Fast Eddies.com is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. Should you choose to provide your Email address or any other personal information on any of the forms found on our site, you can be assured that it will only be used to support your relationship with Fast Eddies.com. This privacy policy is intended for all users of Fast Eddies.com.
By visiting this web site you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access our services.

In this privacy policy, you will find information on these areas:

• What personally identifiable information Fast Eddies.com collects.
• What personally identifiable information third parties collect through the Web site.
• What organization collects the information.
• How Fast Eddies.com uses the information.
• With whom Fast Eddies.com may share user information.
• What choices are available to users regarding collection, use and distribution of the information.
• What types of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under Fast Eddies.com control.
• How users can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Fast Eddies.com is the sole owner of the information collected on our site. Fast Eddies.com collects and monitors information from our users at several different points on our Web site.

In order to use this Web site and/or receive a newsletter, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give contact information (such as name and email address). We use this information to contact the user about services on our site for which he has expressed interest, as well as send the newsletter to. It is optional for the user to provide demographic information (such as income level and gender), and unique identifiers (such as, username and password), but encouraged so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site. Please safeguard your password and other personal information. You may be liable for unauthorized use of our web site, as well as have your private information used by others.

Unless you opt-out, you give Fast Eddies.com permission to use your information as per this privacy policy.

While Fast Eddies.com will make every effort possible to protect your privacy, we do not promise, nor should you expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications will always remain private. This will include parties who attempt to illegally enter our web site and intercept or access transmissions or private communications.

Unless described otherwise in this privacy policy, we will not sell any information. All information collected will be used solely by Fast Eddies.com.

We store information that we collect through cookies, log files and/or third parties to create a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that we keep on individual users that details their viewing preferences. Consequently, collected information is tied to the users personally identifiable information to provide offers and improve the content of the site for the user. This profile is used to tailor a user's visit to our Web site, and to direct pertinent marketing promotions to them. We do not share your profile with other third parties, unless specifically mentioned in this agreement.

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's computer tied to information about the user. We may use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on the user's hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed by following Internet browser help file directions.

Cookies, if used, will be used on our site to remember and recall login names, login information, previous purchases, potential purchases, as well as other items to help us better understand user's needs. By setting a cookie on our site, users would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. If users reject the cookie, they may still use our site. The only drawback to this is that the user will be limited in some areas of our site. Persistent cookies enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. See the "Profile" section.

Some of our business partners use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies, once we have given permission for them to set cookies for advertising. These parties use of cookies are subject to their own set of privacy policies.

Like most standard Web site servers we may use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information.

We do not sell or give any of your information to any third party advertiser.

We send all new members a welcoming email to your information, and if applicable, verify password and username. Established members will occasionally receive information on products, services and special deals. Out of respect for the privacy of our users we present the option to not receive these types of communications. Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.

We will be sending a newsletter to those users who request it. If a user wishes to subscribe to our newsletter, we ask for contact information such as name and email address. Out of respect for our users privacy we provide a way to opt-out of these communications.

On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account. However, these communications are not promotional in nature.

We communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services and in regards to issues relating to their account we reply via email or phone, in accordance with the users wishes.

We can use your information to help facilitate requested information, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, enforce user agreements, analyze site usage, as well as site content customization, layout and services. Your information, such as your user ID and e-mail address, can be used with message boards and instant messaging. No personal information will be used here though.

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. This includes, but is not limited to, any defense to any claim in which Fast Eddies.com in a defendant, to assist in any investigations by law enforcement agencies, or violations of any Fast Eddies.com policy.

While Fast Eddies.com will not rent, sell or share your information in general, there are certain instances that your information may be used. We share aggregated demographic information and in some cases your e-mail address with our partners and advertisers. This is not linked to any other personally identifiable information. This is how your information will be shared:

To Partners:

• Information relating to minors will only be used with prior parental or guardianship approval.
• If Fast Eddies.com merges with another company, then this information will be shared with the merging company.

If Fast Eddies.com merges with another company, then this information will be shared with the merging company.

We will only provide information to third party advertisers in regards to any user purchases of products that are related to that particular vendor. We will not give out your information for any other reason. Fast Eddies.com has no control over these vendor's privacy policies, so please make sure you are aware of their policies in regards to your personal information.

For more information or for choices about not having this information used please see our choice/ opt out section.

These are the instances in which we will share users' personal information:

Fast Eddies.com does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:

We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Fast Eddies.com under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help Fast Eddies.com communicate with you about offers from Fast Eddies.com and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information;

While we don't anticipate a minor's use of this web site, we do want to mention that in order to use a minor's information, we will have a parent's permission to share the information if the user is a child under age 13. Parents have the option of allowing Fast Eddies.com to collect and use their child's information without consenting to Fast Eddies.com sharing of this information with people and companies who may use this information for their own purposes. We will not ask for more information from children than is necessary to participate in this web site;

We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;

We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Fast Eddies.com's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law;

We transfer or lease information about you if Fast Eddies.com is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, Fast Eddies.com will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy;

We do not support any illegal use of your private information and will make every effort to stop such practices in order to protect your privacy.

We may use an outside shipping company to ship orders, 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 may partner with other third parties to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these particular services, we share names, or other contact information. This information will include e-mail address' and other information (which will be described at a later date when we use a particular service provider. which will be necessary for the third party to provide these services. These third parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.

In the event Fast Eddies.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. Users will be notified via e-mail, as well as with a prominent notice on our Web site for at least 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of their personal information. If as a result of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.

Fast Eddies.com is designed for those who can legally create binding contracts. Therefore, Fast Eddies.com wants to protect children's privacy. We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and its accompanying FTC regulations.

Our users are given the opportunity to "opt-out" of having their information used for purposes not directly related to our site at the point where we ask for information.

Users who no longer wish to receive our communications may opt-out of receiving these communications by replying to unsubscribe in the subject line in the email or email us. You may also opt-out by going to our web page at www.Fast Eddies.com, or you may contact us by phone or postal mail as well.

Users of our site are always notified when their information is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our users can make an informed choice as to whether or not they should proceed with services that require an outside party.

This Web site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Fast Eddies.com, 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. Fast Eddies.com may have co-branding and/or framing relations with other companies. In this case, you should be familiar with the privacy policies of both companies, since you may be subject to each of them.

This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, their 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 users 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. We use security protection software made by Oracle, as well as SQL query protection. 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. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy practices. Finally, the servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment.

Fast Eddies.com will make every effort to protect your information. However, Fast Eddies.com can't be liable (for any damages whatsoever) for security breaches that occur outside of Fast Eddies.com.

If users have any questions about the security at our Web site, users can send an email to us.

If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users' personally identifiable information. This can usually be done on line with Fast Eddies.com, or by emailing us.

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

If, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if users have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post a notice we will also email users, who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

If users have any questions, disputes or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us here.