Scale Shops, aka scaleshops.com is sensitive to privacy issues with respect to the use of customer information provided to us over the Internet. We believe it is important for you to know how we treat the information about you that is received by us when you visit. In general, you can visit Scaleshops.com on the World Wide Web without telling us who you are or revealing any information about yourself. Our web servers collect domain names, and not the email addresses of our visitors. This information is aggregated to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the site, number of pages viewed, and methods by which our site was found. Scale Shops, aka scaleshops.com uses this information to evaluate the use of our site and to continuously improve the content being provided.

There are times however, when we may need information from you, such as your name and address and other contact information. This information is usually required to process requests initiated by 'visitors' to our site such as: on-line ordering, product & service information, developing profiles for receiving news alerts, and for sweepstakes entry. When such information is needed, we will let you know how we will use the personal information at the time of collection. While we may use this information to contact or send materials to you for marketing purposes, we will take reasonable steps to safeguard the information from unauthorized access and, unless we specifically disclose it to you at the time of collection, we will not make customer-specific information that is gathered on our site available to unaffiliated organizations for commercial purposes unrelated to the business of Scale Shops, aka scaleshops.com.

Scale Shops, aka scaleshops.com may make use of a technology called cookies, in order to provide you with tailored information. A cookie is a tiny element of data that a web site can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive so we can recognize you when you return. You may set your browser to notify you or decline the receipt of a cookie. At times we conduct on-line surveys to better understand the needs and profile of our visitors. When we conduct a survey, we will let you know how we will use the information at the time it is collected from you.

Scale Shops, aka scaleshops.com web site may contain links to other sites such as our sales affiliates and community service organizations. While we try to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites. Because of the dynamic and evolving nature of the technologies that we use and the way that we conduct business, we may amend this policy from time to time. We will post any revisions on this site.