Privacy

June Eng

PRIVACY POLICY Your privacy is important to us. Ayhan’s Mediterranean Brands will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Ayhan’s Mediterranean Brands collects information from our users at several different points on our website to facilitate the delivery of services or fulfillment of your order. Order We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customers’ orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the him or her. Registration (Member Services) In order to participate in our Member Services Program, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration her or she is required to give his or her contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which her or she has expressed interest such as web page personalization, order history and status, and one-click ordering ability. Cookies A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, users may leave items in their shopping bag between visits to our site. As a basis for our shopping bag functionality, you will not be able to make purchases on our site if you have disabled cookies in your browser. Log Files We use IP addresses to analyze trends and customer interests as well as to administer the site, track user’s movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. Sharing We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. We may use outside purveyors to ship orders directly, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. We partner with another party to provide specific services, such as our mailing for our Ayhan’s Mediterranean Brands Newsletters. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services. Links This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we [Ayhan’s Mediterranean Brands] are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. Newsletter / Catalog Mailing List If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. To be removed from our newsletter or catalog mailing lists please send an e-mail to service@ayhansmarketplace.com or call 866-MYM-DIET. You may also write to: Ayhan’s Mediterranean Brands Attn: Mail Preference Service 293 Main St. Port Washington, NY 11050 Surveys & Contests From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Tell-A-Friend If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s name and email address. Ayhan’s Mediterranean Brands will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site or subscribe to our newsletter. Ayhan’s Mediterranean Brands stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. Security This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry – SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just `surfing’ While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users’ information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Questions If you have any questions about the privacy or security at our website, you can send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:service@ayhansmarketplace.com">service@ayhansmarketplace.com</a>. Special Offers We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special offers, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications in every email. You may also e-mail service@ayhansmarketplace.com or call 866-MYM-DIET. Correction/Updating Personal Information If a user’s personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our services, we will correct, update or remove that user’s personal data provided to us. This can be done at the Member Services page, newsletter subscription page or by emailing service@ayhansmarketplace.com or call 866-MYM-DIET. Notification of Changes If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner.

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Privacy 2008-06-11T19:29:51-04:00 PRIVACY POLICY Your privacy is important to us. Ayhan's Mediterranean Brands will not sell, share, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement. Ayhan's Mediterranean Brands collects information from our users at several different points on our website to facilitate the delivery of services or fulfillment of your order. Order We request information from the user on our order form. Here a user must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customers' orders. If we have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in touch with the him or her. Registration (Member Services) In order to participate in our Member Services Program, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration her or she is required to give his or her contact information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact the user about the services on our site for which her or she has expressed interest such as web page personalization, order history and status, and one-click ordering ability. Cookies A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Once the user closes their browser, the cookie simply terminates. For instance, by setting a cookie on our site, users may leave items in their shopping bag between visits to our site. As a basis for our shopping bag functionality, you will not be able to make purchases on our site if you have disabled cookies in your browser. Log Files We use IP addresses to analyze trends and customer interests as well as to administer the site, track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information. Sharing We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. We may use outside purveyors to ship orders directly, and a credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes. We partner with another party to provide specific services, such as our mailing for our Ayhan's Mediterranean Brands Newsletters. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services. Links This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we [Ayhan's Mediterranean Brands] are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. Newsletter / Catalog Mailing List If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. To be removed from our newsletter or catalog mailing lists please send an e-mail to service@ayhansmarketplace.com or call 866-MYM-DIET. You may also write to: Ayhan's Mediterranean Brands Attn: Mail Preference Service 293 Main St. Port Washington, NY 11050 Surveys & Contests From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys. Participation in these surveys is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, age level). Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site. Tell-A-Friend If a user elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend's name and email address. Ayhan's Mediterranean Brands will automatically send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the site or subscribe to our newsletter. Ayhan's Mediterranean Brands stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email. Security This website takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and off-line. When our registration/order form asks users to enter sensitive information (such as credit card number and/or social security number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software in the industry - SSL. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottom of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un-locked, or open, when you are just `surfing' While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect user-information off-line. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Questions If you have any questions about the privacy or security at our website, you can send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:service@ayhansmarketplace.com">service@ayhansmarketplace.com</a>. Special Offers We send all new members a welcoming email to verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services, special offers, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications in every email. You may also e-mail service@ayhansmarketplace.com or call 866-MYM-DIET. Correction/Updating Personal Information If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as your zip code), or if a user no longer desires our services, we will correct, update or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can be done at the Member Services page, newsletter subscription page or by emailing service@ayhansmarketplace.com or call 866-MYM-DIET. Notification of Changes If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an e-mail. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner.