This Internet Web site (the “Site”) is operated by Majestic Steel USA, Inc. (“Majestic Steel”). Majestic Steel is committed and recognizes your need, as a user, for protection and privacy issues on the Internet. To preserve the integrity of information collected from the Site, Majestic Steel adheres to the following policy (this “Privacy Policy”) to ensure the privacy of personally identifiable information collected through the Site. This Privacy Policy applies only to information Majestic Steel collects through the Site and does not apply to its collection of information from other sources.
The submission of your personal data, and Majestic Steel’s use of your personal data, is subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Depending on your activities when visiting the Site, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions. By using the Site and submitting your personal information to Majestic Steel through the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY BEFORE USING THE SITE. Your use of the Site constitutes your agreement to this Privacy Policy and Majestic Steel’s Terms of Use (the “Terms of Use”) and Majestic Steel’s Comment Policy (the “Comment Policy”). If you do not agree to use this Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use, the Comment Policy and any other applicable terms without modification or qualification, you must exit the Site immediately and discontinue any use of the Site.
Our Privacy Policy includes the following topics:
INFORMATION COLLECTED
As used in this Privacy Policy, the term “personally identifiable information” shall mean any information that may be used to specifically identify or contact you, including, but not limited to, your name, postal address, email address and phone number. You do not need to provide any personally identifiable information to visit public sections of the Site. Majestic Steel collects personally identifiable information only if you voluntarily provide it to Majestic Steel when using the Site.
When you use certain Site functions, such as when you register for certain services, access certain content or features, or directly contact the Site, Majestic Steel may ask you to provide information, including: contact information, such as name, email address, postal address, phone number, and mobile number; username and password.
As used in this Privacy Policy, the term “non-personal information” shall mean any information that does not personally identify you. Non-personal information can include certain personally identifiable information that has been de-identified; that is, information that has been rendered anonymous. Majestic Steel obtains non-personal information about you from information that you provide to it, either separately or together with your personally identifiable information. Additionally, Majestic Steel web servers may automatically collect and store non-personal information when you use the Site. For example, Majestic Steel web servers may collect your IP address, browser information and reference site domain and related information such as the date on which you visit the Site. This information is not personally identifiable and is only used in the aggregate to improve your experience on the Site.
USER GENERATED CONTENT
The Site may enable users to submit their own content for blogs, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars and/or other message or communication facilities (collectively, “Communication Services”) that allow you to communicate with the public at large or with a group. Any information you disclose through a Communication Service becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal, financial or other information. Majestic Steel cannot prevent such information from being used in a manner that may violate the law or your personal privacy and safety, and Majestic Steel is not responsible for the results of such posting.
The Site may track user involvement in Site blogs and forum discussions. For example, the Site may keep track of user-generated comments to ensure compliance with the Comment Policy.
USER ACCOUNTS
You can deactivate your account at any time by contacting Majestic Steel; see the Contact Information below. When you deactivate your account, your account will be disabled, but your public comments will remain on the Site. The Site has no responsibility to take down, remove, or edit any of your public activities or any submissions that are a result of your public activities.
Majestic Steel may use “cookies” and other similar technologies on the Site. Cookies are text files that are commonly used on many Web sites to store a user’s preferences through use of an identifier transferred to the user’s computer through the web browser. Cookies allow Majestic Steel to personalize a user’s experience on the Site, provide specialized content and support to users of the Site, compile data regarding use of the Site, recall visitor preferences, or simplify the completion of online forms. Majestic Steel does not use cookies or similar programs to retrieve information that is unrelated to your visit or your interaction with the Site. No personally identifiable information is ever stored in a cookie issued by the Site, even if you have entered your name or email address on other areas of the Site. Changing the settings in your web browser can generally prevent cookies from being used; however, please be aware that by doing so, you may be unable to fully utilize the Site.
HOW MAJESTIC STEEL USES INFORMATION
The personally identifiable information you provide to Majestic Steel is generally used to carry out your requests, respond to your inquiries and for Majestic Steel’s own administrative, sales, marketing, service and product development purposes. Majestic Steel may also use this information to later contact you for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, customer service and providing you information regarding its products or services and those of successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates and related companies or other companies under common control that Majestic Steel may have now or in the future (“Affiliated Companies”).
