This site is hosted by Yahoo! Store. Yahoo! hosts the store pages, ordering system, and order data. Yahoo! automatically collects order information but may only use this information in the aggregate. If you accessed this store through Yahoo! Shopping, Yahoo! also automatically collects information about your shopping experience. Please see the Yahoo! Privacy Policy for more information about how Yahoo! uses this information.

How we protect and store personal information

Throughout this policy, we use the term “personal information” to describe information that can be associated with a specific person and can be used to identify that person. We do not consider personal information to include information that maintains customer anonymity, so as to not identify a specific user.

We store and process your personal information on our computers in the US, and we protect it by maintaining physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in compliance with applicable US federal and state regulations. We use computer safeguards such as firewalls and data encryption, we enforce physical access controls to our buildings and files, and we authorize access to personal information only for those employees who require it to fulfill their job responsibilities. How we use the personal information we collect

Our primary purpose in collecting personal information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. We may use your personal information to:

* provide the services and customer support you request; * process transactions and send notices about your transactions * resolve disputes, collect fees,and troubleshoot problems * prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities, and enforce our User Agreement; * customize, measure, and improve our services and the content and layout of our website; * send you targeted marketing, service update notices, and promotional offers based on your communication preferences; * compare information for accuracy and verify it with third parties.

How we share personal information with other parties

We may share your personal information with:

* Members of our corporate family (these are companies owned by our parent, AveoEngineering, to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts, provide joint services and for other business purposes. However, these corporate affiliates will not use this information to market their services to you unless you have approved it. * Service providers under contract who help with parts of our business operations; (fraud prevention, bill collection, marketing, technology services). Our contracts dictate that these service providers only use your information in connection with the services they perform for us and not for their own benefit. * Financial institutions that we partner with to jointly create and offer a product. These financial institutions may only use this information to market AveoUSA related products, unless you have given consent for other uses. * Credit bureaus to report outstanding negative balance accounts, as allowed by law. * Companies that we plan to merge with or be acquired by. (Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new combined entity follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal information could be used contrary to this policy, you will receive prior notice.) * Law enforcement, government officials, or other third parties when o we are compelled to do so by a subpoena, court order or similar legal procedure o we need to do so to comply with law o we believe in good faith that the disclosure of personal information is necessary to prevent physical harm or financial loss, to report suspected illegal activity, or to investigate violations of our User Agreement. * Other third parties with your consent or direction to do so.

AveoUSA will not sell or rent any of your personal information to third parties in the normal course of doing business and only shares your personal information with third parties as described in this policy.