Privacy Policy

ENCON SAFETY PRODUCTS WEBSITE PRIVACY POLICY

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 2023

LAST UPDATED: August 24, 2026

INTRODUCTION, SCOPE, AND ACCEPTANCE

Encon Safety Products, Inc. (“Encon”) manufactures emergency shower and eyewash products, personal protective equipment (PPE), wall storage solutions, and related business-to-business products and services (“Products and Services”). Encon’s parent company is Vallen Distribution, Inc. Encon and Vallen Distribution, Inc. are referred to in this Policy as “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” where appropriate. The purpose of this privacy policy (“Policy”) is to let you know how we handle information collected through the use of Encon’s website located at www.enconsafety.com, or any website owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by Encon or Vallen Distribution, Inc. for Encon business purposes (the “Website”). This Policy applies to the information that we collect through the Website. This Policy also applies to the information you provide to us when you respond to our invitations and marketing communications, such as emails. This Policy describes our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information, as well as your choices and rights with respect to the same.

By accessing or using the Website, including registering an account via the Website, completing forms on the Website, subscribing to our emails and other communications, or otherwise accessing or using any of the features or functionality offered on or through the Website, you consent to this Privacy Policy. If you access or use the Website on behalf of a business, whether as an employee, officer, director, contractor, or representative of such business, you represent and warrant that you have the authority to bind that business to this Privacy Policy, and your consent to this Privacy Policy will be treated as consent on behalf of that business.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom (UK) and choose to access or use this Website, we are subject to, as applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and UK GDPR (together, “GDPR”) and, in such cases, we act as the “controller” of your Personal Information for purposes of the GDPR.

This Policy does not apply to information collected by us offline or to information collected from third parties, including any third-party websites that may be accessible on or through this Website. As Encon provides its Products and Services to businesses and their representatives, not individual consumers, the Website is intended only for businesses and their representatives.

If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy, please do not access or use the Website or provide us with any Personal Information through the Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to these terms will mean that you accept those changes. If you have any questions about this Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us using the information in the <<CONTACT US>> section at the end of the Policy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DEFINITIONS

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION AND ANONYMOUS INFORMATION

COOKIE POLICY (ONLINE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES)

CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

YOUR JURISDICTIONAL PRIVACY RIGHTS

EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES

RESPONSE TO “DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY PROTECTION

COMMUNICATION PRACTICES; SMS/TEXT MESSAGES

GLOBAL PRIVACY STANDARDS

THIRD PARTY ONLINE ADVERTISING

SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY

SURVEYS, SWEEPSTAKES, OR CONTESTS

DATA SECURITY

DATA RETENTION POLICIES AND PRACTICES

GLOBAL DATA TRANSFER, STORAGE, AND PROCESSING POLICIES

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACT US

 

DEFINITIONS

The following capitalized terms apply throughout this Policy. Capitalized terms used in this Policy that are not included below are defined elsewhere in the Policy.

“Aggregated Information” is information about groups or categories of individuals, which does not identify and cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual.

“Individual” or “consumer” means a living natural person.

“Non-Identifying Information” is any information that does not directly or indirectly identify, and cannot reasonably be used to identify, an individual, household, or device.

“Personal Information” is any information that can identify, relate to, describe, or be linked with a consumer or their household.

“Process,” “Processing,” or “Processed” means any operation or set of operations performed on Personal Information, including through automated means.

“Sensitive Personal Information” is Personal Information that reveals a consumer’s (a) social security, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number; (b) account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account; (c) precise geolocation; (d) racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership; (e) the contents of a consumer’s mail, email and text messages, unless the business is the intended recipient of the communication; (f) genetic data; (g) the Processing of biometric information for the purpose of uniquely identifying a consumer; (h) Personal Information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer’s health; or (i) Personal Information collected and analyzed concerning a consumer’s sex life or sexual orientation.

“Special Category Personal Information” is Personal Information that reveals a consumer’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership; genetic and biometric data; and data concerning health, sex life or sexual orientation.

