TheGearLounge.com respects your online time and privacy. TheGearLounge is committed to respecting your privacy and recognizing your need for appropriate protection and management of personally identifiable information you share with us (the phrases "personally identifiable information" or "personal information" mean any information by which you can be identified, such as your name, address, telephone number, etc.). The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information or personal information we may collect from you when you visit our web site, how we use such information, and the choices you have regarding our use of and your ability to review and correct the information. This policy applies only to users accessing our web site from the United States.

Collecting Information About You
In general, you can visit many of our web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We may track the Internet domain address from which people visit us and analyze this data for trends and statistics, but individual users will remain anonymous, unless you voluntarily tell us who you are. There may be times (such as when you order a product, subscribe to a service, or to participate in contests, sweepstakes or promotions, etc.) at which we ask you to provide certain information about yourself, such as your name, shipping/billing address, telephone number, email address, credit card information, birth date, gender, occupation, personal interests, etc. We also maintain a record of your online product purchases. Whether or not to provide such information is completely your own choice. If you choose not to provide the information we request however, you may be unable to purchase products or access certain services, offers and content on our web site..

Using Information About You
We use the personally identifiable information you provide for internal purposes such as confirming and tracking your order, subscription or registration, analyzing trends and statistics, informing you of our new products, services and offers, etc. We may combine information you give us online, in our stores or through our catalogs to serve you better. We use that combined information to enhance and personalize your shopping experience with us and to communicate with you by mail, and in certain cases via email, about our products and events that may be of interest to you. Although unlikely, in certain instances we may disclose your personally identifiable information when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities who may be causing injury to you, to TheGearLounge, Sport Systems or to others. TheGearLounge and Sport Systems also may disclose your personally identifiable information when we believe the law requires it.

Editing, Updating, Correcting and Deleting Information About You
We want to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. If you prefer not to receive information from us or from our Select Partners, please let us know by calling us at 1.866.808.1673 or by sending us an email, at contact@TheGearLounge.com. Please be sure to include your email address, full name, and specifically what information you do not want to receive. If you would like to update or correct your email address, street address or other personal information with us, please contact us the same way. Please note that sometimes these requests may take up to 6-8 weeks to be effective, particularly if we are removing your name from postal mailings. In addition, when you purchase from us online or through our catalogs, we may need to contact you via phone, email or mail to address questions specific to your order, even if you have opted to not receive communications. Please remember, if you delete certain information, you may not be able to continue to purchase products or access other portions of our web site without entering additional information.

Protecting Children
We at TheGearLounge take special care to protect the safety and privacy of children. Our web site is a general audience site. We do not permit children under the age of 18 to purchase products on our web site nor do we permit anyone under the age of 13 to register with us. We also do not send email correspondence to anyone who tells us that they are under the age of 13. Children under the age of 13 always should ask their parents or guardians for permission before providing any personal information to anyone online. We urge parents and guardians to participate in their children's online activities and use parental control or other web filtering technology to supervise children's access to the web.

Cookies
Our web site uses "cookies." A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Generally, we use cookies to remind us of who you are, tailor our products and services to suit your personal interests, estimate our audience size, assist our online merchants to track visits to and sales at their stores and to process your order, track your status in our promotions, contests and sweepstakes, and/or analyzing your visiting patterns. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it.

Links to Third Party Sites
Our web site may contain links to web sites operated and maintained by third parties over which we have no control. Privacy policies on such linked sites may be different from our privacy policy. You access such linked sites at your own risk. You should always read the privacy policy of a linked site before disclosing any personal information on such site.

Policy Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy in whole or in part, we will inform you by posting a notice on our web site. Those changes will go into effect on the date posted in the notice. The new policy will apply to all current and past users of our web site and will replace any prior policies which are inconsistent.

Your Feedback
To help us improve our privacy policy and practice, please give us your feedback. You may email us, at contact@TheGearLounge.com, or write to us at TheGearLounge.com, 6915 Montgomery Blvd, Albuquerque, NM 87109.