Certain areas within www.claires.com will ask you to supply information. For example, if you want to send an e-card or mail your wish list, you will be asked to give your first name, the recipient's first name, and the recipient's e-mail address. That information is used only in order to send the e-card or wish list, and is then deleted by Claire's.

We also allow our users to save their wish lists for access at a later time. To save your wish list, you will be prompted to supply an anonymous username and password. Finally, we allow users with valid credit cards to purchase gift cards for their friends and family. We assume that because this transaction requires a valid credit card, only persons over 12 are placing orders for gift cards, and providing us with the information requested during the gift card order process. During that process, we ask for name, mailing address, telephone number, and billing information from the party who is placing the order. We capture the name, mailing address, and phone number for each gift card recipient.

In the future, Claire's may create a loyalty and club membership program, where users will be asked to provide their first and last names, birth dates, a postal address, an e-mail address, and a telephone number. Under the Federal Trade Commission's Rule implementing the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Claire's may not collect this information from children under 12 without first obtaining prior parental consent.

Should Claire's create such a loyalty club, it will comply with this requirement, and other pertinent terms of the COPPA Rule. When this new feature, or others, are added to www.claires.com, we will make sure to update our privacy policy to explain to you how the new features work, and how the information you provide will be treated by Claire's.

In addition to information we ask from you specifically, our Web site also tracks some information passively. This information is collected in order to assure that our site runs smoothly, and that you have a good experience at www.claires.com. When you visit our Web site, our Web server automatically recognizes the browser you are using, your IP address, the URL that referred you to our site, and all of the areas within our site that you visit. We use this information only in a general context that does not personally identify individual users but still allows us to analyze trends concerning our site and thus improve it accordingly.

We use "cookies" on our site so that the information you type is retained when you are ordering gift cards and/or creating wish lists. "Cookies" contain information that is stored by your web browser on your hard drive, and so this information is not stored at www.claires.com. Most web browsers allow you to control the use of cookies on your computer, and so Claire's recommends that you consult the help function of your web browser to learn more about its use of cookies. If you decide to disable cookies, please note that if you visit other pages on the site while placing a gift card order and/or creating a wish list, you will need to retype any data previously entered. Further, other information on the site may not display consistently once you have disabled cookies.

We at Claire's have worked hard to create a safe online environment for both children and adults. We only collect and save personally identifiable information about adults who purchase Claire's gift cards. Claire's will use the information you provide when purchasing a gift card to fulfill your request. We may also use your information to send you additional information about our company or products in which we believe you may be interested, or for other purposes described in this section, below.

The information you provide to us to send an e-card or your wish list is used only to respond to that request. After the e-mail is sent, the information you provided is deleted. Because usernames and passwords are anonymous, children may create wish lists without providing us with any personally identifiable information.

We use the non-identifiable information users record in their wish lists to learn more about the products our customers prefer, and about trends in the marketplace.

Should we request and store personally identifiable information from children in the future, we will not do so without first obtaining prior verifiable parental consent, and otherwise complying with the COPPA Rule.

Claire's uses your information to notify you about new features, products or services we may make available from time to time; to customize your experience on our site; and to improve our features, products and services. We may notify you about contests and promotions, we may ask that you complete customer surveys, we may send you newsletters or other of our promotional pieces, or we may notify you about third party products or services in which we believe you may be interested.

Claire's is not in the business of selling your personally identifiable information, and does not make a practice of releasing your information to third parties. However, we may need to disclose your information to our business partners or affiliates in order to run this web site, or fulfill your order requests. Claire's may also share the information you provide with other limited and carefully screened third parties. We may also provide aggregate (anonymous) statistics about our customers, sales, online traffic patterns and related information to reputable third parties, but these statistics will not include any personally identifying information.

In the unlikely event that we sell all or part of our business, we will transfer to the new owner the related business assets, which may include our customer information.

Claires.com contains links to foreign affiliate sites that are not bound by the legal requirements of the United States. These Web sites have their own policies regarding privacy, which coincide with the laws and regulations of that jurisdiction.

Claires.com advises you to please review those privacy policies (where applicable) prior to visiting them. Claires.com makes no representations or warranties regarding content or compliance of these sites with U.S. law, and claims no responsibility for linked Web sites, which are provided solely for the convenience and information of our visitors.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, you can contact Claires.com customer service via email at customerservice@claires.com,
or you may call us at 1-888-CLAIRES, or write us at:
    Customer Services
    2400 W. Central Rd.
    Hoffman Estates, IL 60192.

You may, at any time, remove your personal identifying information from our current customer database. If you have submitted personal identifying information to us and you wish to have it removed from our records, if you have other questions about this policy, the information you have provided to us, or wish to notify us that you do not want your information shared with unaffiliated third parties, please contact us at:

The importance of security for all personally identifiable information associated with our users is of utmost importance to us. We exercise great care in providing secure transmission of our users' financial information from their computers to our servers, and use encryption software to process your purchases. Only those employees who need access to our users' information in order to do their jobs are allowed access. Employees who violate our privacy policy are subject to disciplinary action.

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