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Consent:
Welcome to the Pooghe.com website (the “Site”, “service”). By accessing, browsing and/or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions, including our Return and Exchanges policy which may change without notice, and you agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our web site.
Copyright and Trademarks:
©2009 Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Pooghe.com is a Trademark of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. All other trademarks, product names, and company names and logos appearing on the Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. website are the property of their respective owners. Please refer to the legal notice for terms of use. Revisions; Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. reserves the right to revise the terms set forth above at any time. All revisions are posted on this policy page and will be effective immediately thereafter. By surfing, using, browsing or purchasing on our website, you are deemed notified of and bound by any changes to our terms and conditions. We encourage users to regularly refer to this policy page to remain informed of any changes in our privacy policy. Should you have any questions regarding our terms and conditions, please email us at info@pooghe.com.
Privacy Policy & Security:
The privacy of those who visit our website is of primary concern to Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. We adhere to the highest ethical standards of the industry. We automatically gather some data from everyone who visits our site, while other information is obtained at the discretion of the individual. Our sole purpose in doing this is to enhance the experience of individual shoppers on Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. Except as noted in the next sentence, none of this information is shared with outside parties other than companies we employ to perform functions on our behalf, to whom limited data is given as is necessary in order to complete a shopping transaction or to maintain our relationship with you, such as to customize our communications with you, if you elect to receive communications. What information is gathered, how it is obtained and what it is used for is explained below. If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at info@pooghe.com.
Terms of Use & Legal Disclaimer of representations and warranties:
All products, services and information made available on or through this website are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. Subject to the foregoing, Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. disclaims all implied warranties, including without limitation, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and all express warranties except those explicitly made in this statement of legal terms. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. makes no representation that the information contained on this web site, your results in using this web site or the service itself will be accurate, valid, reliable or available or that it does not violate or infringe the rights of any third party. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. does not represent and specifically disclaims any warranty regarding any site linked to this web site.
Proprietary information:
You agree that all content appearing on the web site, including, but not limited to code, trademarks, service marks, trade names, graphics, images, text, audio clips, button icons, and computer software, are the sole property of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC., or its partners and suppliers, are protected by U.S. and international laws and treaties. Users are granted permission to browse and use the Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. site for its intended purpose, which is for your retail use only as a consumer. Any other use, including and not limited to the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, removal, deletion, addition, display, or performance of the content on this site or the exploitation in any other manner of any of the content of this web site, in part or in whole, is strictly prohibited. Except as expressly authorized in writing, the use or misuse of any trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, text, images, graphics, intellectual property or content from this web site is strictly prohibited. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. does not grant, by implication, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, service mark, trade name or logo, or the content displayed on this web site, without the prior written consent of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. prohibits use of the Pooghe logo as a link to any website unless creating such a link is approved in advance by Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. in writing. Registered and unregistered proprietary information is owned and held by Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. and its licensors and, therefore, you may be liable for infringement or misappropriation or other legal action to the fullest extent of the law if you misuse this web site in any form mentioned or unmentioned.
Visit Information:
Like many other Internet sites, Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. automatically track the usage of our Web site. We profile Web site usage by tracking the Pooghe.com pages viewed, the previous and following sites visited, the browser used and the computer's address. This information is used to analyze trends, track use, and optimize site administration.
Secured Purchase Information:
- When a credit card order is placed on Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC., the customer's name, billing address, shipping address, telephone number and credit card number and expiration date are gathered. This is used to verify payment authorization, process your order, personalize your shopping experience, inform you of deliveries, deliver the merchandise to the proper destination and generate statistics. Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. takes numerous precautions to protect our users' information. When users submit sensitive information via the Web site, the information is protected both online and offline.
- For all purchase information, Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) underneath HTTP, providing an encrypted channel and server authentication, so that all such information is transmitted through a secured server connection. Before your order is processed online, your browser will make a confirmed identification that the transmission of all data is being made between your computer and with Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. While on a secure page, such as our order form, the lock icon on the bottoms of Web browsers such as Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer becomes locked, as opposed to un–locked or open, when you are just "surfing." You can learn more about SSL at www.SSL.com.
- While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also take several steps to protect user information offline. All of our users' information, not just the sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, our billing clerk or a Customer Service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable information. Our employees must use password–protected screensavers when they leave their desks. When they return, they must re–enter their password to regain access to user information. Furthermore, ALL employees are kept up–to–date on our security and privacy practices. Every quarter, as well as any time new policies are added; our employees are notified and/or reminded about the importance we place on privacy and what they can do to ensure our customers' information is protected. Finally, the servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure locked environment.
Cookies:
Cookies are small pieces of information sent from a Web server to your computer. These allow us to personalize, customize and quickly process and complete your shopping experience without having to continually request the same basic information from you. Cookies are not used to store any personal information such as name, address or payment information. If you do not accept or if you remove our cookies, you will not be able to complete a search or make a purchase on our site. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users of this by email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. However, if you have deleted/deactivated your account you will not be contacted, nor will your personal information be used in this new manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.
