Privacy Policy, FTC Compliance, Disclaimers
All deals, coupons, freebies and promotions on this Shopping Gems are subject to change without notice and may be discontinued by the merchant without notice to us. The promotions are created by retailers affiliated with Shopping Gems and may change or be discontinued at any time so please check their site for up-to-date information.
Shopping Gems is not a online merchant, but is a shopping guide to help you find deals that will save you money. We are not responsible for any orders you place from merchants we promote on this site. Should you have a problem with a merchant if you hae a problem with an order you placed with them.
The information posted on Shopping Gems is offered solely as public information. While we make every reasonable effort to assure the accuracy of any information presented herein, such information thus provided at this site is presented without warranty, either express or implied, as to its accuracy, timeliness or completeness.
Before participating in any deal, using any coupon or participating in promotions, giveaways, and sweepstakes posted from this site please read the fine print associated with each offer. If you are unsure about a certain deal or promotion, please contact the merchant involved.
If any information on Shopping Gems is incorrect or outdated and you know the correct information please email us so we can correct it. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us.
Privacy Policy
These policies are valid from July 31, 2008 and were updated February 4, 2010
Commitment to Online Security
Personal information submitted to Shopping Gems is only accessible by the owner of this site.
Personal Information Collected at Shopping Gems
Shopping Gems may ask you to provide the following types of personal information: name, postal address, email addresses, and phone numbers. This information is given freely by you and is not required to view, read, or use this site. Shopping Gems may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information such as the date of your visit to the site, the type of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP, Mac OS, etc.), the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., America Online, Comcast, etc.), and the IP Address of your computer.
Shopping Gems does not collect or maintain information from those actually known to be under the age of 18 without the expressed permission from a parent or legal guardian, and the site is not structured to attract anyone under the age of 18.
In general, you are responsible for the information you submit in the form of a comment on a post on this blog. Your comments can be read by anyone and your profile can be viewed by anyone. You are allowed to post as an Anonymous reader as a way to help protect your privacy. This blog uses Google Docs forms for some of it’s giveaways in order to collect information from readers.
How Shopping Gems Uses Personal Information Collected Online
Shopping Gems will not use your personal information for any purpose other than that for which it is submitted. We use personal information to reply to inquiries and comments, provide operational notices, publish a newsletter, and program or sweepstakes participation. By completing an entry or registration form you are allowing us store your information in a database for retrieval at a future time for purposes of picking a winner for a giveaway or contacting you with site updates.
Shopping Gems will NEVER sell, rent or share your personal information with third-parties. Again, Shopping Gems will NOT use your personal information for any purpose other than that for which it is submitted
Materials Submitted to Shopping Gems
All photos, written correspondence and any other materials submitted to Shopping Gems become the sole and exclusive property of Shopping Gems and cannot be returned at any time. By submitting Materials, you agree that Shopping Gems may, but is not obligated to, use the Materials in connection with the site, in any way, in any medium, worldwide, in perpetuity. Further, you warrant all Materials are 100% original and do not violate the right of privacy or publicity of, or constitute a defamation against, any person or entity; that the Materials will not infringe upon or violate the copyright or common law rights or any other rights of any person or entity; that there are and will be no encumbrances, liens, conditions or restrictions whatsoever upon or affecting such Materials; and that you and the person depicted in the Materials are at least 18 years of age or you are a parent or guardian granting permission for use. You agree to indemnify Shopping Gems for all damages and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of any breach or failure of the warranties made herein.
Help Us Keep Your Personal Information Accurate
If your personal information changes please submit the changes to Shopping Gems by email. Please be sure to note that you are “updating” your information.
Third Party Ads
We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here.
Computer Tracking and Cookies
Our site is not set up to track, collect or distribute personal information not entered by visitors. Our site logs do generate certain kinds of non-identifying site usage data, such as the number of hits and visits to our sites. This information is used for internal purposes by technical support staff to provide better services to the public but again, the statistics contain no personal information and cannot be used to gather such information. Our website also recognizes the online site where a visitor clicked one of our banners or buttons to follow through and visit our site, but we cannot identify the visitor or the visitor’s address. Site information is used to confirm promotion of Shopping Gems’ giveaways, newsletter, or other projects, and may be used to advise participants of the numbers of visitors who come to our site from their sites. No personal information is collected.
Disclaimer Policy
This blog contains links to other websites and blogs. All external links contain content which is not endorsed or controlled by this blog. All information that you submit on other websites is done so at your own risk. If you are concerned about the sites you visit from this please read the “Privacy Policy” of each website or blog you visit. Your feedback and assistance is welcome in updating the information on this site if you find updates or errors.
Disclosure Policy
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by the editors of Shopping Gems. This blog may accept forms of cash for advertising, sponsorship, or other forms of compensation.
The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.
The owner(s) of this blog may be compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics but individual reviews of products and services will not be paid but may be compensated through a free sample or other gift. Even though the owner(s) of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
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Affiliate Disclosure
Shopping Gems is associated with many online retailers. What does that mean? Affiliate programs are a popular means that a site can make money. If you click through to an online store from this site and make a purchase we will earn a percentage of that purchase. This is a legitimate way we make money to support our site. You don’t pay a penny extra. We earn money from the company you purchased from because we advertised about them on our site. We both benefit. If you don’t want to support this site by making any purchase that is completely fine, just simply navigate to the deal without clicking on our link.
Does that affect the deals we post?
You can be assured that any deals you find on Shopping Gems are 100% legitimate.
