WEBSITE AND EMAIL PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated September 2, 2020
INTRODUCTION
Hamilton Building Supply (“we” or “us” or “our”) respects
the privacy of our users (“user” or “you”). This Privacy Policy explains how we
collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our
website [hbsnj.com] [and our mobile application], including any other media
form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected
thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If
you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access
the site.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy
at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating
the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications
will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the
Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or
modification.
You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy
Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware
of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any
revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such
revised Privacy Policy is posted. This template was created using Termly’ Privacy
Policy Generator.
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The
information we may collect on the Site includes:
Personally identifiable information,
such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and
demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests,
that you voluntarily give to us [when you register with the Site [or our mobile
application,] or] when you choose to participate in various activities related
to the Site [and our mobile application], such as online chat and message
boards and subscription to newsletters and promotional emails. You are under no
obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your
refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site [and
our mobile application].
Information our servers automatically
collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type,
your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed
directly before and after accessing the Site. [If you are using our mobile
application, this information may also include your device name and type, your
operating system, your phone number, your country, your likes and replies to a
post, and other interactions with the application and other users via server
log files, as well as any other information you choose to provide.]
Financial information, such as data
related to your payment method (e.g. valid credit card number, card brand,
expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return,
exchange, or request information about our services from the Site [or our
mobile application]. [We store only very limited, if any, financial information
that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment
processor, [Amazon Payments,] [Authornize.Net,] [Braintree Payments,] [Chargify,]
[Dwolla,]
[Google Checkout,] [Paypal,] [SafeCharge,] [Stripe,] [WePay,] [2Checkout,] [other], and you are encouraged to
review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your
questions.]
The Site [and our mobile application]
may by default access your Facebook basic account information, including your name, email,
gender, birthday, current city, and profile picture URL, as well as other
information that you choose to make public. We may also request access to other
permissions related to your account, such as friends, checkins, and likes, and
you may choose to grant or deny us access to each individual permission. For
more information regarding Facebook permissions, refer to the Facebook Permissions Reference
page.
User information from social
networking sites, such as [Apple’s Game Center, Facebook, Google+, Instagram,
Pinterest, Twitter], including your name, your social network username,
location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data
for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks. [If you are
using our mobile application, this information may also include the contact
information of anyone you invite to use and/or join our mobile application.]
Device information, such as your
mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location
of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device.
Information from third parties, such
as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the
third party and grant the Site permission to access this information.
Personal and other information you may
provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.
If you connect using our mobile
application:
● Geo-Location Information. We may request
access or permission to and track location-based information from your mobile
device, either continuously or while you are using our mobile application, to
provide location-based services. If you wish to change our access or
permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.
● Mobile Device Access. We may request access or permission to certain features
from your mobile device, including your mobile device’s [bluetooth, calendar,
camera, contacts, microphone, reminders, sensors, SMS messages, social media
accounts, storage,] and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may
do so in your device’s settings.
● Mobile Device Data. We may collect
device information (such as your mobile device ID, model and manufacturer),
operating system, version information and IP address.
Having accurate information about you
permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience.
Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site [or our
mobile application] to:
● Compile anonymous statistical data and
analysis for use internally
● Create and manage your account.
● Deliver targeted advertising, coupons,
newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Site [and our
mobile application] to you.
● Email you regarding your account or
order.
● Enable user-to-user communications.
● Generate a personal profile about you
to make future visits to the Site [and our mobile application] more
personalized.
● Increase the efficiency and operation
of the Site [and our mobile application].
● Monitor and analyze usage and trends
to improve your experience with the Site [and our mobile application].
● Notify you of updates to the Site [and
our mobile application].
● Offer new products, services, [mobile
applications,] and/or recommendations to you.
● Perform other business activities as
needed.
● Prevent fraudulent transactions,
monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
● Request feedback and contact you about
your use of the Site [and our mobile application].
● Resolve disputes and troubleshoot
problems.
● Respond to product and customer
service requests.
● Send you a newsletter.
● Solicit support for the Site [and our
mobile application].
● [Other]
We may share information we have
collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as
follows:
If we believe the release of
information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate
or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights,
property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or
required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging
information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
We may share your information with
third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, data analysis,
email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing
assistance.
With your consent, or with an
opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with
third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
If you interact with other users of
the Site [and our mobile application], those users may see your name, profile
photo, and descriptions of your activity, including sending invitations to
other users, chatting with other users, liking posts, following blogs.
