It is the goal of Berroco.com to bring you information about knitting and about our products and, at the same time, protect your privacy. The following is a summary of the various ways we treat the information you provide us while using our site.

The Type of Information Berroco.com Collects

Berroco.com generally collects personally identifying information with your specific knowledge and consent. For instance, when you enter a sweepstakes or contest, vote in an online poll or subscribe to our free online newsletter you are asked to provide information, such as your e-mail address, name or phone number. Optional information such as your age or gender may also be requested.

How Berroco.com Uses Information Provided by You

Berroco.com uses this information to provide you with the service you have requested. For example, if you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use your e-mail address to send you a confirmation notice and your mailing address to send you your newsletter. Similarly, if you enter an online sweepstakes, we will use this information to notify you if you are a winner. We may also use the information to communicate with you about new features, products or services, or to improve the services that we offer by tailoring them to your needs.

Berroco.com, Berroco Inc. and its affiliates do not sell our users' e-mail addresses. If you do not wish to receive communications from us, simply follow the unsubscribe instructions contained within each issue of our e-mail newsletter.

Cookies

You may have read about "cookies," harmless nuggets of information that are placed by a Web site in a storage place on your own computer. We use cookies to control multiple voting in our online polls. We enable these polls by placing a cookie on your computer.

If you don't want cookies, your Web browser likely includes an option that allows you to not accept them. However, if you set your browser to refuse cookies, you will not be able to vote in our online polls.

IP Address

Your Internet Protocol ("IP") address is usually associated with the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company or your university. We may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, gather broad demographic information, and administer our Web site.

If you have other concerns or questions about any aspect of this policy, you may e-mail us at info@berroco.com.