INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS—Every computer connected to the Internet is assigned a unique set of numbers that serve as that computer's "Internet Protocol" or "IP" address. As each visitor requests a page from within AmShades.com, our web servers automatically recognize that visitor's IP address. This recognition reveals nothing about the visitor other than the IP address from which they have accessed our site. This information is used to examine our traffic in aggregate, but does not collect or evaluate this information on an individual basis. Our Web Servers do not possess the ability to capture any other personal data without the visitor inputting the information directly.

ACCOUNT PROFILE—Use of the American Blind & Shade website requires account registration in order to view GSA Schedule pricing and customize products for ordering. The contact information you provide in your Account Profile will be used to facilitate order entry and to keep you informed of the status of your order; this information will be never shared with any party not directly involved with the processing of your order. We maintain a strict "No-Spam" policy, which means that we do not sell, rent, or otherwise distribute your e-mail address or contact information to any third party without your consent.

When you make a purchase, we require your credit card information in addition to your Account Profile information in order to process and fulfill your order. Your credit card information will be kept strictly confidential at all times and will be never shared with any party not directly involved with the processing of your payment. Your credit card information is never stored on our website.

The AmShades.com website utilizes the industry standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypted servers for our shopping cart. The SSL coding encrypts the information transferred between you and the server, rendering it unreadable by anyone trying to intercept the information.

From time to time, AmShades.com or its advertisers may place a "cookie" on your computer. A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. A cookie is not capable of reading data off your hard drive, or reading cookie files created by other sites. Cookies do not damage your system. Our use of cookies is to identify which areas of our website you have visited or have customized, so that upon returning to our site, those pages will be readily accessible. Our advertisers, should we ever choose to have any, may also use cookies to ascertain how many times you've seen an advertisement. Overall, this information is used to better personalize the content, banners, and promotions present on our respective sites. Your decision whether to accept cookies, or not, is controlled by your browser settings. You may set your browser to refuse all cookies, or to inform you when a cookie is being sent. Choosing not to accept these cookies may diminish your experience at our web site and cause some features to fail to function as intended.

American Blind & Shade will only disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to:

1) Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on American Blind & Shade ;

2) Protect and defend the rights or property of American Blind & Shade, and/or its visitors;

3) Identify persons who may be violating the law, the legal notice, or the rights of third parties;

4) Cooperate with the investigations of purported unlawful activities.

American Blind & Shade reserves the right to transfer information in connection with the sale of American Blind & Shade’s capital stock or assets, either all or in part. In that event, we disclaim any responsibility for a breach of security or any other action of subsequent parties receiving such information.

The AmShades.com website may contain hyperlinks to, or advertisements of, third party websites. American Blind & Shade disclaims any responsibility for the content of such websites or advertisers, and for their privacy policies or handling of personal information. American Blind & Shade does not disclose visitor-provided personal or financial information to any of the websites to which AmShades.com provides links, except as otherwise stated elsewhere within our Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions.

Your use of this Web Site constitutes your consent to the collection and use, by AmShades.com, of the information you provide as specified on this and other policy pages present on this website.