Alton Refrigeration & Home Furnishings is committed to respecting your privacy and recognizing your need for appropriate protection and management of personal information you share with us. (The phrase "personal information" means any information by which you can be identified, such as your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, etc.) The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personal information we may collect from you, how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to review and correct, the information.

There may be times (such as when you purchase or order a product, subscribe to a service, register to receive catalogs, or to participate in contests, sweepstakes or promotions, etc.) when we ask you to provide certain information about yourself, such as your name, shipping/billing address, credit card number, telephone number, email address, birthdate, gender, occupation, personal interests. etc. We may also maintain a record of your product purchases.

Whether or not to provide such information is completely your own choice. But if you choose not to provide the information we request, you may be unable to access certain services, offers and content on our website. In addition, we may need to contact you via phone, email or mail to address questions or issues specific to your order, entry, etc., even if you have opted to not receive communications from us.

In general, you can visit many of our web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We may track the Internet domain address from which people visit us and analyze this data for trends and statistics, but individual users will remain anonymous unless you voluntarily tell us who you are.

We use the personal information you provide for internal purposes, such as confirming and tracking your order, subscription or registration, analyzing trends and statistics, informing you of our new products, services and offers, and providing you with information from and about Alton Refrigeration & Home Furnishings.

Although unlikely, in certain instances we may disclose your personal information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to Alton Refrigeration & Home Furnishings or to others. We may also disclose your personal information when we believe the law requires it.

We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. If you prefer not to receive information from Alton Refrigeration & Home Furnishings, please let us know by calling us at (618) 465-7721 or by sending us an email. please be sure to include your email address, mailing address, full name and, specifically, what information you do not want to receive. If you would like to update or correct your email address, mailing address or other personal information with us, please contact us the same way.

Alton Refrigeration & Home Furnishings takes special care to protect the safety and privacy of children. Our website is a general audience site. We do not permit anyone under the age of 13 to register with us. We also do not send email correspondence to anyone who tells us that they are under the age of 13 without their parent's consent.

Children under the age of 13 should always ask their parents or guardians for permission before providing any personal information to anyone online. We urge parents and guardians to participate in their children's online activities and use parental control or other web filtering technology to supervise children's access to the web.

Our website uses "cookies." A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Generally, we use cookies to remind us of who you are, tailor our products and services to suit your personal interests, estimate our audience size, track visits to and sales at our site and to process your order, track your status in our promotions, contests and sweepstakes and/or analyze your visiting patterns. You can generally set your browser to not accept cookies or to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it.

We take precautions, including use of sophisticated encryption and authentication tools, to protect the security of your personal information that you share with us. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to or from our website, and you do so at your own risk.

We urge you to keep your password in a safe place and not to divulge it to anyone. Also remember to log off your account and close your browser window when you have finished your visit. This is to ensure that others cannot access your account, especially if you are sharing your computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place such as a library or Internet cafe.

Our website may contain links to websites operated and maintained by third parties, over which we have no control. privacy policies on such linked sites may be different from our Privacy Policy. You access such sites at your own risk. You should always read the Privacy Policy of a linked site before disclosing any personal information on such site.

If we decide to change our Privacy Policy in whole or in part, we will inform you by posting a notice on our website. Those changes will go into effect on the date posted in the notice. The new policy will apply to all current and past users of our website and will replace any prior policies that are inconsistent. This policy was posted in October 2006.

To help us improve our Privacy Policy and practice, please give us your feedback. You may email us or call us at (618) 465-7721.  | Return to top of page.