Fruits & Passion is committed to ensuring the confidentiality of any information
conveyed via Internet, as well as to maintaining personal privacy. In line with
this commitment, following is a description of Fruits & Passion’s security
measures, its policy regarding the nature of any information gathered about customers
ordering products via the Site, its reasons for gathering such information, and
the use made of such information.
Security
Fruits & Passion has established state-of-the-art security measures in
order to protect you against the loss or unauthorized use of your data on file,
including credit card information. Fruits & Passion’s Web servers
use the most advanced Secure Socket Layers (SSL) technology, which ensures highly
secure data transmission. Furthermore, Fruits & Passion servers are also
protected by firewall-type technology. Fruits & Passion is committed to
maintaining its hardware at the leading edge in order to ensure that you can
make secure transactions on the Site at any time.
However, no security measure is perfect, and you should be aware that there
is always a certain amount of risk that personal information provided to Fruits
& Passion is disclosed without your consent and as a result of no fault
on the part of Fruits & Passion. Fruits & Passion hereby waives any
responsibility regarding the disclosure of your personal information, except
in the event that such disclosure occurs as a result of negligence on its part.
It is important to note that, in order to ensure security, no credit card-related
data is kept on Fruits & Passion’s servers. Should you be concerned
about the issue of confidentiality and the use of your credit card on the Internet,
Fruits & Passion invites you to order by phone through one of its representatives
at 1-800-276-9952.
What personal information does Fruits & Passion gather?
In some circumstances, when purchasing products or registering for a promotional
contest, for example, Fruits & Passion will require your name, postal address,
e-mail address, as well as certain other information that you may agree to offer.
Fruits & Passion will make every effort possible to provide you with the
means to verify that your confidential information is up-to-date.
What use does Fruits & Passion make of the information gathered?
The information gathered by Fruits & Passion is used to open an account
in your name, to process your order, to reach you should you win a prize in
a contest, to personalize the documentation forwarded to you, and if you so
authorize, to occasionally convey personalized information to you about its
Web site and products. Fruits & Passion assures you that its advertisers
and/or partners do not, at any time, have access to your confidential data.
Moreover, Fruits & Passion does not resell its customer list, and you always
have the option to request that Fruits & Passion stop sending you information
concerning its Web site and products by so indicating in the "Registration"
section.
Links to Other Web Sites
The Fruits & Passion Web site features various links to other companies’
Web sites. By clicking on one of these links, you leave the Fruits & Passion
site. Fruits & Passion does not have any control over the operations of
these other Web sites, and their presence on the Site in no way infers any responsibility
on the part of Fruits & Passion. Any personal information you transmit through
these other Web sites is only subject to the policies of these particular sites
with regards to the treatment of confidential information. As such, we suggest
that you pay close attention to these Web sites’ policies regarding confidential
information.
Cookies
Cookies, or "telltale marks", are small text files which embed themselves
on your hard drive from some of the Site’s pages. Cookies are harmless
in the sense that they cannot extract any information from your hard drive,
over which you have complete control. Fruits & Passion uses Cookies to determine
site traffic, convey useful information to its Marketing Department, and to
personalize any future visits you make to the Site. Cookies do not systematically
provide Fruits & Passion with any personal information about you, and you
can opt to stop receiving Cookies at any time by simply modifying your computer
configuration.
Limitations
Fruits & Passion reserves the right to amend its policies at any time.
Fruits & Passion also reserves the right to disclose your personal information
insofar as the law would require Fruits & Passion to do so, or in order
to protect its ownership rights to the Site, its users, sponsors, advertisers
or suppliers.
Copyright
The contents of this Site are protected by various laws. These contents are
intended for non-commercial use. Any reproduction, publication, distribution
or public rendering of the Site’s contents, in whole or in part, is strictly
prohibited. Any unauthorized use of said contents could render the offender
liable to civil and/or criminal prosecution.