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

You can browse the Website without telling us who you are or providing us with Personal Information. However, when you access or use the Website, we collect certain information about your use of the Website, as described below, and that information is treated as Personal Information under this Policy. In addition, if you choose to become a customer of Encon, register for an account, request a quote, submit a product inquiry, use a distributor portal or ecommerce feature where available, contact us via forms on the Website, respond to our marketing communications (such as via email), or otherwise choose to provide Personal Information to us via the Website, such as your name, address, telephone number, cell phone number, e-mail address or fax number, we will use that information and may share or disclose it with other companies and/or individuals (e.g., our partners, consultants, and service providers) for the purposes described in this Policy, such as to respond to your inquiry or to provide you with information that you requested. You do not have to provide us with Personal Information; however, this may limit your ability to use some functions of this Website or to request additional services or information through the Website.

In addition to collecting Personal Information as described in this Policy, we may also collect Non-identifying Information and use it along with Personal Information to create Aggregated Information. We do not treat Aggregated Information as Personal Information because it does not identify and cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual. We do not knowingly collect Sensitive Personal Information through the Website.

In the twelve (12) months prior to the “last updated” date of this Policy, we have collected the following categories of Personal Information from consumers:

Category	Examples	Collected
Identifiers	A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, or other similar identifiers	Yes
	Account name, Social Security number, Driver’s License number, or passport number, or other similar identifiers	No
Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))  (Note: Some of this information may overlap with information in other categories.)	A name, address, telephone number, education, employment, employment history	Yes
	Signature, social security number, physical characteristics or description, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.	No
Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law	Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, sexual orientation, reproductive health decision-making, military and veteran status, or genetic information (including familial genetic information), marital status, medical condition, and sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions)	No
Commercial information	Commercial information (e.g., records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies)	Yes
Biometric information	Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.	No
Internet or other similar network activity	Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement	Yes
Geolocation data	Physical location or movements, including precise geolocation.	No
Sensory data	Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.	No
Professional or employment-related information	Company, industry, and job title (optional).	Yes
	Performance evaluations.	No
Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99))	Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.	No
Inferences drawn from other Personal Information	Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, and behavior	No
	Profile reflecting a person’s psychological trends, predispositions, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes	No
Account access information	Log-In, Account, or Financial Card Number, in combination with required Access Code	No

 

We obtain the categories of Personal Information listed above from the following sources:

• Directly from you. For example, we obtain information from you when you sign up for or respond to emails, create an account, use our Website’s search feature, request customer service or technical support, request a quote, submit a product inquiry, purchase a product through the Website where available, use a distributor portal, download product resources, or otherwise contact us through the Website, including through forms on the Website.

 

• Indirectly from you. For example, we collect information about you based on your actions on our Website or from obtaining your contact information from electronic communications through the Website.

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies 

As you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may use automatic data collection technologies, such as pixels, cookies, and analytics to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• Details of your visits to our Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website.

 

• Information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, device, and browser type.

 

• Information about the types of marketing communications that you open and/or to which you respond.

 

• Page URLs and referrers.

 

• Information about your interactions with our Website, including your browsing behavior and engagement with Website features like our forms.

 

This information may be shared with the third parties that provide the tracking technologies, including real-time sharing. We do not use these technologies to track your online activities across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking). Some browsers allow users to select “DO NOT TRACK” as an option to tell website owners you do not wish to have your information tracked. Please note that our Website currently does not respond to Do Not Track signals.

We use the information we collect automatically to help determine how visitors use parts of the Website so that we can analyze trends, administer the Website, determine consumer interest, and gather broad demographic information to provide for a better experience for the user. We also use this information to:

• Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.

 

• Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.

 

• Speed up your searches.

 

• Recognize you when you return to our Website.

 

• Administer and troubleshoot issues directly related to the Website.

Some of these automatic data collection technologies, as well as other content or applications on this Website, are provided by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. While we have implemented these third-party technologies on the Website and can configure certain settings related to their use, we do not control these third parties or the underlying technologies they may use. For more information about these third parties, as well as about our own use of automatic data collection technologies, please see the <<AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION AND ANONYMOUS INFORMATION>> section below. For information about your choices and rights regarding these automatic data collection technologies, please see the <<CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION>> section of this Policy.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Our primary purpose in collecting Personal Information is to provide you, as a business customer or representative, with access to our Website and/or information about Encon’s Products and Services, provide requested customer service, product support, account access, quote support, and relevant information about your account, and to provide you, as a customer, with an efficient and customized experience. If you choose to provide us with Personal Information through the Website and/or registering an account with us as a customer, we use and Process your Personal Information for a number of purposes such as:

• To present the Website and its contents to you.
• To customize, measure and improve our services, content and advertising.

