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Welcome to AHCrafts.com, the website (“Site”) of American Heirloom Crafts (“AHC”). The following sets forth AHC’s Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”), which is also incorporated into AHC’s Terms of Use agreement

Purpose of Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to AHC. Accordingly, AHC provides these policies so that you understand how AHC collects, uses and, in certain circumstances discloses, the information that you provide and/or that is automatically provided to AHC as a result of your visiting and using the Site. This Privacy Policy also explains the steps AHC has taken to secure your personal information. Finally, this Privacy Policy explains your options regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. By visiting the Site, you accept the practices described in this Policy. AHC is not responsible for the content or privacy practices on any third party web site that may be linked to or from the Site.

Any questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to:
Attn: Privacy Policy Officer
American Heirloom Crafts
1208 River Road
Clinton, Maine 04927
Email:

How Information is Collected

AHC collects information from and about you in several different ways via the Site.

• Registration and Ordering. Before using certain parts of this Site or ordering products, you must complete an online registration form. During registration, you will be prompted to provide to AHC certain personal information, including but not limited to your name, shipping and billing address(es), phone number, email address, and credit card number. In addition, AHC may also ask you for your country of residence and/or your organization's country of operation, so AHC can comply with applicable laws and regulations, and for your gender. This personal information is used for billing purposes, fulfilling your orders, and communicating with you about your order and the Site, and for internal marketing purposes. If AHC encounters a problem when processing your order, it will use your personal information to contact you. 
• Email Addresses. Several locations of the Site permit you to enter your email address for purposes, including, without limitation, to register for give-a-ways and to sign up for AHC’s email newsletters and special offer alerts. Your submissions for these purposes are completely voluntary, so you have a choice whether to participate and disclose information to AHC. AHC uses this information to notify contest winners and to award prizes. AHC may post on its Site the names and cities of contest winners.
• User Submissions. Certain locations of the Site elicit your feedback regarding the Site and your experiences with AHC’s products. Your submissions for these purposes are completely voluntary, so you have a choice whether to participate and disclose information to AHC. Should you choose to submit information in response to these requests, AHC may collect and use your name, geographic location and other information submitted on the Site and to market AHC’s products. 
• Automatically Generated and Collected Information. In addition to information that you volunteer as described above, the Site utilizes technologies to collect information and track your user experience. AHC will use this information to improve the Site and user experience. In addition, the Site automatically recognizes the Internet URL from which you access this Site and may also log your Internet protocol (“IP”) address (which may indicate the location of your computer on the Internet), Internet service provider, and date/time stamp for system administration, order verification, internal marketing, and system troubleshooting purposes. 
• Age. AHC respects children's privacy and will not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information from children under age 13. As stated in the Terms of Use, you have represented and warranted that you are at least are 18 years of age or using the Site with the supervision of a parent or guardian. If you are under the age of 13, do not, under any circumstance, submit any personal information to us and always rely on a parent or guardian to assist you. 

Generally, AHC collects the above information to improve your experience at the Site, to improve the products that AHC sells via the Site and otherwise and to communicate with you regarding the Site and AHC’s products.

In the event AHC uses your email address to communicate with you, it will provide you with the option to unsubscribe or opt out of future emails. Please note that AHC may have to communicate with you about orders that you choose to place. Accordingly, you cannot opt out of receiving order-related emails.

AHC will not sell, rent, trade, license or otherwise disclose your specific personal information or financial information to anyone, except that:

1. AHC uses third parties to perform specific functions on its behalf and it must disclose information to help those parties perform their services (for example, AHC would disclose your name, address and phone number to a commercial carrier such as Federal Express or UPS in order to deliver a product that you order); 
2. AHC must disclose your name and credit card number and information to financial services and credit card processing companies in order to process your orders; 
3. AHC may be required to disclose such information in response to a legal process, order or investigation (for example, a subpoena or court order); 
4. AHC may disclose personal information where disclosure is necessary to protect its legal rights or to protect itself or others (for example, in order to reduce the risk of fraud or illegal activities); 
5. AHC may acquire, merge with or be acquired by another company or it might sell some or all of its assets, and, in such a case, AHC may disclose your personal information to another company (but such disclosure will otherwise be subject to AHC’s Privacy Policy); and 
6. AHC may publicly disclose the name, city, and state of any contest winners. AHC may sell, rent, trade, license, use and disclose non-personal information and aggregate information, so long as such information does not personally identify you or any user.

Security

The Site incorporates physical, electronic, and administrative procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information, including Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) for all financial transactions through the Site. AHC uses SSL encryption to protect your personal information online, and AHC also takes steps to protect your personal information in AHC’s facilities. Further AHC relies on third-party service providers for the physical security of some of AHC’s computer hardware. AHC believes that their security procedures are adequate. While AHC believes that it uses industry-standard precautions to safeguard your personal information, as is the case with all web sites, it cannot guarantee complete security.

Opt Out and Corrections

Upon your request, AHC will (a) correct or update your personal information; (b) stop sending emails to your email address; and/or (c) disable your account to prevent any future purchases through that account. These requests should be directed to:

Attn: Customer Service
American Heirloom Crafts
1208 River Road
Clinton, Maine 04927
Email:

Please do not email your credit card number or other sensitive information. Please note that AHC may have to communicate with you about orders that you choose to place. Accordingly, you cannot opt out of receiving order-related emails.

Applicability & Revisions

This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected via the Site and does not apply to information collected offline (for example, via phone calls and/or fax orders). AHC may modify or supplement this Privacy Policy at any time without notification to you. The current version of this Privacy Policy will be posted to AHCrafts.com. You are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Disputes

This Privacy Policy is governed by the internal substantive laws of the State of Maine, without respect to conflict of laws principles. All disputes shall be resolved as described in AHC’s Terms of Use agreement.