Privacy
Hip Gizmos is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Hip Gizmos web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Hip Gizmos website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Hip Gizmos collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address and name.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Hip Gizmos. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Hip Gizmos for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hip Gizmos web site.
Hip Gizmos encourages you to review the privacy statements of web sites you choose to link to from Hip Gizmos so that you can understand how those web sites collect, use and share your information. Hip Gizmos is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on web sites outside of the Hip Gizmos web site.
Use of your Personal Information
Hip Gizmos collects and uses your personal information to operate the Hip Gizmos web site and deliver the services you have requested. Hip Gizmos also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Hip Gizmos and its affiliates. Hip Gizmos may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Hip Gizmos does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Hip Gizmos may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Hip Gizmos may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Hip Gizmos, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Hip Gizmos keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Hip Gizmos, in order to determine what Hip Gizmos services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customised content and advertising within Hip Gizmos to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Hip Gizmos web site 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 Hip Gizmos or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hip Gizmos; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hip Gizmos, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The Hip Gizmos web site use "cookies" to help you personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page 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.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalise Hip Gizmos pages, or register with Hip Gizmos site or services, a cookie helps Hip Gizmos to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. When you return to the same Hip Gizmos web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Hip Gizmos features that you customised.
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 Hip Gizmos services or web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Hip Gizmos secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Hip Gizmos secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure.
Changes to this Statement
Hip Gizmos will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Hip Gizmos encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Hip Gizmos is protecting your information.