• To provide, support, personalize, and further develop our Website, Products, and/or Services. This includes sharing your Personal Information with internet service providers, data analytics providers, and operating systems and platforms.

• To contact you, either via email or telephone, to inform you, the customer, about our services and those of our corporate family, deliver targeted marketing, service updates, and promotional offers based on the customer’s communication preferences.
• To provide you with other services requested by your business as described when we collect the information, or to otherwise fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information.
• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal process, including to respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
• To protect our rights, the rights of affiliates or related third parties, or take appropriate legal action.
• To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Website, Products, Services, databases and other technology assets, and business.
• To keep a record of our transactions and communications.
• To notify you of changes to this Policy.
• As described to you when collecting your Personal Information.
• For our legitimate interests or those of a third party.
• Where you consent.
• As otherwise necessary or useful for us to conduct our business, so long as such use is permitted by law.

A legitimate interest is when we have a business or commercial reason to use your information, so long as this is not overridden by your own rights and interests. We will not collect additional categories of Personal Information or use the Personal Information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice and, where required, obtaining your consent.

What we use your Personal Information for:	Our reasons:
To provide products and services to you	For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract
To prevent and detect fraud against you or us	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to minimize fraud that could be damaging for us and for you
Conducting checks to identify our customers and verify their identity; Screening for financial and other sanctions or embargoes; Other processing necessary to comply with professional, legal, and regulatory obligations that apply to our business, e.g., under health and safety regulation or rules issued by our professional regulator(s)	To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
Gathering and providing information required by or relating to audits, inquiries, or investigations by regulatory bodies	To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
Ensuring business policies are adhered to, e.g., policies covering security and internet use	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to make sure we are following our own internal procedures so we can deliver the best service to you
Operational reasons, such as improving efficiency, training, and quality control	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service for you at the best price
Ensuring the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to protect trade secrets and other commercially valuable information; and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
Statistical analysis to help us manage our business, e.g., in relation to our financial performance, customer base, or other efficiency measures	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to be as efficient as we can so we can deliver the best service for you at the best price
Preventing unauthorized access and modifications to systems	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to prevent and detect criminal activity that could be damaging for us and for you; and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
Updating and enhancing customer records	For the performance of our contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract; to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations; and for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g., making sure that we can keep in touch with our customers about existing orders and new products
Statutory returns	To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
Ensuring safe working practices, staff administration and assessments	To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations; and for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, e.g., to make sure we are following our own internal procedures and working efficiently so we can deliver the best service to you
Marketing our services to: (i) existing and former customers; or (ii) third parties who have previously expressed an interest in our services	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to promote our business to existing and former customers
Credit reference checks via external credit reference agencies	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party, i.e., to ensure our customers are likely to be able to pay for our products and services
External audits and quality checks	For our legitimate interests or those of a third party; and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations

 

The above table does not apply to Special Category Personal information, which we will only process with your explicit consent.

 

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Company does not sell, rent, or trade Personal Information in exchange for money. However, under certain privacy laws, our use of your Personal Information may nonetheless be considered a “sale” of Personal Information. We may share data, including Personal Information, by disclosing it to a third party for a business purpose, as described in this Policy.

Business Transfers.  We may share Personal Information with other business entities if all or part of Company’s business is sold, merged, assigned, dissolved, acquired, or transferred in a similar transaction to such business entity. We will require any such successor business entity to honor the terms of this Policy.

Disclosures Under Special Circumstances.  We may share information about you in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law or regulation. We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting activities that are illegal, violate our rules, or may be harmful to other visitors. In such circumstances, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that the requester understands the sensitive nature of the Personal Information that they may receive.

Disclosures to Third Parties Assisting In Our Operations.  We may also share Personal Information with other third-party companies that we collaborate with or hire to perform services on our behalf. As an example, we may hire a company to help us send and manage email, and we might provide the company with your email address and certain other information in order for them to send you an email message on our behalf. Similarly, we may hire companies to host or operate some of our websites and related computers and software applications. We contractually require such third-party service providers to protect the privacy and security of Personal Information in a manner consistent with this Policy.

In the twelve (12) months prior to the “last updated” date of this Policy, we have disclosed the Personal Information detailed in the chart found in <<COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION>> for a business purpose to the categories of third parties indicated in the chart below.