Depending on the information that you provide and the contact preferences you have indicated, Majestic Steel may contact you by letter, email, fax, telephone, short message service (“SMS”) or other telecommunication messaging. By submitting personally identifiable information to Majestic Steel, you consent to Majestic Steel’s use of the information as set out in this Privacy Policy.
Unless Majestic Steel obtains your prior written consent, it will not sell, rent, trade or share any personally identifiable information that it collects from the Site to third parties except:
- Majestic Steel reserve the right to use IP addresses to identify a visitor or disclose any personally identifiable or non-personal information about you if Majestic Steel believes that such action is necessary to: (i) fulfill a government request; (ii) conform with the requirements of the law, regulations or legal process; (iii) protect or defend Majestic Steel’s legal rights or property, the Site or other users; (iv) respond to claims that any posting or other Content violates the rights of third parties; (v) in an emergency, protect the health and safety of the Site’s users or members of the general public; (vi) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; (vii) enforce compliance with the Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations thereof, the terms of which are incorporated by reference; and (viii) enforce compliance with the Comment Policy.
- Majestic Steel may disclose aggregate statistics to third parties that are made up from statistics in respect of individual persons, but these statistics will not include any personally identifiable information.
- Majestic Steel may share your information with its Affiliated Companies, in which case Majestic Steel will require the Affiliated Companies to honor this Privacy Policy. As Majestic Steel continues to develop its business, Majestic Steel may sell or purchase assets. In the event of a sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganization or liquidation Majestic Steel may transfer, sell or assign to third parties information concerning your relationship with Majestic Steel, including, without limitation, personally identifiable information that you provide and other information concerning your relationship with Majestic Steel.
- Majestic Steel may disclose your personally identifiable information to its legal, accounting, marketing or other professional advisors and business partners who assist Majestic Steel by performing services related to the operation of the Site or the processing and fulfillment of product or service orders, such as hosting, billing, fulfillment, data storage, security, processing credit card payments or delivering products or services.
In the event Majestic Steel desires to use your personally identifiable information for a purpose not permitted under this Privacy Policy, Majestic Steel will contact you to seek your consent.
Majestic Steel uses non-personal information in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, analyzing Site traffic, understanding customer needs and trends, and improving the services offered. Majestic Steel may use your non-personal information by itself or aggregate it with information obtained from other users. Majestic Steel may share your non-personal information with its Affiliated Companies and third parties to achieve these objectives.
DIRECT MARKETING
Majestic Steel operates a policy of opt-in marketing. The contact details you provide (including, but not limited to, your telephone number, fax number, mailing address and email address) may be used by Majestic Steel to send you information about products and services. Your contact details will not be provided to any third parties for the purposes of direct marketing. Your contact details will only be used to send you information about products and services if you have previously indicated your consent to receiving such messages. You may opt-out from receiving such messages at any time by sending an email to the address listed in the “Contact Information” provision below with the word “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject-line. All marketing messages sent to you by email will contain a statement re-iterating these instructions.
WIRELESS DEVICE MESSAGING
Majestic Steel may provide users with the opportunity to register for services and information delivered via text messaging and other wireless device messaging services (e.g., SMS) and, in the event Majestic Steel engages in such wireless device messaging, users are required to provide their consent to receive such information by registering on the Site and/or via their wireless device. Majestic Steel may require you to consent to the receipt of such wireless device messages in a subsequent confirmation message. The information requested as part of the online registration process may include your wireless telephone number or email address and your carrier’s name.
If you register to receive wireless device messages, you understand and agree that you MAY be charged by your wireless carrier for all such messages sent to you. Standard messaging rates will apply, unless noted otherwise. Under no circumstances will Majestic Steel be responsible for any wireless email or text messaging charges incurred by you or by a person that has access to your wireless device, telephone number or email address.
You may cancel one or more services via your wireless device at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism provided at the time the message is sent. If you unsubscribe to wireless device messaging, the service(s) will be terminated and will cancel your previous opt-in. You may continue to receive the service(s) for a limited period of time while your cancellation is processed. You understand, acknowledge and agree that Majestic Steel may, in its sole discretion and without liability to you, terminate any offer of any specific and/or general wireless device messaging service at any time without advance notice. Majestic Steel may provide notice of terminations or changes in service on the Site.
