Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting TradeWinds Resort Specialists. Our goal is to provide our users an interesting and informative experience. However, most importantly is our commitment in providing a safe environment. We appreciate and understand that collecting information from you, our users, is a very sensitive issue. Therefore, we respect your privacy and have posted the following privacy policy information for your review:

• What Information We Gather From You
• Why We Gather Your Information
• How We Gather Your Information
• With Whom We Share Your Information
• How We Keep Your Information Secure

Please read this policy carefully and feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you might have at privacy@tradewindssun.com.

What Information We Gather from You

We gather two types of information from you. The first is referred to as personally identifiable information. This type of information allows us to personally identify you as a unique user. We gather the following personally identifiable information: [ex. Name, E-mail Address, Age, etc.] We do not collect personally identifiable information for registrants under the age of 18 nor permit anyone under the age of 18 to participate in ongoing marketing programs on our website.

The second type of information we collect is referred to as non-personally identifiable information. After collection, we combine this information from everyone to determine the general likes and dislikes of our users. We gather the following non-personally identifiable information: [ex. What is your favorite skincare product?, What travel destinations do your prefer?, Are you concerned about the ingredients in your skincare products?, etc.]. We cannot identify you as a unique user from this second type of information.

Why We Gather Your Information

We gather personally identifiable information from you for four reasons: (1) to deliver to you the prizes you win and any items you purchase from us; (2) to contact you by e-mail about new and exciting news; (3) for purposes of processing online product orders; and (4) to share with third party partners for serving advertising appropriate and demographically targeted banners, promotions, and to enhance the e-commerce experience for our visitors. Sometimes, we only allow you to participate in an activity after you have provided us with certain personally identifiable information.

We collect non-personally identifiable information to provide an enhanced and more personalized experience to all of our users.

How We Gather Your Information

We collect personally identifiable information from you directly through the use of questionnaires. At all times and throughout our entire Website, straightforward questions will be asked and you can choose whether or not to provide us with personal answers. In some cases, we provide you multiple-choice answers to our questions. In either case, we ask you, if you do choose to answer a question, please answer honestly.

Non-personally identifiable information is also collected directly through the use of questionnaires and surveys. However, we also passively collect this type of information through the use of a device known as a "cookie." Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to a user's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make surfing the Web easier for you by saving your preferences while you're at our site (such as the items currently in your shopping cart). The use of cookies is very standard. Non-personally identifiable information is most easily tracked with cookies. You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers, too. However, TradeWinds does not control these cookies.

With Whom We Share Your Information

We do not directly sell any personally identifiable information to any third parties. However, as stated previously, we do occasionally share this information with our direct partners who must meet or exceed our privacy standards and comply with all applicable laws. These partners are an extension of our services and are intended to add to the site experience of our visitors.

We may also share aggregated non-personally identifiable information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and other third parties. For example, we might share the fact that our users are a certain percent female and a certain percent male. Or, that a certain percentage of our users are over a certain age. This information cannot be personally linked to you in any way.

How We Keep Your Information Secure

Once we receive your information, we make every effort to ensure its security on our systems. Your credit card information is protected by Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology which encrypts the data before transmission to ensure that it cannot be seen by others. We never store your credit card information in our database, it is only used to process your order with our financial institution.

Your Consent and Changes to this Policy

Subject to the above provisions, by using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of information by us. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we may disclose it.