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Sales Tax Policy
AC Mister is required to charge sales tax for all
orders billed in the state of Texas. No sales tax is currently required
from any other state.
Shipping Policy
Orders normally ship within 5 business days from receiving credit card
authorization. We are currently unable to ship or bill to addresses
outside of the U.S. and Great Britain. Due to shipper restrictions, we cannot
deliver to APOs, FPOs, or U.S. Territories. Additional charges may
apply for orders being shipped outside the contiguous 48 states.
If additional shipping charges do apply you will be notified via email
prior to shipment.
Return Policy
ACMister is confident you will find the workmanship of
our products to be satisfactory. However, in the event you are not
satisfied please contact our Customer Service department at (866) 6-ACMIST
(622-6478) during normal business hours.
AC Mister will refund the
purchase price of your product. You will be given instructions on how
to ship the product back to us when you call. In
all cases, ACMister does not refund any shipping charges to
return the product. In the case of a defective item you will not
be charged shipping to send a new product to you. All returns must include a Return Merchandise Authorization
Number (RMA#). We will not issue an RMA for any product that is over
30 days old as measured by the ship date order history. Unless defective,
items must be in original packaging, in as-new condition with the packing
slip, all warranty cards, manuals and accessories.
Please allow
approximately 10 business days for your return to be processed once it has
arrived to our processing center. If you request a replacement, we will
ship your replacement after we receive and process your returned product.
If you need a replacement right away, we suggest you request a credit (rather than a replacement), when you obtain your RMA number. Then place a new order. The new order will be shipped as soon as we have product available and your credit will be applied approximately 10-15 days after we receive the product you are returning.
Privacy Policy
AC Mister collects information from its customers to fill orders, contact
purchasers to inform them of their order status, to send promotional
information, to enhance the operation of our site and administer our
systems. AC Mister does not share collected information to third party
organizations. However, AC Mister does reserve the right to modify this
policy at any time in the future without notice to our
customers.
Except as otherwise discussed in
this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure
of information we collect from you online.
Questions regarding this Policy should be directed
to acmister@acmister.com.
This Privacy Policy will explain the following regarding
use of our site:
- What information does acmister.com
collect from you?
- Where do we collect information from
you and how do we use it?
- Who is collecting your
information?
- With whom do we share your
information?
- How can you update or correct your
Personally Identifiable Information?
- What are your choices regarding
collection, use, and distribution of your information?
- What security precautions are
in place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your
information?
- A special note about children's
privacy
- acmister.com and
third-party use of "cookies"
- You should carefully review
privacy policies of any third party sites accessible from
acmister.com
- Contacting acmister.com about
privacy questions or concerns
- What information does acmister.com collect
from you?
In order to better provide
you with numerous products and services, acmister.com collects two types of
information about its visitors: Personally Identifiable Information and
Non-Personally Identifiable Information. Our primary goal in collecting
information from you is to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and
customized experience while using our site.
Personally Identifiable
Information This refers
to information that lets us know the specifics of who you are. Personal
information is requested when you order a product For example, this
information might include your name, billing address, shipping address,
telephone number, e-mail address, credit card or other payment
information, and product details. With this information, acmister.com
can fill your orders and better provide you with personalized services.
For a few services, we may collect
your personal information on behalf of other merchants and
share it with them. For example, on our payment processor requires your credit card card
information to process orders.
Non-Personally Identifiable
Information This refers to information that does not by
itself identify a specific individual. We gather certain information
about you based upon where you shop on our site in several ways. This
information is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an
aggregated basis. For example, this information may include the Web
site's Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which
URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and your Internet
Protocol ("IP") address. A URL is the global address of documents and
other resources on the World Wide Web. An IP address is an identifier
for a computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol ("TCP/IP") network, such as the World Wide Web. Networks like
the Web use the TCP/IP protocol to route information based on the IP
address of the destination. In other words, an IP address is a number
that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing
the web, allowing web servers to locate and identify your computer.
