Last updated: January 31, 2008.

TheToolingShop.com recognizes the importance of privacy rights, and we appreciate your trust in us to service your tooling needs carefully. This web page describes our website privacy policy. When you visit TheToolingShop.com, you must accept the practices described in this Privacy Notice or discontinue use of the website.

1) What Personal Information Do We Collect?
2) Do We Use Cookies?
3) Do We Share Information With Others?
4) How Secure Is My Information?
5) What About Links To Other Websites?
6) What Information Can I Access?
7) What Choices Do I Have?
8) Are Children Allowed On Site?
9) Conditions of Use and Privacy Notice
10) Notice of Change

1) What Personal Information Do We Collect?

TheToolingShop.com does not collect personally identifiable information about you without your knowledge. Any information we receive from our customers helps us to service their tooling needs, today and in the future. Below are ways in which you might volunteer information to our company.

Information Forms: We receive and store any information you enter into forms on our website or give to us in other ways, by fax and by phone for example. At any time you may choose not to provide certain information, however, you will not be able to use services that require such information. Any information that you provide to us is generally used for responding to your requests, customizing your orders, shipping your orders, and to ensure that you are satisfied with your tooling products.

Automatic Information: As do most if not all websites, we receive and store certain non-identifiable types of information as you visit. Non-identifiable means that we don't know who you are, we just see a search engine referring URL (Google, Live, Yahoo), visit date, and IP number for example. Our web server automatically compiles visitor statistics which we use to better understand how visitors enter and exit our site, and which products they view and purchase most.

Email Communications: Email is a convenient way for us to interact with our customers and website visitors. Customers must enter a valid email address to register, make an online purchase, receive order confirmations, and shipping confirmation notices. Customers may request to receive automatic product notifications and monthly newsletter emails. Such automatic emails are easily managed by logging into the My Account web page and selecting or de-selecting your email options.

2) Do We Use Cookies?

Cookies are alpha numeric text that is temporarily stored on the hard drive of your computer using industry standards. Our cookie is a very, very small file and does not impact your system performance. The purpose of our cookie is to secure your online shopping visit and to carry the items inside your Shopping Cart. Disabling our cookies will make it difficult to use our website, and might prevent you from completing online purchases. If you are having cookie troubles, please contact us or fax in your order.

3) Do We Share Information With Others?

We are not in the business of selling information to others. We are in business to serve your tooling needs. We share customer information only as necessary to facilitate your order and to answer your questions. Below we describe a few of the practices we follow.

Affiliated Businesses: Our suppliers, manufacturing partners, and technical consultants may require sharing of your information to facilitate your purchase or to respond to your technical questions. Shared customer information is used to facilitate transactions, and will not be used for other purposes.

Third Party Services: Other companies and individuals may fulfill orders, deliver packages, send postal mail and emails, process credit card payments, and provide customer service. Such third parties will have access only to personal information needed to perform their functions, and will not be use for other purposes.

Promotional Offers: At times we may send promotional offers to select TheToolingShop.com customers by email or postal mail: stock clearance, limited time only discounts, new product coupons, and tooling samples. Visit the My Account web page to log in and adjust your communication preferences.

Business Transfers: In the future we might buy or sell both online and offline businesses. Customer information is generally considered to be a transferrable business asset, however, remains subject to the Privacy Notice under which it was collected.

Protection of TheToolingShop.com: We may release account and other personal information when required to comply with laws, to enforce our Conditions of Use and other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of TheToolingShop.com users, and others. We may also exchange information with companies and organizations for credit and fraud protection.

4) How Secure Is My Information?

Credit card security risk is minimized through the use of PayPal, a premier online payment processing service. PayPal protects the security of your credit card information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software to encrypt what you input. Please protect your My Account login ID and Password against unauthorized account access. Log Out of TheToolingShop.com website on the bottom right corner of most web pages.

5) What About Links To Other Websites?

TheToolingShop.com contains links to other websites and is not responsible for the privacy practices of other web sites. Each linking site should state a privacy policy and terms of use for your review.

6) What Information Can I Access?

TheToolingShop.com gives you access to your information by way of the My Account link. When you log into the My Account section of our website, you can view and update your personal and account information.

7) What Choices Do I Have?

You can always choose not to provide information, however, you may not be able to complete purchases online or through our company. Other website features might also be restricted when such information is required. Email and promotion options are available for review inside the My Account section for registered customers. If you block or reject our cookies, you may not be able to add items to your Shopping Cart, Checkout, or use the website as it was intended.

8) Are Children Allowed On Site?

TheToolingShop.com does not sell products to children, nor do we expect children to find our site entertaining. If you are under the age of 18, you may use TheToolingShop.com only when supervised by a parent or guardian.

9) Conditions of Use and Privacy Notice

You may choose to visit TheToolingShop.com, however, your visit and any disputes over privacy is subject to this Privacy Notice and our Conditions of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of Connecticut. If you have any concerns about our Privacy Notice and practices, please contact us so that we can discuss your concerns.

10) Notice of Change

If we decide to change our Privacy Notice, we will post those changes to this web page, the homepage, and/or other places we deem appropriate. We will notify our users of what information we collect if any, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. We will only use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.