Privacy policy
Effective Date: July 2020
Thank you for visiting www.AntonioStefano.com (the “Website”). This privacy and security policy (the “Policy”) explains the information we collect about you on the Website or otherwise communicate or interact with Antonio Stefano, how we use the information, some of the security steps taken to protect the information, and the choices you have to review, revise and/or restrict our usage of this information. This Policy is part of the Terms & Conditions of Use that govern the Website and is binding on all Website users.
What information do we collect and how do we use it?
AntonioStefano.com collects information from our customers for a variety of reasons, including as part of our ongoing efforts to provide superior customer service, improve shopping experience, and to communicate about products, services and promotions. We collect information such as name, telephone number, email, postal address and payment information (“Personal Information”) that you provide to us when you register an account on our site, place an order, participate in a sweepstakes, promotion or survey, write product reviews, post customer-generated photographs and content. We may use this information collected online to process and fulfill your order. We also collect email addresses at various site locations in order to send you necessary order-related messages such as order confirmation and shipment confirmation notices. We maintain a record of your product interests, purchases and whatever else might enable us or our business partners to enhance and personalize your shopping experience on this or other websites and to send you offers, promotions, or information that we believe may be of interest to you.
Disclosure of Information
Antonio Stefano shares information you provide to us when you participate in a sweepstakes or promotion with those companies with whom we have joined to offer the sweepstakes promotion. We may disclose information about you to our sister company that raises money for dogs, Relationships 901. We will also disclose information as we determine to be required by law. In addition, we may on occasion share information with business partners not owned or affiliated with Antonio Stefano who want to market products or services to you. In the event that a store, division, assets or part or all of Antonio Stefano is bought, sold or otherwise transferred, or is in the process of a potential transaction, customer information will likely be shared for evaluation purposes and included among the transferred business assets.
In Summary, we do not sell, rent or otherwise provide any of your information to anyone outside our company to be used by any third party to contact you. Some of the providers of items such as our shopping cart etc obviously have your information, but only out of necessity, the information is ours, not theirs.
We do not share credit card or other payment information with third parties except for the purposes of processing payment for products and services you’ve ordered and as required by law. In addition, we may disclose credit card and other information we collect from you with an outside company with which we have contracted for their services to protect against fraud and the unauthorized use of credit and gift cards ie they have your card information to check against stolen card lists etc.
You can always update your personal information or opt-out of our catalog mailing list or other communications from us. If at any time you would like us to update your information or you opt-out, just email AntonioStefano.com customer service. Please be sure to include your email address, full name and mailing address, we will take care of the rest.
We contract with outside services to help us and our business partners better understand your use of AntonioStefano.com. These outside services may use “cookies” or other technologies to collect various kinds of information for us and our business partners related to your use of AntonioStefano.com, so that we and our business partners may continue to refine and improve this and other sites for our customers. We do not allow these parties to collect any credit card, user name or password information. These services are contractually required to maintain all the information collected for us in conformance with this Policy. As a visitor to AntonioStefano.com, you may "opt-out" of these types of collection of data.
“Cookies” are bits of information that are automatically stored on your computer. If you do not want to have cookies on your system, you can set your browser to disable them. Kindly note however that if you decline cookies on the Website, some functions on the Website may be limited or unavailable. As a result, to make it easier to use the Website, we recommend that your browser settings accept cookies on the Website.
Secure Shopping
We adopt appropriate and industry-standard data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on the Website.
Sensitive personal information contained in orders placed on the Website are encrypted using 128-bit secure sockets layer (SSL) technology.* In order for SSL security to work, you must use an SSL enabled browser. *Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a technology used by vendors to ensure the security of online business. It negotiates and employs the essential functions of mutual authentication, data encryption and data integrity for secure transactions.
Please note that e-mail is not encrypted and is not considered to secure means of transmitting credit card numbers. We will never ask for sensitive Personal Information via e-mail. You are responsible at all times for maintaining the confidentiality of your password to log into our site with.
Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not directed at children. In accordance with federal law, we do not solicit or knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under age 13 without the verifiable permission of a parent or guardian. If Antonio Stefano learns that a child under the age of 13 has submitted personally identifiable information online without parental consent, it will take all reasonable measures to delete such information from its databases and to not use such information for any purpose (except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others as required or allowed by law). If you become aware of any personally identifiable information we have collected from children under 13, please contact us as provided below.
Your California Privacy Rights
This privacy policy describes how we may share your information for marketing purposes, as described above. California residents are entitled to request and obtain from us once per calendar year information about any of your personal information shared with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes, including the categories of information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we have shared such information. To request this information and for any other questions about our privacy practices and compliance with California law, please contact us as explained below. However, you will receive a blank piece of paper…we do not and will not share, rent, sell your information; you are safe with us.
Policy Changes
Antonio Stefano may periodically update this Policy including for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed. Any changes made will be posted here. By visiting and continuing to use the Website you agree to accept any changes made to this Policy. Feel free to contact us with any questions about our Policy. However, we do not have any desire to ever rent or sell your data to any third party so that will most likely not change (unless someone purchases our company).
Contact us via postal mail:
Antonio Stefano
4225 Executive Square, Suite 600
La Jolla, CA 92037