Computers require IP addresses in order for users to communicate on the
Internet, browse and shop.
- Where do we collect information from
you and how do we use it?
Our primary
goal in collecting personal information is to provide acmister.com's visitors
with a superior customized online experience. We use the customer
contact information to fill orders, contact purchasers to inform them of
their order status, to send promotional information, to enhance the
operation of our site and administer our systems.
Demographic
data also may be collected at our site from third party advertising
servers or content servers, who provide us with the zip code and area
code associated with a visitor's server, along with pages viewed on our
site. We review the actions of the acmister.com visitors on an aggregate
basis to determine customers' preferences. We will use this data to
tailor the visitor's experience at our site, to improve our marketing
and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze site use, to improve
our product offerings, and to customize our site's content, layout, and
services.
We may also
share your personally identifiable information with third parties who
provide services to us, our customers and web site visitors. Those third
parties include authorized contractors, temporary employees and
consultants and other companies working with us (collectively,
"agents"). Where we believe it to be appropriate (in our sole
discretion), we will ask our agents not to disclose or use your personal
information for purposes other than to provide services to you or
acmister.com.
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We gather information in the following ways:
Shopping We
collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, to
gather broad demographic information, to enable ads to be served on our
site, to report Non-Personally Identifiable Information to our
advertisers, and to monitor the level of activity on our site. We
collect information from visitors to our site regarding the URLs they
came from, domain types (e.g., .com or .org), their IP addresses, the
date and time of their visit or order, the number of visits and orders,
the number of visits per browsing session, the server type, the
operating system and browser type used to come to the site, the country,
state and telephone area code where their servers are located, the pages
and page titles of our site that visitors viewed during their visit,
whether the visitor's computer is enabled for Java or cookies, browser
language, applications and plug-ins, and any search terms entered on our
site.
Ordering
When you order from us, we collect personally identifiable information
from you. If you order one of our products, we will collect and
maintain your name, e-mail address, billing address, shipping address,
telephone number, product selections, credit card or other payment
information, order number, referring URL, IP address, page you bought
from and a password. We collect this, and other information, as
disclosed in this Policy, in order to fill your order, to communicate
with you about your order and to send you promotional materials. Before
confirming your order, you will have the opportunity to review the
product order form and make changes and additions to the information it
contained and these changes will be automatically kept for future use.
Newsletters & Promotional
E-mails We offer free newsletters and promotional e-mails
as a service to our customers. We will send you newsletters and e-mails
periodically listing current specials and deals. To stop receiving our
newsletter, send an e-mail to us at acmister@acmister.com.
Contact Information and Third
Party Data
If you contact acmister.com
or our customer service representatives by telephone, e-mail or letter, we may keep
a record of your correspondence or comments. If you report a problem with
our site, we may collect such information in a file specific
to you. If you contact us through our feedback area or by calling one
of our customer service representatives, we may ask for your name,
e-mail address and order information in order to send you a reply.
Cookies We use
cookies and allow others to use cookies in the operation of our
site. For more information, please see the section "Use of
Cookies" below.
- Who is collecting your
information?
Website Analysis Agent: We may use an outside service to
collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information on an aggregated basis
so that we can improve the marketing and layout of our site. They may
use cookies to perform their service. For more information, please see
the section "Use of Cookies" below.
Marketing Partners, Co-branded Services, Framing/Windows
on Third-Party Sites: We run promotions for merchants where you may
visit the merchants' sites. In some of those promotions, a window or
frame containing the merchant's site may appear. Any time you are in a
window, you should assume that your personal information is being
collected, used and disclosed in accordance with that merchant's
policies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that you
supply to those merchants. Any information that you share with them will
be used and disclosed in accordance with that merchant's privacy policy.
However, once you click on a return link to our site, you can expect
that further information that you disclose will be treated in accordance
with this Policy.
