unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure.
Use of Cookies
At this time, Whalen Furniture does not use "cookies" to collect any personal information. This may change in the future, and this Privacy Statement will be updated accordingly. Whalen Furniture does not download any harmful software, commonly called "mal-ware", to any persons viewing its websites.
Contact Information
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Statement, please contact the Whalen Furniture Information Technology department at the number provided on the Contact Us page.