Thank you for shopping at A Designers Touch Jewelry. At A Designers Touch Jewelry, we respect your concerns about privacy. The following policies are intended to protect your privacy and ensure that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. Please check back with us on an ongoing basis to stay abreast of our most current practices. By using this site, you signify your agreement to our privacy policy.

This is a first generation family owned business and we expect the future generations to continue with "The Golden Rule" philosophy that has been lost in business today. We are excited about bringing it back!

Privacy Policy

The information you provide during initial registration and when placing an order includes general facts necessary for us to complete the order: your name, shipping and billing addresses, e-mail address, credit card number and phone numbers. Your credit card number will at no time be shared with a third party except for those involved in the order process, such as the financial institution which issued your credit card.

If you have agreed to receive e-mail from Designers Touch Jewelry, we will use this information to respond to your submissions and provide you with information on upcoming events or sale opportunities which might interest you. To register for e-mail from Designers Touch Jewelry, you need only complete the Newsletter form on our website.

If you asked to be added to our mailing list, your name and address will be included in upcoming emailed specials and sales. Again, we do not share any of your information with third parties. We do not have a marketing partner nor will we ever have one. So you can feel secure in knowing that our intent is to create and maintain a customer friendly environment for you at all times. We depend on repeat and our referral business and we will treat you, our customer with respect! Our company is a First Generation Family Owned and operated company. "Do unto others the way in which you would want them to do unto you" We treat others the way we hope to be treated We expect the future generations to do the same. We believe in the "Golden Rule" and we will strive to run our business the same way we live our lives.

Security Policy

Secure Shopping Orders placed on our site are encrypted using full strength 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology, so rest assured that your transactions are protected. With SSL implemented on both the client and server, information sent via the Internet can be trusted to arrive privately and unaltered to our server only. In order for SSL security to work, you must use an SSL enabled browser.

When ordering from ADesignersTouchJewelry.com, an e-mail confirmation of your order and delivery information will be sent within two business days so that you can track the progress of your purchase. Please notify us immediately if there is any error or change in your order before the order is completed. Once the order has been special ordered or shipped, there is a 30 percent restocking fee in order for us to recover the cost of items purchased but not used. This is why we wait two business days to begin processing your order, so that if you have a change, you can make it and not be charged the 30 percent restocking fee. We do not want you to pay any restock charges! We are here for you and we want our relationship with our customers to be enjoyable! We want to build friendships with our customers! You are not a number to us. We have always believed in treating people the way we want to be treated and in our business we intend to do the same.

Unsubscribing from our Newsletter

To unsubscribe from our newsletter, simply go back to the Home page and enter your e-mail address in the field to the right and click go . Afterwards, you can edit your preferences and unsubscribe from certain or all newsletters from ADesignersTouchJewelry.com.

Secure Ordering Process

The security and privacy of customer information is one of our highest concerns. We want you to feel confident that your credit card and other personal information will be secure when you shop at A Designers Touch Jewelry. In our efforts to ensure this level of security, we use industry-standard encryption technologies - including, but not limited to, 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) - to safeguard your credit card number and other consumer data as it is exchanged with our website. Please keep in mind that no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Therefore, despite our extensive precautions, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information you send over the Internet, and you transmit such information at your own risk. For more details on how we use and protect your personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.

To be sure that your connection to A Designers Touch Jewelry is secure, look at the lower left-hand corner of your browser window. If you see an unbroken key or closed lock, the SSL is active and your information is secure. If you are still uncomfortable with providing your credit card online, simply place your order through the website as a check or money order purchase, and then fax us your credit card information at 877-470-7200. Please add the order number and feel free to ask any questions or concerns you may have. We will answer your questions promptly.

Unauthorized Credit Charges

If unauthorized charges are somehow made to your credit card, The Fair Credit Billing Act limits your responsibility for unauthorized charges up to . This means that your bank cannot hold you liable for more than of fraudulent charges. If it is discovered that your credit card was used fraudulently due to our website, we will reimburse you the .

Fraudulent Orders

A Designers Touch Jewelry takes a very aggressive stance against credit card fraud. We monitor and report all instances of fraudulent credit card orders to the North Carolina branch of the FBI. We are able to determine the identity of individuals committing credit card fraud by the information provided to us by the ISPs of users attempting to conduct such illegal activities. Furthermore, we are able to trace fraudulent orders through e-mail addresses, including those on free services such as Hotmail. In legal terms: Our primary concern is to protect the interests of our loyal customers. As such, we take fraud very seriously. We will prosecute to the full extent of the law any person(s) or entity found guilty of committing fraudulent activity using ADesignersTouchJewelry.com web site and/or services. Please be considerate of others and respect both the written laws that prevent fraud on the Internet and the unwritten rules that bind the Internet community and foster the growth of new technologies.

We require the following information to be faxed to us for all orders placed with a check or money order. Please fax the following information to us at 877-470-7200. Upon receiving the requested information your order will then be processed.

• Copy of the cardholder's driver's license
• Your home and business phone numbers
• The returned check fee is .00.

We do not want you to have to pay this so please make sure the funds are in your account before sending the check or money order. We just want you to enjoy the gorgeous jewelry you have purchased! We do not want to have to charge the return check fee, but we will if necessary.

Also note that when paying by check, the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, commonly referred to as Check 21 is a Federal Law that became effective October 28, 2004. This new law states that banks are no longer "required" to return original checks to clients. A substitute check is the legal equivalent of the original check and has the same standing as the original. This new law will greatly reduce float time and fraud within the national banking system. The net affect to you the consumer is that your checks will clear much faster than they have in the past. The check will most likely clear the same day that it is deposited in our bank.

For all credit card purchases please follow the procedures on our website that will instruct you what to do.

We want to thank you very much for purchasing from us and we look forward to years of doing business with you and your friends and relatives and building friendships along the way!

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Cookies and IP Addresses

A Designers Touch Jewelry does not use or store cookies on your computer. However for the the benefit of informing our customers, a cookie is a data element that a web site sends to your browser. It is stored on your computer and tells a web site that a previous visitor has returned. It does not automatically give personal information about you, such as your e-mail address or name.

Cookies also help web sites to monitor whether the web site is functioning properly, and provide analysis on site traffic. If a customer prefers, he or she may set their browser to refuse cookies.