What information does Cabelas.com disclose if required by law? 

Mere telephone requests will not be honored from any law enforcement agency without some documentation evidencing authorization to receive the information requested. An official request or any request evidencing less than issued Court Order will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis according to the need and urgency, as well as the particular law enforcement agency making the request.

What personal information is collected in Cabela's Talk Forums and Trophy Rooms? 

Email addresses are required to post a message in the Cabela's Community Talk Forums, however, the user can choose in their profile whether or not the required e-mail address is viewable by other users. Any information posted in our talk forums is considered "public knowledge" and may increase the user's chances of receiving spam.

E-mail addresses are also required when a user wants to submit a photo for our trophy room pages. E-mail addresses are never shared with a third party.

What organization is collecting the information? 

Personal information that you offer to Cabela's using the On-line Store, is collected by Cabela's and used for future customer updates that are specifically aimed at your preferences. In order to keep you informed of other outdoor products and manufacturers, we occasionally make our customer postal address list available to other reputable companies. You can, however, have your name put on our do-not-share list by clicking the box on all applicable forms or by sending email to us or writing to us at the above postal address. Please provide us with your exact name and postal address. We will be sure your name is removed from the list we share with other organizations. Entering sweepstakes may require subscribing to the company newsletter. Information from sweepstakes entries will be used to contact you if you win.

What are cookies and how do we use them? 

A cookie is a block of text placed in a file on the user's hard drive by a Web site you've visited. These types of cookies cannot identify an individual user specifically, such as by name or address, unless the cookie data is attached to personally identifiable information such as online registration. Cabelas.com uses these cookies to observe our site visitor's navigation throughout the site. This helps us identify ways to improve the shopping experience.

Cabelas.com also uses a session cookie, which is not placed on the users hard drive. A session cookie is a piece of identification between the browser and our server; to keep track of the items in a user's shopping cart and other session information. This cookie will disappear when the session expires or the user closes the browser. It is never written to the user's computer.

For the convenience of our users, we also place a cookie on the users computer when they log in to our talk forums. This gives the advantage of not having to log back in when moving between the talk forums and the rest of the site.

What choices are available to you regarding the collection, use and distribution of the information and how you can correct any inaccuracies in information? 

If you do not want to receive e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending an e-mail to us or by writing to us at the above postal address and telling us that you do not want to receive e-mail from our company. Note: We do not make the e-mail addresses of those who access our site available to any other organizations or companies.

If you provide us with your postal address, you may receive periodic catalogs from us with information on new products and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please let us know by sending an e-mail to us or writing to us at the above postal address. Please provide us with your exact name and postal address. We will be sure your name will be removed from the mailings of this information.

If you provide us with your telephone number or facsimile (FAX) number, you may receive telephone or FAX contact from us with information regarding your orders or requests for information. Please provide us with your correct phone numbers or FAX numbers so we can contact you when we have a problem with your order.

If we are going to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify you via email. You will have a choice as to whether or not we use information in this different manner. In addition, if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that do not affect user information already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice on our web site notifying users of the change. In some cases where we post the notice we will also email users who have opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of the changes in our privacy practices.

Security 

What kind of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under Cabela's control?

Cabela's values your business and is committed to doing everything possible to make our online ordering process 100% secure. As always, our 100% satisfaction guarantee applies to any and all purchases from Cabela's.

Secure Ordering Process 

Any credit card information you enter on our site is strongly encrypted by industry-standard protocol, SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). Cabela's uses SSL to communicate with secure browsers like Netscape and Internet Explorer. These browsers encrypt your credit card and personal information in a way that makes it extremely difficult for anyone to decode. Don't worry if your browser is secure or not - if it is insecure, you will not be able to purchase on our online store.

Once you have completed your order online, our security procedures do not end. For example, the moment you press "submit" to send you order, the encrypted order is sent directly to our order processing system. Your order is automatically pushed through the system and never "sits" in an unsecured queue. Further, our order processing system is not connected to the Internet, so no one can gain access to your information.

Ways to tell when you are in a secure section:  In all browsers, look for the "http" in the URL to change to "https." The added "s" represents that you have entered a secure area. The entire ordering process on Cabela's online store, from when you decide to checkout until your order is confirmed, is conducted on a secure server. Further, many popular browsers have a symbol to indicate secure mode. Specifically: 
 

	Netscape Navigator 2.0/3.0 - A complete key will appear at the bottom left side of your browser window if you are operating in secure mode. When unsecure, the key will be broken.
	Netscape Communicator 4.0– A closed lock will appear at the bottom left side of your browser window when you are in a secure section.  When unsecure, the lock is open.
	MS Internet Explorer– A closed lock on the lower right side of the browser window indicates a secure page. If unsecure, nothing is present.

To ensure our customer security and site performance, our web servers are hosted off-site.