1. Information The Ski Company Collects
What information does this Web site gather?
The Ski Company collects personal information such as name, address, and
e-mail address, when you knowingly provide it to
us. Our Web servers automatically collect statistical information about
your visit such as pages visited and which browsers are
used to visit our site. None of this information is associated with you
as an individual (see information about cookies). We use
these statistics to monitor our site's performance and to make it easier
for you to use.
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What happens when I provide personal information
on this Web site?
When you supply information for a specific purpose, such as online enquiries
or bookings of a Ski Company service, we use
the information for that purpose. When you use our Website to order services,
we may use this individually identifiable
information as we would if obtained in a non-electronic manner. Such information
may include:
· Publishing your name, address, and phone number in our directories
(unless you have requested a non-published or non-
..listed number)
· Evaluating your service needs and contacting you regarding additional
services you may find useful
· If the way we use personally identifiable information changes,
The Ski Company will contact you via e-mail notifying you of
this.change and giving you the opportunity
to opt out of such use.
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What happens when I provide information on
registration forms?
When you choose to register with The Ski Company.co.za or any other Ski
Company site, we request accurate contact
information and preferences that help us better serve you. You will be
able to choose if your contact information is used to
send you company and product information, special offers, and in some
cases, newsletters.
If you're a frequent Ski Company customer, you will be given the option
to register a profile with us (limited to specific areas).
We would then store your name, purchase history, and billing information
to make it easier for you to shop and purchase from
us in the future. Customers have access to their account information at
all times.
Anytime you register with us you may:
· Opt out. At any time after the initial registration, you can
opt out by either going to Contact Us and emailing us your request,
..or phoning our call centre and cancelling
or changing your profile.
· Update your contact and personal information anytime by notifying
us of changes to this information previously collected
..from you online.
In order to improve your experience with us, we may decide to improve
our site's ability to obtain information about users. We
will update this privacy statement continually to ensure that you are
aware of developments in this area.
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Does The Ski Company sell or give my information
to other companies or individuals?
No, we do not sell or disclose individually identifiable information obtained
online about our visitors to anyone outside The Ski
Company. The only exceptions to this rule are the following:
· If you specifically authorize The Ski Company to share your information
with another company
· If law requires it where disclosure is necessary to protect the
safety of customers, employees, or property.
If you provide individually identifiable information at an event The
Ski Company sponsors with another company, or if you
register on a co-sponsored Website, you may be providing the individually
identifiable information to the co-sponsor. Review
the privacy statement at the event or on the co-branded site to learn
how the partner uses this information. Be assured that
The Ski Company uses this information in accordance with this privacy
policy.
On occasion, The Ski Company shares non-personally identifiable information
with non-Ski Company companies in order to
assess the results of a promotion or event. This information is used in
aggregate only, and does not contain any information
that would personally identify you.
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Does The Ski Company accommodate links to
other sites?
No. Our site does not contain links to other Websites. However, in some
instances where a service is provided through a non-
Ski Company partner or supplier site, such as Online Payments, you can
feel confident that your individually identifiable
information will be protected. The Ski Company requires suppliers not
to use the information for any purpose other than the
purpose for which it was originally collected, protecting the privacy
of your information.
What does The Ski Company do with
non-personally identifiable information collected automatically?
The Ski Company uses cookies to collect this type of information in order
to enhance your online experience as follows:
· Ensure that you see the correct products and pricing applicable
to the country in which you live
· Manage the number of messages that you see to avoid over-delivery
of the same message
· Tailor an advertisement to better match your interests and preferences
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What does The Ski Company do with personally
identifiable information?
Personal information you voluntarily supply when obtaining information,
purchasing products, or interacting with our advertising
on islandsonly.com is not shared for use outside The Ski Company. This
information is The Ski Company's proprietary data and
is not available to any outside company in this personalized form. Should
any changes be made in the way we use personally
identifiable information, The Ski Company will contact you via e-mail
notifying you of this change and give you the opportunity
to choose to opt out of such use.
Does The Ski Company use the information
provided online to profile its customers?
