Duane Reade has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the information gathering and dissemination practices for this Web site: Duane Reade

Information Automatically Logged

We use your IP address to gather broad demographic information. This information is not used by Duane Reade to attempt to identify specific site visitors.

Cookies

Our Site uses session cookies to keep track of your shopping cart. Session cookies are automatically removed from your computer each time you close your browser or shutdown your computer. The only information we keep in the session cookie is a unique number that is used soley to identify your shopping cart. No personally identifiable information is stored within the session cookie. Shopping from our product catalog requires that you enable session cookies in your browser. (Click Here for help with enabling cookies)

Persistent cookies are small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive. Our site uses persistent cookies to store the name and user id of registered users to enable easier log-on during the check-out process. For security purposes, we do not store your password in a persistent cookie. It is not necessary for you to enable persistent cookies in order to shop from our catalog.

Registration Forms

Our site's registration form requires users to give us contact information (like their name, email, and postal address), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level).

Contact information from the registration forms is used to get in touch with the customer when necessary.

Order Forms

Our site uses an order form for customers to request information, products, and services. We collect contact information (like their email address), financial information (like their account or credit card numbers), unique identifiers (like their social security number), and demographic information (like their zip code, age, or income level).

Contact information from the order forms is used to get in touch with the visitor when necessary.

Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services.

Unique identifiers (such as social security numbers) are collected from Web site visitors to identify patients. This information is used by Duane Reade solely for the purpose of filling your prescription(s) and will not be used in any other way. Your birth date, doctor's name, and doctor's phone number enable us to ensure that you are getting the correct prescription(s). Additionally, by providing us with your Social Security Number, we are able to store your patient history in Duane Reade's internal computer system to screen for important drug interactions at all Duane Reade drug stores. This information is not stored on our Internet servers and is not made available over the Internet. It is only made available to you and your doctor by a qualified Duane Reade pharmacist.

External Links

This site contains links to other sites. Duane Reade is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Your Duane Reade account information and profile are password-protected so that you and only you have access to this personal information. You may edit your account information and profile by using your ID and password.

We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone. Duane Reade will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited phone call or in an unsolicited email.

For security purposes, we do not store your credit card information; therefore, you must enter your credit card information every time you make a purchase with us.

Contacting the Web Site

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact: info@duanereade.com

Terms of Use

Duane Reade and the DR logo are registered trademarks of Duane Reade, Inc. DuaneReade.com is a trademark of Duane Reade, Inc.

Duane Reade reserves the right to limit, to each of it's customers, reasonable retail quantities. Web site prices are in effect for our E-commerce customers only and may not be available in our stores. Duane Reade will only ship orders within the contiguous 48 United States. We regret any inconvenience this may cause.

All text, images, and computer code on this site are either owned or licensed for use by Duane Reade, Inc. You may not copy anything from this site except as considered fair use under U.S. and International Copyright Laws, without permission of Duane Reade, Inc. or the owner of the text, image, or computer code.

You may not frame this site, or portions of this site, within pages on your site, nor may you link directly to images or computer code on this site from pages on your site without prior permission of Duane Reade, Inc. and their web hosting provider. Violations of this policy are considered theft of services.

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