The Chat Shoppe Privacy Policy

The Chat Shoppe is committed to fully protecting the privacy of our customers. The Chat Shoppe understands its customers concerns about privacy and we provide this policy to ensure that your personal information is handled securely and responsibly. We post this privacy policy in order to inform you as to the kind of information we collect and how it is handled.

The Chat Shoppe "DOES NOT & WILL NOT" sell or trade available personal information collected on this web site to anyone - period.
The Chat Shoppe gathers customer information for the purpose of merchandise sales transactions, or in response to surveys or other requests for information. This information is "ONLY" used to complete your sales transaction and to improve the information on our web site in order to enhance your shopping experience.

What About Cookies?

Our shopping cart system uses a cookie only in order to store items in your shopping cart. Our cookie identifies your IP address. It is a functional cookie needed to process your order. It does not collect any personal identifiable information.

Most web browsers contain a "help section" which allows you to manage cookies. You can accept all cookies, have the browser notify you before accepting new cookies, or prevent cookies altogether. We recommend that you either leave your cookies on or accept the notification of a new cookie, in order to store items in your shopping cart while shopping at The Chat Shoppe.

Promotional Notifications

We do not participate in unsolicited email, for any reason, including promotional notifications unless you request us to be notified and included. Such promotional information would be related to specials on merchandise, enhancements to our store, and/or other newsworthy information. In no manner, shape, or form will The Chat Shoppe conduct "spamming" nor will The Chat Shoppe allow others to utilize our company's published address information (our corporate addresses, corporate emails, etc.) to be spammed by others.

If you request to receive promotional information directly from The Chat Shoppe and wish to no longer be included in our mailings, please notify us at the following email address (be sure to include the email address you want removed in the body of your email): custhelp@ptd.net

As we continue to develop our web site and take advantage of advances in technology to improve our services to you, this policy may change. Consequently, you may wish to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis so that you understand our current privacy policy.

We want to ensure that you are completely satisfied as a continuing customer of The Chat Shoppe!