Privacy Policy

We take your privacy seriously, and we want you to know how we collect, use, share and protect your information.

This Privacy Policy tells you:

What information we collect
How we use that information
How we may share that information
How we protect your information
Your choices regarding your personal information

This Policy applies to *.laresdental.com. We may post additional information if more details are needed to explain our privacy practices.

Information We Collect

Information You Give Us
We receive and may store any information you enter on our websites or give to us in our stores. For example, we collect information from you when you place an order, create an account, call us with a question, create a Wish List, write a review, or use any of our services.

The information we collect from you includes things like:

Your name
Your mailing address
Your e-mail address
Your phone number
Your credit card number and other payment information
Your driver's license number
Credit application information, such as your Social Security Number
Demographic and lifestyle information, such as age, personal interests and product preferences

It may also include information you give us about other people, such as the name and address of a gift recipient.

Information From Other Sources
We may also receive information about you from other sources, including third parties that help us update, expand and analyze our records and identify new customers.

Automatic Information
Like many other websites, we also collect information through cookies and other automated means. Cookies are commonly used by websites to save data on your computer. The information we collect from cookies may include your IP address, browser and device characteristics, referring URLs, and a record of your interactions with our websites. We use cookies to create a more personalized shopping experience on our websites.

One type of cookie may allow us to identify you as a particular store customer when you visit our websites and to link your activities on our websites to your interactions with us in our stores. In combination with other information we collect, this cookie may facilitate the tailoring of advertisements and offers to you, sometimes in connection with interest-based advertising.

To help us understand and enhance our interactions with visitors to our websites, we may permit web analytic providers to collect information on our websites using automated tools like cookies or web beacons. We also may share personal information with those providers. We may have similar arrangements with interest-based advertisers. Interest-based advertising is covered in more detail below.

Public Forums
Our Web site offers publicly accessible blogs or community forums. You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them.

How We Use the Information We Collect

We use the information we collect for things like:

Fulfilling orders and requests for products, services or information
Processing returns, exchanges and layaway requests
Tracking and confirming online orders
Delivering or installing products
Marketing and advertising products and services
Conducting research and analysis
Establishing and managing your accounts with us
Communicating things like special events, sweepstakes, promotions and surveys
Identifying you on our websites and tailoring advertisements and offers to you (both on our websites and on other websites) based on your interactions with us in our stores and online
Facilitating interactions with Lares Research and others
Operating, evaluating and improving our business

Data Retention
We will retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

How We Share the Information We Collect

Lares Research does not sell, rent or trade your personal information to third parties.

We may share your information with third parties to perform services on our behalf such as:

Fulfilling orders
Delivering packages
Servicing products
Sending Lares marketing communications
Fulfilling subscription services
Conducting research and analysis
Processing credit card payments
Providing chat functions

Sometimes we may be required to share personal information in response to a regulation, court order or subpoena. We may also share information when we believe it's necessary to comply with the law. We also may share information to respond to a government request or when we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property or safety of Lares Research, our customers, or others; to prevent harm or loss; or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual unlawful activity.

We may also share personal information in the event of a corporate sale, merger, acquisition, dissolution or similar event.

How We Protect the Information We Collect

Whether you are shopping online or in our stores, we use reasonable security measures to protect the confidentiality of personal information under our control and appropriately limit access to it. Lares Research cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

We use a variety of information security measures to protect your online transactions with us. The Lares Web site uses encryption technology, such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), to protect your personal information during data transport. SSL protects information you submit via our Web site such as ordering information including your name, address and credit card number.

Your Choices Regarding the Information We Collect

You may choose to:

Stop receiving marketing or promotional e-mails, direct mail, phone and mobile marketing communications
Update and correct your personal information
Cancel your account or request that we no longer use your information to provide you services
Request removal of your personal information from our blog or community forum

To do any of these, let us know by one of these methods:

· Follow the directions in a marketing e-mail or direct mail or mobile communication that you receive from us.

Interest-Based Advertising

We use third-party advertising companies to display ads when you visit our websites or other sites on the Internet. These companies may collect information about your visits to this and other websites. We may also share personal information with these companies. In either case, the purpose is to provide ads about products and services that may be of interest to you.

Protecting Children's Privacy

We are committed to protecting children's privacy on the Internet and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

Links to Other Websites

Our websites link to other websites, many of which have their own privacy policies. Be sure to review the privacy policy on the site you're visiting.

Privacy Policy Updates

We may need to update our Privacy Policy as Lares and our customers grow and evolve. If we make significant changes to the Privacy Policy, we'll post a prominent message on our website(s).

Have Questions?

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, we'll do our best to answer them. Here's how to contact us:

Phone:
1-888-333-8440

E-mail:
[email protected]

Address:
Lares Research
Attn: Customer Care/Privacy
295 Lockheed Ave
Chico, CA 95973