When you post comments, contributions
or other content to the Site [or our mobile applications], your posts may be
viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site [and our
mobile application] in perpetuity.
We may share your information with our
affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy
Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint
venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common
control with us.
We may share your information with our
business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.
Our
mobile application may display a third-party hosted “offer wall.” Such an offer
wall allows third-party advertisers to offer virtual currency, gifts, or other
items to users in return for acceptance and completion of an advertisement
offer. Such an offer wall may appear in our mobile application and be displayed
to you based on certain data, such as your geographic area or demographic
information. When you click on an offer wall, you will leave our mobile
application. A unique identifier, such as your user ID, will be shared with the
offer wall provider in order to prevent fraud and properly credit your
account.]
If you connect to the Site [or our
mobile application] through a social network, your contacts on the social
network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity.]
We may share your information with
advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business
analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for
marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
If we reorganize or sell all or a
portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we
may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business
or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired
by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the
transferee may decline honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for the actions
of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no
authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish
to receive correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties,
you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
[We may use cookies, web beacons,
tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site [and our mobile
application] to help customize the Site [and our mobile application] and
improve your experience. When you access the Site [or our mobile application],
your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking
technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove
or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability
and functionality of the Site [or our mobile application]. You may not decline
web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies
or by modifying your web browser’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is
tendered, permitting you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.]
[We may use cookies, web beacons,
tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site [and our mobile
application] to help customize the Site [and our mobile application] and
improve your experience. For more information on how we use cookies, please
refer to our Cookie Policy posted on the Site, which is incorporated into this
Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by our Cookie Policy.]
Additionally, we may use third-party
software to serve ads on the Site [and our mobile application], implement email
marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This
third-party software may use cookies or similar tracking technology to help
manage and optimize your online experience with us. For more information about
opting-out of interest-based ads, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
We may also partner with selected
third-party vendors[, such as [Adobe Analytics,] [Clicktale,] [Clicky,]
[Cloudfare,]
[Crazy Egg,] [Flurry Analytics,] [Google Analytics,] [Heap Analytics,] [Inspectlet,]
[Kissmetrics,]
[Mixpanel,]
[Piwik,]
and others], to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site
[and our mobile application] through the use of first party cookies and
third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of
the Site [and our mobile application] , determine the popularity of certain
content and better understand online activity. By accessing the Site[,our
mobile application,], you consent to the collection and use of your information
by these third-party vendors. You are encouraged to review their privacy policy
and contact them directly for responses to your questions.
We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, if you do not want any information to be collected
and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
You should be aware that getting a new
computer, installing a new browser, upgrading an existing browser, or erasing
or otherwise altering your browser’s cookies files may also clear certain opt-out
cookies, plug-ins, or settings.
The Site [and our mobile application]
may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest,
including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with
us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site [or our mobile
application], any information you provide to these third parties is not covered
by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your
information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party
websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if
any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those
steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your
information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security
practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services or
applications that may be linked to or from the Site [or our mobile
application].
We use administrative, technical, and
physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we
have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to
us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect
or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against
any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is
vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we
cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
We do not knowingly solicit
information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware
of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us
using the contact information provided below.
Most web browsers and some mobile
operating systems [and our mobile applications] include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”)
feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to
have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No
uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has
been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or
any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be
tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow
in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of
this Privacy Policy./Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems [and
our mobile applications] include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you
can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your
online browsing activities monitored and collected. If you set the DNT signal
on your browser, we will respond to such DNT browser signals.
You may at any time review or change
the information in your account or terminate your account by:
● Contacting us using the contact
information provided below
Upon your request to terminate your
account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our
active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to
prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce
our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.]
If you no longer wish to receive
correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:
● Noting your preferences at the time
you register your account with the Site [or our mobile application]
● Logging into your account settings and
updating your preferences.
● Contacting us using the contact
information provided below
If you no longer wish to receive
correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are
responsible for contacting the third party directly.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83,
also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California
residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge,
information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to
third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all
third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately
preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to
make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us using the
contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age,
reside in California, and have a registered account with the Site [or our mobile
application], you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you
publicly post on the Site [or our mobile application]. To request removal of
such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and
include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you
reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on
the Site [or our mobile application], but please be aware that the data may not
be completely or comprehensively removed from our systems.
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Hamilton Building Supply
65 Klockner Road
Hamilton, NJ 08619
609-587-4020
Info@hbsnj.com