Privacy Policy

PromGirl.com respects your privacy! However, we do collect customer information in an effort to improve your shopping experience. We recognize we must maintain and use customer information responsibly.

What personally identifiable information is collected and how is it used?

We ask users to register on PromGirl.com in order to make a purchase, receive PromGirl.com's monthly mailings or access the site's message board. The following information is required for registration: first and last name, E-mail address, and password.

When you make a purchase, we require that you also provide your shipping and billing address, phone number and credit card information (if paying by credit card). This information is stored in a secured database, only accessible to employees with access rights to this information. PromGirl.com makes every effort to protect your online order information using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. (Details are provided in the next section.)

Additionally, PromGirl.com logs your Internet Protocol Address (IP). An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your PC every time you browse the Internet. Information from IP addresses is used for system administration, to examine overall traffic trends, troubleshooting, etc. This information is used only in the aggregate form. IP addresses are not linked to any personally identifiable information, meaning the user session is tracked but the user is anonymous.

How secure is transaction information?

Your information is secure with PromGirl.com! Protecting your order information is a priority. Promgirl.com makes every effort to protect your online order information using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.

SSL encrypts your order information to avoid the decoding of that information by anyone other than PromGirl.com. To check the security of your connection, look at the lower left-hand corner of your browser window after accessing the server. If you see an unbroken key or a closed lock (depending on your browser), then SSL is active. You can also double check by looking at the URL line of your browser. When accessing a secure server, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https".

Some versions of firewalls don't permit communication through secure servers. In that case, you will be unable to connect to the server (and you won't have to worry about placing an order through an unsecured connection).

If you cannot access a secure server for any reason, please feel free to use our offline order form available upon check out, or place your order by phone.

Cookies, what are they? How and why we use them.

Cookies are bits of electronic information that a website can transfer to your computer's hard drive to help tailor and keep records of his or her visit to the site. Cookies allow web site operators to better customize site visits to the visitor's preferences. The use of cookies is standard on the Internet and many major websites use them.

PromGirl.com uses cookies to identify returning registrants to the site so we can enhance your experience with a personal greeting on the homepage and provide a more convenient shopping experience. The cookie allows us to provide you with a personal mini-bag that appears on your screen and stores any items you dropped in the bag during your last visit. The site will also pre-populate shipping and billing (but not credit card) information to save time during check out. Please be assured that we do not use cookies to track information about other sites you may visit.

Although most browsers automatically accept cookies, you can usually change your browser to prevent cookies or notify you whenever you are sent a cookie. This gives you the option to decide whether or not to accept it.