INFORMATION WE GATHER
Registration
If you register to buy products using The Gerson Companies website, we collect and store Personal Information that specifically identifies you or your Account. At this time, the most information you would be required to submit is your first name, last name, company name, account number, User ID, password, street address, city, state, zip/postal code, country, phone number, email address and valid financial account information. We may, in the future, include other optional requests for information from you to help us to tailor the Site for you, and deliver personalized information to you. Without your agreement, we will not share, rent or sell any personal information with third parties in any way other than what is disclosed in this privacy statement. Credit card information is transmitted via SSL ("Secure Socket Layer") encryption for your protection.
The Gerson Companies Payment Policy
The Gerson Companies Payment Policy requires Members to pay with a credit card or account terms. The Gerson Companies will collect your credit card number and/or other entered financial institution information such as account numbers, and will use that information to bill your orders as requesting including shipping to perform the billing operation on behalf of The Gerson Companies, including but not limited to the use and disclosure of such credit card number and information to third parties as necessary to complete such billing operation. We use credit card payment processing through authorize.net to bill you for goods and services. Verification of credit information, however, is accomplished solely by the request of the User, through the Terms Account Authentication process.
We will use commercially reasonable methods to keep Personal Information securely in our files and systems. Our Payment System is operated using secure Internet connections, using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption, to help protect your financial data. Please note that with current technology, we cannot guarantee the security of your data as it travels over the Internet.