Here at MyButcher.com, we understand that - which is why we want to assure everyone who visits our site that we follow the highest industry standards regarding safety, security and personal privacy. Privacy refers to information we obtain about you and the use we make of it in the course of our business. In this section we will also describe how sensitive information is kept safe and secure.

If you don't find your concern addressed here, feel free to contact us at info@mybutcher.com. We monitor this email address 7 days a week and will answer often immediately.

Here are the most frequently asked questions regarding our privacy policy:

Is online ordering from MyButcher.com secure?
Yes. MyButcher.com uses SSL technology to protect your financial data.

Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology is the premier encryption system for data transmitted over the Internet. This highly advanced system scrambles your financial information as it travels from your computer to our website. Such scrambling renders your data unreadable -- and useless -- to anyone but MyButcher.com.

Can someone get my credit card information and run up huge charges under my name?
No. Access to your information is controlled by strict internal procedures. We maintain policies about the proper physical security of workplaces and records. This means that we maintain a separation of workplaces, for example, steak cutters have no access to customer information.

Also, we check every order we receive, especially orders with higher grand totals, to avoid credit card fraud.

When I order from your website, what information is collected about me?
At MyButcher.com, your privacy and security are two of our highest priorities. We never collect any personal information about you unless you request a service that requires it. Then, we only ask for the specific information that is needed to satisfy your request. Any information you do provide is kept in the strictest confidence. So are all of your transactions on our website.

When you place an order, the only information we ask for is:

1. Your first name and your last name
2. Your credit/debit card billing address and your (or the recipient's) shipping address
3. Your phone number
4. Your email address
5. Your credit/debit card information

Will I receive telemarketing calls from MyButcher.com?
No, you will never receive any telemarketing calls from the MyButcher.com Team, nor will we instruct somebody else to telemarket for us. Also, we never sell phone numbers to telemarketers.

Will I receive spam from MyButcher.com?
Never. When you order from us, you will receive two important emails: An Order Notification email and when we ship your order you will receive a Shipment Notification email. These emails contain your order details, shipping schedules, they answer questions, and they contain information on when you can expect the delivery of your order.

You will receive these emails only from one email address: info@mybutcher.com

If you use anti-spam settings in your email client, please add info@mybutcher.com to your "allowed list" before you place an order with us.

Our newsletters are sent out about once or twice a month to customers who have ordered from us. The purpose of the newsletters is to tell customers about specials, on sale items, tips etc.

We will only send the newsletters as long as the customer wishes to receive them. There is an unsubscribe option link at the end of each newsletter. If you want to unsubscribe and experience problems in doing so, please contact info@mybutcher.com.

MyButcher.com never sells any email addresses to third party companies!

Does MyButcher.com use "cookies"?
A cookie is a small data file that most websites write to your computer's hard drive when you visit them. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID, which the site can use to track which pages on the site you've visited. By themselves, cookies can't be used to identify individuals. MyButcher.com uses cookies to monitor traffic patterns on our site, to determine whether you came to our site from a particular Internet link or sponsored advertisement. Unless you specifically tell us, we will never know your identity or how to reach you -- even though we assign a cookie to your computer.

Alliance partners, sponsors and advertisers on our site have the ability to assign a different cookie to you, a process that we do not control. Still, since cookies cannot be used to identify you in any way, advertisers will never know who you are, unless you tell them, and we will never give them your personal information.

What does MyButcher.com do with the emails I'm sending to the customer service?
We will use the information in your emails only to respond to you. We will not store this information in any structured database, and your message(s) will be kept in an electronic folder only for future reference.

We read every message that comes to us. We will try to respond within minutes of its receipt (sometimes, however, with questions that involve consulting plant managers, we may need 1 - 2 business days to respond). We never give out your e-mail address to anyone. At MyButcher.com, we save messages and/or e-mail addresses from your messages only for a specific reason. We save messages if we think we'll need to refer to them later when we communicate with you again.

What about future changes to MyButcher.com's Privacy Policy?
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.