Privacy Policy

At Varney’s Book Store, we understand your concerns about online security and privacy. We seek to ensure that your personal and payment information is secure and your privacy is respected. We hope this policy statement provides you with answers to the questions you may have about our privacy and security policies. If you have further questions, please contact us by phone at 1-785-539-0511 or 1-800-362-1574 or e-mail us at anytime.

What information do we collect?

In order to provide the services you request, we ask you for certain kinds of personal information. When you sign up with us, visit our web site, send us an e-mail, place an order or make a purchase at our stores, you provide us with certain personally identifiable information, such as your name, e-mail address, postal address, phone number and credit or debit card number. If you participate in one of our promotions, contests or surveys, you may provide us with additional personal information such as your age or date of birth. In addition to this information, we also maintain a record of your purchases from varneys.com, kssubookstore.com, our catalog and our stores. On occasion, we may combine information you provide with other demographic information available to us.

In addition, for each visitor to the web site, our web server automatically collects the following non-personally identifiable information: your Internet service provider's address, the referring URL, and information on the pages you access on our site.

What do we do with the information we collect?

When we take an order on the phone or when you make a purchase online or at a store, we use your information to process your order or purchase, answer questions you may have, mail catalogs to you, and provide you with periodic e-mails and mailings about our merchandise and promotions. We do not provide your information to any other group.

Currently, we also gather online information about your purchases and shopping activities to improve the content of our web site, to enhance your online shopping experience, and to use in future marketing and promotional activities for our web site, our catalogs and our stores.

Will Varney’s share my information with third parties?

No.

Does Varney’s use cookies?

Varney’s regularly uses cookies (and other similar tracking technologies) to help us keep track of your order as you visit on our site. Cookies are bits of information that are automatically stored on your computer to recognize your preferences. Cookies stay on your computer unless erased by the user.

The type of information we collect includes the areas of the web site visited and information about transactions made. By supplementing our records, this information helps us learn what kinds of customers our site attracts, which of our products most interest our customers, and what kinds of offers our customers like to see. We may also use the data to conduct specialized marketing programs. As a visitor to varney’s.com, you may "opt out" of the collection by such company of such data. To opt out, go to wvw.varneys.com/optout.html.

You also have the option to refuse cookies altogether by turning them off in your browser.

How do I request to be removed from your postal mailing lists?

To request that we remove your name from our postal mailing lists, please call 1-800-362-1574. You can also e-mail us anytime, or write to us at Varney’s Book Store, Customer Service, 623 N Manhattan Ave, Manhattan, KS 66502. Please include your name and mailing address in the message. Please note, however, that you may receive additional mailings, but you can expect that to cease in 6—8 weeks. Please also note that when you order from us, we may still need to contact you with regard to questions or information about your order.

What steps does Varney’s take to secure information on the web site?

The varneys.com web site makes use of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to encrypt credit card and billing information while it is transmitted to varneys.com. Your computer must be SSL-enabled to ensure secure transfer of your credit card information. When we transfer and receive financial and other types of sensitive information, we redirect visitors to a secure server. Our browser technology is designed to ensure that no one outside of our professional billing staff will have access to your credit card information.

If you are more comfortable ordering over the phone, call a customer service representative at 1-800-362-1574, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT, seven days a week, or fax credit card orders to 1-785-537-2351.

Privacy of Young Children

We are concerned about the privacy of young children and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from a child under 13 years of age.

Technical Specifications

The Varney’s web site is designed for use with the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. If you currently use older versions of these browsers (including Internet Explorer 3.0 or earlier, Netscape Navigator 3.0 or earlier, and AOL 3.0 or earlier), you may experience technical difficulties with online ordering. As mentioned above, your computer must be SSL-enabled to ensure secure transfer of your credit card information.

Policy Changes

We may, from time to time, use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post those policy changes on our web site. If you are at all concerned about how your information is used, you may periodically check our web site for updates.

Contact Information

Upon request, we offer registered visitors the ability to correct inaccuracies in their contact information. Please feel free to contact us at:

Varney’s Book Store
Customer Service
623 N Manhattan Ave
Manhattan, KS 66502
Phone: 1-800-362-1574
e-mail us anytime