ShaComm has a no tolerance spam policy. We may use the information we collect to occasionally notify you about important functionality changes to the website, new services and special offers we think you'll find valuable. If you wish to discontinue receiving email from us, at any time you can click the “remove” link at the bottom of any email we send. We are committed to protecting your privacy, as such we do not share or sell our mailing lists to any third parties. We actively monitor all emails going to a large number of contacts. Every promotional email contains a mandatory unsubscribe link. (There are not unsubscribe links in transactional emails as they are required to verify orders, shipping etc.)

What is Spam?
Spam is unsolicited email also known as UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email). By sending email to only to those who have requested to receive it, you are following accepted permission-based email guidelines.

What constitutes a Preexisting business relationship?
The recipient of an email has made a purchase, requested information, responded to a questionnaire or a survey, or had offline contact with you.

What constitutes consent?
The recipient of your email has been clearly and fully notified of the collection and use of his email address and has consented prior to such collection and use. This is often called informed consent.

Isn't there a law against sending Spam?
The federal anti-spam law went into effect on January 1st, 2004 and preempts all state laws. While this new law will not stop spam, it does make most spam illegal and ultimately less attractive to spammers. The law is specific about requirements to send commercial email and empowers the federal government to enforce the law. The penalties can include a fine and/or imprisonment for up to 5 years.

How We Protect You from Spam
We use a permission-based email-marketing tools that follow the strictest permission-based philosophies:

• Communication - Our registration page already states why we are collecting our site visitor's email address, how we plan to use their address, and that we are following the embedded privacy policy. Additionally, we have agreed to use only permission-based lists and never to sell or rent our lists.
• Verification - All of our new contacts are automatically sent an email confirming their interest in receiving emails from our site. Additionally, if our contact changes his or her interests or unsubscribes, we automatically send an email confirmation.
• Unsubscribe - Every email generated from our mailing list contains an unsubscribe link which allows our contacts to opt-out of future emails and automatically updates your contact lists to avoid the chance of sending unwanted emails to visitors who have unsubscribed.
• Identification - Our email header information is correct because it is pre-set. Our email's "From" address is verified and already accurately identifies us as the sender.
• Contact Information - All of our emails are pre-filled with our contact information including our postal address.

For more information on UCE (unsolicited commercial email) visit The Coalition Against Unsolicited Email.

How To Contact Us
Should you have other questions or concerns about our anti-UCE policies, please contact ShaComm.

UCE/Spam Policy Effective: January, 2007

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