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Privacy Policy
At BirthdaysMadeEasy.com, protecting your privacy is one of our top priorities. As an online store, we will ask you to provide us with personal information about you for use in the normal course of doing business. We will only use your personal information to process your order and to provide you with specific services outlined in this policy. We do not sell, trade, rent or give away your personal information to anyone. We use industry-leading software, technological safeguards and security procedures to ensure the security, protection and confidentiality of any personal information you provide us.
BirthdaysMadeEasy.com Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy discloses the information privacy practice for the website http://www.birthdaysmadeeasy.com ("Website").. BirthdaysMadeEasy.com ("Us" or "We") is the sole owner of any information collected on this website. Information is collected from our users, visitors and customers only as described in the Policy.
- We do not sell, trade, rent or give away your personal information to anyone.
- We do not share or disclose your personal information to any third parties, except for the following circumstances;
- Sharing
It is necessary for us to employ specific 3rd parties to perform certain functions for us. These functions are credit card authorization and approval (Authorize.net) and package delivery via FedEx, UPS and the USPS. The third parties we contract for these purposes have limited access to your personal information and may not use it for other purposes. - Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information as required by law when we believe the disclosure is necessary to comply with regulators, law enforcement or to resolve consumer disputes. - We collect personal information from you in the normal course of doing business. You can read about the information we collect and how we use it below.
- Account Registration
Creating an account ("registering") is optional at this website. During registration, you are required to provide your name, street address, phone number and email address. You must also create a password. BirthdaysMadeEasy.com does not have access to this password. If you lose your password, you will be sent a one-time password to the email on file. We do not share, sell, trade or rent any information provided during registration. You may also create an account by entering a password during checkout. - Ordering
During the ordering process, you will be required to provide your name, street address, phone number and email address. You will also be required to provide credit card information to complete the order. This is used for billing purposes only and credit card information is not stored in our database. In order to process your credit card, your information is transmitted via a secure connection to Authorize.net for authorization and approval. This encrypted technology is 100% safe and is just like swiping your credit card at a physical store. See our security policy for more information. We do not sell, trade or rent any information provided during checkout. We share certain information only as necessary to complete and fulfill the order. See the previous section ("Sharing") for more details.
If you do not wish to provide us with credit card information, you have the option of using Google Checkout to complete the transaction. You may opt to use Google Checkout on our shopping cart page, where you then will be automatically transferred to the Google Checkout web site. Please be aware that their privacy policy governs the use and collection of your personally identifiable information and is shared with us to fulfill the order. - Newsletter/Special Offers
Newsletters and special offers are only sent to visitors and customers who specifically subscribe to receive these emails. In order to receive these emails, visitors must complete our signup form shown on many of our pages or by visiting the Party Club ("newsletter") page. Customers may sign up by clicking "Yes" on the email question during checkout or while creating an account. You may unsubscribe from these mailings at any time. Please see our "Choice/Opt-out" section of this policy for more information. - Testimonials
You can choose to provide a testimonial/product review on our product pages or by completing our feedback form. We use this information to both improve our products & services and to display positive feedback from customers. While customer comments are genuine, statements are moderated and we reserve the right edit or alter comments to adhere to our guidelines. Any comments displayed on this website may include your first name, last initial, city and state. You may also opt to remain anonymous by clicking "Leave name out of review" on our web forms. We reserve the right to post or remove any testimonials or comments at our discretion.
If you choose to submit ratings, reviews or comments, you grant BirthdaysMadeEasy.com a nonexclusive, royalty free, perpetual and irrevocable right to use, reproduce, modify and publish in any way we deem necessary on the BirthdaysMadeEasy.com website and any other marketing material. BirthdaysMadeEasy.com reads all reviews, ratings and comments before posting and we reserve the right to deny any review. BirthdaysMadeEasy.com is not required to display all submitted reviews, ratings or comments and we reserve the right to reject, remove or modify any such submissions that contain inappropriate or offensive material. - You may choose to opt-out of receiving newsletters, special offers and satisfaction surveys at any time.