Category	Disclosed to
Identifiers	Affiliates, Service Providers
Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e))	Affiliates, Service Providers
Commercial information	Affiliates, Service Providers
Internet or other similar network activity	Affiliates, Service Providers
Professional or employment-related information	Affiliates, Service Providers
Inferences drawn from other Personal Information	Affiliates, Service Providers

 

AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION AND ANONYMOUS INFORMATION

Each time you visit the Website, Company collects some information to improve the overall quality of the online experience.

Aggregated Data.  Company collects aggregate queries for internal reporting, and also counts, tracks, and aggregates your activity into Company’s analysis of general traffic-flow at the Website. To these ends, Company may merge information into aggregated group data. In some cases, Company may remove personal identifiers from Personal Information and maintain it in aggregate form that may later be combined with other information to generate anonymous, aggregated statistical information. Such anonymous, group data is treated as Aggregated Information under this Policy and may be shared on an aggregated basis with Company’s affiliates, business partners, service providers and/or vendors.

Web Server Logs and IP Addresses.  An Internet Protocol (“IP”) address is a number that automatically identifies the computer or device you have used to access the Internet. The IP address enables our server to send you the web pages that you want to visit, and it may disclose the server owned by your Internet Service Provider. Company may use IP addresses to conduct Website analyses and performance reviews, to administer the Website, and as otherwise disclosed in this Policy

COOKIE POLICY (ONLINE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES)

Some pages on this Website may use cookies, pixel tags, local storage, and other technologies to automatically collect information through this Website. These technologies allow us to understand who has interacted with us and also help us to operate this Website and provide our services more efficiently.

Cookies are small data files created by web browsers and downloaded onto your computer or other device when you access a website. Cookies help make your browsing experience with this Website more personal. Different cookies serve different purposes, such as recognizing your devices, storing information about your preferences, identifying the geographic area of a user, tracking browsing habits and preferences, recalling information entered on forms, login pages, or other features of this Website. This helps us understand how this Website is being used and is used to generally improve your browsing experience on this Website.

A pixel tag (also known as a web beacon) is a piece of code embedded on this Website that collects information, including Personal Information, about users’ engagement on the site. Pages of our Website and our e-mails may contain pixel tags that permit the Company to, for example, count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).

We may also use third-party business intelligence and marketing tools, such as ZoomInfo, to provide company-level website visitor insights, contact information, business intent data, or related analytics. These tools may not identify every individual visitor, and their ability to associate Website activity with a specific person may be limited.

Types of Cookies

• First Party Cookies. These cookies are those that may be managed by the Company and originate from this Website.
• Third Party Cookies. These cookies originate with service providers or business partners providing services on or through this Website and can be used by these third parties to recognize your device when it visits other websites. Third Party Cookies may also be used for other purposes, such as analytics, advertising, and social media features.
• Session Cookies. These cookies expire once you close your web browser.
• Persistent Cookies. These cookies stay on your computer or mobile device until you delete them.
• Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are necessary for this Website to function. Strictly necessary cookies are typically set in response to actions or services that you request, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out a form. Strictly necessary cookies can also be used to manage sessions on load-balanced servers or to ensure user requests are routed consistently to the correct server. You can set your browser to block these cookies or to alert you about these cookies, but some parts of this Website will not work if you select such settings.
• Analytics/Performance Cookies. These cookies count visits and traffic sources so the performance of this Website can be measured and improved, including determining whether a user is new or returning, distinguishing users from one another, and calculating new and returning visitor statistics. These cookies help us to know which pages are the most and least popular on this Website and to see how visitors move around this Website. Information collected through these performance cookies is generally aggregated and anonymous. This information is combined with data from a large number of other users to create an overall picture of Website use and is not identified individually or personally.
• Functional Cookies. Functional cookies are small pieces of code that are stored on a device or browser to help websites remember user preferences and provide additional functionality. They can be first-party or third-party, persistent or session-based, and are generally considered “strictly necessary” cookies that don’t require consent. Functional cookies are anonymous and do not track browsing activity across other websites. An example of a functional cookie is a cookie that remembers user location, chosen language, or other settings to provide a personalized user experience on a website. Other examples of functional cookies include chat services and user preferences.
• Marketing/Advertising Cookies. Tracking/Marketing/Advertising cookies may help us measure the effectiveness of marketing or advertising activity and understand how visitors reach and interact with the Website. In some cases, these types of cookies may be used to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising, and they may share information with other organizations or advertisers. These cookies are often persistent cookies and usually originate with third parties.  You can opt out of many of these cookies by updating your preferences on www.aboutads.info. Based on our current settings, we do not use these cookies to deliver personalized advertising, retarget visitors, or create advertising audiences.
• Social Media Cookies. Social media cookies are stored on your computer browser to help you log into your social media accounts faster. Social media companies may recognize you and collect Personal Information about your visit to this Website, and they may set a cookie or employ other tracking technologies. Your interactions with those features are governed by the privacy policies of those companies.

