Privacy Policy

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This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from TheMarylandStore.com (the "Site").

When we talk about "Personal Information" in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Order Information and Device Information.

    • When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information you voluntarily submit, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number. We refer to this information as "Order Information".
    • How do we use your personal information?
      We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
      • Communicate with you;
      • Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
      • When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
    • Personal information we collect:
      When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we may collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as "Device Information". 
    • We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
      • "Cookies" are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are necessary to be able to add items to a shopping cart and to complete a transaction.
      • "Log files" track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
    • We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
    • Sharing you personal Information:
      We do not share your personal information with advertising companies or third parties with the following exception: We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site - you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
    • Finally, we may be required to share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights. 
    • Do not track:
      Please note that we do not alter our Site's data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
    • Data retention:
      When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records to comply with all applicable laws.
    • Changes:
      We may update this privacy policy from time to time without prior notice in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.
    • Contact us:
      For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at bluecrab@themarylandstore.com or by mail using the details provided below:

The Maryland Store
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P.O. Box 1925, Westminster MD 21158