Privacy Policy

Your satisfaction is our #1 goal & commitment. This page details the things we do to secure your privacy and security on our website.

Privacy

We take your privacy seriously. Below we provide details about how we do that. Basically, we will not sell or redistribute your information without your permission. We keep your information in a physically secure location. We have invested in high levels of computer and Internet security. This includes daily 3rd party monitoring of our security protection. We welcome your input and will be glad to alter how we handle any of your specific information to meet your requests.

This web site, Stowecraft.com, is regularly tested and certified to meet online security requirements.

Stowecraft.com is also a verified Authorize.Net Merchant.

Authorize.Net is committed to providing its merchant customers with the highest level of transaction processing security, safeguarding customer information and combating fraud. We implement and maintain compliance with industry leading security initiatives such as the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. More than 232,000 merchants trust Authorize.Net to process their Internet transactions securely. For more information about the benefits of Authorize.Net's secure transaction processing, please visit the Authorize.Net Web site.

Stowecraft.com also uses industry standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to protect your data. SSL protects data submitted over the Internet from being intercepted and viewed by unintended recipients and as used by hundreds of thousands of web sites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers, SSL is the de-facto industry standard Internet transaction security technology. It is used in the shopping cart section of our website. When you connect to an SSL part of stowecraft.com, you will see that the URL in the address bar begins with https:// rather than the usual https:// and also a small gold padlock will in your browser.

Our building and computers are also protected with an active security system connected to a security monitoring service.

What Information Do We Collect?

We collect information we need to fulfill your order and contact you about it. We also collect standard information on your IP address, browser type, and Refer URL data. We use this data to prevent hacking attempts, help us know what web browsers people are using, and find out where our visitors are coming from so that we can improve our marketing.

Who gets this information?

Your information is only used by the staff in our store here in Vermont. We do not sell or redistribute your information without your permission. All our staff are taught about privacy and confidentiality.

How You Can Control E-mail Communications From Us

We have an informative e-mail newsletter we send out monthly. All web customers are automatically added to our newsletter mailing list which makes you a member of our popular loyalty dollars program. This give you 5% of your purchases back as store credits we call "Loyalty Dollars". You will receive an email where you can op tout. If you choose not to sign up for our newsletter, we will send you only e-mail that relates to a specific purchase, a request for information or in response to an e-mail inquiry from you.

Links to Other Sites

We provide links to affiliated entities and on occasion to other sites we think you may enjoy. These sites operate independently of stowecraft.com and have established their own privacy and security policies. For the best online experience, we encourage you to review these policies before submitting any Personal Information through these sites.

Updates to this Statement

We will update this Statement from time to time to reflect changes in our business. If we change how we use your Personal Information or the purposes or entities for and to which we disclose your Personal Information we will post the policy change notification on our web site.