Privacy Policy for www.hcbrill.com Version 1 Last Updated and Effective As Of: August 23, 2004 H.C. Brill Company, Inc., Inc., (“H.C. Brill Company, Inc.”) has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate H.C. Brill Company, Inc.'s commitment to privacy. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. is also committed to providing you with the very best experience possible on this web site. In order to enhance your experience at this web site, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may gather certain personal, non-personal and technical information about you or your company. Please read the following policy to understand how your or your company's personal information will be treated as you make full use of this web site. From time to time, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may change this Privacy Statement. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. will notify you by posting those changes on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date specified above. You may view the most current version of this Privacy Policy at www.hcbrill.com/privacy. When do we collect information about you? H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may collect information from you when you fill out and submit a contact form or survey on our web site, when you send an email to us generated by a contact form or hyperlink, or on any other occasion when you provide information on or through the web pages located at hcbrill.com. We may also collect certain technical information about you, such as your browser type and IP address, simply by your visiting our web site. What types of information do we collect? When you visit our web site, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may collect certain personal information about you, including your name, job title and company name, street address, phone number, facsimile number, email address, zip code, country or other financial, industrial or contact information about you (“Personal Information”). H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may also collect certain information about you that is not personally identifiable, such as information about your preferences, comments, suggestions, and opinions, or information related to your experiences with our business, products, services, and this web site. (“Non-Personal Information”). In some cases, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may collect information from you that is technical in nature and not personally identifiable (“Technical Information”). Examples of this type of information include the type of Internet Browser you are using, the type of computer operating system you are using, the web pages you have accessed, and the domain name of the web site or Internet Service Provider from which you linked to this web site. How do we use information that we collect from you? Any Personal Information collected from you on this web site is used solely for the purposes indicated at the time of collection, unless otherwise authorized by you. For example, when you submit Personal Information through a contact form on this web site, we will use that information solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry. We may use your Personal Information internally for the purpose of improving our business, products, services or this web site. However, we will not sell, rent or share your Personal Information with any third parties for marketing purposes or otherwise. Any Non-Personal Information collected from you on this web site is used for the purposes indicated at the time of collection, to improve our business, products, services, and this web site, and as otherwise authorized by you For example, when you submit Non-Personal Information through a survey on this web site, we may use that information to evaluate and respond to survey responses, and to improve our business, products, services, and this web site. For these purposes, we may share your Non-Personal Information with our affiliated companies, with our business partners, and with our consultants and other agents. However, we will use commercially reasonable efforts not to share your Non-Personal Information in a way that permits the identification of you or your Personal Information without your prior authorization. Any Technical Information collected from you when you visit this web site is used for the purpose of improving our business, products, services, and this web site, unless otherwise authorized by you. For these purposes, we may share your Non-Personal Information with our affiliated companies, with our business partners, and with our consultants and other agents. However, we will use commercially reasonable efforts not to share your Technical Information in a way that permits identification of you or your Personal Information without your prior authorization. Use of IP Addresses An IP address is a set of numbers that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider whenever you log in to access the Internet, or by a server on your company's LAN or WAN. Web servers automatically identify your computer by the IP address assigned to it during your session. Your IP address is used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may collect IP addresses for purposes of system administration, to report aggregate information, and to audit the use of our web site. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. does not ordinarily link a user's IP address to anything personally identifiable to that user, which means that most times, your session will be logged, but you will remain anonymous to us. However, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. can and will use IP addresses to identify users of our web site when H.C. Brill Company, Inc. feels it is necessary to enforce compliance with this web site's Terms of Use, or to protect H.C. Brill Company, Inc., this web site, or other users. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with H.C. Brill Company, Inc.'s server and to optimize and administer this web site. Other Web Sites H.C. Brill Company, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of any other web sites, including without limitation any web sites that link to or from this web site, and urges you to review their individual privacy policies. Children Children should always ask a parent for permission before sending personal information to anyone online. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. does not share personal information about users under the age of 13 with third parties. In addition, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. will not knowingly send any direct email offers to users who indicate they are under the age of 13. Public Forums This web site may make chat rooms, forums, message boards, and/or news groups available to its users. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information. What else should I know about my privacy? Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information online - for example on message boards, through email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected and used by others. Thus, if you post personal information online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords and any account information for this web site or any other web site. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are online. Limits on our Abilities Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while H.C. Brill Company, Inc. strives to protect your personal information, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to H.C. Brill Company, Inc. and you do so at your own risk. Once H.C. Brill Company, Inc. receives your transmission, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. will use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. cannot fully ensure that your private communications and other personally identifiable information will not be disclosed to third parties. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may be forced to disclose information to the government or third parties under certain circumstances, or third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications. If H.C. Brill Company, Inc. needs to investigate or resolve possible problems or inquiries, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. can (and you hereby authorize H.C. Brill Company, Inc. to) disclose any information about you to private entities, law enforcement or other government officials as H.C. Brill Company, Inc., in its sole discretion, believes necessary or appropriate. Your Consent By using this web site, you consent to the collection and use of your Personal Information, Non-Personal Information and Technical Information by H.C. Brill Company, Inc. as outlined in this Privacy Policy. Choice/Opt-Out To opt-out of further communications with H.C. Brill Company, Inc., you may do any of the following:
Changes to our Privacy Statement From time to time, H.C. Brill Company, Inc. may change this Privacy Policy. H.C. Brill Company, Inc. will notify you by posting those changes on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date specified above. You may view the most current version at www.hcbrill.com.com/privacy. Contacting the Web site If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this web site, or your dealings with this web site, you can contact: H.C. Brill Company, Inc., Inc. Attn: Web Master Copyright © 2001-2004 H.C. Brill Company, Inc.. All Rights Reserved. |
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