PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

This policy tells you about how the website www.letsbench.com (“Let’s Bench”) uses and protects your personal information when you use www.letsbench.com (the “Site”) and our services. The policy applies to any of our domains or sub-domains. You can find a link to the policy at the footer of each web page. By using (browsing or ordering on) our Site, you agree to and accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, and you expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this policy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

To serve your privacy needs and to adapt to changing legal and industry standards, Let’s Bench periodically reviews this Privacy Policy. Let’s Bench reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make modifications, changes or updates to this Privacy Policy at any time. We will post the amended terms on the Site. Any amendments will take effect immediately. As such, please check this Privacy Policy periodically for any such changes, adjustments, or updates.

Pursuant to the Let’s Bench Terms of Service documents, you must be at least 18 years of age to use the Site. This policy makes no provision for individuals under 18 years old. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that Let’s Bench does not own or control, or individuals that Let’s Bench does not employ or manage.

Data We Collect

You may browse the Site without revealing personally identifiable information about yourself. Once you choose to register for an account or to place an order, you are not anonymous to us. By choosing to register for an account or by placing an order, you consent to the transfer and storage of your account information.

We may collect and store the following information:

  • Email address, physical contact information‚ and financial information, such as credit card or bank account numbers
  • Shipping, billing and other information you provide when placing an order
  • Transactional information based on your activities on the Site
  • Correspondence through our Site, and correspondence sent to us
  • Information from your interaction with our Site, including computer and connection information, page views statistics, IP address and standard web log information;
  • Supplemental information from third parties for example, results of credit checks from a credit bureau, as permitted by law);
    Pictures and other Submissions you submit.

How We Use the Data We Collect

Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, efficient, and customized experience. You agree that we may use your personal information to:

  • Provide the services and customer support you request
  • Resolve disputes, collect fees, and troubleshoot problems
  • Enforce our agreements including the Terms of Service
  • Customize, measure and improve our services and content
  • Offer targeted marketing, service updates, and promotional offers based on your preferences
  • Compare your information for accuracy, including verification with third parties

Marketing

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. We may combine your information with information we collect from other companies and use it to improve and personalize our Site and services.

Service Announcements

Let’s Bench will send you an email when you register to welcome and confirm your account. Receipt of this email may be required for using our services.

Let’s Bench may send you service-related announcements when it is necessary to do so. You may not opt-out of service-related communications which are not promotional in nature. If you do not wish to receive them, you can deactivate your account by emailing [email protected] from the email address you used to register with our Site.

Cookies

Cookies are small data files (which often include an anonymous unique identifier) that are sent to your browser from a web site’s computers and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

We use cookies on certain of our pages to: access your information when you “sign in”; keep track of your preferences; gather information about traffic; analyze our web page flow; customize our services, content and advertising; measure promotional effectiveness, and promote security.

You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. If you reject cookies, you may not be able to use certain features or functionalities that require you to “sign in” and you may not be able to take full advantage of our services.

Sharing and Disclosing Your Information

Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others.

Affiliated Businesses We Do Not Control: We work with affiliated businesses (such as printers) and other third parties. Due to the nature of our business model, when an affiliated business is associated with your transaction, you will share customer information that is related to such transaction with that affiliated business.

Third-Party Service Providers: We use and may use other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf such as processing credit card payments, analyzing data, providing customer service, and shipping benchers. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but may not use it for other purposes.

Protection of Let’s Bench and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law; enforce or apply our Terms of Service documents; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Let’s Bench, 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 Policy.

Transfer of Assets: In some cases, Let’s Bench may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, customer information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Let’s Bench may transfer information about you if Let’s Bench is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Let’s Bench will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on our Site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

If you post a message, your Let’s Bench username, name or alias may be visible to other users. If you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Let’s Bench may be required to disclose personally identifiable information under special circumstances, such as to comply with subpoenas or when your actions violate the Terms of Service. Let’s Bench may disclose personally identifiable information as Let’s Bench, in its sole discretion, believes necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy, or other unlawful activity. In such events, Let’s Bench may disclose name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, email address and company name. Let’s Bench may share aggregated demographic information with business partners.

Third Parties

This document addresses only the use and disclosure of information Let’s Bench collects from you. If you disclose your information to others, whether they are affiliated third party businesses, individuals or users on our site or other sites throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information you disclose to them. We do not control the privacy policies of third parties, and you are subject to the privacy policies of those third parties where applicable. We encourage you to ask questions before you disclose your personal information to others.

Account Security

We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input. Let’s Bench transmits credit card information using SSL to the appropriate credit card company during order processing. Although we follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the information submitted to us, transmitted by us, and stored by us, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. You are responsible for all actions made from your account. Do not share your password with anyone, and be sure to sign out of your account when finished using a shared computer.

Editing Account Information

You can see, review and change most of your personal information by signing onto your Let’s Bench account. As general practice, we will not manually modify your personal information. You must promptly update your personal information if it changes or is inaccurate.

Once you make a public posting (such as a review), you may not be able to change or remove it. We may retain personal information from closed accounts to comply with law, prevent fraud, collect any fees owed, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Service, and take other actions otherwise permitted by law.

Copyright

All copyrighted photographs must have the express written permission from their original owners in order to be reproduced at Let’s Bench. The physical or electronic submission of your images expressly implies that all copyright permissions have been obtained and granted constituting permission for Let’s Bench to have full permission for reprinting. Accordingly, you shall indemnify, defend and hold Let’s Bench (and its owners, officers, directors, employees and agents) harmless from any suit, demand, claim or liability arising from any and all copyright infringements.

Questions

If you have questions or suggestions concerning this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].