MainelyMara is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to this site (the “Site”). While it is necessary for us to collect certain personal information, we respect and protect your right to privacy as set forth in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to MainelyMara only and does not apply to other websites to which we link. Please consult the individual privacy policies of the other sites in order to determine how they treat user information. Your usage of this Site signifies your assent to this Privacy Policy. If you are not in agreement with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Site.
Information Collected – In order to access MainelyMara, you must first complete the registration process. Our registration process is a double opt-in process, meaning we will ask you twice to confirm that you want to receive communication from us. The first step is to submit the registration form, where we collect personal information such as your name, email address and birthday. The second step is to confirm your email address by clicking on the link that MainelyMara emails to the address you entered. Once you have completed these two steps, you have opted in to receive email communication from us. This protects you from being added to lists you do not want and provides you with greater privacy and security.
MainelyMara collects additional personal information when you make purchases through the Site. We require you to provide information such as your phone number, billing and shipping addresses and credit card information. We may also request other demographic information, such as annual income, buying preferences, etc. We may share this non-personally identifiable information in aggregate, anonymous form to clients interested in MainelyMara. This information will not contain any personally identifiable information about you or any other person. MainelyMara does not collect any other personal information that you do not expressly provide.
Like most websites, MainlyMara makes use of browser cookies and other technologies to automatically gather certain information about the use of the Site, such as how frequently certain areas of the Site are visited and to remember you when you return to the Site.
How We Use Your Information – MainelyMara will never share or disclose your personal information to anyone without your express permission.
We use your personally identifiable information to support and enhance your use of the Site and its features, including without limitation: fulfilling your order; providing customer service; and otherwise supporting your use of the Site and its features. We may also track your past purchases to provide you with a personalized profile of your shopping history. In addition, we may notify you about new features or services, or send you offers or information.
You understand that we may permit certain trusted third parties to access your information in connection with their performance of services to maintain and operate the Site and certain features on the Site. For example, we may use third parties to host the Site; operate various features available on the Site; send emails; analyze data; provide search results and links and assist in fulfilling your orders.
We may provide links on our Site to websites controlled by third parties. We have no control over these websites and our privacy policy does not apply to these third party websites. Please consult the privacy policy of the website you are visiting.
We reserve the right to disclose information in order to comply with a subpoena, court order, administrative or governmental order, or any other requirement of law, or when we, in our sole discretion, believe it is necessary in order to protect our rights or the rights of others, to prevent harm to persons or property, to fight fraud and credit risk reduction.
We use non-personally identifiable information in the aggregate, so that we can improve the Site and for business and administrative purposes. We may also use or share with third parties for any purpose aggregated data that contains no personally identifiable information.
How We Protect Your Information – We are committed to protecting the information we receive from you. We follow industry-standard technical and management practices to help protect the confidentiality, security and integrity of data stored on our system.
The Site encrypts your credit card number and other personal information using secure socket layer (SSL) technology to provide for the secure transmission of the information from your PC to our servers. This technology ensures the safety and security of your information. In addition, only those employees and third parties who need access to your information in order to perform their duties are allowed such access.
Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information and Preferences – If you are a MainelyMara member, you may access and update your registration information and preferences through the Site. If at any time you no longer wish to receive MainelyMara emails, simply follow the “SafeUnsubscribe”™ link at the bottom of every MainelyMara email. We will implement your opt-out request as promptly as possible, but you may still receive communication from us for up to ten business days as we process your request.
Children’s Privacy and Parental Controls – We do not solicit any personal information from children. If you are not 18 or older, you are not authorized to use the Site. Parents should be aware that there are parental control tools available online that you can use to prevent your children from submitting information online without parental permission or from accessing material that is harmful to minors.
Privacy Policy Changes – If we decide to change our Privacy Policy for the Site, we will post the revised policy here. Your continued use of the Site indicates your assent to the Privacy Policy posted.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our site in general, please contact us at:
MainelyMara, LLC
322 Fore Street, Suite E
Portland, ME 04102
(207) 831-MARA
Last Updated: January 11, 2010
