Privacy Policy

A cookie is a piece of text that is entered into the memory of your browser. Many Internet services deliver cookies to visitors to their web sites. Cookies store information about your use of their service on your computer where it can only be retrieved by the same service at a later time.

Forums: If you choose to register and login when using our forum, a cookie is used to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit. The cookie is also used to track which messages you have not yet read, and mark them for you for easy reading. You are not required to register or login to use the forum (but you will not be able to edit your posts unless you have.)

Shopping: Our shopping cart also uses cookies to keep track of what you have placed in your cart. It will not work if you set your browser to refuse cookies.

Collection of information

Newsletter Subscription: We use Topica.com to manage our Marbleous News newsletter. An e-mail address is the only information required to join the list, and it is used by us solely to deliver the newsletter. We do not share or distribute the names on our list. Please visit Topica.com for more information on their privacy policy. The newsletter is voluntary double opt-in only; no one is added to the list unless they ask to be, and confirm this request via e-mail. Members may remove themselves at any time.

Feedback Form: We use feedback forms to solicit information such as comments, questions, error reports, etc. This information is provided by you on a voluntary basis. The forms will not be processed unless the information is accompanied by a valid e-mail address. This e-mail address may be used one time, or on a continuing basis, only to respond to the concern expressed in the feedback form. It will not be added to any bulk e-mail list, or be provided to a third party. Form submissions become the property of LandOfMarbles.com. They may be edited and republished in all media.

Product Reviews: We use product reviews to help customers make informed choices, based on past customer experience. This information is provided by you on a voluntary basis. If you provide your e-mail address (not required) it will be used to contact you only if needed to clarify your feedback It will not be added to any bulk e-mail list, or be provided to a third party. Form submissions become the property of LandOfMarbles.com. They may be edited and republished in all media.

Order Checkout Form: We collect personal information which includes the name, e-mail address, street address, telephone number, and credit card information (if applicable) of the customer during the checkout process when an order is completed. Our checkout form is encrypted and processed by a secure server, it is 100% private and secure. We do not share or distribute any of this information with third parties. The name and street address is used to deliver the order. The telephone # and/or e-mail address may be used to get in touch with the customer if necessary. The credit card information is used to bill the customer for products. We may use this contact information in the future for our own mailings related to our own services and products.

We understand that your security and privacy are issues of great concern and we take whatever steps we can to avail ourselves of the latest technologies and the most conservative policy regarding sharing information and protecting privacy for your benefit!

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such Web sites.

Forums

We make message boards available to our users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

Children's Guidelines

We do not sell products for purchase by children. We sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you are under 18, you may purchase from this site only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.

We care about children and understand that they have special privacy needs. Therefore, we have adopted the following privacy policy regarding children:

1. We do NOT require that personally identifiable information be given to us to use any feature of this site.
2. We will only use online contact information (email address) to:
   1. Respond directly to the child's request on a one-time basis and not use that information to re-contact the child for other purposes.
   2. Request the name or online contact information of a parent for the purpose of obtaining verifiable parental consent or providing parental notification.
   3. Respond more than once directly to a specific request from a child (such as in the case where a child requests a newsletter subscription) and not use that information to re-contact the child for other purposes.
   4. We will NOT entice the child to divulge more information than is needed to participate in any activity, game, or service.
   5. We will provide the parent a description of the specific types of a personally identifiable information collected from their child upon request. We will allow the parent to refuse further use or future online collection of personally identifiable information and provide a way for a parent to obtain any personally identifiable information collected from their child.
   6. We will NOT provide any links to Web sites that are unsuitable for children.
   7. We encourage children to get their parent's permission before sharing personal information online.