Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy has been created to help you understand how TAOofMAN.com (the “Site”) uses information that is automatically collected from your computer and information you submit to this website. We are committed to protecting your online privacy. By using this Site, as defined by our Terms of Use, you agree to be legally bound by this Policy, as it may be amended from time to time. If you do not agree to this Policy or cannot form a legally binding contract, you are not permitted to use this Site. Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to protecting the personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) that you disclose to us. Personal Information may include your name, email address, street address, city, state, zip code, phone, birth city, comments, suggestions and/or other such information. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand the type of information we may collect from users (“user” or “you”) who visit our Site, how we use the Personal Information and non-personally identifiable information that we collect, and how we protect your Personal Information.

Your Acceptance of this Privacy Policy

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions from this Privacy Policy at any time. This Privacy Policy is subject to change without prior notice. For that reason, we encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically and to make note of the date of the most recent revision. Your continued use of our Site following the posting of changes to these terms means you accept these changes. If, however, we are going to use visitors’ personal identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify those affected via e-mail (if applicable).

Information We Collect

We collect both Personal Information and non-personally identifiable information through this Site to learn more about how our visitors use this Site and to measure areas of interest. Collection of information allows us to build features and functionality that will enhance your experience. Personal Information may be collected when you register or submit information on our Site. We collect non-personally identifiable information through the use of General Tracking Information and Click Path Tracking (cookie technology) described below.

Use of Personal Information

In order to register on our Site, you may be required to provide Personal Information such as your name, email address, street address, city, state, zip code, phone, birth city, comments, suggestions and/or other such information, as well as financial information, such as account or credit card numbers. Personal Information is used to process and ship orders. If you correspond with us or submit comments or suggestions, your Personal Information may be included in our internal database system. We may also use this information to respond to your emails, questions, comments and suggestions, notify you if you have been selected as a winner of a contest or sweepstakes, provide customer support, or other similar matters. In addition, we may send correspondence to the email and/or street address you provide to us which may include newsletters and information about us. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. You may limit the information that we send to you by following the instructions in Opt-Out Section below.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Others

Tao of Man LLC treats customer information with the utmost sensitivity and does not knowingly disclose your Personal Information to third parties, unless you expressly give us permission to do so, or where we are required to do so by law. We do not, under any circumstance, sell our customer list to any outside parties, nor do we make our list available to any outside parties for any purpose other than for the order fulfillment process described above.

Use of Non-Personally Identifiable Information

We keep track of the pages visited by each user. Our Web server automatically collects some information about you when you request pages from our server, including your IP address. Your IP address is a number that is used by computers connected to the Internet to identify your computer so that data (such as the Web pages you request) can be sent to you. We aggregate this data with data on the pages visited by other users to track overall visitor traffic patterns. We use this information to improve our Site by making it more responsive to the needs and preferences of our users. This information does not identify you personally.

“Cookies” are pieces of information that are placed on an individual’s computer hard drive to enable the individual to more easily communicate and interact with our Site. Using cookie technology, we track your click path through our Site. Though this information does not identify you personally, we may use it to help customize your visit to our Site. We may also use cookies to record how many times a user has visited our Site and what pages the user has accessed. You may, however, disallow receiving cookies at any time through your web browser. It is not our intention to use cookies to retrieve information that is unrelated to our Site or your interaction with our Site.

Children

This Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 13.

Right to Opt-Out

When you register with us, or if you provide additional Personal Information through our Site, we provide you with the right to “opt out” of receiving future communications from us for direct marketing purposes by indicating that you decline such communications.

You may choose to have your name taken off of our email list after you have registered or provided additional information by contacting Tao of Man LLC via the Contact Page. To review and/or update the information that you have provided to us, reach us via our Contact Page.

Links to Third Party Websites

This Site may contain links to other sites. Tao of Man LLC provides these links to you as a convenient method of accessing information that may be useful or of interest to you. This Privacy Policy and the practices that we follow under this Privacy Policy do not apply to the websites of any third party. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or opinions expressed on any third party website or for the privacy practices or security standards used by third parties on their respective websites. You understand and agree that by clicking on a link to a third party’s website, you have left this Site and the Tao of Man LLC Privacy Policy stated on this Site is no longer in effect.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. We utilize secure socket layer (SSL) technology to secure and protect your information. Visitor information is stored in secured databases and is protected from unauthorized access. However, due to the open communication nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and us, and us and you will be free from unauthorized access by third parties.

Contacting Tao of Man LLC

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Site, or your dealings with Tao of Man or this Site, you can contact Tao of Man LLC by visiting the CONTACT PAGE.

