| HaywardBaker.com Privacy Statement |
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HaywardBaker.com is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When we transmit sensitive information (such as a credit card number) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
At
Hayward Baker Inc. (HBI), we value you as a customer and are committed
to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy describes our data
collection, use and disclosure practices, and how we treat personal
information that is not public. Please note that this privacy policy
applies only to the web pages and content owned and operated by
HBI at this website. It does not apply to the collection, use or
disclosure of information online.You can visit most pages on our
site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes
we do need information to provide services that you request, and
this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those
situations. Please read the complete HaywardBaker.com privacy statement
carefully. Questions regarding this privacy policy should be directed
to webmaster@haywardbaker.com.
We want you to know that we respect your privacy;
and we protect your information.
- We do not sell customer information.
- We do not share your information with
persons, companies, or organizations outside of HBI that would
use that information to contact you about their products and services
- We expect persons or organizations that
provide services on our behalf to keep your information confidential.
We also expect those persons or organizations to use your information
only to provide the services we have asked them to perform.
- We convey to our employees about the need
to protect your information. We have established safeguards (these
are physical, electronic and procedural) to protect this information.
To review this website, you do not need to provide
any information that identifies you or your company, such as your
name, you company’s name, your e-mail or physical address,
your company’s e-mail or physical address, telephone numbers,
or other information about you or your company (personal information).
However, we will ask you when we need information that personally
identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you.
Generally, this information is requested when you complete the “Contact
us” form, ask questions about HBI products or services, or
when subscribing to the HBKnowledge of project information and literature.
Personal information collected by haywardbaker.com often is limited
to e-mail address, location, but may include other information when
needed to provide a service you requested.
We may also collect more general information,
such as demographic data, when you agree to complete a customer
survey or other online questionnaire. HaywardBaker.com also collects
information about which pages our customers visit within haywardbaker.com.
This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number,
and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents
as described below.
We do not sell your personal information to anyone.
We do not share this information with companies or organizations
outside of haywardbaker.com. We use your personal information for
the following purposes:
- To ensure our site is relevant to your
needs.
- To provide the information that you request.
- To deliver services, such as newsletters,
events, training or products and/or services, that you request
or purchase.
- To respond to questions from you related
to our products and services and this website.
- To help us create and publish content
most relevant to you.
- To alert you to product/service upgrades,
special offers, updated information and other new product/services
from HBI, if you so request.
- To help to improve our products and services.
- To allow you access to limited-entry
areas of our site as appropriate.
We may merge site-visitation data with anonymous
demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this
information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. If you
decline permission, we will not merge your personal information
with site-visitation data.
We occasionally hire unaffiliated third party
companies to provide limited services on our behalf, including packaging,
mailing and delivering purchases, answering customer questions about
products or services, sending postal mail and processing event registration.
We will only provide those companies the information they need to
deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information
for any other purpose.
HBI may disclose your personal information if
required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action
is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply
with legal process served on HBI or the site; (b) protect and defend
the rights or property of HBI, or (c) act in urgent circumstances
to protect the personal safety of HBI employees, users of HBI products
or services, or members of the public. We reserve the right to contact
appropriate authorities when activities that are illegal or violate
our policies are taking place on this website.
We take reasonable measures to protect the privacy,
accuracy, and reliability of any personal information you choose
to provide to us and to protect such information from loss, misuse,
unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. We
also safeguard your personal information by limiting the number
of employees and agents who may have access to such information,
by permitting access only for business purposes, and by having in
place processes for disciplinary action when necessary.
When you give us personal information, haywardbaker.com
will not share that information with third parties without your
permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed.
It will only be used for the purposes stated above.
Please note; we strive to protect your personal
information, but we cannot ensure the security of any information
you choose to transmit through the use of the HBI website. We are
not responsible for any breach of security, or for any actions of
any third parties that inadvertently receive your personal information.
HaywardBaker.com may send out periodic e-mails
informing you of service issues related to a product or service
you requested, or confirming you requested a product or service.
You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings,
as they are considered an essential part of the service you have
chosen.
We will provide you with the means to ensure that
your personal information is correct and current. If you have submitted
personal information through the HBI website and you would like
to access that information, you may send an email to webmaster@haywardbaker.com
. We will make reasonable efforts to provide the information to
you and correct any factual inaccuracies that you identify. If,
upon reviewing your personal information, you believe that our information
is incomplete or inaccurate, you may request that we correct, add
to, or delete from the disputed information.
The haywardbaker.com Site is not directed at children
and the information, products and services offered in this Site
are designed for individuals eighteen years of age or older. HaywardBaker.com
is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal
information from children.
Every computer connected to the Internet is given
a domain name and a set of identification numbers that serve as
that computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address.
When a visitor requests a page which is part of or accessible from
this website, our web servers automatically recognize that visitor’s
computer domain name and IP address. This information is used solely
for the purpose of internal tracking of content usage and patterns,
identifying forum messages with the users who create them, and ensuring
that restricted locations are accessed only by those with permission.
These usage patterns are used solely by HBI and will never be distributed,
sold, or leased to any third party.
HBI may also collect non-personal information
through the use of “cookies.” When someone visits the
site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer
accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site
previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of
the site visitation statistics described above. The information
is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal
information. We also use cookies to identify which pages of the
Site you have previously visited, so those pages may be readily
accessible. We may also use the cookie information to better personalize
the content, banners and promotions on the Site.
A cookie is a small piece of data sent to your
web browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s
hard drive. A cookie cannot read data from your hard drive or read
cookie files created from other sites. Cookies do not damage your
system.
You may opt out of accepting cookies by changing
the settings on your web browser. For example, you can choose to
allow your browser to show you when a cookie is created, or you
can reject all cookies. However, rejecting cookies may prevent you
from using certain functions and you may have to repeatedly enter
information to take advantage of services or promotions.
This HBI Site may provide links to various websites
that we do not control. When you click on one of these links, you
will be transferred from the HBI Site and connected to the website
of the organization that you selected. HBI exercises no control
over linked websites and this privacy policy does not govern the
data collection and use practices of those sites. Each linked website
maintains its own privacy policy. If you visit a website via a link
from the HBI Site, you should review that website’s privacy
policy before providing any personal information.
HaywardBaker.com will occasionally update this
privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last
updated" date below. For material changes to this statement,
HaywardBaker.com will notify you by placing prominent notice on
the Site.
HBI welcomes your comments regarding this privacy
statement, please contact us by e-mail,
or postal mail.
webmaster@haywardbaker.com
Hayward Baker Inc.
1130 Annapolis Road, Suite 202
Odenton, Maryland 21113
Last Updated:
January 30, 2006
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