PRIVACY STATEMENT

This web site requests certain personal information about consumers (i.e. name, e-mail address, shipping information, credit card account information for purchases, etc.) in order to complete various sales transactions. Elaine's Black Whale is committed to protecting consumer privacy when handling this information. Elaine's Black Whale's practices surrounding collection and maintenance of this information are set forth below.

INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE

When completing various transactions on this web site, you will be asked to enter information that personally identifies you or that will permit us to contact you or to mail you the products that you order. When placing an order on this web site, you will be asked to provide your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, credit card account information, and shipping information.

Your name and contact information will be retained by this site for the limited purposes of filling your order and communicating with you regarding your purchases. Your credit card information will be transmitted directly to a third party company, via a secure connection, to process your credit card sale. Your credit card information will not be retained by this site.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use your information to process sales transactions. Like many companies that accept payment by credit card, Elaine's Black Whale may share customers' personal information with qualified third parties in order to process sales or perform credit worthiness checks. We will only provide these companies with the information they need to perform this service, and they are prohibited from using the information for any other purpose.

Elaine's Black Whale will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Elaine's Black Whale or this website or (b) protect or defend the rights, property or safety of Elaine's Black Whale, its customers, and others.

CONTROL OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

When you give us personal information, Elaine's Black Whale will not share the information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. Your personal information will only be used for the purposes stated above.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Elaine's Black Whale strictly protects the security of your personal information and honors your choices for its intended use. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration or unnecessary destruction.

Your personal information is not shared outside the company without your permission, except under the conditions explained above.

DISCLAIMER

While Elaine's Black Whale exercises care and implements extensive security measures to protect your personal information, it cannot guarantee against, and does not accept liability for, persons and entities who access information from this site through unlawful or unethical means.