Georgia
Kostas' Privacy Policy
Georgia Kostas' web site automatically collects and stores
website traffic logs: the name of the domain and
host from which you access the Internet; the Internet protocol
(IP) address of the computer you are using; the browser software
you use and your operating system; the date and time you access
our sites; and the Internet address of the site from which you
linked directly to our sites.
We use this information only as anonymous aggregate data to
determine the number of visitors to different sections of our
sites, to ensure the sites are working properly, and to help
us make our sites more useful. None of this information collected
is personally identifiable information. We do not use it to
track or record information about individuals. We delete this
information after one year.
We use temporary "cookies" or tracking mechanisms
(session I.D.s) as part of passing information through the shopping
cart and checkout process. No personally identifiable information
is passed through session variables or temporary cookies. Instead,
the cookies allow us to remember the products you put in your
shopping cart. Once you finish checking out or close your browser
window or 20 minutes passes, the session I.D. (cookie) is deleted
from your computer.
Information Collected
No personally identifiable information is collected at our
site. The checkout process is managed securely by the credit
card processsor PayPal. Georgia Kostas or any staff working
for Georgia Kostas does not have access to credit card information
used to purchase products online. Georgia Kostas only receives
shipping information and items ordered after completing the
checkout process. This is in order to fulfill orders.
How Information is Used and Disclosed
If you contact us to order products from Georgia Kostas' website,
we use the information to fulfill your order or contact you
about your order. We do not use this information for any other
purposes or make it available to any third parties.
We use secure socket layer (SSL) encryption to protect the
transmission of the information you submit to us when you use
our secure checkout process through PayPal. The information
you provide to us is processed securely.
Please do not use email to send any sensitive information like
your credit card or charge card numbers to Georgia Kostas. Any
email that you send us is not secure against interception. After
you complete an online order, PayPal will send a confirmation
email with your order details, but it will not include any credit
card information. Please contact instead Georgia Kostas via
phone or mail if you will be providing sensitive information.
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Contact
Here's how to contact us about:
Products Ordered
Ordering a Product
Technical Problems with the Website
Questions on our Privacy Policy
Georgia Kostas, MPH, RD, LD
12598 Montego Plaza
Dallas, Texas 75230
Outside Links
Our website links to documents located on sites maintained
by other agencies and organizations. Once you access another
site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that site.
Cookie
A "cookie" is a small text file that a Web site can
place on your computer's hard drive in order, for example, to
collect information about your activities on the site or to
make it possible for you to use an online "shopping cart" to
keep track of items you wish to purchase. The cookie transmits
this information back to the Web site's computer which, generally
speaking, is the only computer that can read it. Many consumers
do not know that "cookies" are being placed on their
computers when they visit web sites. Cookie are managed through
a browser's settings/options. No personal information is stored
with the cookie, it is only a way to track the items you put
in your shopping cart as you travel throughout the site.
Privacy Policy Last Updated: May 27, 2005
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