No. The Ski Company does not combine offline information about you with
the online information that you provide on our Web
site.
We have made it a requirement that you will be clearly notified at the
time of online data collection for the purpose of consumer
profiling. When your online purchase behaviour is intended to be combined
with offline information, this intent will be clearly
stated. You will then have the ability to choose not to have that information
aggregated.
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2. E-mail
Does this site send e-mail to site visitors?
The Ski Company strives to continuously improve our customers' online
experience by providing them with the latest information
about our products and services. We may provide this information in any
number of ways, including emails to our customers and
online visitors who have provided their email addresses to The Ski Company.
In addition, unless you have chosen to opt out
from receiving e-mail messages from The Ski Company, The Ski Company may
send emails to:
· Inform customers that their telephone bills are available for
review online
· Conduct online surveys
· Provide marketing information about The Ski Company products
and services
· Provide information to those who have voluntarily provided their
email addresses to third parties in order to receive
..promotional material
· Moreover, in the following situations, The Ski Company reserves
the right to communicate through email with online users,
..including those who have opted out of receiving
solicitation-based e-mails, to:
i. Notify customers about service or product changes that may affect them
directly
ii. Respond to an online user's email
iii. Confirm transactions, orders, payments and registrations placed online
iv. Send information that a customer or potential customer has requested
v. Provide emergency, security and online account maintenance information
vi. The Ski Company supports and complies with all laws governing its
email communications and will update this policy as
needed to ensure ongoing compliance.
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4. Security Issues
How does The Ski Company protect my personal
information?
We are committed to protecting the information you give us, so we implement
the appropriate safeguards to do so. Within The
Ski Company, your information is stored in password-protected, limited-access
servers. The Ski Company servers reside behind
a corporate firewall that maintains tight controls on any access to the
system from both our internal network and the Internet.
5. Cookies
What are cookies and why does The Ski Company
use them?
A cookie is a small data string our server writes to your hard drive.
This data string contains your unique user ID for our Website.
This technology also allows us to customize your experiences when you
visit The Ski Company Website. For example, we're able
to deliver content specific to your interests, keep track of your online
enquiries and alert you to new products and/or special
offers.
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What information is stored by the site or
in cookies?
Cookies contain a session identification number that our systems use to
recall previous authentication or order information from
our servers. We may also collect your domain name, the address of the
last URL you visited prior to clicking through to our Web
site and your browser and platform type.
How do I disable cookies on my browser?
It's important you know that a cookie cannot be used to access or otherwise
compromise the data on your hard drive. Your
privacy is always protected. However, at any time you may choose to change
your browser settings to disable cookies if you do
not want us to establish and maintain a unique Ski Company user ID for
you. Please be aware that cookies may be required to
complete certain functions on this Website, such as online purchases.
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6. Online Advertising
What is The Ski Company's position regarding
online advertising and third-party ad servers?
As an online advertiser, The Ski Company uses information supplied from
third-party companies in several ways. This is
aggregated data that does not personally identify any individual online
user. This data is used to:
· Evaluate and prioritise site selection when developing online
media plans
· Geographically target advertising
· Deliver product and pricing information applicable to the customer's
country of origin
· Gauge the effectiveness of our online advertising
Again, personally identifiable information such as name, address, phone
number, or email address is not collected unless you
voluntarily supply this data in order to get further information about
The Ski Company products and services.
In addition, The Ski Company may accept advertisements from third-party
advertisers. These advertisers are carefully selected to
provide information about products and services that we think may benefit
you. Third-party advertising companies may also
utilize technology in order to measure the effectiveness of their ads.
Some Ski Company Web pages contain clear gif's (also
known as Web beacons), electronic images that allow the third party to
collect anonymous information. This anonymous
information about your visits to our site is used to provide advertisements
about goods and services of potential interest to you.
No personally identifiable information is collected during this process.
7. Whom do I contact if I am concerned,
or have questions, about my Privacy at The Ski Company?
Please visit our Quick Comments Section by clicking HERE.
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