Privacy Policy

Collection and Sharing of Personal Information

Heartland Stores, Inc. (“Heartland Stores,” “HeartlandStores.com,” or “We”) will share your personal information and information regarding transactions made through any Heartland Stores website only with the non-profit organization you are supporting with your purchase and only with our agents, representatives, service providers, and contractors for limited purposes. These purposes include but are not limited to: fulfilling customer orders; communicating with customers; providing customer service; enhancing and improving customers' shopping experience; enabling access to our partners' web sites; providing a personalized shopping experience; preventing fraud; and completing payment method processing. Outside of these reasons, Heartland Stores will never give, rent, or sell your personal information to any other company or individual for any purpose. If Heartland Stores needs to contact you, it will pertain to an order or as a response to your request for information. We will only contact you during normal business hours or at a time of day you choose.

Aside from the purposes described above, Heartland Stores will never share your personal information with any other third parties unless we have your express permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the disclosure is required to prevent harm or injury (such as product recalls, fraud, claims, or other liability) or to comply with valid legal processes (subpoenas, warrants) or as required by law. We may share summarized demographic and statistical information with our partners. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person or used to make direct contact.

Heartland Stores will gladly remove your name from all mailing/e-mail, and e-newsletter lists at your request. To cease contact by the non-profit organization your Heartland Stores purchase supports, contact the organization directly.

Heartland Stores hopes to have a long and prosperous relationship with all of our customers, and we respect your right to privacy. For this reason, information you provide to us will only be retained as long as is necessary to complete the transaction or respond to your inquiry, except when a longer retention period is required by law.

Cookies and Other Computer Information

When you visit HeartlandStores.com, a "cookie" (a small text file) may be placed on your computer's hard drive. The purpose of this cookie is to identify you when you visit the site so that we can enhance, customize, and streamline your online shopping experience. You may choose to browse on HeartlandStores.com without cookies by disabling cookies in your browser. However, without these identifier files you may experience some difficulty shopping and completing a transaction. Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.

We may also collect certain technical information from your computer each time you request a page during a visit to HeartlandStores.com. This information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer's operating system, browser type, and the address of a referring website, if any. We collect this information to enhance the quality of your experience during your visit to the site and Heartland Stores will not give, sell, or rent this information to any third parties

Changes to the HeartlandStores.com Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was last updated on August 1, 2007. We reserve the right to change, modify, or amend this policy at any time. Please check our Privacy Policy periodically for changes. Use of HeartlandStores.com website after modification implies that you consent to this Privacy Policy as modified.