This privacy policy covers what information we collect from you when you visit www.thechennaisilks.com, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. By using The Chennai Silks website, you agree with the terms and conditions of this privacy policy and terms of use.

1. The information we collect
When you use our site, we receive and collect certain information. The information that we receive and collect depends on what you do when you visit The Chennai Silks.com.

Automatically Collected Information
Some information is automatically received and sometimes collected from you when you visit the The Chennai Silks.com site. We may receive and collect 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 site; and the Internet address of the web site from which you linked directly to our site. We may use this information to monitor the usage of our site. Also, when we send emails to you, we may be able to identify information about your email address, such as whether you can read graphic-rich HTML emails. All of the information we automatically capture provides us with the ability to enhance our customers' search and shopping experiences and to determine aggregate information about our user base and usage patterns.

Information Collected via Cookies
We use cookies to enhance the browsing and shopping experience on The Chennai Silks.com. "Cookies" are small files or records that we place on your computer's hard drive to collect information about your activities on The Chennai Silks.com site. The cookies transmit this information back to the computers at The Chennai Silks.com or our third-party distributors of banners and newsletters; these computers are, generally speaking, the only computers which are authorized to read such information. The information captured makes it possible for us (i) to speed navigation, keep track of items in your shopping cart, and provide you with custom tailored content; (ii) to remember information you gave to us so you don't have to reenter it each time you visit The Chennai Silks.com site; (iii) to monitor the effectiveness of certain of our marketing email campaigns; and (iv) to monitor total number of visitors, pages viewed, and the total number of banners served.

Most people do not know that cookies are being placed on their computers when they visit The Chennai Silks.com site or most web sites because browsers are typically set to accept cookies. You can choose to have your browser warn you every time a cookie is being sent to you or you can turn off cookie placement. If you refuse cookies, you will not be able to open a The Chennai Silks.com Shopping Cart and therefore will not be able to complete an order with us online. Also, by not using cookies, your overall Internet browsing experience will be affected.

Information You Actively Submit to The Chennai Silks.com
For most of the browsing services we provide, we neither require nor collect "Personal Customer Information" -- your name, email address, billing address, shipping address (es), phone number and credit card information. You can browse The Chennai Silks.com site and take as much time as you want to read about our corporate history, the latest saree collection and other items listed without having to submit such Personal Customer Information.

2. Creating an Account or Completing an Order
You can create a customer account with The Chennai Silks.com to complete an order. To open an account, you will need to create a password-protected account with us. In doing so, we require that you provide us with all of the following Personal Customer Information: your name, email address, billing address, shipping address (es), and credit card information. We use industry standard e-commerce security technology to protect the Personal Customer Information that you transmit to us when you establish your account and each time you access your account information. When setting up the account, we ask you to create a password. When you want to make a purchase or change your stored Personal Customer Information, we approve your access by verifying your email address with your password.

3. Feedback
When you submit the feedback form, we ask you to disclose your email address in addition to your review and other optional information. You can choose not to have your email address displayed with your review. We only use the information you provide to us to chronicle your review; we do not use such information for marketing purposes.

4. Your Consent To This Agreement
By using this website you consent to the collection and use of information by us as specified above. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.