PRIVACY POLICY
M-U Hardwood Flooring welcomes all visitors to our website. M-U Hardwood Flooring is committed to ensuring the privacy and protection of all our customers. This policy was developed with this goal in mind and outlines the guidelines in which we gather personal and non-personal information and the use of such information.
In the process of engaging in commerce with the public, certain non-personal and personal information is gathered by our website. We do not store personal information on our website. The following is an explanation of our privacy policy.
Definitions
For the purposes of this statement, personal information includes your name, address, account information, company name, email address, telephone number and any other information which identifies you. “We, us, our” refers to M-U Hardwood Flooring and our affiliated companies. Non-personal information refers to all non-identifiable information such as your IP address, referring website, browser type, navigation on the website as well as consolidated demographic information which does not contain individual information.
Gathering of Non-Personal Information
As most other websites our website may collect information about you that cannot be used to identify you directly. This information is gathered to help us improve our website and our business practices. Most of this information is used in statistical models for our information and may be shared with our vendors, suppliers and third-party contractors to improve the website and continue to give you the best value in the products offered to you. Other uses may include this information to create limitations to specific IP addresses or URLs that have been known to create problems for us.
Access to and Releasing of Information
Independent Contractors: From time to time, we may employ other companies or individuals to provide certain services to us such as analyzing customer lists and data, providing marketing assistance, or consulting services. These third parties will have access to the information needed to perform their functions but cannot use that information for any other purpose. Any 3rd parties who use our data will be fully bound by this privacy policy.
Legal Disclosure: We may disclose your information as permitted or required to by law; for example:
- to a government institution or other person or entity that has asserted its lawful authority to obtain the information;
- where we have reasonable grounds to believe the information could be useful in the investigation of unlawful activity;
- to comply with a subpoena or warrant or an order made by a court, person or entity with jurisdiction to compel the production of information;
- to comply with court rules regarding the production of records and information; and
- to our legal counsel.
M-U hardwood flooring reserves the right to modify this policy at anytime. You should visit periodically to review any changes.
Last modified: 05/30/06 |