At
HBD Industries, Inc. and our affiliates (collectively, "HBD"), the
privacy of our customers is important to us. We are committed to protecting the
personally identifiable information we gather from you on any of the HBD
web-sites -- hbdthermoid.com, hbdthermoid1.com, hbdthermoid2.com, thermoid.com,
carolinarubberrolls.com, peerlesselectric.com, winsmith.com, perfectiongear.com,
ohiomagnetics.com, ohioelectricmotors.com, peerlessblowers.com,
powertecmotors.com, stearnsmagnetics.com, hydrocarbide.com and
californiadrop.com (the "Sites").
What
Information Is Collected from You and How It is Used:
When you register on any of our Sites, we require certain personally
identifiable information including name, email address, phone number, and
mailing and billing addresses that can identify you as a specific individual.
Also, as part of the credit approval process, you may submit financial
information and you permit us to contact financial and business references. All
of this information helps us verify your status as a customer once you sign on,
helps us confirm that we have the appropriate certification on file required for
the purchase of products and services, and allows us to contact you directly
when necessary regarding your purchases. We also require certain information
from you on our order form, such as contact information and payment information.
This information is used for billing purposes and to fill customer orders. If we
have trouble processing an order, this contact information is used to get in
touch with you. Other information that we request helps us to guide your
experience on our Sites more appropriately, by displaying content that may be of
particular interest to you. We also may ask for additional information as we
continue to add new features and services to our Sites. We may keep a record of
correspondence if you contact us. We may also, from time to time, send you
information about our products or special offers through standard mail or email.
For customer convenience, we provide links on our Sites to other sites of
potential interest. However, we do not review or endorse the content of these
other sites, or guarantee that they will abide by HBD's privacy policy. Your use
of such linked sites is subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policies
of the providers of those sites. We encourage our users, when they leave our
Sites, to read the privacy statements of each web-site that collects personally
identifiable information.
How
You Can Access, Update or Delete Your Information:
Once you have logged on to any of the Sites, you may access an
"Administration" tab or "My Account" page that allows you to
directly update any information that you provided to us during registration.
What
Cookies Are and How We May Use Them on Our Sites:
A cookie is a small identifier text file that is stored on your computer's hard
drive and allows us to collect information about the way you navigate through
our Sites. By using cookies in conjunction with the information you provide to
us at registration, we are able to deliver content specially oriented toward
your areas of interest. We may use cookies to track information about which
pages you visit within our Sites in order to gauge the effectiveness of our
content or to continue to refine the types of content that you may find
interesting. We may also use cookies to manage the ordering process and keep
track of items on open purchase orders while you are on our Sites.
You can set your web browser to allow you to refuse our cookie, but by
refusing you will not be able to access any of our Sites where you are asked to
logon.
With Whom We Share Your Information: We do not share your personally identifiable information for use by companies outside of HBD except as allowed by law. We may share your personally identifiable information with third parties that perform services for us, and we may notify you of certain special offers from our business partners using the contact information you provide. We may also share your personally identifiable information as required by law, or to prevent harm to HBD or others.
Security
Precautions We Take to Safeguard Information You Provide to Us: The Sites
have security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of
the personally identifiable information provided on the Site. We do not accept
credit card information on our Sites. Your account information and profile are
password-protected to help restrict access to this information to you, your
authorized users and us. There are some simple measures that you can take to
promote the protection of your information. First, do not share your password
with others. Also, please remember to 'log off' or 'log out' after using any of
our online services. While we strive to protect your personal information, the
Internet is not fully secure. Consequently, HBD cannot ensure or warrant the
security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
We do, however, take measures to ensure its security on our systems. Please note
that use of each of the Sites is subject to Terms
of Use.
By
using an HBD site, you signify your assent to this Privacy Policy. We reserve
the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this
policy at any time. Please check this page periodically for changes. Your
continued use of our sites following the posting of changes to these terms will
mean you accept those changes.