What Cookies Do We Use?

This Website uses both First Party and Third-Party cookies that may be categorized as Strictly Necessary, Functional, Marketing/Advertising, and Analytics/Performance.

Why Do We Use Cookies?

We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve the performance and security of the Website and to provide you with additional functionality on the Website. We may also use cookies and related technologies to learn how you access and interact with this Website so that we may improve your experience and provide you with information about Encon’s Products and Services.

How Do Third Parties Use Cookies on This Website?

Some cookies and similar technologies on our Website are provided by third parties that help us operate, secure, analyze, and improve the Website.

For example, we use Cloudflare cookies to help protect the Website from bots and other security risks, and WooCommerce cookies help keep the shopping cart working properly, including by helping us locate a customer’s cart information. We use Google Analytics cookies to collect information such as unique identifiers, including randomly assigned numbers, visits, sessions, campaigns, and pages viewed so we can better understand website activity. Sourcebuster cookies help us collect traffic-source and related user-action information so we can understand how visitors found our Website and which channels may lead to web orders or other Website interactions.

We also use CallRail cookies to collect information such as referral sources, landing pages, and browser-session identifiers so we can understand calls generated from the Website. HubSpot cookies help us collect visitor and session information and manage form submissions and avoid duplicate contact records. We may also use cookies associated with Google Tag Manager to help measure the effectiveness of marketing or advertising activity. Based on our current settings, we do not use Google Tag Manager or Sourcebuster to show personalized ads, retarget visitors, or create advertising audiences.

We may also use business-intelligence tools, such as ZoomInfo, to help us understand company-level website activity and business-interest signals; these tools may use cookies or similar technologies and may not identify every individual visitor.

In addition, certain portions of the Website use third-party services. When you visit certain areas of the Website, you may be directed to webpages and websites run by third parties. These third-party webpages and websites may set additional cookies on your browser. For instance, the Website includes links to third-party websites like YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

These third parties may use cookies, alone or in connection with web beacons and other technologies, to collect information about you when you visit those pages of the Website or click the links to those third-party websites. The information they collect may be associated with your Personal Information, or they may collect information, including Personal Information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioural) advertising or other targeted content. In most instances, we do not or cannot control these third-party technologies, or other targeted content, or how they may be used.

For more information about how these third parties may collect and use your data, please refer to their privacy policies:

• Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/howyoutubeworks/privacy/
• Cloudflare: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ 
• HubSpot: https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy
• CallRail: https://www.callrail.com/privacy
• WooCommerce: https://automattic.com/privacy/
• ZoomInfo: https://www.zoominfo.com/legal/privacy-policy

This Policy does not cover the use of cookies by any third parties, and these third parties’ use of your Personal Information and such technologies is governed by their own privacy policies or notices.

Social Media Cookies

Facebook. If you interact with Facebook through our Website, Meta may process your Personal Information when you use that site.

When a user uses Meta products – including visiting our Facebook pages – Meta processes Personal Information even from users who do not use any Meta services. You can find out what Personal Information is processed, for what purposes, and on what legal basis in Meta’s Privacy Policy, which applies to all Meta products, including Facebook and Instagram. This Policy also provides information on how to contact Meta and about setting options for advertising, cookies, etc. Meta’s Cookies Policy (available at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies) provides more information about cookies Meta uses if you have a Facebook or Instagram account, use Meta products, or visit other websites and apps that use Meta products (including the “Like” button or other Facebook or Instagram technologies).

If you visit our Facebook page, Meta saves information, including your IP address. Together with other information Meta receives via cookies, Meta provides us, as the owner of the Facebook page, statistical information about the use of our page (“Page Insights”). This is collated data that shows how users interact with our pages. These Page Insights can be based on Personal Information collected by Meta when you visit or interact with our Facebook page and its content.

