Aquabuys.com and Aqua Buys, Inc knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust and you choosing us for your aquatic hobby needs. We are committed to protecting your privacy, and this commitment extends to the personal information you provide when you use our website. We want you to feel confident in our services and security as it relates to your personal information. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting aquabuys.com you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

What Personal Information About Customers Does Aqua Buys Gather?
The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your shopping experience at aquabuys.com. Here are the types of information we gather.

Information You Give Us: 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, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, fulfilling orders, customizing future shopping for you, improving our store features, and communication with you.

Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our website. For example, like many web sites, we sometimes use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses our website.

E-mail Communications: To help us make e-mails more productive to improve service and your shopping experience, we sometimes send you newsletters of our services and products, notifications of changes to our policies, and order confirmations. If you do not want to receive e-mail from us, other than order notifications and receipts, please adjust your "Subscription" preferences by logging into your account.

What About Cookies?
Cookies are alphanumeric identifier text files that we transfer to your computers hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features such as storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits. Cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of aquabuys.com’s coolest features, including the purchase of our products through our website and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

Does Aqua Buys Share the Information It Receives?
The information we collect is not sold or rented to any third party. We only share customer information for fulfilling your order and for reasons as described below:

Agents: We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. These functions include, but are not limited to, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. They have access to customer information needed to perform their functions, but have not been given permission to use it for other purposes. These companies and individuals are confidential and may change from time to time.

Protection of aquabuys.com, Aqua Buys, Inc. and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with law; enforce or apply our Store Policy and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of aquabuys.com, Aqua Buys, Inc., our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

How Secure Is Information About Me?
We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which encrypts information you provide to us for purchasing of our products or services. We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing via industry standard encryption. It is also important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer.

Which Information Can I Access?
Aquabuys.com gives you access to a broad range of information about your account and your interactions with us for the limited purpose of viewing and, in certain cases, updating that information. Consumers can access this information at the customer login.

Store Policy, Notices, and Revisions
If you choose to visit aquabuys.com, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Notice and our Store Policy, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of the law of the state of Georgia. If you have any concern about privacy of your personal information as used and collected within our website, please send us a thorough description by clicking on the "Contact Us" link on the side menu, and we will try to resolve it.

Our business changes periodically, and our Privacy Notice and the Store Policy will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our Web site frequently to see recent changes. Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Notice applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.

Information You Give Us
You provide most such information when you search, buy, order, post reviews, or other methods of communication via our website or email to Aqua Buys. As a result of those actions, you might supply us with such information as your name, address, and phone numbers, and credit card information.

Automatic Information
For security purposes Aqua Buys sometimes collects and analyzes the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, and to our website. This is done for your protection for tracking purposes in the unfortunate event that someone gains access to your personal or financial information and opens an account, or makes purchases under your name.

Questions
Questions regarding our Store Policy, Privacy Policy, or other policy related material can be directed to our support staff by clicking on the "Contact Us" link or by using one of the options below.

Corporate Office
Aqua Buys, Inc
390 W. Pike St.
Suite 208
Lawrenceville, GA 30045

Privacy policy last updated on 7-15-04.