This privacy policy is intended to assist you in understanding what information we gather about you when you visit this website at FILENESBASEMENT.COM, how we use that information, and the safeguards we have in place for the information.
This privacy policy only applies to information we collect online at FILENESBASEMENT.COM
General Browsing:
FILENESBASEMENT.COM gathers navigational information about where visitors go on our website and information about the technical efficiencies of our website and services (i.e., time to connect to our Web site, time to download pages, etc.). This information allows us to see which areas of our website are most visited and helps us better understand our visitors' experiences at FILENESBASEMENT.COM. With the navigational information, we can improve the quality of our website by recognizing and delivering more of the features, areas and services our visitors prefer. In the process of gathering navigational information, non-personally identifiable information (for example, domain type, browser version, service provider and IP address) may be collected.
Collection of Personal Information:
To ensure compliance with federal law, FILENESBASEMENT.COM does not knowingly collect or maintain information provided by children under the age of 13.
Use of Cookies and other technology:
FILENESBASEMENT.COM uses browser features know as a cookie, which is placed on your computer. Cookies are typically stored on your computer's hard drive and are used by FILENESBASEMENT.COM to help track clicks and pass information as you go through the pages within our Web site. We may also use cookies to tell us whether you or someone using your computer has previously visited FILENESBASEMENT.COM and to assist in the administration of your use of features and programs on our site.
We also use a technology known as clear gifs which are typically stored in e-mails to help us confirm your receipt of, and response to, our e-mails and to provide you a more personalized experience. If you elect to sign up to participate in the online features offered at this Web site, cookies might allow us to associate your Web site navigational information with your registration information.
The information we collect online is primarily used to deliver services and information about our products to you.
Information provided in the Contact Us feature is only used to respond to your inquiries.
When you sign up for e-mail, you will be added to the FILENESBASEMENT.COM e-mail marketing list and we will send you exclusive information about special offers, media events, new products and much more. Except as noted in the exceptions below and the sharing with third party service providers, FILENESBASEMENT.COM does not sell, share or trade your e-mail address. If you no longer wish to receive e-mails about special offers from FILENESBASEMENT.COM, you may follow the removal instructions located at the bottom of the next e-mail you receive from us.
Any information that you provide to us when submitting a resume by email is only used to enable Filene's Basement to consider your interest in employment with Filene's Basement and, if hired, for employment and business-related purposes.
You should be aware that we may disclose specific information about you if necessary to do so by law or based on our good faith belief that it is necessary to conform or comply with the law or is necessary to protect the users of our Web site, the site or the public.
As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy stores, subsidiaries, or business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but the company acquiring customer information in such a transaction would need to continue to honor any preexisting Privacy Policy (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that Filene's Basement, or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.
Third Party Service Providers: We may use third parties to help us provide services to you, such as monitoring site activity, conducting surveys, maintaining our database and administering and monitoring e-mails and postal mailings, drawings or contests. If personally identifiable information (i.e. name, e-mail address, ) is provided to any of these third parties, we will require that such information only be used to provide the services we have requested and that the information is otherwise maintained by these third parties in confidence.
International Visitors:
If you are visiting FILENESBASEMENT.COM from a location outside of the U.S., your connection will be through and to servers located in the U.S. All information you provide to FILENESBASEMENT.COM will be maintained in our Web servers and/or internal systems located within the U.S.
Links:
For your convenience, our Web site may contain links to other Web sites. FILENESBASEMENT.COM is not responsible for the privacy practices, advertising, products or the content of such Web sites. None of the links that appear on FILENESBASEMENT.COM should be deemed to imply that FILENESBASEMENT.COM endorses or has any affiliation with the linked Web sites.
Updating the Privacy Policy:
Should there be a material change in the categories of information collected at FILENESBASEMENT.COM or a material change in how we use information collected at FILENESBASEMENT.COM, it will be applied only to information collected on a going forward basis. In the event of such a change,we will post the revised policy changes in our Privacy Policy on this Web site and state the effective date of the revised Privacy Policy at the bottom of the Privacy Policy. If you are concerned about how your personal information is used, please visit our Web site often for this and other important announcements from FILENESBASEMENT.COM.
Security Statement:
FILENESBASEMENT.COM takes the following types of security measures: use of technologies and policies such as limited physical access to our data-centers, firewall technology and limitations of administrative access to our systems.
While we implement the above security measures on this site, you should be aware that 100% security is not always possible.
The Effective date of this policy is February 2007.