This website, johnkellychocolates.com, is owned and operated by John Kelly Foods, Inc. We know privacy and security are important concerns and outline our policies here for you to review. These policies are in effect as of October 1, 2005. We reserve the right to change or update these policies in the future, and if we do so we will post the new policies on this web page for you to review. The new policies will replace any prior policies.

Collecting of Information

We do not sell any information you give us, and we will not turn over that information to a third party not affiliated with our company unless legally bound to do so. We use your information to fulfill your orders, contact you if there is a problem, bill your credit card, or improve our site. We may also use your information to send you information about our company or our products, or to invite you to participate in promotions or market research associated with our company. You may always request that your information not be used in this way, and you may always opt out of any communication that does not pertain to your order, by sending us an email with your request. You must be a U.S. resident 18 years of age or older in order to register with us or buy merchandise from us.

When you voluntarily provide us with information to make shopping easier, through the registration process, you may access that information by reviewing your account settings. You may also change that information by editing your settings directly.

There is some information we may receive from you on a passive basis (such as "cookies" - see below), that we collect and use only in the aggregate. This information is used for marketing purposes or to enhance our site.

Online Security

We make a concerted effort to keep all of your information secure. When you place an order with us, your credit card information is transmitted for processing via a secure server ordering process with Secured Socket Layer (SSL). To view our security certificate information, please click on the triangle in the bottom right corner of this page.

Online Ordering

When you place an order with us, we ask for your credit card verification number in addition to your account number. Your verification number is the three-digit number on the back of your card. This provides an extra level of security in case your credit card number is being used fraudulently.

We ask for your email address when you place an order so that we may send you a confirmation of your order. You do not have to register with us in order to place an order, but your email address is mandatory so that there is a way to communicate with you about your order. We may also use this email address to communicate with you about special offers or information about our company.

Registering with johnkellychocolates.com

If you register with us, we will be able to facilitate your checkout process in the future. This is a voluntary process on your part. We will keep track of you in the future through the use of a "cookie", which is a small file sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. It is the standard method in the industry for keeping track of someone when they return to a given site. You should be able to turn off the use of cookies in your browser if you wish, but by doing so we will not be able to keep track of you.

Your Internet Address

We collect your computer's "IP Address" when you come to our site. We only do so in order to collect broad demographic information about our users so that we can continually improve our site for them, and to protect us in case of credit card fraud.

Comments or Concerns

If you have any comments or concerns about this policy, please contact us here.