Page Insights offers us an anonymous analysis of reach, page visits, duration of video views, actions (likes, comments, sharing) as well as each user’s age, gender and location (as stated in the user’s Facebook or Instagram profile). We can use various settings or filters to analyze reach, such as time periods, views of a specific content, and demographic groups (e.g. female, aged 20–30). This data is anonymized, aggregated and abstracted. Therefore, we are not able to link it to individuals. The purpose of the analysis is to enable us to design our Facebook offering for optimal PR effectiveness. As the provider of the information service, we do not collect or process any data from the use of our Facebook page that goes beyond this.

For more information on Meta’s use of Personal Information, see their posted privacy policies, available online here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy.

Other Social Media Platforms. Social media platforms like LinkedIn may also Process your Personal Information, including when you engage with their products and services. For more information on how these social media platforms treat your Personal Information, please consult the privacy policies of those social media platforms provided above.

How Can You Control Cookies?

You can set your browser to reject cookies, or you can manually delete individual or all of the cookies on your computer by following your browser’s help file directions. However, if your browser is set to reject cookies or you manually delete cookies, this may alter your access and use of some of the pages and features on this Website.

Users can visit the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on Download Page at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout for information on how to opt out of Google Analytics.

You may also reject or block all or specific types of cookies from this Website by setting your preferences. You can change those preferences at any time. You may also visit https://allaboutcookies.org/ or https://www.aboutcookies.org/ for details on how to delete, reject, or block cookies and for further information on cookies generally.

You may have additional rights regarding your Personal Information based on the jurisdiction in which you reside. Please see the section <<YOUR JURISDICTIONAL PRIVACY RIGHTS>> for more information.

CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

You have the ability to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information. In accordance with the laws that may apply to you, your controls and choices may include:

• The Right to Know/Right To Access;
• The Right to Data Portability;
• The Right to Correct/Right to Rectification;
• The Right to Delete/Right to Erasure;
• Right to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising and Profiling;
• Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing of Personal Information.

You may also use an authorized agent to submit a request to opt out on your behalf if you provide the authorized agent signed written permission to do so. See <<YOUR JURISDICTIONAL PRIVACY RIGHTS>> for more information on what data privacy rights may apply to you.

To opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information, you or your authorized representative can click on the following link:

<<DO NOT SELL OR SHARE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION>>

You may also submit a request to us as provided in the <<CONTACT US>> section below. You may enable, where available, a universal tool that automatically communicates your opt-out preferences, such as the Global Privacy Control.

Once you make a request to exercise your data privacy rights, we will wait at least twelve (12) months before asking you to reauthorize Personal Information sales or sharing. However, you may change your mind and opt back in to our use of your Personal Information by contacting us as provided in the <<CONTACT US >> section below. You do not need to create an account with us to exercise your privacy rights. We will use Personal Information provided in your privacy rights request only to review and comply with the request.

In addition, you have other mechanisms to control your information, including:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may be inaccessible or not function properly. For more information, see <<COOKIE POLICY (ONLINE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES)>>.

Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your contact information used by the Company to promote our own or third parties’ products or services, you can opt out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data or by sending us an email with your request to customerservice@enconsafety.com

If we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt-out does not apply to information provided to the Company as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions.

Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your Personal Information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can also opt out by sending us an email with your request to the email address provided in the <<CONTACT US>> section, in addition to using the opt-out link set out in this Policy. Please note that we do not currently share your Personal Information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes.

We do not control third parties’ method of collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.

Accessing and Correcting Your Information

You may contact us as provided in the <<CONTACT US>> section to request access to, correct, or delete any Personal Information that we have collected about you. In some instances, we cannot delete your Personal Information except by also deleting your user account, if you have a user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.

Residents of certain jurisdictions may have additional Personal Information rights and choices. Please see <<YOUR JURISDICTIONAL PRIVACY RIGHTS>> below for more information.

YOUR JURISDICTIONAL PRIVACY RIGHTS

 

Residents of certain jurisdictions may be entitled to specific rights under applicable privacy laws with respect to our collection, use, and processing of their Personal Information.

