Privacy Policy

We realize that making purchases at beachbums.com, or any other website, requires trust on your part. We value your trust very highly, and pledge to you, our customer, that we are committed to ensuring the privacy of your personal information and will use any information you give us in total confidence. Every customer is very important to us and we are dedicated to providing you with a safe and secure online experience.

The Privacy Statement below describes how we obtain and use your information. We suggest that you review this Privacy Statement periodically as we may update it from time to time. This policy was last revised on 04/08/04.

How and why do we obtain your information?

Each time you visit our Web site, our Web server automatically collects the following non-personal, identifiable information: your Internet service provider's address, the referring URL and information on the pages you access on our site.

We also collect personally identifiable information that you provide, such as information you provide when you make a purchase and register your e-mail address. If you have visited our site before and have registered, your information is retained and you will be able to log-in with a unique password ( chosen by you) to beachbums.com without stating your personal information again.

How Do We Use Your Information?

The information we obtain is used:

• to contact you for questions regarding your orders
• for internal review
• to notify you about updates to our Web site
• to contact you for marketing purposes
• to generally improve the content and layout of our Web site
• to improve the content and layout of our Web site for individual visitors.

When you supply us with personal information to order a product, the information you provide will be added to our customer file. You may receive periodic emails from us with information on new products and services, discounts, special promotions or upcoming events that we offer. If you do not want to receive such mailings or telephone contact from us, then please contact us at info@beachbums.com and request to be removed from our contact list.

Please note that when you provide us with your E-mail address in order to make a purchase, we will send you confirmation of your order via E-mail even if you have chosen not to receive future e-mail from us about our products and services.

In some cases we may also contact you by mail or telephone if we have questions about your order.
We may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting us in fraud prevention or investigation.

We may do so when: (1) permitted or required by law; or, (2) trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or, (3) investigating fraud which has already taken place. YOUR INFORMATION IS NOT PROVIDED TO ANY AGENCY OR COMPANY FOR MARKETING PURPOSES.

How can you update your information?

We will provide you access to the following information if you send us an e-mail, call us or write to us:
• financial information (such as credit card account information)
• unique identifier information (customer number or password)
• contact information (name, address, phone number)

We will evaluate each request and reply in an appropriate manner and form of communication that ensures the security of the information you have requested.

How do you know your information is secure?

We have appropriate security measures in place in our facilities to protect against the misuse or alteration of information that we have collected from you at our site so you can feel comfortable and secure.
*Please note that e-mail is not encrypted and is not considered a secure means of transmitting credit card numbers.

Children's Policy

Beach Bums does not seek to solicit information from anyone under the age of thirteen (a \"Child\"). If a Child submits information to us through any part of our Website, and we know that the person submitting the information is a Child, we will not use it for any purpose. We will delete the information as soon as we discover it and we will not disclose it to third parties. Orders must be placed by a adult ( 18 years old ).

Changes Made To This Privacy Policy Statement

From time to time, we may use the information you provide us for new, unanticipated uses not previously addressed in our Privacy Statement. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes on the privacy page of our Web site to notify you of these changes. You should check our Web site periodically for more information on how we use the data we obtain.