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ONLINE PRIVACY & SECURITY
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Thank you for shopping at www.BeallsFlorida.com. We've done our best to ensure the privacy and security of your transactions with us. Your credit card number and other personal data will be treated with the highest standards of safety, security features, and confidentiality. Protecting your information is a priority to us. We use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology
to protect the security of your online order information. In order to shop securely, you will need
to use an Internet browser that supports SSL, such as Netscape v.2.0 or higher, or Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher.
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From our shopping cart, after you click on the "Continue Check Out" button you will be able to check
the security of your connection. To verify that your connection is secure, look at the lower information
bar on your browser. If you see an unbroken key or a closed lock (depending on your browser), then the
SSL is active. You can also double-check by looking at the URL line (address bar) of your browser.
When accessing the secure server, the first characters of our site address will change from "http"
to "https".
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Some versions of browsers and some firewalls do not permit communication through secure servers.
If you cannot access the secure server for any reason, please print your order form and place your
order by telephone at 800.569.9038, Monday-Saturday 9-9 or Sunday 10-8 EST, or by fax at 941.746.1171.
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Credit card data is stored offline, in a separate and secure database until the transaction has been completed.
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Please note that email is not a secured format and is therefore not considered a secure means of
transmitting information, including credit card numbers.
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This web site is operated by Bealls Department Stores, Inc. The web site address is http://www.beallsflorida.com.
The mailing address 1806 38th Ave East, Bradenton, Fl 34208 The e-mail address is bdsorders@beallsflorida.com. The telephone number is 800.569.9038
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Personal Information
We collect information volunteered during the order and registration processes - and we keep this information confidential. The categories of personal information we may collect from you include: name, mailing address, shipping and billing addresses, e-mail address, and telephone number. We DO NOT store your credit card information. We do not provide your personal information to anyone except for companies that provide support services to us.
Site Traffic Data & Cookies
As a visitor to BeallsFlorida.com, our website automatically recognizes your computer via a cookie. Cookies are pieces of information that a Website transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. The cookies used by BeallsFlorida.com do not contain any personal information about you, but they may identify your specific computer, service provider, domain name, browser version, IP address, etc. We never save passwords or credit card information in cookies. The use of cookies is an industry standard -- you will find them at most major Websites. When you return to BeallsFlorida.com, the cookie associates your computer with the information we may have stored from previous visits. In addition, BeallsFlorida.com, or a service provider acting as its agent for this limited purpose, may also use cookies to track activity and click-through behavior to better understand our visitors preferences and browsing habits and to provide a more personalized experience while visiting our Web pages and for more personalized e-mail alerts. We also use the cookie to ensure that the items you place in your shopping cart are unique to you and can not be viewed or made available to any other shopper. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you turn cookies off, though, we will not be able to track your order, also, you will not be able to place items into your shopping cart, which means you will not be able to purchase from our site. Nor will we be able to recognize you as a registered user, which allows you to access your Express Shopper information.
We use Coremetrics, a third-party service provider, to assist us in better understanding the use of our Website. Coremetrics will place cookies on your computer to collect selected information to educate us on such things as how visitors navigate around our Website, what products are browsed and aggregate purchasing information. Coremetrics analyzes this information and provides us with aggregate reports. The information and analysis provided by Coremetrics will be used to assist us in better understanding our visitors' interests in our Website and how to better serve those interests. The information collected by Coremetrics may be associated and combined with other information that we collect about you, including other information gathered while you are visiting our Website. Coremetrics is contractually restricted from using data it receives from our site other than to assist us. Coremetrics is also contractually required to maintain all data about our site visitors Website activity in confidence.
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All users of this web site agree that their access to and use of this web site are subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this legal notice and all applicable laws, and that any such access or use
is undertaken at the user's own risk. These terms and conditions further are subject to change at any
time without prior notice. Any claim made concerning this notice shall be resolved according to the
laws and resolved in the courts of the State of Florida. All content, graphics, code and software used
on or incorporated into this web site, and the arrangement or integration of all such content, graphics,
code and software, are subject to copyrights held by or licensed to Bealls Department Stores, Inc., and
all rights thereto are specifically reserved. Permission is granted to electronically copy and print
hard copies of pages from this web site solely for personal, non-commercial purposes related to the
placement of an order or shopping with beallsflorida.com. Any other use of this web site or content
or information contained in this web site is strictly prohibited, unless the written permission of
Bealls Department Stores, Inc. first is obtained. This web site may contain typographical errors or
inaccuracies and may not be complete or current. Bealls Department Stores, Inc. therefore reserves
the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions (including after an order has been submitted)
and to change or update information at any time without prior notice. Please note that such errors,
inaccuracies or omissions may relate to pricing and availability. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This web site, and any information or content on this web site, are provided "as is," with all faults.
Bealls Department Stores, Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or
implied, with respect to this web site or content or information available on or through this web site.
Except as otherwise provided under applicable laws, neither Bealls Department Stores, Inc. nor its
corporate affiliates, nor the directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, successors or
assigns of each, shall be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or related to the use
of this web site or any other web site linked to this web site. This limitation of liability applies
to direct, indirect, consequential, special, punitive or other damages you or others may suffer, as
well as damages for lost profits, business interruption or the loss of data or information, even if
Bealls Department Stores, Inc. is notified in advance of the potential for any such damages.
beallsflorida.com and Bealls Department Stores, Inc., as well as page headers, custom graphics,
buttons, images and other content on this web site, are subject to trademark, service mark, trade
dress, copyright and or other proprietary or intellectual property rights or licenses held by
Bealls Department Stores, Inc. or subsidiaries of Bealls, Inc. Other trademarks, product names
and company names or logos used on this web site are the property of their respective owners. Except
as expressly authorized, the use or misuse of any trademarks, trade names, logos, images, graphics or
content from this web site is strictly prohibited. Bealls Department Stores, Inc. does not make any
representations or warranties about any web site you may access through this web site. Any such web
site is independent from beallsflorida.com, and beallsflorida.com has no control over, or responsibility
with respect to, the information provided or activities undertaken by any such web site. A link between
beallsflorida.com and another web site further does not mean that Bealls Department Stores, Inc. endorses
that web site. You need to make your own independent decisions regarding your interactions or
communications with any other web site. Bealls Department Stores, Inc. does not want to receive
confidential, proprietary or trade secret information through this web site (excluding information
related to any order you submit). Please note that any information, materials, suggestions, ideas or
comments sent to Bealls Department Stores, Inc. will be deemed non-confidential, and, by submitting
any such information, you are granting Bealls Department Stores, Inc. an irrevocable and unrestricted
license to use, modify, reproduce, transmit, display and distribute such materials, information,
suggestions, ideas or comments for any purpose whatsoever. However, we will not use your name in
connection with any such materials, information, suggestions, ideas or comments unless we first
obtain your permission or otherwise are required by law to do so.
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