Upton Bass Privacy Notice

Privacy Notice

Upton Bass respects your individual privacy. This Privacy Policy ('Policy') embodies our commitment to its protection through adherence to fair electronic information practices. This Policy puts you, the individual, in control of how your personal information is processed. You have our promise that we will not electronically process your personal information in any way that is incompatible with this Policy.

This Privacy Policy protects your privacy by assuring you that Upton Bass:

• Takes reasonable precautions to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
• Implements reasonable policies and procedures to ensure that personal information is kept only for the purposes for which it has been gathered.
• Uses reasonable measures to ensure that we have accurately and completely recorded the personal information you have provided.

Information Corrections or Changes

You have the ability to correct or change certain information in our records, such as your address and contact information. The process for changing your information begins by contacting us by email. You may change this information at any time and as often as necessary. We can also be contact by postal mail at Upton Bass String Instrument Co. 44 Taugwonk Spur, Unit 4, Stonington, CT 06378, USA

About Message Boards

Please be aware that disclosing personally identifiable information online through Message Boards makes the information that is submitted public information. Such disclosure may increase your chance of receiving 'spam' or unsolicited e-mail. Upton Bass strongly cautions you to be extra careful and use your discretion when disclosing information online. Upton Bass is not responsible for personally identifiable information posted in the Message Boards.

Our Accountability to You

By purchasing our services or products, you obtain the protections of, and consent to the data processing practices described in, this Privacy Policy. In addition to the privacy protections that we provide, our employees, agents and business partners are independently responsible for ensuring compliance with this Privacy Policy, as described below.

Employee Accountability

Only those Upton Bass employees that have a legitimate business purpose for accessing and handling personal information obtained by us are given authorization to do so. The unauthorized access or use of such information by a Upton Bass employee is prohibited and constitutes grounds for disciplinary action. Additionally, our information management systems are configured in such a way as to block or inhibit employees from accessing information that they have no authority to access.

The Accountability of Upton Bass' Agents and Business Partners

Our trusted vendors and business partners are responsible for processing or handling some of the information that we receive. These vendors and business partners are not authorized to use such information for purposes beyond those specified by us and are required to preserve the confidentiality with which we treat such information. If you feel that Upton Bass, or any of our agents, representatives or employees, is violating this Privacy Policy, please contact us via e-mail at info@uptonbass.com

Notification of Changes

We will post any changes to this Privacy Policy 30 days before their effective date so you will always know what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. You are responsible for periodically checking our web site for changes to this Privacy Policy.

Secure Server

Our website takes orders over a secure connection.  You may receive warning notifications that all items are not secure on the page.  The reason for this is the pictures being displayed on the page are not all hosted on the uptonbass.com website.  Many pictures are actually located on on www.stringrepair.com.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact info@uptonbass.com