PROCEDURES USED BY MAJESTIC STEEL TO PROTECT YOUR PRIVACY
Majestic Steel has implemented security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under its control, including Secure Sockets Layer (“SSL”) technology to encrypt the transmission of nonpublic, personally identifiable information over the Internet. Majestic Steel also uses additional security devices, including, but not limited to, firewalls, security patches and anti-virus programs to protect personally identifiable information.
MAJESTIC STEEL DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU DISCLOSE OR TRANSMIT TO MAJESTIC STEEL ON THE SITE. MAJESTIC STEEL IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, LOSS, MISUSE, ALTERATION, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OR INADVERTENT DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. MAJESTIC STEEL DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION SUBMITTED THROUGH THE SITE. YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED THAT THE SUBMISSION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ON THE SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.
In the event that your personally identifiable information is compromised, Majestic Steel may notify you by email (at Majestic Steel’s sole and absolute discretion) to the last email address you have provided to Majestic Steel in a reasonable time given the circumstances; provided, however, delays in notification may occur while Majestic Steel takes necessary measures to determine the scope of the breach and restore reasonable integrity to the Site and Majestic Steel systems or if notification would impede a criminal investigation. From time to time Majestic Steel will evaluate new technology for protecting information.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The Site may contain a link to another Web site operated by a third party (a “Linked Site”). Majestic Steel is not responsible for the content of a Linked Site or your use of a Linked Site. A Linked Site may have its own privacy policy in place, which Majestic Steel recommends you review if you visit a Linked Site. Majestic Steel does not control and is not responsible for what third parties do in connection with their website or how they handle your personally identifiable information.
The Site may include functionality that allows integration with third party sites, including, but not limited to, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social network sites. Majestic Steel may allow you to share selected information with those third party sites, and you may be permitted to export information concerning your use of the Site to such third party sites. Some of those third party services may provide Majestic Steel with information to enhance and personalize your use of the Site. If you submit credentials (e.g., username and password) for a third party website or service during your registration for the Site or in connection with updating your user profile, Majestic Steel may receive your information from such third party website or service.
ACCESS TO, MODIFICATION OF, AND CORRECTION OF, YOUR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
You may request in writing to the email address listed under the “Contact Information” provision below that Majestic Steel amend any personally identifiable information that it holds about you. Majestic Steel will respond to your request and, if applicable and appropriate, will make the requested change in its active databases as soon as reasonably practicable. Majestic Steel may request proof of identity prior to disclosing your personally identifiable information. Majestic Steel may not be able to fulfill certain requests while allowing you access to certain benefits and features on the Site. In the event Majestic Steel amends your personally identifiable information upon your request, Majestic Steel may retain a copy of the previous version for its records. Because of the way Majestic Steel maintains certain services, after you delete your information, residual copies may take a period of time before they are deleted from Majestic Steel’s active servers and may remain in Majestic Steel’s backup systems.
CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY
The Site is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect or store personally identifiable information about Site visitors under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 and believe he or she has disclosed personally identifiable information to Majestic Steel please contact Majestic Steel in writing at the email address listed under the “Contact Information” provision below. A parent or guardian of a child under the age of 13 may review and request deletion of such child’s personally identifiable information as well as prohibit the use thereof.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Residents of the State of California, United States of America have the right to request from certain businesses with whom the California resident has an established business relationship a list of all third parties to which the business, during the immediately preceding calendar year, has disclosed certain personally identifiable information for direct marketing purposes. Majestic Steel is only required to respond to a customer request once during any calendar year. If you are a resident of California and would like to obtain this information, you can send a written request at the email address listed under the “Contact Information” provision below with the heading “California Privacy Rights.” In your request, please attest to the fact that you are a California resident and provide a current California address. NOT ALL INFORMATION SHARING IS COVERED BY THE CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS REQUIREMENT AND ONLY INFORMATION ON COVERED SHARING WILL BE INCLUDED IN MAJESTIC STEEL’S RESPONSE.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is July 19, 2013. Majestic Steel may amend our privacy policy at any time by posting a revised version on our website at https://majesticsteel.com/privacy-policy. The revised version will be effective at the time we post it.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or the Site, please contact Majestic Steel by:
Phone:
800-321-5590
Address:
Majestic Steel USA, Inc.
Marketing Department
31099 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 150
Cleveland, Ohio 44124
