What Personal Information About Customers and Visitors Does Porcupine73.com Collect?

As set forth in more detail below, Porcupine73.com ("We") collects personal information that you provide when using the Porcupine73.com web site ("Site"). This information includes:

• Information you give us, such as your first and last name, email address, a password, and other information you may provide if you create your Porcupine73.com account such as occupation, hobbies and city and state. You can browse this Site without creating an account, but you will need to create an account if you wish to participate in our forums, purchase something, or take advantage of certain features and services.
• Automatic information we receive and store whenever you interact with the Site.  Like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses Porcupine73.com.  If you do not want your non-personal information used to serve ads to you, you can change the settings of your browser to reject cookies. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
• E-mail and electronic communication.  If your computer and Web browser support such capability, we may receive confirmation when you open an e-mail from Porcupine73.com
• Information from Other Sources, such as delivery address information from our carriers and third parties, purchase or redemption information, page-view information from our affiliated Web sites for which we provide technical, fulfillment, advertising, or other services.
• We will use your email address to respond to your questions, suggestions, and/or requests for assistance in using this Site.
• From time to time, Porcupine73.com may conduct surveys, contests, and sweepstakes via this Site, email, or other media.  If you participate, we may collect your name, email address, mailing address and other personal information. We do not sell or rent such information to any third parties.
• Any information you enter in a post or thread in the message forums becomes visible to other users.

We also collect certain technical information from your computer each time you request a page during a visit to Porcupine73.com.  This information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer's operating system, browser type and the address of a referring Web site, if any.  We also track, on an aggregate basis, such information as the time and length of visits, the pages viewed or downloaded and your browser version.  We collect this information to enhance the quality of your experience during your visit to the Site and do not sell or rent this information to any third parties. 

How do we use Your Personal Information?

Information we collect on Porcupine73.com may be used to enhance your experience in the following ways:

• Register you as a member of Porcupine73.com
• Deliver forum private messages, if you elected to receive notice of such messages
• Customize your browsing and shopping experience  
• Provide relevant and timely information and news on the site
• Respond to your customer-service inquiries or requests
• Comply with valid legal procedures, requirements, regulations, or statutes
• Communicate special values, featured items and other information to you
• Deliver merchandise and services that you purchase online
• Find and stock the products you want
• Prevent fraud and bill you for your purchases
• Confirm your orders

If you use the Porcupine73.com message forum, certain information in your user profile including username and other information you may have entered will be visible to other users browsing or viewing the forums.  Any personal or other information you enter in forum posts or threads will likewise be visible by other users.

Does Porcupine73.com Share the Information It Receives?

We do not sell or rent your personal information to any third parties under any circumstances. We will share personal customer information and/or purchase history only with our agents, representatives, service providers, and contractors for limited purposes, including but not limited to: communicating to customers; providing customer service; storing, sharing and retrieving customers' provided photo images in our forum galleries; enabling access to our partners' web sites; fulfilling customer orders and requests; offering certain products and services in connection with this Site; enhancing and improving customers' shopping experience; administering or facilitating surveys, contests, or sweepstakes; offering targeted marketing communications to users that opted-in to receive such communications; providing a personalized browsing and shopping experience; preventing fraud; and completing payment method processing.

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 remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Notice (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the event that Porcupine73.com, or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.

We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Porcupine73.com, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Notice.

Aside from the purposes described above, we will never share your personal information with any other third parties unless we have your express permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the disclosure is required to prevent harm or injury (such as product recalls, fraud, claims or other liability) or to comply with valid legal processes such as subpoenas and/or warrants, or as required by law. We may share aggregated statistical and demographic information with our partners. This information is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person.

Any information you enter in a post or thread in the message forums becomes publicly available and viewable by other users.

How Secure Is Information About Me?

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off or log off when finished using a shared computer. As Porcupine73.com uses a hosting provider (1and1.com) and does not own or have administrative control over the server(s), some security functions are outside the control of Porcupine73.com.  No Customer Service Associate or any other representative of Porcupine73.com will ever ask you for your password.  The confidentiality of your password is yours to protect.

What About Third-Party Advertisers and Links to Other Websites?

Third-party websites and advertisers, or Internet advertising companies working on their behalf, may use technology to send or serve the advertisements that appear on our website directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use JavaScript and other code, cookies, images, action tags, beacons, single-pixel images, and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features these parties may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by this Privacy Notice. Please contact third parties directly for more information about their privacy practices. (The Network Advertising Initiative offers useful information about Internet advertising companies (also called "ad networks" or "network advertisers"), including information about how to opt-out of their information collection.) Porcupine73.com also displays targeted advertising based on personal information about users. Although Porcupine73.com does not provide any personal information to advertisers, advertisers (including ad-serving companies) may assume that users who interact with or click on a targeted advertisement meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad (for example, users in the southeastern United States who have automotive interests).

How can I Control the Use of or View Personal Information I Have Provided?

Are Children Allowed to Use Porcupine73.com?

California Privacy Rights

Residents of California have a right under SB 27 to request a detailed list of any third-party entities with which Porcupine73.com shares personal information for their own marketing purposes.  Porcupine73.com does not share personal information with third-party entities for marketing purposes.

Changes to the Porcupine73.com Privacy Policy

Our business changes constantly, and our Privacy Notice and the Conditions of Use will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes.