Privacy Policy

Melanie Mills respects your privacy and recognizes your right to protection of all personal information you share with us, including your name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, etc. Higher Ground, Inc., is the official publisher of Melanie Mills products, and is the site administrator of www.melaniemills.com.

You are welcome to visit melaniemills.com anonymously. Personal information is not collected. Your Internet address (IP address: the address of your computer) is logged to help us learn which parts of the web site you visit, and how long you spend on the individual pages. Higher Ground does not link your IP address to any personally identifiable information. Your browser automatically informs us of its name and version number; again, however, no personal information is gathered.

Limited Information Gathering
Like most commercial web sites, Higher Ground uses cookies so we can better serve you with tailored information when you return. Cookies are small text identifiers sent to your computer to facilitate subsequent visits. Most browsers let you define preferences to notify you when you are sent cookies and let you decide whether to accept or reject them. Virtually all browsers let you remove cookies from your computer. Cookies cannot retrieve information from your computer, spread viruses, or capture your e-mail address. Higher Ground uses the information collected with cookies to track site use and improve our service to you and other visitors. Higher Ground does not use cookies to gather personal information about you.

Higher Ground uses WebTrends Live to analyze traffic to this web site. WebTrends Live does not create individual profiles for visitors. Unlike some tracking services WebTrends Live does not have a database of individual profiles for each visitor. WebTrends Live only collects aggregate data.

Choice
Higher Ground may collect personal information voluntarily supplied by you when you order products, enter contests, complete surveys, and the like. Higher Ground clearly informs you in advance, and explains how this personal information is to be used. You have a right not to provide this information. If you choose not to provide such information, you are still welcome to visit melaniemills.com, but may be unable to participate in certain options, offers and services.

Uses of personal information
If you supply Higher Ground your postal address, you may receive periodic mailings to inform you of new products, services, events, etc. If you prefer not to receive such mailings, please let us know by filling out our contact form.

Security
Higher Ground takes all appropriate and reasonable steps to protect all information you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure. We never spam or sell your e-mail address!

Commitment
Higher Ground is committed to the principle of individual privacy, and is actively involved in and supports industry initiatives to preserve individual privacy rights on the Internet. Personal data privacy is a new rapidly changing area, and Higher Ground is evolving to meet these demands.

If you have additional questions please contact us.