On occasion, unaffiliated third parties will "frame"
acmister.com's site in an effort to collect customer information. To ensure
your privacy, make sure that your order originates fom acmister.com's site.
acmister.com is not in any manner responsible in the event that you do
disclose information to an unaffiliated framing site.
Links and Banner Ads to Third-Party Sites: Please be
aware that our site may contain links to other sites on the Internet
that are owned and operated by third parties. The information practices
of those websites linking from or to our site are not covered by this
Policy. These other sites may send their own cookies to users, collect
data, or solicit personal information. Additionally, other companies or
ad servers, which place advertising on our site may collect information
about you through the use of cookies when you view or click on their
advertising. We cannot control this collection of information. You
should contact advertisers directly if you have any questions about
their use of the information that they collect.
- With whom do we share your
information?
Fulfillment: The information collected by acmister.com is used for
processing orders, keeping you informed about your order status, for
statistical purposes, for improving our site and its performance, and to notify you
of products or special offers that may be of interest to you. We will
disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties to
charge your credit card, fill your order, deliver your order, provide
customer service, provide you with credit and deliver promotional
e-mails to you from acmister.com. For example, we must release your credit
card information to the card-issuing bank to confirm payment; and
release your address and telephone information to the delivery service
to deliver products that you ordered.
Other Parties: We do not sell, trade,
or rent your Personally Identifiable Information to others. We
may provide Non-Personally Identifiable Information about our customers'
sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to third parties,
but these statistics do not include any Personally Identifiable
Information. We may release account information when we believe that
such release is reasonably necessary to enforce or apply our Terms and
Conditions or to protect the rights, property, and safety of acmister.com,
our users, or others. If customers do not pay us for products ordered,
we may submit their account information to a third party collection
agency.
Data Analysis Agents: The information collected by or
for acmister.com may be provided to an outside company for the purpose of
analysis. That analysis is to help us to improve our site and product
selection, and to notify you of special offers that may be of interest
to you. That data analysis agent may not share any Personally
Identifiable Information with others, or use it for any other purpose
than to help acmister.com.
Compliance with Service of Process or Law Enforcement:
Occasionally acmister.com may be asked by law enforcement or judicial
authorities to provide Personally Identifiable Information to the
appropriate governmental authorities. We will disclose Personally
Identifiable Information upon receipt of a court order, subpoena, or to
cooperate with a law enforcement investigation, without prior notice to
you. acmister.com fully cooperates with law enforcement agencies in
identifying those who use our services for illegal activities. We
reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities
that we in good faith believe to be unlawful.
- How can you update or correct your
Personally Identifiable Information?
We believe you should have the ability to access and edit the
personal information that you have provided to us. During the online
ordering process you can review, change, or delete the information that
you have submitted. You may change any of your personal information in
your account online at any time. We encourage you to promptly update
your information if it changes. You may ask to have the information on
your account deleted or removed; however, because we keep track of past
purchases, you cannot delete information associated with past purchases.
Also, as a security measure we "back up" the data stored on our systems,
and such prior information cannot be completely removed from our
databases. As a result, you should not expect that all of your
Personally Identifiable Information will be completely removed from our
backed-up databases.
- What are your choices regarding
collection, use, and distribution of your
information?
Email: We may from time
to time send you e-mail or other communications regarding current
promotions, specials and new additions to the acmister.com site. You may
"opt-out," or unsubscribe from our newsletters by following the
unsubscribe instructions in any e-mail you receive from us, or by
sending an e-mail to acmister@acmister.com. After doing so, acmister.com users will not receive future
communications or mailings unless they open a new account or enter a
contest.
Ad-servers and other Content Servers: You may also set
your browser so that it will not accept "cookies" to prevent assignment
from the ad server of a unique identifier; however, you will be unable
to shop on our site if you do so.
- What security precautions are in
place to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of your
information?
When you access your account information, the
information is kept on a secure server. All of the customer data we
collect is protected against unauthorized access by physical security
means.
