• Name and Zip Code. Pricing and configuration of our products require several steps during which we store information about the work-in-progress. We store the information on one of our servers on your behalf and grant access using a key derived in part from the name and Zip Code that you provide. We also use your Zip Code to assist in finding information for you such as the closest showroom to you in our retail system.
  
  
• Website Account Registration. By registering a website account on our site you receive enhanced services and functionality from our site including the ability to store items, orders and projects on our site between visits. In order to register an account, we ask you for your first and last name, e-mail address, home address, phone number and a password of your choosing to secure the information so that only you and members of our support team may access it.
  
  
• Online Ordering. We offer our customers the opportunity to buy products from our online catalog. Like other retailers and direct marketers, we record information about such purchases. When you buy from us online, our system automatically gathers purchase data, and we also record information about purchases made through our retail, mail order, and other marketing operations. We may review these statistics to decide what kinds of products and services appeal most to our customers as a group and improve our offerings. We give you the option to choose between online and offline purchase options. Product ordering is only intended to be by interested adults and is not intended for children
  
  If you choose to order online, we require your billing information exactly as it appears on your credit card statement so that we can process your order. Online orders also require your name, address, phone number, and e-mail. E-mail is required so that we can send you a confirmation of your order and notify you when your order has been shipped. The information you provide is used solely for the purpose of completing your order and providing support for products purchased from us.

Information That We Independently Derive From Your Use of Our Site
Aside from any information you may actively disclose to us, there is other, less obvious, information which we might gain from you. Generally, we use such information for internal purposes, such as to improve the content of our Web pages and/or customize the layout of our pages for each individual visitor according to their preferences.

Computer Information. We automatically query your computer for information about your computer system such as the speed of your modem, error messages you may have received, or operating system type -- to help us fit our services to your individual needs and to help us diagnose problems you may be having with your system.

Geographic Location. We may use information about your geographical location to provide localized service. Also, we may use your zip code or time zone to make sure certain information you see is accurate for you.

Aggregate Information. Finally, our system automatically gathers information about the areas you visit on our site. We use this navigational information in the aggregate to understand how our visitors and customers as a group use our service, so that we can make our site better. We may also share this aggregate statistical information with our partners or other outside companies, but in doing so, we never disclose individual names or personal navigational information. Some examples of how we aggregate such information are as follows:

• Cookies. Cookies enable you to interact with our website. By communicating with our site when you sign in, cookies speed up and ease your navigation, which prevents you from having to retype your e-mail address and password every time you move to another location within secured areas of the site. Cookies allow us to customize the information we provide according to your profile and preferences. Widely used on the Internet, cookies have become an industry standard. Although a cookie cannot, in and of itself, identify you, it can identify your computer.

  Your browser is most likely set up to accept cookies automatically. If you'd like to disable cookies, you may do so by adjusting the options or preferences in your browser. However, by doing so, you will lose some of the functionality of 3 Day Blinds' Web pages, will lose ability for personalization, and will not be able to order from our online store. We use cookies to enable sign-in, membership, and personalization, as well as in conjunction with our online store to keep track of your shopping cart, and to record billing and shipping address. Cookies used in our site will generally expire as soon as you close your browser window (unless you have told our site's security system to remember you between visits). We use cookies to keep track of your user session and click stream data, as well as to tailor Web content to your interests and/or to personalize our site (an example of personalization is when your name automatically appears on our site).

• IP Addresses. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you begin service with an Internet Service Provider. 3 Day Blinds collects IP addresses for the purposes of system administration and to audit the use of our site. Each time you sign onto our site and each time you request one of our pages, our server logs your IP address. Although we log your session with us, we will not normally link your IP address to anything that can enable us to identify you.