Last updated: October 24, 2005

The Aromatic Bean knows that you care how information about you is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. This notice describes our privacy policy. By visiting TheAromaticBean.com, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Notice.

What Personal Information About Customers Does TheAromaticBean.com Gather?

The information we learn from customers helps us personalize and continually improve your shopping experience at TheAromaticBean.com. Here are the types of information we gather.

• Information You Give Us: We receive and store any information you enter on our Web site or give us in any other way. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We use the information that you provide for such purposes as improving our stores, and communicating with you.

What About Cookies?

• Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and to provide additonal features.
• The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. However, cookies allow you to take full advantage of some of The Aromatic Bean's shopping cart features, and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

Does The Aromatic Bean Share the Information It Receives?

Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others.

• Drop Shipping : We work with certain manufacturers and distributors to drop ship product directly to your door to speed up delivery and save you the additional markup on shipping and warehousing additional inventory. We will provide your address to these businesses for shipping purposes only.