Privacy Introduction

This web site, http://www.frenchranges.com/, is owned and operated by Art Culinaire. Our intention is to provide an informative tool for those interested in the art and essence of good food and our wonderful Lacanche range of cooking stoves, options and accessories, which are featured on this Web site. We recognize that visitors to our Web site may be concerned about the information that they provide to us and how we treat that information. Art Culinaire is committed to honoring our constituents' privacy preferences.

Privacy Policy

Your right to privacy is very important to us. We recognize that providing us with personal information is an act of trust. Therefore, we have created a privacy policy to protect your personal information. This policy covers all Web sites owned or operated by Art Culinaire. We encourage you to take the time to read this privacy policy as well as those of any Web site that you may visit.

In general, when you visit our Web site and access information you remain anonymous. We do not require you to register or provide personal information to us to view our Web site. There are occasions when we will ask for additional information. We do this to better understand and respond to your needs, and provide you with information and services that may be valuable to you.

What Information We Collect

Our request forms require users to give us contact information that includes name, e-mail address, physical address, and phone number. We do not request or store sensitive information from our visitors, such as social security numbers.

Use of Your Personal Information

Art Culinaire never shares your personal information, including your e-mail address or phone numbers, with outside organizations unless we have your prior consent.

E-Mail Sent to Us Containing Personal Information

You may decide to send Art Culinaire personally identifying information. We will use this information solely to determine how to best respond to the e-mail. We will not use this information for any purpose other than to resolve the specific matter identified in your e-mail.

Internet Protocol Address

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We collect an IP address from all visitors to our Web site. We use IP addresses to analyze usage trends and track users' interactions with the Web site. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

Links to Third-Party Web Sites

We provide links to third party web sites existing outside of this web site. Since we do not control the content or functionality of these web sites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these third-party web sites. Any link from http://www.frenchranges.com/ to such a third-party web site does not denote an affiliation with the web site or an endorsement of its viewpoint(s) or mission(s).

Security of Your Information

Art Culinaire does not ask for credit card information as a form of payment unless any transaction is conducted over a secure server.

Cookies

Cookies are small files sent from a Web server to your computer through your browser program. There are two types of cookies: non-persistent and persistent cookies.

A non-persistent cookie enables a Web site to temporarily keep information on your computer as you travel from one page to another on our Web site. This cookie is automatically deleted from your machine when you close your browser. Because these cookies are necessary to provide some functions, failure to allow such cookies may make some of the functions on our Web site unavailable to you.

A persistent cookie is kept even when you close your browser. You can manually delete these cookies using commands specific to your browser and computer system. These cookies store information that would generally not change from session to session. They also contain information that would need to be reentered by you each time you visit the Web site.

Our Use of Cookies

Art Culinaire does not use cookies to obtain information about other Web sites that you may have visited. Cookies are used to log you into our owners' forum (if you are a forum member).

Our Compliance with Federal Law

Art Culinaire complies fully with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA).

None of the Web sites covered by this policy knowingly collect identifiable personal information from children under age 13. If we discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided us with any personally identifiable information, we will delete that information from our systems. We are unable to reply to information requests from children under the age of 13, if so identified. A parent or guardian must initiate any requests for information from children under the age of 13 on their behalf. We encourage parents to supervise children when they browse the Internet.

Art Culinaire complies fully with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act). To this end, Art Culinaire:

Questions?

Art Culinaire welcomes comments and questions on this policy. We are dedicated to protecting your personal information, and will make every reasonable effort to keep that information secure.

If you have any questions, please contact us at comment@frenchranges.com.

Any information that you provide to us on the Web, in e-mail, and by fax or mail is covered by this policy.

Privacy Policy Updates

Art Culinaire may occasionally update this policy so that it evolves with the rapidly changing technologies employed on the internet. All revisions will be posted to this Web site and any revised Privacy Policy will apply only to data collected subsequent to its effective date.

Last revised: January 15, 2007

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