How do we use the information we collect?
When you become a Tygart Trading Post registrant, we ask you to fill out a form that requests your name, address and e-mail address.
Your name and address information is used solely to process orders unless your prior consent is given. Without your consent, this information will NEVER be sold, given, rented or traded to others for purposes other than order fulfillment.
Our use of log files
When you visit our site we automatically log your IP address, your browser type and your access times. We utilize this information to conduct site performance evaluations, to see where visitors are coming from and to keep track of click stream data (the screens our users visit on our site). This data helps us to determine what content our registrants find most appealing so that we can maximize your enjoyment of the site. Log files are not tied to personally identifiable information. Your IP address is personally tied to you but is only used by us in the event of fraudulent or illegal activity.
Site security
All Tygart Trading Post employees take your personal information very seriously. All employees must learn and obey our security policies. Access to registrant personal information is limited to key management personnel and our registrant services department. The information is ID and password protected.
Correcting/updating your personal information
After becoming a Tygart Trading Post registrant you may correct/update your personal information by clicking on the 'My Account' link at the top of any page, entering your ID, password and birth date when prompted and clicking the Edit Information button. The changes you make will be reflected in our databases instantly. If you wish to deactivate your account, you may contact our Admin group through the 'Contact Us' section.
Links to other sites
This Web site contains links to other Web sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you may be leaving the Tygart Trading Post/carrchinacompany.com site and entering another Web site. These sites may independently collect or request information about you and we encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.
Communication
From time to time we may send out email messages alerting you that products are available, to remind you about providing feedback or for promotional offers. In addition, you will receive communication from us 1) if you contact us for a particular reason, 2) to receive your orders, or 3) we need to contact you for any other administrative purposes. Administrative e-mails will not contain promotional materials.
Legal disclaimer
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Supplementation
We may correct or supplement your address information with standardized postal representation in order to ensure that your orders are delivered. We do this since we want to make sure that our registrants receive the order and to lower costs associated with our programs.
Our use of cookies
Cookies are pieces of information that your browser stores on your computer's hard drive which identify you when you enter. The ability to view items on our site is not cookie-driven. We may use session cookies to provide a seamless experience on the site and to combine with our log files so that we can understand our site traffic and analyze our demographic information in aggregate form. If you have set your browser to reject cookies, our site will not identify you when you enter and you will need to manually type in your ID and password.
Your feedback is always welcome
We welcome your comments and questions about our privacy policy - or anything else you might want to talk about. To contact us please use the Contact Us Link in the Information Box.