Privacy and security at PrairieOutdoors.com

At PrairieOutdoors.com, we are very aware of the privacy concerns of our customers and visitors to our site. 

We do not collect personal information unless you provide it voluntarily. If you elect to provide personal information, in no case will we sell, trade, license, or transmit for any reason that information outside of PrairieOutdoors.com, our authorized agents,except with your express authorization. PrairieOutdoors.com may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, usage patterns, and related site information to our advertisiers, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

Collecting and using personal information

By "personal information" we mean information that is unique to an individual, such as a name, address, or telephone number. From time to time, we may request personal information from you at our site in order to give you access to requested  products or services.  Different elements of this information are used by PrairieOutdoors.com to validate your registration and to facilitate your interaction with our site.

When you visit our site, we also collect certain information that does not identify you personally, but provides us with "usage data," such as the number of visitors we receive, what pages are visited most often, and what browser and domain name you are using. This data helps us to continuously improve the usefulness of the services we provide.

E-mail

Should you send us e-mail, we may share your communications with our employees or agents most capable of addressing your questions and concerns. We will retain your communication until we have done our best to provide you with a complete and satisfactory response and then we will either discard it or, in some cases, archive it. 		  

Cookies

Like most commercial Websites, we may also use what is known as "cookie" technology. A cookie is a nonexecutable element of data that a Website can send to your browser when you link to that site. PrairieOutdoors.com will assign a cookie upon logging in to some of our services, which will serve to track your progress for that session. When you end your session, either by logging out or closing your browser, the cookie is destroyed--it will not be saved on your computer. The cookie does not extract personal information about you. Most browsers provide a simple procedure that will enable you to control receipt of cookies by notifying you when a Website is about to deposit one. PrairieOutdoors.com does not engage in the practice known as profiling, nor does it engage the services of any companies that do.

Links to other sites

From time to time this site may provide links to other sites, not owned or controlled by PrairieOutdoors.com, that we think might be of interest to you. We cannot, however, be responsible for the content of, or privacy practices used by, other site owners.

Data security

When you purchase products from the GearShop, we use a secure server implementing the secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol to interact with you when you provide personal information during the purchase and payment processes. This state of the art technology encrypts your information so that a third party cannot read the information while in transit. Furthermore, all the customer data we collect is stored off-line and protected against unauthorized access. 

Changes to this statement

This Privacy Statement is effective as of November 20, 2000. We may change this Statement from time to time. This Statement is not intended to and does not create any contractual or other legal rights in or on behalf of any party.