What
information do we collect?
- We collect information from you
when you register on the site, place an order, enter a contest or
sweepstakes, respond to a survey or communication such as e-mail, or
participate in another site feature.
- When ordering or registering,
we may ask you for your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone
number, credit card information or other information. You may, however,
visit our site anonymously.
- We also collect information
about gift recipients so that we can fulfill the gift purchase. The
information we collect about gift recipients is not used for marketing
purposes.
- Like many websites, we use
"cookies" to enhance your experience and gather information
about visitors and visits to our websites. Please refer to the "Do we
use 'cookies'?" section below for information about cookies and how
we use them.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you
when you register, purchase products, enter a contest or promotion, respond to
a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other
site features in the following ways:
- To personalize your site
experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings
in which you are most interested.
- To allow us to better service
you in responding to your customer service requests.
- To quickly process your
transactions.
- To administer a contest,
promotion, survey or other site feature.
- If you have opted-in to receive
our e-mail newsletter, we may send you periodic e-mails. If you would no
longer like to receive promotional e-mail from us, please refer to the
"How can you opt-out, remove or modify information you have provided
to us?" section below. If you have not opted-in to receive e-mail
newsletters, you will not receive these e-mails. Visitors who register or
participate in other site features such as marketing programs and
'members-only' content will be given a choice whether they would like to
be on our e-mail list and receive e-mail communications from us.
How do we protect visitor information?
We implement a variety of security measures to
maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal information is
contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of
persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to
keep the information confidential. When you place orders or access your
personal information, we offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit
information you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology
and then encrypted into our databases to be only accessed as stated above.
Do we use "cookies"?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its
service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web
browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to
recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For
instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your
shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based
on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with
improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about
site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences
and tools in the future.
We may contract with third-party service
providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service
providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf
except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You can choose to have your computer warn you
each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies.
You do this through your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer)
settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu
to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you
won't have access to many features that make your site experience more
efficient and some of our services will not function properly. However, you can
still place orders over the telephone by contacting customer service.
Do we disclose the information we collect to
outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to
outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you
with advance notice, except as described below. The term "outside
parties" does not include GW Industrial Supply co. It also does not
include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating
our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those
parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your
information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law,
enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or
safety.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor
information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or
other uses.
How can you opt-out, remove or modify
information you have provided to us?
To modify your e-mail subscriptions, please let
us know by modifying your preferences in the "My Account" section.
Please note that due to email production schedules you may receive any emails
already in production.
To delete all of your online account information
from our database, sign into the "My Account" section of our site and
remove your shipping addresses, billing addresses & payment information.
Please note that we may maintain information about an individual sales
transaction in order to service that transaction and for record keeping.
Third party links
In an attempt to provide you with increased
value, we may include third party links on our site. These linked sites have separate
and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or
liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we
seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these
linked sites (including if a specific link does not work).
Changes to our policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we
will post those changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to
information collected after the date of the change. This policy was
last modified on May 29, 2014.
Questions and feedback
We welcome your questions, comments, and
concerns about privacy. Please send us any and all feedback pertaining to
privacy, or any other issue.
Online Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to
information collected through our website and not to information collected
offline.
Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our terms and conditions section establishing the use,
disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.
Your consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy
policy.