- A special note about children's
privacy
You must be at least 18 years
old to have our permission to use this site. Our policy is that we do
not knowingly collect, use or disclose Personally Identifiable
Information about visitors under 18 years of age. If you are the parent
or guardian of a minor under 18 years of age and believe that they have
disclosed personally identifiable information to us, please contact us
at acmister@acmister.com so that we may delete the
minor's information.
- acmister.com and third-party
use of "cookies"
acmister.com Cookies:
When you use our site we will store cookies on your computer in order to
facilitate and customize your use of our site. A cookie is a small data
text file, which a Web site stores on your computer's hard drive (if
your Web browser permits) that can later be retrieved to identify you to
acmister.com. Our cookies store randomly assigned user identification
numbers, the country where you are located, and your first name to
welcome you back to our site. The cookies make your use of the site
easier, allow you to retrieve an earlier shopping cart, make the site
run more smoothly and help us to maintain a secure site. You will be
unable to shop on our site without your browser set to accept cookies.
Ad Server and Content Server Cookies: We may use an outside
ad serving company or content server to display banner advertisements and other
information on our site. As part of their service, they
place a separate cookie on your computer. acmister.com does not provide third-party
ad servers with any of your Personally Identifiable Information.
acmister.com and its third party ad servers do collect and use
Non-Personally Identifiable Information about you, such as your IP address,
browser type, the URLs from which you came, referring site's domain types
(e.g., .com), operating system, the country, the server your computer is logged onto,
where the servers that your computer is logged onto is located, the pages of
our site and products that visitors viewed during their visit, where an ad
was placed on a specific web site page, the time and date
particular ads were served, the area code and zip code associated with your
server and whether you responded to a particular ad, and
a receipt identifier.
Our third-party ad servers will occasionally use outside
agents, whose computers will serve ads on our site in the same manner
and under the same conditions as above. In addition, other ad serving
companies or advertisers may place banner ads on our site in the same
manner as above, but we do not disclose to them any Personally
Identifiable Information.
Website
Analysis Agent Cookies: We may use a third party to analyze what our
visitors find to be most interesting on our site. To do that, they will
place a cookie on your computer with a randomly assigned unique number
in order to track the pages you view on our site, along with other
Non-Personally Identifiable Information.
- You should carefully review privacy
policies of any third party sites accessible from
acmister.com
Other sites accessible through
our web site have their own privacy policies and data collection, use
and disclosure practices. Please consult each site's privacy policy.
acmister.com is not responsible for the policies or practices of third
parties. Please be aware that this site may contain links to other sites
on the Internet that are owned and operated by third parties. The
information practices of those web sites linked to acmister.com are not
covered by this Privacy Policy. These other sites may send their own
cookies to users, collect data, or solicit personal information.
Additionally, other companies that place advertising on our site may
collect information about you when you view or click on their
advertising through the use of cookies. We cannot control this
collection of information. You should contact these advertisers directly
if you have any questions about their use of the information that they
collect.
On behalf of various sponsors, acmister.com provides
sponsored links to third-party web sites. If you click on a sponsored
link or banner ad, a "window" or "frame" containing a third-party's web
site may appear in the foreground with the acmister.com web site in the
background. Unless you are on acmister.com's web site, any time that you have
moved to a window, you should assume that your personal information is
being collected, used and disclosed in accordance with the windowed
site's privacy policy (if any). If you are unsure as to whose privacy
policy applies, please contact us by eMail at acmister@acmister.com or by sending a letter
to the address below.
- Contacting acmister.com about privacy
questions or concerns
If you have any
questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your
dealings with this site, please contact acmister.com by sending an email
to acmister@acmister.com
Policy
changes This Policy Statement was
last changed on May 27, 2002. If acmister.com makes changes to any terms
or conditions of this statement, the changes will be posted in this
document so that you will always know what information we gather, how we
might use that information and to whom we will disclose it. We may
change, modify, add or remove portions of this statement at any time, and
any changes will become effective immediately upon being posted unless
we tell you otherwise.
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