HoopThing.com Privacy Policy

This policy was last updated on July 1, 2010

HoopThing cares about maintaining your privacy, and adheres to the following policies to help ensure your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner.

During your visit to HoopThing.com we may collect and maintain some information for the sole purpose of enhancing your shopping experience. Under no circumstances do we sell this information to other businesses or share it with any third parties. When you provide your email address or phone number to us we retain it to communicate with you regarding transactions such as orders, inquiries, etc. We never share this information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Opt-In

If you opt-in to receive email communication from HoopThing.com you will receive periodic emails from us about new website features, new designers, new merchandise, sales, promotions, surveys, contests, and other announcements. Your email address will never be shared or given to a third party.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data sent by a web server and stored on your hard drive containing information about your session. Usage of a cookie from our site is not linked in any way to any information that identifies you personally. Cookies help us to provide a better shopping experience and track and serve the interests of our members in the aggregate by analyzing popular content and merchandise and using that information to improve our website. Cookies do not cause damage to your computer systems or files, and only the website that transferred a particular cookie to you can read, modify or delete that cookie. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits; although, by declining the use of cookies you may not be able to use certain features on the website.

Service Providers

HoopThing only shares your personally identifiable information when absolutely necessary in order to conduct your business and then only with trusted third party partners obligated to respect your privacy. For example, we will provide our shipping company with your address as necessary to fulfill your order. Also, if you use a credit card or finance your purchase with HoopThing we will share your information with the credit or finance agency to complete your order. These third parties only receive the minimum data necessary to perform their function and they are not authorized to use this data for any other purpose.

Disclosure

We may share any information available to us in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected fraud, illegal activities, potential threats to the physical safety of any person or as otherwise required by law. We may also exchange personal information with other organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Transfer of Ownership

Your account and information may be transferred as part of a sale of company assets, a merger or acquisition, a bankruptcy or receivership as a business asset of the company.

Links

For your convenience, HoopThing will provide links to useful information at third party web sites. These web sites are not covered by our privacy policy and our beyond our control. We ask that you review the privacy policies posted on these sites prior to providing any personally identifiable information.

Children's Privacy

HoopThing does not knowingly collect information on any person under the 13 years of age. We respectfully request that children do not submit information on the HoopThing website. If it comes to our attention that we have collected personally identifiable information from a child under 13, we will delete that data immediately.

Privacy Policy Updates

We will occasionally update our Privacy Policy to take advantage of new technologies, improve our service or respond to your feedback. The date of our last change is always posted at the top of this Privacy Policy. HoopThing encourages you to periodically check back and review this Privacy Policy to stay current on how we are protecting your information. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective immediately upon its posting on the HoopThing website. Use of the website constitutes your acceptance of the Privacy Policy then in effect.