Privacy Policy
We want to thank you for being part of our community at AskMara.com and we want you to know that we are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. Described herein is the Privacy Policy of AskMara Website (‘we”, “us”, or “our”) with respect to your use of the website “www.askmara.com” (“Site”) which is an e-commerce and membership website.
Information Collection and Use
We only have access to the information that you voluntarily give us. By voluntarily giving us this information, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your state of residence. When you request our assistance via email, telephone, mail, or fax, or when you make a purchase, you send your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, and payment information. We use this information for internal purposes to process your order, to maintain or update your account, or to send you updates about the Site, its content, special offers, and events. We may send you an email to inform you about your order, your requests, or your self described interests. This email will be sent to the email address you send to AskMara.com.
Information Collected from Users with Accounts
If you create an account with us, we will require some basic information at the time of account creation. You will create your account using your own user name and password, and we will ask you for a valid email address. This information is used to create your account and for the purpose of providing you with the services you purchased and requested.
If you decide to fill out the additional personal information in your user profile, please know that this information is optional and not needed by us. Should you choose to enter this information, you will have the ability to access, modify, or delete it (please remember, you are not able to delete your username, password, or email address).
Sharing
AskMara is committed to respecting your privacy. We do not rent, lease or sell information about the Site’s users, or our customers to third parties for marketing purposes. AskMara restricts its sharing of information with other parties only when needed to fulfill your requests or process your order. These parties do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
AskMara may also disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the Site, your information is protected both online and offline with secured servers (SSL). You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the bottom of your web browser, or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.
Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers /servers that store personally identifiable information are also kept in a secure environment.
All order transactions are processed through a gateway provider (Pay Pal) and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Cookies
AskMara may analyze aggregate data that is anonymous and contains no personal information that identifies a user. The Site may send your computer a cookie, when you access the Site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our Site. Cookies do not identify a Site user, but they do identify a user’s computer.
Some of our business partners may use cookies on their website. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
Many web browsers allow a user to erase cookies from their cache, block cookies, or to be notified when cookies are used. You can also request “Do Not Track” option with your browser. You should keep in mind, if you block cookies, you many not have access to the full features of the site.
We use Google Analytics to collect information about the use of the site. The information obtained only includes how often someone visits a site, what pages they visited, and what other sites they might have visited prior to coming to this site. Google only collects the IP address that corresponds to the date the individual visited the site. Google does not collect your name or any other identifying information. You can view more information on Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Remember, you always have the option to disable cookies in your browser.
We use Microsoft Clarity to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.”
Choice / Control Over Your Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. Please contact us via email: admin@askmara.com, or telephone (800) 728-2425 if you wish to do so. You may also review, correct, update or delete your personal information in your user account at any time. .
Third Party Links
Our website may contain links and pointers to other websites and resources on the Internet that are controlled or operated by third parties including social media features. These links are provided solely as a convenience to our visitors and do not constitute an endorsement or sponsorship by us, partners or affiliates of any third party website, resources, content, products and/or services. Some of these links including social media features may collect information about your IP address and the information you are looking at on our website. These links do not imply that we are affiliated or associated with, or otherwise recommend or certify, the third party link or website. Any concerns regarding links to third party websites, including social media features, should be directed to the respective website operator. AskMara, its partners, affiliates and any entities under common ownership or control are not responsible or liable for the content, materials, products and/or services offered over any third party websites, or for any collection, use and disclosure practices of such third parties. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate third party links that we deem inappropriate or inconsistent with our website.
Minors / Children
This Site is not designed for children. AskMara does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen (18). If we learn that personal information from users less than eighteen years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you believe we may have collected information from your child on this Site, please contact us and we will make a reasonable attempt to delete their information.
E-Mail Communications
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services. In order to better serve you, AskMara may also receive information notification when you open an email or click on a link therein. You will always have the option to opt out of receiving emails. You can unsubscribe from receiving emails by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link in the bottom of our emails.
Updates
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page.
Contact Information
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, please contact us.
AskMara
9898 N 200 E
Decatur, IN 46733
(800) 728-2425
email: admin@askmara.com
Effective: October 18, 2016
Last Update: September 24, 2020