Cottons is committed to respecting your privacy and does not share or sell our customer information with any other company or third party. Because the security of your personal information is very important to us, we restrict access to your nonpublic personal information to those employees who need to know that information to provide products or services to you. We also maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal information. We use Secure Socket Layering (SSL), the industry standard encryption technology that ensures safe Internet transmission of your personal information.

How You Can Tell You Are Browsing a Secure Website

In order to be sure that information transferred between your browser and the CottonsLaConner.com server is secure, it is important to be aware of the security information available to you through your browser.
Once you enter the Checkout process (when you are ready to purchase the items you have put into your shopping bag), your connection to our server becomes secure. To confirm this, look at the bottom part of your browser window. If you see an unbroken key or a closed lock (depending upon your browser) you can be sure that your information is secure.
You can also ensure security by checking the URL line of your browser. When you enter the secure area of our site, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https."

Making a credit card purchase is just as safe on our web site as it is by telephone, but if you prefer to order merchandise from the website by phone, call toll-free 1-888-466-0346. Our customer service associates are available everyday from 10am – 5pm PST.

Collecting Information About You
No personal information is required when browsing our site. Once you place an order, Visa, MasterCard and American Express and Discover require that we confirm your shipping and billing address and phone number to authenticate your credit card transaction. Your email address is needed so we may confirm and update you regarding your order. This information is stored in a secure database, only accessible to employees with access to this information. All personal information is kept strictly confidential.

Online Account Registration
Registering with CottonsLaConner.com will make your online shopping faster and easier. We can store your shipping addresses and billing information so that you don’t have to enter them each time you shop. Your registered information will be securely stored with us, and you can add, delete, or change your registered information at any time using your user name and login information.

No area of our site is directed at children under thirteen years of age.

Mailing Lists
You will receive newsletters or promotional notices via email from us only if you have asked to be on our mailing list. Each time you receive an email from Cottons, you will be given the opportunity to "opt-out" or stop receiving them. Simply follow the instructions at the end of each email message to be removed from our mailing list.

If you wish to update, revise or delete any of the contact information we have collected, you may do so in one of two ways. You may log on under "My Account" and change the information yourself, or contact us at shop@cottonslaconner.com, explaining your request.

Enabling Cookies & JavaScript
Our site places a single, small file on your computer called a "cookie," which allows us to identify you as a unique visitor to our website. For example, if you have items in your shopping bag and leave our site or close your browser, the cookie helps us to identify you upon your return, so the contents of your shopping bag will still be there for you. Your privacy and security are not compromised when you accept a cookie from our site. Cookies are encrypted and sent securely, and no personal information is collected by or stored within this cookie.

The Cottons site also requires that JavaScript is enabled on your browser. Our servers use JavaScript to provide a more interactive shopping experience and to implement changes to the website. Enabling this coding language on your browser will not affect performance, nor will it collect or store any of your personal information.

To enable cookies and JavaScript please contact your Internet Service provider for more information or refer to the section that applies to “Options” in your Internet browser.

Policy Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy in whole or in part, we will inform you by posting a notice on our web site. Those changes will go into effect on the date posted in the notice. The new policy will apply to all current and past users of our web site and will replace any prior policies that are inconsistent. This policy was posted in September 2004.

Contact Cottons
Our web store offices are open Monday-Friday from 10am – 5 pm PST. If calling after hours, please leave a detailed message including your name, phone number and what we can do to assist you. You will be contacted by the next business day.

CottonsLaConner.com
PO Box 354
105 North 1st Street #4
La Conner, WA 98257
Toll Free: 888.466.0346
Fax: 360.466.7407
Email: shop@cottonslaconner.com

Contacting the Webmaster
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you may send a message to the Webmaster.