Thank you for visiting TAOofMAN.com.

Effective Date: This policy was last updated on March 8, 2012.

Terms of Use

Please read the following terms of use and disclaimer carefully before using this web site (this “Site”). This Site is located on servers in the United States. By visiting and/or using this Site, you agree to the Terms of Use (“Terms of Use” or “Agreement”), as it is amended from time to time. This Agreement contains conditions of use, disclaimers, and other provisions, some of which limit our liability to you. If you do not agree to these Terms of Use or cannot form a legally binding contract, you are not permitted to use this Site.

Use of Site Materials

All content, design, text, graphics, photographs, interfaces, the selection and arrangements thereof, and any other material on the Site are protected by United States and international copyright law and other intellectual property laws and are owned by Tao of Man LLC or other respective owners that have granted Tao of Man LLC the right and license to use such materials.

Tao of Man grants you a non-exclusive right and license to access and use the Site for personal, noncommercial purposes, and to print or download portions of this Site for the sole purpose of placing an order with Tao of Man LLC or using this Site as a shopping resource. This license does not include and strictly prohibits: any resale of the Site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices other than as expressly authorized herein; any derivative use of the Site or its contents; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. Except as stated in these Terms of Use, no materials on this Site may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, distributed, or modified in any way without the prior written permission of Tao of Man LLC.

Trademarks

All trademarks, service marks, trade names, and logos (collectively, the “Marks”) are registered and unregistered trademarks of Tao of Man LLC or other respective owners that have granted Tao of Man LLC the right and license to use such Marks. Nothing on this Site should be construed as granting any license or right to use any Mark displayed on the Site. You may not use any Marks without the prior written permission of Tao of Man.

User Accounts

Only you may use your TAOofMAN.com user account, and you are responsible for all activity that takes place with your user account. Please keep your user name and password confidential. You must promptly notify us via our Contact Page if your password is lost, stolen or used without permission. In such an event, we will change your password and update our records. Tao of Man LLC reserves the right to terminate any user account in the event you fail to comply with any of these Terms of Use or our Privacy Policy.

User Submissions

Any material, information, idea, or other communication you transmit to or post on this Site or to Tao of Man LLC by any means will be treated as non-confidential and non-proprietary and may be disseminated or used by Tao of Man LLC and/or its designees for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, developing and manufacturing products (“Communications”). Tao of Man LLC will have no obligations with respect to the Communications. Tao of Man LLC and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate, or otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial and noncommercial purposes. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Site anything unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane material, or any other material that could rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability

THE SITE IS PROVIDED BY DEALS WE LOVE ON AN “AS IS” AND ON AN “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. TAO OF MAN LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THE SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, GRAPHICS, LINKS, OR MATERIALS INCLUDED ON THE SITE, OR THEIR ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TAO OF MAN LLC DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NONINFRINGEMENT, FREEDOM FROM COMPUTER VIRUS, AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. TAO OF MAN LLC DOES NOT GUARANTEE CONTINUOUS, UNINTERRUPTED OR SECURE ACCESS TO THE SITE OR THE SERVICES. OPERATION OF THE SITE MAY BE INTERFERED WITH BY NUMEROUS FACTORS OUTSIDE OF TAO OF MAN LLC’S CONTROL. Price and availability information is subject to change without notice.

IN NO EVENT SHALL TAO OF MAN LLC BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL, DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF TAO OF MAN LLC HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE, INABILITY TO USE, OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SITE AND/OR THE INFORMATION, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE.

CERTAIN STATE LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE SITE, OR DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, WHICH DEALS WITH TAO OF MAN’S PRIVACY POLICY OR ANY OTHER POLICIES OF THE SITE, YOUR SOLE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE YOUR USE OF THE SITE.

Indemnity

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold Tao of Man LLC, its subsidiaries, affiliates, co-brand partners, and other parties with which Tao of Man LLC is under contract or affiliated, and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents free and harmless from and against any claims, actions and demands, including, but not limited to, any legal and accounting fees resulting from your use of the Site and/or your breach of the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and/or resulting from any and all content you submit to Tao of Man LLC and/or the Site. Tao of Man LLC shall provide notice to you of any such claim, suit or proceeding.

Links to Third Party Sites

This Site may contain links to other sites on the Internet that are owned and operated by third party vendors and other third parties (the “External Sites”). These links are provided solely as a convenience to you, and do not constitute an endorsement by Tao of Man LLC of the content of such third party sites nor of the business practices of such other businesses, entities or individuals. You acknowledge that Tao of Man LLC is not responsible for the availability of, or the content located on or through, any External Site. You should carefully review their privacy statements and