Privacy Statement

Everyone working at ShopTintin.com and our parent company "Essentials" is committed to protecting the privacy of our customers. We are dedicated to provide a secure and safe shopping experience. That is why we do not, ever, sell or trade your information with any organization, business, or person not directly affiliated with ShopTintin.com. Additionally, all customer data is kept confidential and your credit card transactions are encrypted using the latest technology. Our Payment Gateway adheres to strict industry standards for payment processing, including:128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology for secure Internet Protocol (IP) transactions; industry leading encryption hardware and software methods and security protocols to protect customer information; and compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard. If you ever have any questions or policies, please contact John at shop@ShopTintin.com.

Registration and What Information We Collect

Registering with ShopTintin.com is optional. If you do decide to register with us, we collect and protect information that you choose to share. We hold this information to improve your shopping experience – to make it easier and faster. In addition to sending order confirmations and shipping information, we use your email address to send you our newsletter, as well as to communicate information of interest such as sales promotions, new products, and events. If you choose, for whatever reason, to remove yourself from our correspondence list, you may do so by logging into your account and changing your preferences.

What we collect: At check-out, we collect your product selection, contact information (name, address, email address, telephone number), and shipping methods. WE DO NOT STORE ANY FINANCIAL INFORMATION. Why we collect it: The information we do collect is used to process and fulfill your order and to bill you for your purchase. We also use it to communicate with you about your order, such as confirming shipment, contacting you if there are problems, or following up to get feedback on our service. In addition, we use contact information and purchase history (but not financial information) in order to provide a more personalized shopping experience, such as rewarding existing customers with special offers and alerting you to new products that you might like. Should you not wish to receive these communications, you may opt out of future notices by following the instructions to remove yourself from our correspondence list.

Sharing Information

Protecting the privacy of our shoppers is very important to us. We share information only with third-parties necessary to fulfill your order. This includes but is not limited to shipping companies such as PayPal (for processing payment on our behalf), the United States Post Office, and United Parcel Service. They are allowed to use your information only to perform their functions but not for any other purpose. We will not sell or trade your information to anyone. We do not, under any circumstances share your contact information – including email addresses - with anyone or any organization. Legal Disclaimer: Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order, or legal process served on our Web site.

Links

This Web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they exit our site and to understand the privacy policies of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site.

Security

Maintaining the security of your financial information is extremely important to us and is why we use the latest in encryption technology for billing.

Notification of Changes

If we decide it is necessary to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement and to any other place we deem appropriate so that our users are always aware of what information is collected and how it is used or shared. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected unless otherwise permitted by the user.