Privacy Statement: We Protect Your Privacy; We Treat You With Respect; We adhere to the highest ethical business standards of the direct marketing and internet business communities. We treat our customers with the same respect we expect when we shop online. We Gather Only What Is Required - We gather what we need to serve you efficiently (your name and address, credit card info, telephone number and e-mail). So we can verify that it is you using your credit card, deliver what you have ordered to you, and e-mail or call you if there is a delivery or credit problem. We Encrypt Your Transaction Data - All of your data transactions are fully encripted using the highest commercial grade SSL encription. No one can see your data from elsewhere on the net. Look for the little padlock on your screen that should appear when your credit card info is being sent. It's also a generally good idea to set your browser settings so that you know whether you are on a secure or unsecure link. When you are just browsing the store, or filling the cart, it should show up as unsecure. The minute you click on "Check Out", and start to provide personal and credit card info, it should switch to secure. Please let us know if this EVER fails to happen. We DO NOT Keep Your Credit Card Number - For privacy reasons we DO NOT SEE and DO NOT RETAIN your credit card information, and will ask you to enter it each time you order. It gets encrypted inside the secure system, and sent directly to your bank. We only see the authorization code. Our feeling is that if your credit card number is not here then no one can hack into our systems and steal it. We think that's better for both of us. We DO NOT Share Your Data - USA Legal System Limitations ptboutique.com is committed to protecting your privacy within the laws of the USA and Indiana, our home state. We follow 'privacy friendly' USA standards, retaining only the information required to conduct business. We will not provide any individual item purchase information to anyone; unless fraud is involved or unless legally compelled to do so by an Indiana or USA court order. We DO NOT Telemarket - We will never call you just to sell you something. But we do ask you for your telephone number. Why? Two reasons: 1. To help us reach you if delivery problems arise. FedEx in particular requires a phone number in case they are having trouble meeting up with you to deliver the package. 2. Additional credit card verification and fraud prevention. We use the phone number you provide as part of your credit card approval. This has been especially useful when debit cards (with less consumer protection) are used. It makes it even harder for people to use your card here if it has been stolen. We DO NOT Send Spam - We do not e-mail people who are not already our customers. We seldom e-mail our customers. When we do it is usually on a customer service matter, and occasionally about new releases. We DO USE e-mail for Customer Service - We use your e-mail address mainly for customer service. We use your e-mail address to notify you when your order is successfully 'in the system' and when it is successfully shipped. Very rarely, we may have to e-mail you about a delay, (e.g. if something goes wrong and the invenvory we thought was on the shelf goes missing when we go to pack it for you.).