Privacy and holiday shopping online
Dec 2, 2009 Where does one shop online for Christmas treats that does not share your personal information with the world?
Omaha Steaks (link) - "[Y]ou may receive mailings from other reputable companies."
Dean and Deluca (link) - "We occasionally make our list of customer names and street addresses available to carefully screened companies and organizations whose product and activities might be of interest to you."
Harry and David (link) - "We may also share and cross-reference our customer information with other companies that provide goods or services that may be of interest to you."
Williams and Sonoma (link) - "[W]e might rent, exchange, share and/or cross-reference information, including contact information about you that will enable such persons or entities to contact you regarding products and services that may be of interest to you."
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UPDATE: The Savory Pantry has a good privacy policy:
(link) - "If you are placing an order on-line, we ask you to provide us with certain contact information during the checkout process, including name, billing address, shipping address, e-mail address, telephone number and a valid credit card number. We use this information only to verify your account and to process orders. It is not used outside the scope of The Savory Pantry service."
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"Kansas City Steak Company (link) knowingly does not sell, rent or authorize the sale or rental of your personal information to third party companies for any business use."
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