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Notification of Changes to
This Policy
SCHMETZneedles.com
is continually improving and adding
new functionality and features to this
website and improving and adding to
our existing products, services, and
programs. Because of these ongoing
changes, changes in the law, and the
changing nature of technology, SCHMETZneedles.com's
data practices will change from time
to time. If and when our data practices
change, SCHMETZneedles.com will post
the changes on our website to notify
you of the changes. We encourage you
to check this page frequently. This
policy was last updated on November
21, 2007.
Personal Data Collected through
SCHMETZneedles.com
Other
than cookies, as described below, the
only personal data SCHMETZneedles.com
currently collects through this website
is the information you voluntarily
give us when you use our site.
For example, you may use this site
to contact SCHMETZneedles.com with
questions and comments. When you fill
out a form on our website, you may
provide your name and other contact
information, including your company's
name, your email address, and your
mailing address or the mailing address
of your company or other personal information.
If you do not wish to fill out all
of the information on the form you
are not required to do so. Most of
our registration forms require only
your e-mail address. When you use our
website to search for information you
are not providing us with any personal
information. We offer the search features
as a service to you. SCHMETZneedles.com
does not collect or retain any identifying
information about you when you use
the search features.
Use of Personal Data Collected
through SCHMETZneedles.com
SCHMETZneedles.com
uses the personal data information
you provide to answer your question
or resolve your problem. SCHMETZneedles.com
and our affiliates also use this information
to help us improve the content and
functionality of our websites, to better
understand our customers and markets,
and to improve our products and services.
SCHMETZneedles.com and our affiliates
may use this information to contact
you in the future to tell you about
products or services we believe will
be of interest to you. If we do so,
each communication we send you will
contain instructions permitting you
to "opt-out" of receiving
future communications.
Anonymous Data Collected through SCHMETZneedles.com
In
addition to the information you provide
when you use our website, SCHMETZneedles.com
uses technology to collect anonymous
information about the use of our website.
For example, we use technology to track
how many visitors access our website,
the date and time of their visit, the
length of their stay, and which pages
they view. We also use technology to
determine which web browsers our visitors
use and the address from which they
accessed our site (for example, if
they connected to SCHMETZneedles.com
by clicking on one of our banner ads).
This technology does not identify
you personally. It simply enables us
to compile statistics about our visitors
and their use of our site. SCHMETZneedles.com
and our affiliates use this anonymous
data and share it with third parties
to improve the content and functionality
of our websites, to better understand
our customers and markets, and to improve
our products and services.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece
of information that is sent to your
browser and stored on your computer's
hard drive. Cookies do not damage your
computer and they cannot be used to
discover the identity of a user. You
can set your browser to notify you
when you receive a cookie. This enables
you to decide if you want to accept
it or not and whether you are required
to accept the cookie to view certain
content. SCHMETZneedles.com may use
cookies to "persist" a user
session - that is, to maintain connection
with a user as he or she moves through
an application or series of web pages.
The purpose of cookies in this context
is to remember user inputs. For example,
a "shopping cart" application
records purchases up until the user
reaches checkout. Personalization features
also use cookies to identify groups
of users and deliver appropriate content
and services.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
SCHMETZneedles.com
may share some or all of the personal
data collected through this website
with our affiliates, who use this data
in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Both SCHMETZneedles.com and our affiliates
may share personal data collected through
this website with third-party vendors
who act for or on behalf of SCHMETZneedles.com
or our affiliates (for example, companies
that provide support services to us,
including data processing services,
or that help us market our products
and services). These companies may
need information about you in order
to perform their functions. These companies
are not authorized to use the information
we share with them for any other purpose.
In addition, there may be some other,
limited circumstances in which SCHMETZneedles.com
or our affiliates may share or transfer
the personal data in our databases,
for example, to comply with a legal
requirement, for the administration
of justice, to protect your vital interests,
or in the event of a corporate sale,
merger, reorganization, dissolution,
or similar event. While no method of
data transmission is guaranteed against
unlawful third party interception or
other misuse, SCHMETZneedles.com uses
commercially reasonable efforts to
ensure protection of your data including
industry-standard encryption and offline
security methods in our physical facilities
(e.g., your data is protected onsite
by our Information Assets Protection
Policy).
Link to Other Sites
This privacy
policy applies only to SCHMETZneedles.com.
SCHMETZneedles.com and our affiliates
operate other websites for different
purposes and in different countries
where different laws may apply. If
you visit another SCHMETZneedles.com
website, please take a moment to review
the privacy policy posted on that site
to learn what personal data may be
collected through that site and how
it is processed.
SCHMETZneedles.com may contain hyperlinks
to websites that are not operated by
SCHMETZneedles.com or one of our affiliates.
These hyperlinks are provided for your
reference and convenience only and
do not imply any endorsement of the
activities of these third-party websites
or any association with their operators.
SCHMETZneedles.com does not control
these websites and is not responsible
for their data practices. We urge you
to review the privacy policy posted
on any site you visit before using
the site or providing any personal
data about yourself.
Questions About Our Privacy Policy
If you have any questions about this
privacy policy or concerns about the
way SCHMETZneedles.com processes your
personal data, please contact us at
orders@schmetzneedles.com.
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