Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.

As used herein, the phrase "this site" refers to Gahela.com and other sites on the World Wide Web originating in the United States, which are owned and operated by Gahela.   By using this site, you indicate your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, you are not permitted to access this site and you should not do so. 

Gahela.com reserves the right to change or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes or updates are effective immediately after notice of the change or update, which may be done by posting on this site, or by electronic or conventional mail, and/or by any other means, which provides reasonable notice. Your use of this site after such notice is posted means that you accept these changes or updates. 

We understand and respect your desire for privacy. To that end, we would like you to know how we use the personal information you provide to us. 

We collect personally identifying information (such as your name and address) when you register for the online newsletter or purchase items through this site. We also collect non-personally-identifiable information (such as your IP address or domain, or about your site usage) for purposes of site administration and to compile general, non identifying information about usage of the site. 

You may choose to use your credit card when you purchase products through site. It, along with the personal identifying information you submit, is transferred to and used by third party financial institutions to verify the credit card numbers and to authorize the processing of the transaction. Appropriate safeguards have been implemented to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and to make proper use of the information that we collect. However, no transmission of data over the Internet is guaranteed to be completely secure. Thus, while we strive to protect your personal information, Gahela.com cannot absolutely guarantee the security of any information you provide to us. 

POLICY FOR MINORS 

Children should always ask parents for permission before providing any personal information online. No information should be submitted to or posted on this site by any Minor (a guest under 18 years of age) without the consent of a parent or guardian. Minors are not allowed to participate in contests. 

POLICY FOR ADULT GUESTS 

Gahela.com does not share any personal information we collect with any third parties for any reason.   With the exception that we may disclose personal information in response to legal process, such as a request by law enforcement, a court order or subpoena, or to protect the integrity of our site if we believe that a guest has committed unlawful or otherwise harmful acts. 

With the permission of guests 18 years or older, information submitted at the time of registration or submission may be used for marketing and promotional purposes by us.

PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS FROM THIS SITE 

If you purchase a product from this site, information may be collected from you, including your credit card and contact information.   We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, however, you might not be able to take advantage of many of the feature of Gahela. com. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future shopping for you, improving our store and checkout, and communicating with you. The information you provide is held in strict confidence and is never sold, rented, or shared with any other business or third party.

USE OF IP ADDRESSES 

An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet service provider whenever you log on to the Web. Web servers automatically identify your computer by its IP address, so when a guest requests pages from our site, our servers log the guest's IP address. The IP addresses of our guests are collected only for the purposes of system administration and site improvements.   We do not combine IP addresses with any personally identifying information, nor do we compile any session activity reports by IP address. 

USE OF COOKIES 

In cyberspace, cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes.   They are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features such as greetings, and storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits.    They contain no personally identifying information, and cannot be used by any other web site.