- Choice/Opt-out
Customers who wish to opt-out or stop receiving newsletters and special offers from BirthdaysMadeEasy.com may do so in several ways. Customers who do not wish to receive our newsletter, special offers or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these emails by verifying that "No" is checked in the email section while creating an account or placing an order. Customers with accounts may also log in and change their preference. In addition, You may send an email to with a request to be removed. Finally, you may use the link provided in all of our emails to proceed to our newsletter page, where you may unsubscribe. - Satisfaction Surveys
We may contact you to survey your satisfaction with your order and/or our products and service. If you do not wish to receive this survey, you may contact us via email at or call our Customer Service Department at 1-800-395-4458. - You may update your personal information at any time.
- Updating Personal Information
Customers may change or review their stored account information through our website by visiting the "My Account" page. You must have your email and password in order to access your account. In the event you forget your password, you may request a one-time password to gain access to your account. This will be sent to your email address. - We work diligently to protect the security and confidentiality of your personal information.
- Credit Card Information
As an added security measure, your credit card number is not physically kept by us or stored in our database. Our employees have no access to any customer credit card information. All billing and refunds are done automatically via Authorize.net - We use industry-leading software, technological safeguards and security procedures to ensure the security, protection and confidentiality of any personal information you provide us.
- We collect aggregate (anonymous) information about visitors to our website for administrative and internal purposes.
- Log Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer this site, track user movement, and gather general demographic information for aggregate use. We do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable data, and we do not distribute or share IP addresses or data with any third parties. - Third Party Analytics
We use a 3rd party analytic service to track, analyze and evaluate anonymous statistical information about our visitors. This allows us to improve our website based on user experience, volume and patterns. This service uses cookies and other web monitoring technologies to provide us with this data. This data is completely anonymous in nature and is not used to collect any personally identifiable information by either us or the 3rd party service. - Our site utilizes cookies for session identification and shopping cart function.
- Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored by your web browser when you visit this site. Our cookie is used to store a unique session identifier that enables our shopping cart to recognize your computer as you move from page to page within our store. This is important because it allows our software to remember and recognize key information, such as items placed into the shopping cart for purchase. A cookie is also used to identify your computer if you choose to create an account or log into an existing account. Any information stored in our cookie is only accessible by our shopping cart software and cannot be read by other websites. If you choose to reject our cookie, you can still browse this site. However, you will not be able to add items to your cart, create or log into an account, or complete an online purchase. In these cases, please call 1-800-395-4458 and we will be happy to take your order over the phone. - Third Party Analytics
We also use 3rd party analytic services to track, analyze and evaluate anonymous statistical information about our visitors. This allows us to improve our website based on user experience, volume and patterns. This service uses cookies and other web monitoring technologies to provide us with this data. This data is completely anonymous in nature and is not used to collect any personally identifiable information by either us or the 3rd party service. - Personal Information from miscellaneous communications are not gathered, collected or stored by BirthdaysMadeEasy.com
- Tell-A-Friend
If you choose to use our web form to refer a friend to our website or products, we will ask for both your email and your friend's email. We will then automatically send your friend a one-time email referring them to the product you recommended. This information will only be used to send this one email and we do not store, keep or share this information. - Visitor Emails & Questions
Visitors and potential customers often send emails or place calls to our customer service department for a variety of reasons. Any personally identifiable data, which may include but is not limited to, email addresses, names or telephone numbers, will only be used to respond to the emails or calls. Information provided in emails or calls from visitors is not stored or shared in any way. - This website contains links to other websites.
- Links
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that BirthdaysMadeEasy.com is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave this site and to read the privacy statements of each site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by BirthdaysMadeeasy.com. - We are committed to protecting the welfare and privacy of children.
- Children
BirthdaysMadeEasy.com does not sell products for purchase by children. Youth-oriented products are sold for purchase by adults only. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use BirthdaysMadeEasy.com in the presence of a consenting parent or guardian. We will not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information via the Internet from children under the age of 13. - We will provide notice of changes to our Privacy Policy.
- Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy in any way that will affect how we use personal information already collected on this website, you will be notified by email. You have the right to either approve or reject any changes to how we would use your information. Changes that do not affect personal information that has already been stored or collected will be posted on this page. - Last Update
This Privacy Policy is effective on September 17, 2007.