 

U.S. Data Privacy Rights

 

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended and updated by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), provides residents of California specific rights regarding their Personal Information. Additionally, at the time this Policy was last updated, certain states besides California, including Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia have enacted laws that may provide their state residents with the following rights:

 

The Right to Know/Right To Access: You have the right to know what Personal Information we collect about you. Upon receipt of your request, and confirmation of your identity, we will disclose to you:

 

• the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information that we have collected about you in the past 12 months;
• the sources from which we have collected that information;
• our business or commercial purpose for collecting such information;
• the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information that we have disclosed to third parties for a business purpose during the past twelve months;
• the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information that we have sold to third parties during the past twelve months; and
• the third parties to whom we have disclosed or sold such Personal Information.

The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request a copy of the Personal Information we have about you. We will provide it in a format of our choosing that you can reasonably transfer to a third party.

 

The Right to Correct/Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate Personal Information that we may maintain about you, subject to applicable legal exceptions.

 

The Right to Delete/Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Information, subject to applicable legal exceptions. If you submit this request, we will review it and attempt to confirm your identity. Once we confirm your identity, and assuming no exception applies that requires or allows us to retain your Personal Information, we will delete it and direct our service providers to do the same.

 

We may deny your deletion request in certain instances, including if, for example, retaining the Personal Information is necessary for us or our service provider(s) to:

 

• Complete the transaction for which we collected the Personal Information, provide a good or service that you requested, take actions reasonably anticipated within the context of our ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform our contract with you.
• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for such activities.
• Debug products to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
• Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise their free speech rights, or exercise another right provided for by law.
• Comply with any international, national, federal, state, or local laws, rules or regulations, applicable to us or to your Personal Information.
• Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information’s deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research’s achievement, if you previously provided informed consent.
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us.
• Comply with a legal obligation or other lawful uses.

Right to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising and Profiling: The Company does not engage in targeted advertising or profiling.

 

Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing of Personal Information: You have the right to “opt out” of the “sale” or “sharing” of your Personal Information to or with “third parties” (as those terms are defined by applicable law). There may be situations where we cannot fulfill your requests if you opt out of such sharing, and we will notify you if this applies.

 

Right to Limit: You have the right to limit the use of your Sensitive Personal Information (for example, your social security number, your genetic data, etc.) for limited purposes, such as providing you with the services you requested. However, at this time we do not collect Sensitive Personal Information.

 

Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights. Unless permitted by the applicable law, we will not:

• Deny you goods or services.
• Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties.
• Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services.
• Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

 

However, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by law that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels. Any legally permitted financial incentive we offer will reasonably relate to your Personal Information’s value and contain written terms that describe the program’s material aspects. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt-in consent, which you may revoke at any time.

 

You should check the laws of your state of residence to determine whether these rights apply to you. The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. Data privacy laws are constantly evolving, and the list of states herein with data privacy laws may not be all-inclusive.

 

California’s Required Mandatory Disclosures

 

See <<COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION>>, <<USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION>>, and <<DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION>> for our mandatory disclosures.

 

Virginia’s Required Mandatory Disclosures

 

See <<COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION>>, <<USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION>>, and <<DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION>> for our mandatory disclosures.

 

California Shine the Light Act

 

We may share Website visitors’ Personal Information with third parties for those parties’ direct marketing use. If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your Personal Information by the Company to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us as provided in the <<CONTACT US>> section.

 

Nevada

 

Nevada provides its residents with a limited right to opt out of certain Personal Information sales. Residents who wish to exercise this sale opt-out rights may do so as provided for in the <<EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS>> section.

 

European Economic Area (GDPR – EEA) and United Kingdom (GDPR UK)

 

If you are a resident of the EU or UK, when you access or use this Website, we are the “controller” of your Personal Information for the purposes of the GDPR (EEA and UK). Under the GDPR (EEA and UK), you may have the following rights:

 

Right to Be Informed: Individuals have the right to receive clear and transparent information about how their Personal Information will be Processed. This Privacy Policy provides you with your Right to be Informed.

Right of Access: You may request confirmation as to whether your Personal Information is being processed, and if so, you are entitled to access that data, along with key information about the Processing. This information includes details on:

• The purpose for processing your Personal Information;
• The categories of Personal Information we collect;
• The third parties or the categories of third parties to which your Personal Information is disclosed;
• The period for which your Personal Information is stored or, where this information is unavailable, the criteria used to determine the period which the Personal Information will be stored;
• Information regarding deleting, correcting, or restricting the processing of your Personal Information;
• If your Personal Information was not collected from you, you may request the source that collected the Personal Information; and
• Information regarding automated decision-making that we use, the logic involved in such automated decision-making, and potential consequences of Processing your Personal Information using automated decision-making methods.

