Privacy & Security

This Privacy Policy discloses the self-regulated privacy practices of DSS Distributing, LLC (Mavalus®), sole owner of Mavalus.com. By posting this policy, we want you to understand what information we gather about you, how we use it, and the safeguards we have in place to protect it.

If you have questions/comments regarding this posted Privacy Policy, please contact our Webmaster: sales@mavalus.com (Subject: Privacy Policy Question).

Information Collection and Use

DSS Distributing, LLC is the sole owner of the information collected on this website. We collect information from site users at several different places on this site. Other than as disclosed in this policy, we will not sell or rent this information or share it with a third party.

We may collect personal information about you on this site to service your account and to personalize your experience. For example, we may collect your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, or credit card number when you voluntarily submit the information to us during the checkout process.

We use your information to process and complete your order and to inform you of your order status. We also use your information to register you as a user of our site or to provide you with services, such as access to your order history. We also collect personal information from you if you choose to subscribe to our emails or participate in giveaways, contests, surveys, or in connection with comments, activity ideas or other content you post on our site.

We may also collect information about you, such as the size of your classroom, how often you purchase certain items, etc., that you provide to us on our site. Non-personally-identifiable information may also be collected from you through “cookies” and “pixel tags,” which are explained in the next section of this Privacy Policy.

In addition, we may collect demographic information about you from third parties, such as your USPS postal address designation. We use this information to provide you with the most appropriate services and relevant offers from us.

Cookies and Pixel Tags

A “pixel tag” is a clear GIF image used in combination with cookies to pass measured information to a third party.

Cookies are a repository of measured values set on your computer to monitor your behavior while visiting the web site. The cookies are required for personalization features and for our shopping cart and checkout to function properly.

By allowing cookies, you allow us to preserve some of your account information, including your zip code and your customer ID. Cookies save you time when using our website in the future because they allow us to recognize you when you return to our site and to provide you with a personalized experience that we feel will be of value to you. The cookies that are configured by our website do not contain any personally- identifying information, such as your name or your credit card number.

We and our third-party service providers use cookies on our site to identify, for example, your IP address, type of browser, and specific web pages through which you click. This data is collected automatically and is used to help us look for ways to improve our site and your experience on it.

Sharing Information

We do not share your personally-identifiable information with outside marketers.

In certain circumstances, we may share your information with service providers, such as PayPal, only when such access is necessary to provide operational or other support services. Those service providers agree to maintain confidentiality and security of your information.

Mavalus® may also provide information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement officials in accordance with applicable law or when we otherwise believe in good faith that the law requires it. In some instances, we may access or disclose your information to protect or defend our own legal rights, to guard against fraud, and/or to protect the safety and security of other customers/users.

Notification of Changes

Mavalus reserves the right to change or modify/amend any of the terms and conditions contained in this Privacy Policy, or any policy of the site. Changes occur at the sole discretion of Mavalus and can be made without prior notice. Should Mavalus decide to change terms of its Privacy Policy or any other site policy, it will post a new version on the site. Any changes or modifications to these site terms will be effective upon posting of the revisions and will be clearly dated. Your continued use of the site following the posting of any changes or modifications constitutes your acceptance of such changes or modifications. You should frequently review these site terms and any other applicable policies, including their dates, to understand the terms and conditions that apply to your use of the site.