The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content in this site is the exclusive property of TheTatteredTeddy.com and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Any use, including the reproduction in any manner, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, of the content on this site is strictly prohibited.

Liability for copyright or trademark infringement involves the potential for significant civil damages, including in particular cases, statutory damages, and liability for up to three times actual damages, plus attorneys fees.

If you have any questions regarding this copyright notice, or my web site, please contact me.

Security & Privacy Notice

TheTatteredTeddy.com never sells or shares information about our customers or visitors with any third party.

We will not give any information about you to others without your express permission. Our site uses forms in which you give us contact information (your name, address, shipping address, daytime telephone number, and email address) so you can place orders, request information and support, and make product selections.

When you order, if you chose to register our shopping cart will create an account for you and if you choose to order from us using a credit card, we will collect your credit card number and expiration date. If you contact us for support, we will keep an internal record of what support was given.

We use your customer information only to contact you in reply to an inquiry and to process your order. We use information gathered about you from our site statistics (for example your IP address) to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Web site. We also gather broad demographic information from this data to help us improve our site and make your browsing and purchasing experience more enjoyable. This is not linked to any personally identifiable information, except as necessary to prevent fraud or abuse on our system.

TheTatteredTeddy.com site uses cookies to keep track of your shopping cart and receipts. We use cookies to identify you so you do not have to login each time you visit our site. They are linked to your email address which is associated with the information in your account.

Our shopping cart and forms have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control.

Updating Your Information As a customer of TheTatteredTeddy.com, you may alter your customer information or opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners at any time.

I use emails to communicate with you, to confirm your placed orders to notify you with your shipping information, and to send any information you have requested. I also provide email links, as on my "contact" page, to allow you to contact me directly. I strive to promptly reply to your messages. The information you send to me might be stored and used to improve my site and my products, or it may be reviewed and discarded. However, your information will never be shared with any third parties.

Only If We Have To: As stated previously in this policy, we will not share your personal information except with a third party to assist us in the processing or securing of your personal information or when we are required by law unless we have given you notice and choice, in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or we must comply with a legal process served on our web site. We may also need to give out your information if one of our partners requires it, but these situations are rare.

Changes in Our Practices:
If I make material changes to my information handling practices or other privacy aspects, I will post those changes on this privacy statement, at least 30 days prior to their implementation or notify you directly via email. Minor changes will be immediately effective upon re-posting to this privacy policy on the TheTatteredTeddy.com.

Service Provider:
I use a credit card processing company to bill customers for products ordered.  These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

Survey:
This information will be used for purposes of improving the use and satisfaction of products we offer and for this site.

Refer:
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about The Tattered Teddy, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. TheTatteredTeddy.com site will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site. TheTatteredTeddy.com does not store this information. 

What Happens to my Personal Info if I Terminate my account with TheTatteredTeddy.com?:
When The Tattered Teddy account is cancelled (either voluntarily or involuntarily) all of your personally identifiable information is placed in "deactivated" and deleted  from relevant databases within TheTatteredTeddy.com. 

Contacting the Web Site:
If you have any questions about my privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please contact me at: info@thetatteredteddy.com