Privacy Statement
Jacobs and Thompson is committed to protecting the privacy of your information and to providing you with a safe and user friendly online experience. This Privacy Statement applies to the Polar Bear Products website, herein referred to as polarbearproducts.com, and governs the collection, usage and security of personal information. By using polarbearproducts.com, you consent to the data practices outlined in this statement.
Personal Information Collection
Jacobs and Thompson will collect personal information, such as your email address, name, address and/or telephone number. Jacobs and Thompson will also collect anonymous information on demographics such as your postal/ZIP code, age, gender, preferences and interests.
Information about your computer hardware and software is also automatically collected by Jacobs and Thompson. This information includes: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by Jacobs and Thompson to improve website functionality, maintain our quality of service and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the polarbearproducts.com website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information through any Jacobs and Thompson public messaging board, this information may be collected and used by others. Please note that Jacobs and Thompson does not read any of your private online communications.
Jacobs and Thompson encourages you to review the privacy statements of the websites you choose to link to from polarbearproducts.com so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Jacobs and Thompson is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content published on websites outside of the Jacobs & Thompson family of websites.
Personal Information Use
Jacobs and Thompson will collect and use your personal information to operate the polarbearproducts.com website and deliver the services you have requested. Jacobs and Thompson will use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products and/or services available from Jacobs and Thompson, polarbearproducts.com and its other affiliates. Jacobs and Thompson may also contact you to conduct research surveys aimed at gathering feedback on our current products/services as well as potential products/services that may be offered in the future.
Jacobs and Thompson will not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to any third party. Jacobs and Thompson may share your information with trusted partners to receive services such as statistical analysis, email or postal mail, customer support and/or product deliveries. All third parties are prohibited from using this personal information outside of these services, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information at all times.
Jacobs and Thompson does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Jacobs and Thompson will keep track of the websites and pages our customers visit within the Jacobs and Thompson group of websites. This data is used to determine which products/services are popular and to deliver customized content and advertising to Jacobs and Thompson customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular product/service.
Jacobs and Thompson websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Jacobs and Thompson or their group of websites; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Jacobs and Thompson; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Jacobs and Thompson websites, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The polarbearproducts.com website uses “cookies” to help personalize the online experience of their users. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
The purpose of a cookie is to save you time by telling the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize polarbearproducts.com webpages, or register with the polarbearproducts.com site or services, a cookie helps polarbearproducts.com to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the polarbearproducts.com website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the polarbearproducts.com features that you previously customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the polarbearproducts.com services.
Personal Information Security
Jacobs and Thompson secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Jacobs and Thompson secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
Jacobs and Thompson will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. Jacobs and Thompson encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Jacobs and Thompson is protecting your information.
Contact Information
Jacobs and Thompson welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you believe that Jacobs and Thompson has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Jacobs and Thompson at customerservice@jaocobs-thompson.com. We will use all reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.