Privacy Policy

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Thank you for visiting the Five Star Cutlery website. This website is designed to make it easier and more efficient for the public to interact with Five Star Cutlery. We recognize that it is critical for members of the public to be confident that their privacy is protected when they visit the Five Star Cutlery website and that they are aware of any possible uses of personal information. Consistent with the provisions of the Internet Security and Privacy Act, State Technology Law 201 et. seq., this policy describes Five Star Cutlery’s practices regarding information collected from users of this website. This policy describes what information is collected and how that information is used. Because this privacy policy applies only to this website, you should examine the privacy policy of other websites that you access using links from this website.

Five Star Cutlery does not collect any personal information about you unless you provide that information voluntarily by sending an e-mail or by initiating an online transaction such as a survey, registration, or order form. Use of this website signifies agreement with the terms of this policy.

INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU VISIT THIS WEBSITE

When you visit this website, Five Star Cutlery automatically collects and stores the following information about your visit:

• The Internet Protocol Address and domain name used, but not the e-mail address. The Internet Protocol Address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer.
• The type of browser and operating system you used.
• The date and time you visited this site.
• The web pages or services you accessed at this site.
• The website you visited prior to coming to this website.
• The website you visit as you leave this website.
• Any form or information that you downloaded.

None of the foregoing information is deemed to constitute personal information. The information that is collected automatically is used to improve this website’s content and to help Five Star Cutlery understand how users are interacting with the website. This information is collected for statistical analysis, to determine what information is of most and least interest to users of the site and to improve the utility of the material available on the website. This information is not collected for commercial marketing purposes, and Five Star Cutlery is not authorized to sell or otherwise disclose the information collected from the website for commercial purposes.

We use “cookies” to recognize you as you use or return to our sites. This is done so that we can provide a continuous and more personalized shopping experience for you. A cookie is a small text file that a website or email may save to your browser and store on your hard drive.

INFORMATION COLLECTED WHEN YOU E-MAIL THIS WEBSITE OR INITIATE AN ONLINE TRANSACTION

During your visit to this website, you may send an e-mail to Five Star Cutlery. Your e-mail address and the contents of your message will be collected. The information collected is not limited to text characters and may include audio, video, and graphic information formats included in the message. Your e-mail address and the information included in your message will be used to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to improve this website, or, where appropriate, to forward your message to another public agency for follow-up. Five Star Cutlery is not authorized to sell or otherwise disclose your e-mail address for commercial purposes.

During your visit to this website, you may initiate a transaction such as a survey, registration, or order. The information, including personal information, volunteered by you in initiating the transaction is used by Five Star Cutlery to operate its programs, which may include the provision of goods, services, and information. The information collected by Five Star Cutlery may be disclosed by Five Star Cutlery for those purposes that may be reasonably ascertained from the nature and terms of the transaction in connection with which the information was submitted.

INFORMATION AND CHOICE

As noted above, Five Star Cutlery does not collect any personal information about you during your visit to this website unless you provide that information voluntarily by sending an e-mail or initiating an online transaction such as a survey, registration, or order. You may choose not to send an e-mail, respond to a survey, or complete an order form. While your choice not to participate in these activities may limit your ability to receive specific services, products, publications, or information through this website, it will not prevent you from requesting services, products, publications, or information from Five Star Cutlery by other means and will not normally have an impact on your ability to take advantage of other features of the website, including browsing or downloading publicly available information.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE

The collection of information through this website and the disclosure of that information are subject to the provisions of the Internet Security and Privacy Act, State Technology Law 201 et. seq., and other applicable law. Five Star Cutlery will collect personal information through this website or disclose personal information collected through this website only if the user has consented to the collection or disclosure of such personal information.

Five Star Cutlery may disclose personal information to federal or state law enforcement authorities in the course of officially authorized law enforcement investigations or to enforce the company’s rights against unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access to the company’s information technology assets (for example, to protect against hackers).

RETENTION OF INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THE WEBSITE

The information collected through this website is retained by Five Star Cutlery in accordance with applicable record retention and disposition requirements.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTEGRITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH THIS WEBSITE

Five Star Cutlery is strongly committed to protecting personal information collected through this website against unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Consequently, we limit employee access to personal information collected through this website to only those employees who need access to the information in the performance of their official duties. Employees who have access to this information are required to follow appropriate procedures in connection with any disclosures of personal information.

INFORMATION DISCLAIMER

The information provided in this privacy policy should not be construed as giving business, legal, or other advice, or warranting as fail-proof the security of information provided through this website. While all attempts are made to provide accurate, current, and reliable information, Five Star Cutlery recognizes the possibility of human or mechanical error and disclaims any express or implied warranty as to the same.

COOKIES, PIXELS & SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

Technologies like cookies, pixel tags (“pixels”), device or other identifiers, and local storage (collectively, “Cookies and similar technologies”) are used to deliver, secure, and understand products, services, and ads. Third parties may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect or receive information from Five Star Cutlery and elsewhere on the Internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. Users can learn more and opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting by visiting http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.