Privacy Policy - Tiffany & Co.

Dear Visitor:
We want you to know how we handle the information you send us via the internet. The internet is a dynamic, continually changing environment. Within that spirit of dynamism, our Privacy Policy will evolve and change.
We strive to keep you informed by updating this Privacy Policy as our procedures change. This Policy was last updated on August 1, 2000. We invite you to review our Policy regularly to stay informed.
To make your visit to Tiffany.com more productive, to improve our Web site and to tailor your future visits to your preferences, we collect certain visitor information.
AUTOMATIC COLLECTION
Our Web server automatically recognizes only the visitor's domain name (not the e-mail address). The visitor's browser and platform type (e.g., Netscape browser on a Microsoft platform) are recorded.
Cookies
We use cookies to:
  - record the visitor's session information
    (such as the visitor's shopping selections when ordering)
  - record user-specific information on the pages the visitor
    selects for viewing, and retain the visitor's answer
    to our question regarding U.S. residency.
E-mail Addresses
When visitors send us e-mail, we retain their e-mail address. We retain the e-mail addresses of those visitors who give us their e-mail addresses when they place orders. We do not contact visitors by their e-mail address except to:
  - confirm an on-line order, if the purchaser requests e-mail     confirmation, or respond to a sender's e-mail query.
Visitor-Keyed Information
We retain information provided by our visitor, such as registration information, transaction information (e.g., dates on which customers made purchases, amounts and types of purchases) and contact information (e.g., name, address, phone number). Click here to access this information.
Our visitor also has with the ability to correct inaccuracies in contact information and unique identifiers. To do so, click here.
On request with verification, we will give the visitor a reminder with unique identifier information (e.g., customer number or password).
Mailing Addresses
If you request a catalogue be mailed to your postal address, you will be placed on our mailing list and you will receive periodic mailings from us. If you purchase through our catalog, you may also receive mailings from other carefully screened companies to whom we make such mailing lists available. You can, however, have your name put on our do-not-share list by writing to us at our address above. Please include your name and address as it appears on the mailing label.
Telephone Numbers
Visitors who give us their telephone numbers on-line will only receive telephone contact from us with information regarding orders they have placed on-line.
Ad Servers
Tiffany & Co. does not have arrangements with any ad server companies for this Web site.
Security
We use industry-standard encryption technologies when transferring and receiving customer data exchanged with our site server. All other data transfer is conducted through a secure phone line.
Bridal Registry Customers
The Tiffany & Co. Bridal Registry is administered through special arrangements with WeddingChannel.com, the premier wedding Web site. The information provided by bridal registrants is transmitted via secure phone line to WeddingChannel.com. The WeddingChannel.com Privacy Policy may treat that information differently than outlined above.
Children's On-line Privacy
We ask that children do not submit information to us without the consent of a parent or guardian. The Children's On-line Privacy Protection Act took effect April 21, 2000 and pertains to Web sites directed toward children under 13 years of age. Tiffany.com does not collect information on any person under 13 years.
Disclosure
If required by law, court order or in the good faith belief that disclosure is otherwise advisable, we may disclose your information.