Your privacy is important to us. Flowers On First is committed to safeguarding your privacy online. We will never share your personal information with anyone for any reason without your explicit permission.
Please read the following policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you make full use of our many offerings.
What personal information do we collect?
What exactly is session data?
What if I don't want you to store this session data?
What are cookies and how are they used?
How is your personal information used?
Who is collecting your personal information?
With whom is your personal information shared?
What choices are available to you regarding the collection, use, and distribution of your personal information?
How can you access, update or delete your personal information?
How does Flowers On First use your personal information?
What kind of security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information?
What else you should know about your online privacy?
What personal information do we collect?
Flowers On First collects information in several ways from different parts of our website. We collect session data throughout the site, in conjunction with cookies, enabling us to ensure each and every Web page to each and every user is high quality, timely, and consistent with our objectives. For security purposes the ip address of transactions may be recorded. In addition, some personal information is gathered when you register to open an account. During registration, Flowers On First asks for your name, address, email address and zip code.
In addition to registration we may ask you for personal information at other times, including (but not limited to) when you enter a sweepstakes, contest or promotion sponsored by Flowers On First and/or our many partners; and when you report a problem with one of our sites or services.
If you contact Flowers On First we may keep a record of that correspondence. Flowers On First also occasionally asks users to complete surveys that we use for research purposes. Wherever Flowers On First collects personal information we make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy on that page.
What exactly is session data?
Session data is the information we collect on the pages you have visited and the contents of those pages, information you input (except credit card, password and other sensitive information which is protected using privacy filters), your referring URL or IP address, your time of visit and related session information, your requested page, web browser type, USR agent, status of request (successful reply), cookies, number of bytes in the response, and query string.
What if I don't want you to store this session data?
This is certainly an option, although we only use this information to enhance your experience with Flowers on First by ensuring a well-working, intuitive and effective site.
What are cookies and how does Flowers On First use them?
Cookies are small pieces of information that are used to store and sometimes track information about you. Cookies are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can configure your browser to prevent that.
Generally, we use cookies to:
1. Remind us of who you are and to access your account information in order to provide you with a more personalized service.
2. Estimate our audience size.
3. Assist departments in Flowers On First to track visits to and business at their departments, and to process the items in your shopping bag.
4. Track your entries, submissions, and status in some of our promotions, sweepstakes and contests. Flowers On First also collects IP addresses for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers.
How does Flowers On First use the information it collects?
Flowers On First' primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide you with personalized services, interactive communications and online shopping. Flowers On First' primary goal in collecting session data is to deliver an error free and intuitive site, and to generate aggregate statistics about the Web traffic coming to the site. These aggregate statistics tell us how much activity has occurred on our site, what areas and paths were most interesting, and what problems were encountered.
Who is collecting information?
When you are on a Flowers On First web site and are asked for personal information, you are sharing that information with Flowers On First or its contractors alone. For example, some data collected during a co-branded promotion may be shared with a sponsor. You can decide not to participate in the promotion if you don't want your data to be shared.
With whom is your personal information shared?
Flowers On First does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We will not disclose any of your personal information except when we have your permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the law requires it. Except, Flowers On First may share your personal information with our contractors to provide or improve services to you, but only if the contractor agrees to keep such information confidential. As with all personal information, the session data may be shared with contractors, but will never be shared with nonaffiliated 3rd parties.
What choices do I have on the collection, use, and distribution of my personal information?
You have choices about how the information you have provided us may be used by us to make special offers to you. You can direct us to have your name and address removed from our mailing list. Click here to unsubscribe from Flowers on First emails or send an email to mailto:unsubscribe@flowersonfirst.com with unsubscribe in your message.
What is Flowers On First's policy on allowing me to update, correct, or delete my personal information?
You may edit your Flowers On First Account Information at any time by using your Flowers On First login information. Your Flowers On First account can be deactivated, but doing so will result in not being able to access any members-only area of the website.
How does Flowers On First protect my personal information?
We use the state-of-the-art technology to safeguard your personal information as securely as possible. All Flowers On First employees are required to acknowledge that they understand and will comply with this privacy policy. Employees who violate this policy will be subjected to disciplinary action, up to and including termination. We also use privacy filters to ensure that credit card and password information are secure.
What security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse, or alteration of my information?
Your Flowers On First account personal information is password-protected so that you and only you have access to this personal information. You may edit your Flowers On First Account Information by using your Flowers On First login informaion.
Flowers On First takes steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with the relevant Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Flowers On First cannot ensure or warrant the security or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
What else should I know about my privacy?
Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through e-mail, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. You are solely responsible for
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