Shipping Information:
The shipping information related to an order (but not the purchase information) will be shared with our shipping division which at this time is operated by Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. for any given order.
Sales Tax:
Applicable sales tax will be charged to all purchases shipping to either Wisconsin or Missouri.
Communications:
- Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will NOT sell or share contact information (such as name, email and/or mailing address) with any other entity. Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. collects information from our users at several different points on our Web site.
- We also communicate with users on a regular basis to provide requested services. We reply to users' inquiries on issues relating to their account via email or phone, in accordance with the user's wishes.
- On rare occasions it is necessary to send out a strictly service related announcement. For instance, if our service is temporarily suspended for maintenance we might send users an email. Generally, users may not opt-out of these communications, though they can deactivate their account.
- We employ other companies to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include hosting, fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and email, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, conducting customer surveys, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.
Disclosure to Authorities:
- Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC., cannot guarantee that all private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right and may be forced to disclose any and all information to government bodies or government officials or third parties under certain circumstances or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. Accordingly, you authorize Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. to disclose any and all information about you to law enforcement or other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements or other activity that is illegal or may expose us to legal liability.
- Further, you authorize Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC., to disclose your password, name, street address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, email address and company as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of fraud, gray market, intellectual property infringement, piracy or other unlawful activity. Specifically, this includes exchanging such information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. cooperates with law enforcement inquiries and other third parties to enforce laws, intellectual property and other rights.
Waiver of liabilities:
You agree that, except as otherwise provided under applicable laws, neither Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC., nor its affiliates, nor the directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, successors or assigns of each, shall be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or related to the use of the Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC., web site or any other web site linked to this web site. This waiver of liability applies to direct, indirect, consequential, special, punitive or other damages you or others may suffer, as well as damages for lost profits, business interruption or the loss of data or information, even if Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. is notified in advance of the potential for any such damages.
Termination of the use of this web site:
You agree that any unauthorized use of this web site, content materials and intellectual property or any fraudulent, abusive or otherwise illegal activity shall be grounds for termination of your right to access, browse and use Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. reserves the right to terminate your access to our web site and its content and use at any time, with or without notice at our discretion.
Third party web sites:
You agree that Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. encourages you to exercise discretion browsing the internet. Our web site, products or services may direct you to sites containing information that some people may find offensive or inappropriate. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. and its affiliates make no representation or warranty about the legality of any third party web site. Any such web site is independent from Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. and Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. has no control over, or responsibility with respect to, the information provided or activities undertaken by any such web site. A link between Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. and another web site further does not mean that Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. endorses that web site. Linking to off-site pages is done at your own risk, requiring you to make your own independent decisions regarding your interactions or communications with any other web site. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability for any damage, loss, or injury arising out of the activities of any third party, the goods or services offered or the content displayed by any of such third party not under the Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. domain.
Availability:
Pooghe.com of Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. web site, excluding links, is created, owned, operated and controlled by Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. in the State of Wisconsin, USA. Access to this web site from locations where its use or content is illegal is prohibited. Visitors to this web site are responsible for their own compliance with local laws regarding web site use and access.
Jurisdiction:
You agree that the laws of the state of Wisconsin will govern these disclaimers, terms and conditions, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. In addition, you agree to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and venue of the Superior Court of Milwaukee County and the United States District Court for Wisconsin. We reserve the right to make changes to our site and these disclaimers, terms, and conditions at any time.
Unlawful conduct:
You agree you are prohibited from posting or transmitting to the Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC., web site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic or profane material, or any other material that could give rise to any civil or criminal liability under the law. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of these terms and conditions, including the right to block access from a particular internet address to this web site.
Limited availability and price:
In the event a product or service is listed at an incorrect price due to typographical error or error in pricing information, Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC., will have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for product or service listed at the incorrect price. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. will have the right to limit the number of items purchased through our web site. Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. will have the right to refuse or cancel any order whether or not the order has been confirmed and your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged for the purchase and your order is canceled, Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. will issue a credit to your credit card account in the amount of the incorrect price.
Returns & Exchanges:
We pride ourselves on offering the highest quality merchandise that is made right here in the United States of America. If you are not happy with your purchase, return the unused item in its original condition with all tagging intact in its original state as it arrived to you within 10 days for a refund or exchange (except underwear items-see return instructions). For instructions on how to return or exchange a purchase, see shipping/returns. Please note all sales or promotional discount merchandise is final sale, no returns or exchanges.
Minors:
Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC. does not knowingly market to or knowingly solicit information from minors. Minors are ineligible to use our services, and we do not want minors to submit any personal information to us. If you are a minor, you can use this service only under the supervision of your parents or guardians.
This Web site is operated by:
Pooghe Clothing Company of America, LLC.
2266 N. Prospect Avenue
Suite 209
Milwaukee, WI 53202
http://www.pooghe.com
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