Privacy Policy

• Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses the store.

What about cookies?

• Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and storage of items in your Shopping Cart.
• The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

Does you share the information that you receive?

• Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others.
• We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Terms of Use Policy and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of smartsocks.net, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Notice.

What about security?

• We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.
• It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.

What choices do I have?

• As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, even though it might be needed to make a purchase.
• The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

Terms of Use, Notices, and Revisions

• If you choose to visit smartsocks.net, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Terms of Use Policy, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of North Carolina. If you have any concern about privacy at smartsocks.net, please contact us with a thorough description, and we will try to resolve it.

Examples of information collected

• Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) clickstream to, through, and from our Web site, including date and time; cookie number; During some visits we may use software tools such as JavaScript to measure and collect session information, including page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.