BigShopple.com takes your privacy seriously. The information you provide to us is strictly confidential and will only be used in the event we need to contact you regarding your order. We will not sell your personal information to third parties. Occasionally, we may contact you regarding special offers that may be of interest. If you do not want us to email you with special offers, please let us know by sending an email to our support team. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested. This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the BigShopple.com website.

Information That We Collect

On some pages, you can order products, make requests, and register to receive catalogs or mailings. When you sign up for a BigShopple.com account or service operated by BigShopple.com, we store all information that you provide to us. We collect visitors' contact information (such as an email address) and financial information (such as account or credit card numbers). Contact information from the order form is used to send orders and information about our company to our customers. The contact information is also used to communicate with customers when necessary. Users may choose not to receive future mailings using the links available on the site or by sending an email to support team. The financial information that we collect is used to bill the user for products and services. Your financial and contact information may also used by our payment gateway or any other service we may hire contractually to process your payment/s and finalize your purchase order/s. Your address will be printed on the packing slips, invoices, bills and provided to the postal services on the packages so that we can deliver the products you purchase from us. Here is a broad outline of how the information is collected by us.

• Auto – Some information is collected automatically when you visit our site. Your IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser information, the date and time you visited and the internet address of the referring site is collected. This information is used to monitor the type of traffic that comes to our site. It enables us to update and improve the site, making it more appealing to our users.
• Cookies – Our site uses browser cookies to save user information pertaining to your visit. Your IP address and browser information are stored in a "cookie" file to help identify you and your shopping cart. A cookie is a small data file that web sites write to your hard drive. A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive nor read other cookie files. You can refuse cookies by turning this option off in your browser. You do not need to have cookies turned on to purchase items from Booksamillion.com. However, cookies are needed if you wish to store items in your shopping cart between visits to the site. Also if we display third party advertisements on our site, they may use cookie to collect information about the visitors to the site. If you would like more information about cookies and how to manage them, please see the following websites: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.mspx, http://computer.howstuffworks.com/cookie.htm
• Pixels – We have pixels imbedded in our pages that track your actions throughout the site. This information tracks the dollar amount of purchases made so we are able to make more informed marketing decisions.

Information You Submit

Registration – Registration is not required to browse our site or place an order.

Completing an Order– Certain information is collected at the time an order is placed that is necessary for completion. This information is voluntarily submitted by the user and includes:

Newsletter – We occasionally send out newsletters with special offers. All recipients of our newsletters must opt-in using the form on our site. We do not sell or rent your email address to any third parties.

BigShopple.com reserves the right to communicate by standard communication modes such as email, messaging, chat services, phone contact or writen letters either to seek information regarding the order, verify the identity or ascertain facts with the users of the website, who might have placed an order or intend to place an order or expressed interest in placing an order.

Third Party Links – Our website contains links to other sites. All third-party sites are subject to their own privacy policies. BigShopple.com cannot be responsible for the action of any third-party web sites.

Security – Protecting your information is a top priority. This site is scanned, tested and certified daily as a part of our ongoing efforts to provide our shoppers with a safe and secure online shopping experience.

Encryption – Our Commitment to Data Security features industry standard QuickSSL Web server certificate by GeoTrust ® to ensure that your information is secure during transmission with our site. You can be confident each purchase is backed by the most reliable, secure operations infrastructure, comprehensive security, trust, and authentication practices. All credit card transactions are secured by 256-bit encryption. SSL technology prevents the interception of your information during internet transmission.

Credit Card Information - Your credit card information is electronically submitted through our secure servers to a third party financial institution that completes the billing process of your order. Though you are placing an order through our site, we never have access to your complete credit card number. Our financial institution provides us with the last 4 digits of your credit card number solely for charge verification and reference. Additionally, for security reasons, we do not place orders manually over the phone or across the counter.