Privacy Policy

Zippo Free respects the privacy concerns of the users of this web site and has created this privacy statement to explain what information we gather from your visit to our sites, and how such information may be used.

Use of Information: As a general policy no personally identifiable information is automatically collected from your visit to Zippo Free. However, certain non-personal information is recorded by the standard operation of Zippo Free Internet servers. Information such as the type of browser being used, its operating system, and your IP address is gathered in order to enhance your online experience.

The free Zippo lighter entry form - requests that you enter your contact information (first name, last name and email address only). Information submitted at the time of submission is NOT sold to other companies for marketing and promotional purposes. Again... your personally identifiable information is never sold or leased to any third parties - ever. With your permission only, we will use your contact information to send you a confirmation letter that you are officially entered into that months Zippo lighter drawings. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings easily from the opt out link contained within any email from us.

The Zippo lighter winning entry form - requests that you enter your shipping information (first name, last name, mailing address, city, state, and zip code). We use your winning entry contact information to ship your Zippo lighter to you postage paid and at no cost or obligation to you. You will not receive future postal mailings from Zippo Free beyond the one which is required to ship your lighter to you.

Zippo Free may disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with Zippo Free rights or property, other Zippo Free web site users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.

Emails we send you:

Unless you email us with questions, you will receive the absolute minimum possible emails from us:

Security: Security for all personally identifiable information is extremely important to us. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Zippo Free cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

For Parents Concerning Privacy: Zippo Free complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. To view additional educational material on many other consumer related privacy issues, please visit The privacy section of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) web site.

Use of Cookies: Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual's computer hard drive for record keeping purposes. Zippo Free does not use cookies as there are no records or information we need to keep on your visit.

Use of IP Addresses: An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet provider whenever you are surfing the Web. When you request pages from Zippo Free, our servers log your IP address. Zippo Free does not collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration, to report aggregate information to our advertisers, or to audit the use of our site as some other sites do. We may however use your IP addresses in cooperation with your Internet provider to identify you if we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance to protect our service, sites, visitors or others.

Links to Other Sites: Zippo Free is not responsible for the content or practices of third party websites that may be linked to our Sites. Our site may also be linked to websites operated by other companies. Visitors to these web sites should refer to each web site's respective privacy policies and practices.

Choice/Opt-Out: Our emails provide you the opportunity to opt-out in order to stop receiving email communications from us. To remove your name from any future communications, follow the specific instructions outlined within any email communications you receive from us, in most all cases opting out is an immediate and automatic process. However, if you are unable to complete the process automatically as indicated in the email communications and the email "unsubscribe link" then please send an e-mail to webmaster@zippofree.com along with your name and email address. We will manually remove you from the list and then send you a confirmation email that your information has been deleted from the database.