Privacy Policy

Melanie's Emporium has always taken a plain-spoken approach to privacy, and this page continues that tradition. It explains what information this website does and — more importantly — does not collect from visitors.

What This Site Collects

This is an informational website. It contains no shopping cart, no checkout, no customer accounts and no order forms. We do not ask for, collect or store names, email addresses, payment details, physical addresses or any other personal information through this site.

Server Logs

Like virtually every website, the servers that deliver these pages may automatically record standard technical information about each request: the page requested, the date and time, the browser type and the originating network address. This information is used in aggregate to keep the site fast and reliable, and is not used to identify individual visitors.

Cookies

This site does not set tracking cookies and does not use advertising networks. If a future feature requires a cookie (for example, remembering a display preference), it will be used for that purpose only and described on this page.

Links to Other Websites

Our guides link to outside resources we consider genuinely useful — museums, safety agencies, industry associations and educational institutions. Those websites operate under their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review when you visit them. A link from our pages is a recommendation of their content, not a relationship with their data practices.

Children's Privacy

Although our subject matter — stuffed animals, toys and gifts — appeals to families, this website is written for adult shoppers, collectors and gift-givers. We do not knowingly collect any information from children, and because the site collects no personal information at all, there is nothing for a child to submit.

Your Broader Privacy Online

For practical, current advice on protecting your personal information anywhere on the internet, the Federal Trade Commission's online security guides are the best plain-English resource we know, and we recommend them to every reader.

Changes to This Policy

If our practices ever change, this page will change first, with the revision plainly dated. Questions about this policy or about the site are always welcome — see About Us for background on who we are, or return to the homepage for the full directory of guides.