Privacy and Security Policy

This privacy policy statement applies to the websites of:

Hardware and Tools Corp.
490 Mcghee Road
Winchester, Virginia 22603-4634
Phone: 540-572-4000

We respect your privacy with the most advanced online security safeguards and measures available. This is why we have taken the time to disclose our information collection practices, privacy policy and security policy. Please take the time to review this document.

For your protection, we do not sell or share your email address, physical address, phone number or any personal information. We do not store Credit Card Numbers, Expiration Dates or Credit Card Security Codes.

Of the information we do collect, we allow you to access things such as your online purchase history and wish list.

Collecting information provides specific benefits to our website visitors:

Tracking destination information gives us the ability to customize presentations based on products required or restricted from use in one location as opposed to other locations. For example, an offer on snow shovels before a snow storm is desirable in New Hampshire but not Florida.

We collect information for the following purpose(s):

• Completing or supporting an activity.
• Website and system administration.
• Research and development.
• Tailoring the website for its visitors.
• Contacting our visitors (except via telephone) for promotion of the site or products.
• Preserving social history as governed by existing law or policy.

Who has access to the information we collect?

• Ourselves and/or our agents which utilize the information only for the purpose given. • Delivery services follow their own published privacy practices:
   UPS, FedEx and the United States Postal Service do receive physical address,
   phone number and email address information to deliver packages.

How long is information kept?

Information is retained for the duration of our stated business practices.

If you believe that our website has collected incorrect information or if you would like to dispute any information, please contact us with detailed information.

Is simply your checkout information secured?

No. ALL checkout forms, customer service forms and even our "Call Me" phone call request service is handled through our SSL encrypted platform. Remember, your email is not secure, so we do not want sensitive confidential information sent by email.

What is your Security Policy?

Our security is cutting edge. Making a purchase from HardwareAndTools.com is perfectly safe. All personal information we receive during transmission is secured by Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts the information you input. In addition, we do not store any credit card information, it is only transmitted to a secure third party during order processing.

However, it is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when finished using a shared computer. Our network is also scanned daily by TrustGuard to ensure that you are protected against identify theft, viruses, malware and other online threats.