nationalBrides.com is strongly committed to your right to privacy and to taking steps designed to secure your personal and financial information. The intent of this policy is to fully disclose our privacy practices to you, the user of this site. We will only use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Please take the time to read this Policy.

Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy, which was last updated on June 20, 2001. Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be reflected on this page so that you are always aware of the information we collect and how we use it.

The personal information we collect
General. nationalBrides.com collects personal information necessary to respond to your requests for our customized products and services and to allow you to use the resources available on our website, including the creation and maintenance of a Wedding Web Site. Personal information includes, but is not limited to, name, physical address, e-mail address, phone number, age and any other information that itself identifies or, when tied to the above information, may identify you as a specific individual. nationalBrides.com also collects information related to your wedding, including dates and places of the rehearsal, wedding and reception, name, address and phone number of wedding guests, and information relating to your gift registry and honeymoon. nationalBrides.com also uses order forms for you to request certain information, products and services. On such order forms, we collect your contact information, financial information (including credit card numbers) and sometimes demographic information.

Contests and Online Surveys. nationalBrides.com and its partners frequently sponsor contests to give you the opportunity to win great prizes. Your participation in these contests is entirely optional. Information we collect for such contests can include contact information and demographic information. nationalBrides.com also values the opinions and comments from all of our users, so we frequently conduct surveys online, via e-mail, or by telephone. Your participation in these surveys is entirely optional. Information we collect in online surveys will include general information on the use of our site and other demographic information, such as age and income bracket. Survey participants are anonymous unless otherwise stated in the survey.

IP Addresses. When you connect to our website, we record your IP addresses and information on the type of operating system (e.g. Windows98) and browser software(e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape) you are using. This helps us to diagnose problems with our servers and for system administration. Your IP address is also used to help gather aggregated demographic information.

Message boards and/or news groups. We make message boards and/or news groups available to you. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. Please see Terms and Conditions of Use.

With whom your information is shared and how it is used
When you provide information to nationalBrides.com, the information is stored in our databases, such information is used by nationalBrides.com in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Information we collect is used to better your on-line experience, to update our content, and meet the needs of today's planning couple. We also use such personal information to send you information and promotional materials on us and some of our partners. You may receive information regarding local services via e-mail, mail, or by phone. Your contact information may also be used if it becomes necessary to contact you.

To allow you to use some of our features (online shopping and travel planning), information we collect will be shared with our partners. Information collected by us and our partners (for example, when you link to their sites or call a phone number provided by us) will also be shared with third parties, such as product suppliers, airlines, car rental agencies, and travel agencies to ensure the successful fulfillment of your product orders or travel arrangements. In addition, when you use a credit card to purchase goods and services through our website, your encrypted credit card information will be sent to our retail partners that provide registry and shopping services or to Authorize.Net (an online credit card payment processor used by many restaurants and stores) to authorize your payment.

Any information we collect may be shared with advertisers. In addition, we may from time to time hire a third party to act on our behalf for projects such as market research surveys and contest entry processing, and we will provide information to these third parties specifically for use in connection with these projects. Survey and contest participation is entirely optional. The information we provide to such third parties will be protected by a confidentiality agreement that will obligate the third party to use such information solely to complete the specific project. In addition to the circumstances described above, we may disclose your information if required to do so by law, court order, as requested by other government or law enforcement authorities, or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable, including (without limitation) when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities.

Choices you have over the collection and use of your information
As a user, customer, or contest entrant you will occasionally receive e-mail updates from us about important functionality changes, special offers from us and our partners, new nationalBrides.com services and other noteworthy news items about us and our partners. These updates are for your benefit. Of course, if you would rather not receive them, just let us know by replying to one of the e-mails with "Remove" in the body of the e-mail or let our partners know by following their instructions. Our site also provides you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such communications from us and our partners at the point where we request information from you. In other words, if you don't want us or our partners to send you e-mails about our or their business, just let us know. nationalBrides.com reserves the right to limit registration to those who will accept emails and to those who will provide the requested information.

The security measures we take for the protection of your personal information
All order information you provide to us and all information contained in your "Shopping Account" is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a widely used coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt or scramble data before you send it to us. Transactions will not be permitted if your browser does not accept SSL encryption. Only authorized personnel from nationalBrides.com or its partners can decode this information and such personnel will only do so in accordance with our or their Privacy Policy.

Additional information about online privacy and changes to our policy
Please be aware that on our site we have advertisements and links to other websites that may collect personal information about you. This Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices or policies of such websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of all such sites, as their policies may be materially different from our Privacy Policy. Any material changes in the way we use personal information will be described in future versions of this Privacy Policy.

If you have questions regarding this policy, please enter a ticket at nationalBrides.com.