Austin Group owns and operates various websites, all information you provide to Austin Group via any of our websites or otherwise will be held by us subject to this privacy policy. Austin Group is a company established and operated out of Ontario Canada. Accordingly, information submitted by you to Austin Group will be held and processed in Canada in accordance with this Privacy Notice. For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes no information regarding the domain or e-mail address. We collect the e-mail address of those who communicate with us via e-mail, aggregate information on what pages consumers access or visit, user specific information on what pages consumers access or visit and information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey information and/or site registrations.

The information we collect is used for internal review and is then discarded, used to improve the content of our Web page, used to customize the content and/or layout of our page for individual consumer and used by us to contact consumers for marketing purposes. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending an e-mail, calling or writing, and telling us that you do not want to receive e-mail from our company.

HOW SECURE IS THIS WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION I PROVIDE?

We work hard to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input. We also use a secure server hosting location, firewall protection, controlled access and encryption technology to protect your data. While no system is completely foolproof, we take the security of your personal information very seriously, and our security measures are designed to protect that information in a responsible manner.

A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT CHILDREN

Austin Group is not designed or intended for use by children under 13, although participating merchants on our sites may offer children's products for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you should use Austin Group Websites only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Children under 13 may not submit any personally identifiable information to us, and if we discover that we have inadvertently gathered any such information from a child under 13, we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

EMAIL POLICIES

From time to time, Austin Group may send newsletters and other email to members and others who have agreed to be contacted by Austin Group or any of its websites. You can always choose not to receive email from Austin Group. Each of our email messages contains a link at the bottom of the email to be removed from our mailing list.

ANTI-SPAM POLICY

Austin Group is opposed to unsolicited email ("spam"). We do not send emails to anyone without permission and we do not sell or provide email addresses to any unauthorized third party. If you receive any unsolicited emails from spammers, please be assured that Austin Group did not provide your email address to such parties.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES AUSTIN GROUP GATHER?

The information we learn from shoppers helps us personalize and continually improve your shopping experience at Austin Group and our participating merchants. Here are the general types of information we gather.

Information You Submit

We receive and store any information you provide to us when you become an Austin Group member, communicate by email, telephone or physical mail with our customer service, or otherwise interact with us. Such information may include your name, address, email address, shopping interests and preferences, transaction history, and other personal data. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of certain useful Austin Group features.

Information Gathered Automatically

Examples of the information we collect and analyze in this manner include the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; computer and connection information such as browser type and version, operating system, and platform; your behavior on our Web site and related services, including the products and merchants you view or searched for, as well as the URL you come from and go to next (whether this URL is on our site or not); cookie number; and participating merchants you visit. The cookies and clear gifs that we use do not contain and are not tied to personally identifiable information about you.

You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on our site.

WHAT CHOICES DO I HAVE?

As discussed above, you can always choose not to provide information, although that might prevent us from personalizing our service for you or prevent you from taking advantage of certain useful Austin Group features.

If you have registered as a member, you can add or update your registration information (for instance, if your name, email address or postal/zip code changes), or delete your membership account entirely, at any time by visiting the Your Account area or contacting us.