Disclaimer
At Sevco, we take your privacy very seriously. Should you have any questions at all about our policies please do not hesitate to contact us.
1. Collection of Information
Personal Information
“Personal Information” is information, regardless of format, that is personally identifiable to an individual or which enables someone to identify that individual. The name, title, business address or business telephone of an employee of an organization is not considered Personal Information. Information about a company is also generally not considered Personal Information. However, in accordance with our long-standing practices, Sevco treats information about corporate customers as confidential. The Personal Information that we collect from customers may include their name (if the customer is an individual), address, credit history, personal worth, and similar information concerning a customer’s personal guarantor, and on-going account information, including a customer’s product ordering and repayment history.
Non Identifiable Information
“Non-Identifiable Information” is information that cannot be associated with or traced back to a specific individual. For example, Non-Identifiable Information may include information about your visit to our web site, your Internet Protocol address, operating system, web browser software or the domain from which you accessed the Internet.
Cookies
Like many companies, we use “cookie” technology on our Web site. These cookies may tell us whether you have visited our site before or are a new visitor and what material on our site you have viewed. These cookies also enable the sending of e-mail messages from our Web site. The cookies we use do not collect any personally identifying information about you or provide us with any way to contact you, and the cookies do not extract any information from your computer. We do not associate the cookie with any information you may include in an e-mail message. You should check the help information relating to the browser that you are using if you desire to disable cookies.
Advertisers and Business Partners
This Privacy Policy does not extend to the data collection practices of third parties.
2. Use and Disclosure of Information
Sevco will retain your Personal Information and use it only to administer your customer account, conduct transactions, respond to your requests, customize future interactions, improve our services, and communicate with you. In addition, we may, from time to time, use your Personal Information to contact you about changes or enhancements to Sevco products and services and to market new products or services.
Sevco does not sell, rent or trade in Personal Information. Except as described in this Privacy Policy, Sevco will not disclose your Personal Information unless you have been notified and consented to the disclosure. However, Sevco may disclose your Personal Information when authorized by you or when otherwise required or permitted by law.
Sevco may contract with outside organizations to perform specialized services such as to collect, use, analyze and otherwise process information, to bill or process payments, to fulfill and deliver orders, and perform other functions on our behalf. Our suppliers may, at times, receive, process or handle some of your Personal Information. Only the Personal Information necessary to perform the services under the contract is provided to the supplier. If you are a member or participant in an exchange, group purchasing organization, or other similar group, we may be required in our arrangements with that exchange, organization or group to deliver your transaction information and other data, including personally identifiable information, regardless of whether the information arises as a result of transactions through the exchange, organization or group or directly with us. You acknowledge that we have no responsibility or liability for any uses that such exchange, organization or group may make with respect to any such data. Rest assured that under Sevco contracts our suppliers may use such Personal Information only to carry out the contracted service and must not store or use the Personal Information for any other purpose. These Sevco contracts require that third party suppliers provide a level of protection for your Personal Information that is comparable to ours.
We will obtain your consent before Sevco uses or discloses your Personal Information for any purpose other than those stated in this Privacy Policy. When your Personal Information is no longer required for the described purposes, or other statutory requirements, your Personal Information will be [note to draft: confirm made anonymous/destroyed unless your further consent is obtained for the retention of your Personal Information for additional purposes not stated in this Privacy Policy.
3. Security
Your Personal Information is treated as private, confidential information by Sevco and we strive to ensure that your Personal Information is protected at all times both off-line and on-line. To maintain the confidentiality of your Personal Information Sevco applies the following security precautions: Access to Personal Information is restricted to employees who need such information for a legitimate business purpose. Access to Personal Information is restricted to employees who need such information for a legitimate business purpose and such employees are instructed about and must abide by this Privacy Policy and Generic privacy practices. To maintain the integrity and privacy of your Personal Information Sevco employs technological safeguards that include passwords, encryption and firewalls.