Scholar's Choice Online Privacy Policy

Scholar's Choice is dedicated to protecting your privacy. We ensure that any personal information that we obtain is kept confidential.

What is Personal Information?

Personal information means any information about an identifiable individual. This includes information such as your name, address, telephone number, birth date, purchase information or e-mail address. As a Scholar’s Choice customer, you provide us with this information in a variety of ways, such as joining our Scholasaurus Membership program, entering in-store contests, signing up for our Gift Registry program, processing a return, and calling for delivery or warranty information. In every case, Scholar’s Choice adheres to strict guidelines when dealing with your personal information.

Collecting Your Personal Information

When you provide Scholar’s Choice with personal information, we inform you as to why we are collecting it. Scholar’s Choice obtains your consent for the collection of your personal information. In some instances, where the purpose for collection is obvious,your consent is implied.

Consent

We will collect, use or disclose your personal information only with your knowledge and consent, except where required or permitted by law. Scholar’s Choice will not make your consent a requirement to the supply of a product or a service other than required to be able to supply the product or service.

Consent can be express or, in some circumstances, implied, and given in writing, by using or not using a check-off box, electronically, orally (in person or by telephone), or by your conduct, such as use of a product or service.

In determining the type of consent to obtain, Scholar’s Choice will consider all relevant factors, including the sensitivity of the information and your reasonable expectations. You may withdraw your consent at any time, on reasonable notice, subject to legal or contractual restrictions.

Commitment To Privacy

As a valued Scholar's Choice customer, any personal information that is given is maintained as the sole use of Scholar's Choice. Scholar's Choice will not divulge or use this information in any way other than for order processing and direct mail/email/telephone from Scholar's Choice to you as our customer. We do not share or sell data.

What we Gather and How we use It

With your permission, we collect customer information including your name, school or business name, address, phone number, e-mail address and payment information (credit card number) so we can process an order or receive your entry into a contest. If we have any questions about your order or if you are a winner of a contest, we may contact you by email or by phone.

As a valued Scholar's Choice customer, we will periodically send you emails and/or mailings to inform you of specials or promotions that we feel you may be interested in.

If at anytime you decide you would no longer like to receive emails or mailings, you may contact us in writing at:

	Scholar’s Choice
	2323 Trafalgar Street
	PO Box 7214
	London, Ontario, CANADA
	N5Y 5S7

Scholar's Choice does obtain data lists occasionally for direct mail campaigns. This may cause a package to be sent out to a customer who has asked to be removed from our records. In this case, a second request for removal would be required.

Online Ordering

We encrypt your password to ensure no one else has access to your account. If you forget your password just fill in your email address that was previously provided to us, and a reminder will be sent to that address. Please protect your personal information by keeping your password a secret and make sure you log off properly and take any necessary steps while using a shared computer.

Please note that credit card information is stored in an encrypted form and for your protection we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL 128-bit) encryption.

How we use Web technology

Like many web sites, we use technology, such as cookies, that allow us to make your visit to our web site easier by recognizing you when you return and help to provide you with a customized experience.

Customer Service Calls

When you call one of our customer service agents about a product, delivery, an installation, a billing question or for customer service, you may be asked for information that identifies you along with additional information we need to help us promptly answer your question, such as your name and address and a phone number where we might contact you. We may retain this information to assist you in the future.