Effective Date: 1/09

Gold Coast Natural Trading company appreciates the privacy concerns of visitors to our website. We do not obtain any personal information that individually identifies you (e.g., your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, etc.) unless you provide it to us, although visitors do choose to provide us with such information. This Privacy Policy explains our online information practices and the choices you, as a visitor to this site, can make about the use of your information.

We collect personal information from you (only when you voluntarily provide it to us). Depending on the purpose for which the information was provided, we may use the information to communicate with you regarding our products, services, and promotions, to provide you with other information that you request.

* If you contact one us through our site, we may ask you for personal information such as your name, address, phone number, or e-mail address so that we can respond to your questions or comments.

* If you purchase or otherwise request a product or promotional offering from us or take advantage of a rebate or similar offer, you may be required to provide your contact and/or payment information (such as a credit card number) in order for us to process your request.

Web beacons are 1x1 single-pixel graphics that allow us to count the number of users who have visited a particular web page or to access certain cookies. We may use web beacons on our websites to count users and to recognize users by accessing our cookies. Being able to access our cookies allows us to personalize our website and improve your experience at our website. We may also include web beacons in HTML-formatted e-mail messages that we send to determine which e-mail messages were opened. Like cookies, web beacons do not collect or contain your name or your e-mail address.

We reserve the right to disclose any personal information as needed if such information is requested by law enforcement agencies or if we are required to do so by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or by a government entity. We also may disclose personal information to third parties if we have reason to believe that disclosing such information is necessary to conduct investigations of possible breaches of law, to cooperate in any legal investigation, or to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the terms of use of our site.

Security for credit card, data and transaction information

We are committed to keeping your online transactions safe and secure. In order to reasonably assure the privacy and security of your credit card and other personal data when making an order, we use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. SSL uses encryption technology to create a secure connection between your computer and ours. We have also put procedures in place to safeguard the information/data we collect from you. We cannot absolutely guarantee the security of any information you provide online; you provide it at your own risk.

Links To Other Sites

Our site may contain links to the websites of our subsidiaries and affiliates, and to websites that are owned and operated by third parties. These other websites may have their own privacy policies and would not be governed by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of websites owned and operated by any such third parties.

Our Commitment To Children's Privacy

A SPECIAL NOTE TO PARENTS: This site is not directed to children and we will not request any information from children under 13 at this site. Gold Coast does not have other websites that are geared in whole or in part to a child audience.

United States only

This website is intended for use by residents of the United States of America only. All matters relating to this site are governed by the laws of the State of California in the United States of America. If you are located outside of the United States of America and you contact us, please be advised that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States of America and that by submitting information, you explicitly authorize its transfer.

Changes In Our Online Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change or replace this Privacy Policy at our sole discretion at any time. Please check back from time to time to ensure that you are aware of any updates or changes in this Privacy Policy.

Your Consent To The Terms Of This Online Privacy Policy

By using this website, you signify your consent to all of the terms of this privacy Policy and our Terms of use. If you do not agree with any term of this Privacy Policy or our Terms of Use, please do not use this site or submit any personally identifiable.

How To Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or about our collection or use of information, please e-mail us at custserv@goldcoastntc.com

Website Terms of Use

This Website is owned and provided by Gold Coast Natural Trading Company and is provided for your personal information, and education. Your use of this Website is subject to the following terms and conditions. Your use of the Website constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions and your agreement to be bound by them. If you do not agree to these terms or if you do not agree with our Privacy Policy posted on this site, please do not use this Website or any services offered by this Website.

Please review the terms of use page often. We reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time without notice. Please check back from time to time to ensure you are aware if any updated or changes to these terms.

United States Only

Unless otherwise specified, the materials in this Website are presented solely for the purpose of promoting products or programs available in the United States, its territories, possessions, and protectorates. We make no representation that materials in the site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access the site from locations other than the United States, you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws.

Intellectual Property

All names, logos, service marks, and trademarks appearing in this Website, including the trademarks, service marks, brand identities, characters, trade names, graphics, designs, copyrights, trade dress, and all other intellectual property ("Content"), except as otherwise noted, are protected intellectual property of, or used with permission or under license by Gold Coast Natural Trading Company. This includes the entire Content of the Website, copyrighted and protected as a collective work.

The use or misuse of these trademarks or any other content on this site, except as provided in these Terms of Use or in the site content, is strictly prohibited. You may print copies of the information on this site for your personal use, store the files on your computer for personal use, or reference this server from your own documents. However, you may not distribute text or graphics to others without our express written consent. Also, you may not, without our permission, copy and distribute this information on any other server, or modify or re-use text or graphics on this system or another system. We reserve all other rights.

Your use of the Website is limited to personal and non-commercial use only unless other uses are granted expressly to you. You may not copy, distribute, modify, transmit, reuse, re-post, or otherwise display the Website Content for public or commercial purposes without our written permission for such use of Content.

Disclaimer

Without limiting the foregoing, everything on the Website is provided to you "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE WEBSITE(S) OR THE SERVERS MAKING THE SITE(S) AVAILABLE ARE VIRUS FREE. We do not warrant that the functions contained in these materials will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant or make any representations regarding the use or the result of the use of the materials in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, reliability, or otherwise.

Your use of the Website is at your risk. Gold Coast Natural Trading Company will not be liable for any damages including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, arising out of your access to or use of the Website and however caused, whether in contract or tort. If you become dissatisfied in any way with this Website or its Terms of Use or Privacy Policy, your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using this Website and its services. (Some states do not allow the disclaimer of implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages, so these provisions may not apply to you. If any portion of the limitation on liability is found to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, then the aggregate liability shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).)

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This Website may contain Links allowing you to leave this Website for other sites that are not under our control. We are not endorsing any such Linked sites. We are not responsible for the contents or transmission of any Linked Site or any Link contained in a Linked Site or for ensuring that the Linked Sites are error and virus free. Nor are we responsible for the terms of use or privacy practices of such sites. We encourage you to carefully read the policies of each site you visit.

Submitted Ideas

All comments, suggestions, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, recipes or other information disclosed or offered to us by you through this Website or in response to solicitations in this Website shall be deemed and shall remain our property. You understand and acknowledge that we have both internal resources and other external resources which may have developed or may in the future develop ideas identical to or similar to the suggestion or comments to suggestions and that we are only willing to consider the suggestion on these terms. In any event, any suggestion is not submitted in confidence and we assume no obligation, express or implied by considering it. Without limitation, we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to the suggestions of every kind and nature throughout the Universe and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the comments for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise without compensation to the provider of the suggestions.

Privacy Policy

We take your privacy and your privacy concerns very seriously. That is why we have adopted our Privacy Policy explaining our online information collection practices and the choices you can make about the way information is collected and used. Please read and understand our Privacy Policy.

Choice of Law and Enforcement

Your access to the Website as well as the terms and conditions and the agreement they create are governed and interpreted by the laws of the State of California without regard for conflict of laws provisions.

Agreeing to Terms

If you do not agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policies posted on the Website, please do not use this site or any services offered by this site. We reserve the right to make changes in these Terms of Use. Please check back from time to time to ensure you are aware of any updates or changes in this policy. Your use of our site indicates acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Contact Information

You may send your comments to Gold Coast Natural Trading Company custserv@goldcoastntc.com.