Introduction: Tarheel Wholesale Co. respects each individual’s right to personal privacy. We will collect and use information through our Web site only in the ways disclosed in this statement. This statement applies solely to information collected at the Tarheel Cigars Web site. Part I. Information Collection Tarheel Cigars collects information through our Web site at 2 points. When signing up for the newsletter, and when making a purchase. We collect this information through web forms which are all voluntary. We don't employ the use of any email address snagging type software. To receive our products and services, providing your personal information is necessary for shipping and billing. Some information we request is optional. We do employ cookies. A cookie is a small text file that our Web server places on a user’s computer hard drive to be a unique identifier. Cookies enable Tarheel Cigars to deliver customized content to users. Our cookies do have an expiration date. Our cookies do collect personally identifiable information. Our customers are given the option of choosing wheter or not they want to save their mailing information in the shopping cart, which saves time on subsequent purchases. However, No sensitive data, such as credit card numbers are stored. This is the only instance you will encounter cookies on our website. It is voluntary. If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies then just ignore the request when given the option. Banner advertising appearing on our Web site does not collect any information. There is no third party information collection at our Web site. Part II. Information Usage. The information collected by Tarheel Cigars will be used for billing and shipping purposes only with the exception of the newsletter sign up which is used soley for delivery of the newsletter, name optional. Users who provide information may receive the occasional flyer or postcard from us, but these are few and far between. Registered users may occasionally receive additional announcements from us about products, services, special deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications. The information we collect will not be used to create customer profiles based on browsing or purchasing history. We will not supplement information collected at our Web site with data from other sources such as credit history to authorize purchases. We will not share data with any third parties. We offer links to other Web sites. Please note: When you click on links to other Web sites, we encourage you to read their privacy policies. Their standards may differ from ours. Our Web site may offer chats, forums or message boards. Please be advised that information posted in these venues becomes public knowledge. Part III. Access to Information Tarheel Cigars maintains the accuracy of our information by [explain procedure]. Users may access their own personal information and contact us about inaccuracies they may find. [Explain how.] Users may delete their information from our database by [explain procedure and time frame]. Part IV. Problem Resolution If problems arise, users may contact Tarheel Cigars by phone, fax or email. We are committed to resolving privacy issues. Part V. Data Storage and Security Tarheel Cigars protects user information with the following security measures: Any information submitted by customers is sent on secure connections and is double firewall, double password protected. The entire website is . Once your sensative information has been collected and used for transaction processing, it is permanently deleted.