This website and documents are provided for use by persons outside of Epicures as information only. Epicures, nor its officers or employees, by making this website and documents available for use by persons outside of Epicures, does not undertake any duties or responsibilities of any such person or entity who chooses to use this website and documents. This website and documents should not be substituted for the exercise of a person’s own professional judgment nor the determination by contractors of the appropriate manner and method of construction on projects under their control. It is the user’s obligation to make sure that he/she uses the appropriate practices. Any person using this website and documents agrees that Epicures will not be liable for any commercial loss; inconvenience; loss of use, time, data, goodwill, revenues, profits, or savings; or any other special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages in any way related to or arising from use of this website and documents.

 

Privacy:

 

Our Privacy Policy was developed as an extension of our commitment to combine the highest-quality services with the highest level of integrity in dealing with our clients and partners. The Policy is designed to assist you in understanding how we collect, use and safeguard the personal information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our site and our services. This statement will be continuously assessed against new business practices and our customers' needs. 

 

What Information Do We Collect? 

 

When you visit our web site you may provide us with two types of information: 

• Personal information you knowingly choose to disclose that is collected on an individual basis 

• Web site use information collected on an aggregate basis as you and others browse our web site.

 

1. Personal Information You Choose to Provide - Credit Card Information if you choose to purchase products or services from us or our partners, you may need to give personal information and authorization to obtain information from various credit services. For example, you may need to provide the following information: Name, Mailing address, Email address  Credit card number, Home and business phone number, Other personal information (i.e. mother's maiden name) and Email Information. In addition to providing the foregoing information to our partners, if you choose to correspond further with us through email, we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received by mail and telephone. 

 

2. Web Site Use Information Similar to other commercial Web sites, our Web site utilizes a standard technology called "cookies" (see explanation below, "What Are Cookies?") and Web server logs to collect information about how our Web site is used. Information gathered through cookies and Web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at our Web site, and the Web sites visited just before and just after our Web site. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual. How Do We Use the Information That You Provide to Us? Broadly speaking, we use personal information for purposes of administering our business activities, providing customer service and making available other products and services to our customers and prospective customers. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. The lists used to send you product and service offers are developed and managed under our traditional corporate standards designed to safeguard the security and privacy of our customers' personal information. As a rule, we do not use these technologies to capture your individual email address or any personally identifying information about you although they do permit us to send focused online banner advertisements or other such responses to you. We do not, at any time, make information collected on our website available to any third party interests. You can be assured we keep all records confidential. Occasionally, we may also use the information we collect to notify you about important changes to our Web site, new services and special offers we think you will find valuable. Other email that you may send to us may not be secure unless we advise you that security measures will be in place prior to your transmitting the information. For that reason, we ask that you do not send confidential information such as Social Security or account numbers to us through an unsecured email. Our corporate values, ethical standards, policies and practices are committed to the protection of customer information. In general, our business practices limit employee access to confidential information, and limit the use and disclosure of such information to authorized persons, processes and transactions. We do not disclose information to outside parties.  We use aggregate information about our customers, sales, Web site traffic patterns and related Web site information for internal use only. We do not share data with any affiliates or third parties. We may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when we, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of our legal rights. We are not responsible for the practices employed by Web sites linked to or from our Web site nor the information or content contained therein. Often links to other Web sites are provided solely as pointers to information on topics that may be useful to the users of our Web site.