Privacy Policies

Protection of Information

Scher's values the trust its customers place in the company. Accordingly, Scher's adheres to the highest ethical standards in gathering, using and safeguarding customer information that is entrusted to the company.

Use and Collection of Customer Information

Scher's does not rent, sell or exchange information about its customers. Access to information about Scher's customers is restricted to the Scher's family of business. Third parties that need access to Scher's customer information in order to provide operational or other support services to Scher's must agree to safeguard customer information in strict compliance with Scher's policy.

Scher's gathers only the customer information that is needed to administer its business, provide superior service and communicate offers on merchandise and services that Scher's believes will be of interest to its customers.

Scher's limits access to customer information to those employees who need it to carry out their business functions. Scher's educates its employees about Scher's policies and practices in regard to safeguarding customer information; preventing its unauthorized access, use or disclosure; and, ensuring its proper handling.

Accuracy and Security of Customer Information
Scher's makes all reasonable efforts to ensure that the customer information it maintains is accurate, timely and secure.

Scher's will monitor and adopt, as appropriate, new technological developments that are designed to aid in ensuring the accuracy and security of customer information.

Scher's enforces its policies in regard to gathering, access and use of personal customer information by its employees and authorized third parties.

Personally Identifiable Information

Scher's World Wide Web sites collect personally identifiable information (such as name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address) from Web site visitors only when visitors voluntarily provide such information to Scher's. Scher's Web site visitors who do not want their personally identifiable information collected online are asked not to submit such information to Scher's.

Scher's Web site visitors are informed that when they provide Scher's with personally identifiable information online, that information is kept within the Scher's family of businesses. Visitors are further informed that, unless specifically stated otherwise, the personally identifiable information may be stored and used by Scher's to better understand its customers' needs, to improve Scher's products and services, and to contact customers regarding offers that may be of interest to them.

If Scher's Web site visitors previously provided their e-mail addresses to Scher's and would like to have their e-mail addresses removed from Scher's e-mail mailing lists, Scher's asks them to send an e-mail message to bridal@schers.com. Scher's informs such visitors that it will use reasonable efforts to delete their e-mail addresses from its existing files.

Children

Scher's has no intention of collecting personally identifiable information (name, address, telephone number, or e-mail address) from children (individuals under the age of 13) online and using that information for marketing purposes. Where appropriate, Scher's will specifically instruct children not to submit such information on Scher's Web sites.

If a child has provided Scher's with an e-mail address, Scher's asks that a parent or guardian of the child contact Scher's at bridal@schers.com if they would like the e-mail address deleted from Scher's e-mail mailing lists. Scher's informs customers that it will use reasonable efforts to delete such e-mail addresses from its existing files.

Personally Identifiable Information Collected Automatically

Scher's Web Sites may collect information from Web site visitors that is not personally-identifiable, including the visitor's operating system, browser, domain name, and the specific web pages on the Scher's Web site that are accessed or visited. Scher's only collects this information in the aggregate, and only uses it to improve Scher's Web sites.

Information Placed Automatically on Visitors' Computers

Scher's informs Web site visitors that when they visit Scher's Web sites, Scher's may store some information on the visitor's computer in the form of a "cookie" or similar file. These files allow Scher's to tailor a Website to reflect a customer's listed or historical preferences. Most Web browsers allow Web users to exercise control over such files on their computers by erasing them, blocking them, or notifying the user when such a file is stored. Scher's Web site visitors are asked to refer to their browser's instructions to learn about those functions.