Privacy Policy/Terms of Use
PRIVACY POLICY
Introduction - UNO Bookstore is committed to protecting your privacy. We have
established this Privacy Policy and are providing it to you so that you can
understand the manner in which we collect and use your information and the
efforts we use to protect it. Please note that this policy is for UNO Bookstore;
it does not apply to other sites that you may link to from our site. Please
check the privacy policies on those sites for more information.
Business Information - UNO Bookstore is a retail college bookstore located in
Omaha, Nebraska, in the United States of America. In addition to the community
here at Omaha, we serve students, staff, and faculty from nearby Universities
and the University of Nebraska at Omaha, as well as our internet and mail order
customers from around the country and around the world. The address for our main
store appears below.
UNO Bookstore
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68182-0045
Personal Information Collected - UNO Bookstore recognizes the need for consumers
to control the use and management of personal information. By personal
information we mean information that can be used to identify or contact an
individual. This includes a first and last name, a physical address, an email
address, a student id number, or a phone number. If you are visiting our site to
browse merchandise or find information about our business or our products, you
do not need to provide any personal information. If you decide to make a
purchase, however, we do collect this information so that we can provide you
with the product or service you requested and so that we can contact you with
information regarding your order.
Automatic Information Collected - Our website makes use of various technologies
to collect information about types and versions of internet browsers used when
accessing our web site. This information, and information about internet IP
addresses, as well as date and time web pages are visited are stored in various
security and traffic logs. Our service provider reviews these logs, using
statistical analysis, in an effort to track and predict traffic patterns and
estimate resource needs. Unless we are tracking down a technical problem or we
suspect either fraudulent behavior or illegal conduct we do not trace specific
user sessions.
Personal Information Use - UNO Bookstore uses personal information provided by
you so that we can service your order. Also note that we may need to transfer
that information to our agents or employees of our service providers. For
example, we may need to provide your address to a wholesaler or a shipping
company that will ship a product directly to you. We will only transfer the
information to the extent necessary to provide the requested information,
service, or product to you. We will not sell or trade your information to
unrelated third parties. When you submit an order you will receive an email
confirmation from our system. As your order status changes you may also receive
notifications via email. These notifications are considered part of our service
and may not be disabled. We may also periodically send you email notifications
concerning products or services offered by our bookstore. Any such notification
will include instructions for opting out of future mailings.
Third Parties - We do partner with other third parties to provide various
products and services. When you sign up for these services or products we will
share required personal information that is necessary for the third party to
provide the product or service to you. We take reasonable steps to ensure that
these third parties are obligated to protect your information on our behalf. It
is also against our policy to sell or trade information collected online without
consumer consent. We may, however, release personal information if we are
legally required to do so. If we are legally compelled to release information to
a third party, UNO Bookstore, may or may not notify you of this release.
Notification will be at the discretion of UNO Bookstore and will be based on the
nature and conditions surrounding the release of information.
Information Control - Your customer profile is accessible from our website and
you may update it at anytime. Our web site provides you with the ability to
change your phone numbers, physical addresses, and email address information
stored in your profile. You may also write to us at the address listed at the
bottom of this policy to request that we make the change for you.
Children - UNO Bookstore's website is targeted to college students and as such
is not meant to attract children. We do not intend to collect personal
information from anyone we know to be under thirteen years of age. If you are
the parent or guardian of a child under thirteen years of age and believe that
your child has disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please
contact us so that we may remove the child's information.
Supplemental Technologies - Our website uses cookies, session identifiers,
JavaScript(tm), and browser detection technology to provide consumers with a
more pleasant online experience. Many browsers provide consumers with the
ability to disable some or all of these technologies. Disabling them, especially
in the case of JavaScript(tm), may prevent you from viewing some web pages. Note
that the cookies we use do not place any personally identifiable information on
your computer. Our site also does not participate in Ad Networks or use Web
Bugs/Web Beacons to track consumer activity.
Confidentiality and Security - UNO Bookstore takes reasonable steps to ensure
that your information is protected. On our website we use industry standard
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption when collecting your personal information.
Our website is hosted in a data center which makes use of multiple levels of
redundant firewalls and database encryption to protect information. Internally,
we limit access to your information to those employees or agents who we believe
have reasonable need to use the information to provide products or services to
you, or to perform their jobs.
Notifications - When your order is placed on our website we will send you an
email notification. When your order status changes you may also receive
notifications via email. These notifications are considered part of our service
and may not be disabled. We will send the email but we cannot guarantee
delivery. You are responsible for providing a valid email address and for
updating it when your address changes. UNO Bookstore may, depending on the
importance and urgency of the notification, choose to contact you via telephone
or postal mail. When doing so we will use the phone number and/or address
associated with your account or transaction.
History - UNO Bookstore first established a privacy policy in July of 2003. We
periodically make changes to the policy to reflect additions or changes to our
practices. You may review the current policy at anytime by returning to this web
page. This policy was last changed on July 2004.
Compliance - This privacy policy complies ecommerce industry best practice
guidelines and with California's Privacy Protection Act of 2004. If you have any
questions or concerns about this policy please contact us using the information
provided below.
Contact - Please direct all privacy related questions and concerns to the
following address:
UNO Bookstore
ATTN: Privacy Issues
6001 Dodge Street
Omaha, NE 68182-0045
