SGS Privacy Policy


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What Personal Information About Customers Do we collect?
The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your experience at StoneGateStables.com. Here are the types of information we gather.

  • Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as responding to your requests, customizing future shopping for you, improving our services or products, and communicating with you.

  • Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses StoneGateStables.com. Click here to see examples of the information we receive. A number of companies offer utilities designed to help you visit Web sites anonymously. Although we will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience at StoneGateStables.com if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these tools exist.

  • E-mail: We do not track or store any e-mail other than correspondence to and from StoneGateStables.com.  Although, to help us make e-mails more useful and interesting, we often receive a confirmation when you open e-mail from StoneGateStables.com if your computer supports such capabilities.

  • Information from Other Sources: We might receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information. This information is considered private and is never shared or distributed in any way.


What About Cookies?

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  • Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide features such as personalized greetings, and storage of items in your Shopping Cart between visits.

  • The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of StoneGateStables.com most useful features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.


Does StoneGateStables.com Share the Information It Receives?

Information about our customers is an important part of our business, but we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only as described below. 

  • Third-Party Service Providers: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include fulfilling orders, delivering packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. They have access to personal information needed to perform their functions, but may not use it for other purposes.

  • Promotional Offers: We do NOT send your information to any other businesses for promotions, sales, or advertising.

  • Protection of StoneGateStables.com: We release account and other personal information when only when required by law. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Notice.

  • With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice when information about you might go to third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.


How Secure Is Information About Me?

  • Any information stored about has restricted access and is not available to the web.  The information is accessed controlled and is stored in an encrypted form.

  • We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) software, which encrypts information you input.

  • We reveal only the last five digits of your credit card numbers when confirming an order or paying your bill. Of course, we transmit the entire credit card number to the appropriate credit card company during order processing but it is accomplished using secured communications.

  • 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.


What About Third-Party Advertisers and Links to Other Websites?

Our site includes third-party advertising and links to other websites. We do not provide any personally identifiable customer information to these advertisers or third-party websites.

These third-party websites and advertisers, or Internet advertising companies working on their behalf, sometimes use technology to send (or "serve") the advertisements that appear on our website directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that they may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by this Privacy Notice. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy practices.

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