The Soap Tree Spa is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to The Soap Tree Spa website and governs data collection and usage. By usingThe Soap Tree Spa website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Soap Tree Spa collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. The Soap Tree Spa also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by The Soap Tree Spa. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by The Soap Tree Spa for the operation of the service, to maintain the quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding the use of the The Soap Tree Spa website.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through The Soap Tree Spa public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: The Soap Tree Spa does not read any of your private online communications.

The Soap Tree Spa encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from The Soap Tree Spa so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. The Soap Tree Spa is not responsible for privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the The Soap Tree Spa and The Soap Tree Spa family of websites.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Soap Tree Spa collects and uses your personal information to operate the website and deliver the services you have requested. The Soap Tree Spa also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from The Soap Tree Spa and its affiliates. We may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

The Soap Tree Spa does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. We may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, we may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you emails or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to The Soap Tree Spa, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

The Soap Tree Spa does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

The Soap Tree Spa keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within The Soap Tree Spa, to determine what The Soap Tree Spa services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within The Soap Tree Spa to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

The Soap Tree Spa websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with the legal process served on The Soap Tree Spa or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Garden Retreat Spa; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of The Soap Tree Spa or the public.

USE OF COOKIES

The Soap Tree Spa website uses “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize The Soap Tree Spa pages, or register with The Soap Tree Spa site or services, a cookie helps to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same The Soap Tree Spa website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the The Soap Tree Spa services or websites you visit.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

The Soap Tree Spa secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The Soap Tree Spa secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT

The Soap Tree Spa will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. The Soap Tree Spa encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how we are protecting your information.