Please read the following to understand Hardwood Floor Depot's views and practices regarding privacy and how they pertain to users.

woodfloordepot.com PRIVACY STATEMENT

Hardwood Floor Depot, has developed this Privacy Statement for the benefit of the Users, to demonstrate its serious commitment to protecting privacy on the woodfloordepot.com . Accordingly, the following information summarizes woodfloordepot.com's personal data gathering and distribution practices for the woodfloordepot.com  as found at http://www.woodfloordepot.com.

As Internet technology changes, Hardwood Floor Depot may change the content found on the woodfloordepot.com , and consequently, its Privacy Statement. Please revisit our Privacy Statement from time to time to be sure that you are familiar with our current Statement. Your continued use of the woodfloordepot.com  following any modifications to this Privacy Statement will be viewed as representing your acceptance of such changes.

Will woodfloordepot.com keep my personal information?

Hardwood Floor Depot will need some personal information in order to complete the sale of the goods to you. This information such as your name, address and e mail address will not be given to third parties in any way. We may need this information for reordering or following manufacturer warranties. Other information we require to complete the sale of the goods such as credit card numbers, expiry date will be kept in our offices until the sale completed and will destroyed as soon as material arrives and payment of the goods received by Hardwood Floor Depot.

We will require credit card information for reordering.

Why does woodfloordepot.com need my personal information?

In order to provide our Users with a more personalized, relevant and intelligent service, Hardwood Floor Depot regularly makes improvements to the woodfloordepot.com . The collection of personal data greatly assists woodfloordepot.com in this improvement process by identifying the specific interests and needs of the many Users of the woodfloordepot.com. Data collection also assists woodfloordepot.com by allowing it to advertise its products and/or services or the products and/or services of others in a more efficient manner.

Although woodfloordepot.com's primary goal in collecting personal information is to deliver a customized and personalized service to Users, woodfloordepot.com also uses the personal information it collects to send Users E-mail notifications of new features or information and other information that woodfloordepot.com feels might be of interest to Users. woodfloordepot.com also collects IP addresses, or the location of your computer on the Internet, for system administration and troubleshooting purposes, and to report aggregate information to our advertisers and others. woodfloordepot.com also collects and transfers to its appropriate partners the personal data volunteered by Users who request information or quotes for various services offered, in order for such partners to provide the requested information or quotes. Lastly, woodfloordepot.com uses personal information for verification purposes for the provision of some of its services, such as E-mail.

How and what information does woodfloordepot.com gather or track?

Through the use of "cookies" (as described below) and on-line data entry, survey and registration forms, woodfloordepot.com may collect and/or monitor, in aggregate and individual form, personal identifying facts or data on, among other things, the following information:

"Demographic" Information	"Technical" Information	"Reference" Information
· age	· home server	· name
· gender	· domain name	· mailing address
· income level	· E-mail address	· telephone number
	· site traffic	· password

woodfloordepot.com gathers most of the personal information it collects on its Users during an initial registration process for certain services such as E-mail. Although some of the personal identifying information is necessary for woodfloordepot.com to deliver certain of its services, most of the information collected is optional. Accordingly, Users can determine to a large extent what information they wish to submit on a voluntary basis to woodfloordepot.com.

In addition to the initial registration process, woodfloordepot.com occasionally asks Users for personal information at other times, including when they complete optional survey forms or fill out optional contact forms for additional information on particular products and services.

"Cookies"

"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your web browser software on your computer's hard drive or temporarily in your computer's memory. The use of cookies is now an industry standard, and Users will find them on most major Websites.

woodfloordepot.com sometimes uses cookies to store and track User information. Cookies enable woodfloordepot.com to personalize the viewing experience of a User on the Network. When the User revisits the woodfloordepot.com, woodfloordepot.com can recognize the User by the cookie and customize the User's experience at the woodfloordepot.com accordingly. For example, woodfloordepot.com uses cookies to recognize User access privileges, track Site usage and traffic patterns, add advertisements for goods or services of interest, and estimate the woodfloordepot.com 's audience size.

Although most web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, if you prefer, a User may decline the placement of a cookie on his or her hard drive by using the appropriate feature(s) of one's web browser software (if available) to delete the cookie. Users should understand, however, that certain areas within the woodfloordepot.com  may not function properly if the web browser will not accept cookies.

In addition, advertisers that serve ads onto the woodfloordepot.com network may also use their own cookies.

Does woodfloordepot.com disclose personal information to third parties?

woodfloordepot.com discloses publicly available or volunteered technical or reference information of Users in aggregate form only, and not specific individual data, to advertisers and certain other third parties. For example, woodfloordepot.com might tell an advertiser how many males between 20 and 30 years in age visited the woodfloordepot.com  during a particular period of time.

In addition, Users are required to disclose certain personal information through registration in order to participate in promotions or to request information or a quote from certain third party providers that offer services through woodfloordepot.com  (including requesting an insurance agent's or contractor's quote or information from a travel agent). It is necessary for woodfloordepot.com to share this information with one or more appropriate third parties, who may or may not further transfer the information to appropriate vendors, in order to enable the vendors to provide the requested information or quote to the User. woodfloordepot.com does not control these third parties, and there can be no assurance that certain of such parties will not solicit users in the future by E-mail or otherwise. If you do not wish to have your personal data shared with third parties, you may elect not to participate in promotions or use services that require the disclosure of personal data.

Except as stated above, woodfloordepot.com does not disclose or transfer individual personal data records to third parties, unless it reasonably believes it is required to do so by applicable law or valid legal process or to protect its property interests.

woodfloordepot.com deals only with third party advertisers, retailers or service providers offering for sale products or services that woodfloordepot.com believes may be of interest to Users of the woodfloordepot.com . Nevertheless, woodfloordepot.com is not and cannot be responsible for the activities or privacy policies of these third parties.

What about external web sites?

To the extent that Users click on hyperlinks or banner advertisements to access third party sites from the woodfloordepot.com , Users should understand that these third party sites may collect personally identifiable information about them. Users should further be aware that these third party Websites are not controlled by woodfloordepot.com and, therefore, are not subject to this Privacy Statement. Users should check the privacy policies of these third party Websites to see how their personal information will be utilized by the proprietors of these sites.

What does woodfloordepot.com do to keep the Network secure?

woodfloordepot.com has also implemented a number of security features  to prevent the unauthorized release of or access to personal information. For example, database information is kept separate from live servers and is firewall protected. Also, only authorized personnel have access to any stored personal information woodfloordepot.com may collect on its Users.

Please be advised, however, that although woodfloordepot.com has endeavored to create a secure and reliable Site for its Users, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from woodfloordepot.com cannot be guaranteed. When disclosing any personal information, all Users should remain mindful of the fact that it is potentially accessible to the public, and consequently, can be collected and used by others without User consent. Accordingly, Users should consider carefully if they want to submit sensitive information that they would not want disclosed to the public and should recognize that their use of the Internet and the woodfloordepot.com  is solely at their own risk. woodfloordepot.com has no responsibility or liability for the security of personal information transmitted via the Internet. woodfloordepot.com, however, urges all of its Users to exercise caution when conveying personal information over the Internet.


What about the collection of personal information from children?

woodfloordepot.com does not intentionally collect or maintain information from individuals actually known to be under the age of 13 ("children"). Moreover, at present, no part of the woodfloordepot.com  is designed specifically to target or attract any children.