Essential Apothecary takes precautions to protect its customers' information. When you submit personal information via the website, we follow policies and procedures designed to protect your information both online and offline, examples of which are as described below. When our registration/order form asks you to enter personal information (such as your credit card number), that information is encrypted and is protected with the best encryption software currently available in the industry - SSL.

Information Collection and Use
We collect information from our customers to process orders and better serve you with pertinent information, such as order confirmations, order status updates. We may also use such information to generate internal statistical analysis. Information collected includes your name, billing address, telephone number, e-mail address, and payment information such as your credit card number. Your contact information will be used for the delivery of periodical communications to you that contain customer relationship information. This includes, for example, informational emails regarding changes in our policies, changes in our methods of conducting business. We may have also gathered or received information on you from third party sources, such as marketing databases made available for commercial purchase. Our use of such information will comply with applicable law, the limitations imposed by the third party on us in connection with our receipt of such information from such third party sources, but not necessarily this privacy statement.

Links
This site contains links to other sites. Essential Apothecary is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Children
Essential Apothecary does not sell products for purchase by children. If you are under the age of 18, you may only use Essential Apothecary in the presence of a consenting parent or guardian. We will not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information via the Internet from children under the age of 13. Essential Apothecary is committed to protecting the welfare and privacy of children.

Last Update
The Privacy Policy contained herein became officially effective 05-21-08.