You may also obtain a free copy of your Personal Information. We reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for any additional copies of your Personal Information that you request. Additionally, your right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information may lawfully be limited where your request may adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other individuals.

Right to Rectification: You may request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information and complete incomplete data without undue delay. If the data has been shared with third parties, we will inform those recipients of the rectification unless doing so is impossible or requires disproportionate effort.

Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): You may request erasure of your Personal Information if the data is no longer necessary, consent has been withdrawn, the Processing is unlawful, or a legal obligation requires deletion. We may refuse erasure in certain limited circumstances, such as for compliance with legal obligations; to complete the transaction for which we collected the Personal Information; freedom of expression; establishing, exercising or defending legal claims; detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; comply with Union or Member State law; act in the public interest; exercise our official authority; for internal uses that are reasonably aligned with consumer expectations based on your relationship with us; or archiving certain information that is in the public’s interest, such as scientific research, historical research, or statistical purposes.

Right to Restriction of Processing: In certain situations, you may request that your Personal Information be retained but not otherwise Processed. This applies when, for example, you contest the accuracy of your Personal Information, the Processing is unlawful, we no longer need the data but it is required for legal claims, or you have objected to Processing pending verification of legitimate grounds. We will stop Processing your Personal Information after you object unless certain exceptions apply.

Right to Data Portability: Where Processing is based on consent or contract and is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, subject to certain exceptions. You may also request direct transmission of that data to another controller where technically feasible. When sharing your Personal Information with you or another controller will adversely affect the rights and freedoms of other consumers, we may deny, reject, or otherwise refrain from sharing a copy of your Personal Information with you or another controller.

Right to Object: You may object to Processing of your Personal Information based on legitimate interests or public interest grounds. We will cease Processing your Personal Information unless we can demonstrate a compelling legitimate ground that overrides your interests. When your Personal Information is processed for direct marketing, we will stop processing your Personal Information if you object.

Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent as the lawful basis for processing your Personal Information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdrew your consent. To withdraw consent, please contact us using the details in the <<CONTACT US>> section below.

Right Not to Be Subject to Automated Decision-Making: You have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local Data Protection Supervisory Authority or the UK Information Commissioner’s Office. Please visit https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public and https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/list-personal-data-protection-competent-authorities for more information.

We may transfer, store, or Process your Personal Information outside of the EEA/UK, including in the United States and in other jurisdictions where we or our service providers operate. Where the GDPR applies, we will implement an appropriate transfer mechanism and safeguards for such transfers, which may include (as applicable) reliance on an adequacy decision, the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (and/or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or UK Addendum), or another lawful mechanism. You may request additional information about the safeguards we use (and obtain a copy of any applicable Standard Contractual Clauses, where available) by contacting us as described in <<CONTACT US>> section below.

Ireland (Irish Data Protection Act 2018)

For residents of Ireland, you may obtain more detailed information regarding your rights under GDPR here: https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/individuals/rights-individuals-under-general-data-protection-regulation. To raise a concern with the Data Protection Commission, please visit: https://forms.dataprotection.ie/contact.

Canada (PIPEDA)

For residents of Canada, our Privacy Officer is the individual accountable for our compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”) and may be reached at: privacy@vallen.com. Your personal information may be transferred to, stored, or processed in countries outside Canada, including the United States, where it may be lawfully accessible to the courts, law enforcement, and national security authorities of those jurisdictions. While your information is abroad, we use contractual and other safeguards to provide a level of protection that is comparable to PIPEDA. You have the right to challenge our compliance with any of PIPEDA’s fair information principles by contacting our Privacy Officer. Our Privacy Officer will investigate the matter and promptly notify you of the outcome and inform you of any steps taken. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may file a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at www.priv.gc.ca.

Mexico (LFDPPP)

If you are a resident of Mexico, you may have the following rights:

• Right to Access
• Right to Rectification/Correction
• Right to Cancellation/Erasure
• Right to Object to Processing of Personal Information
• Right to Revoke Consent for Processing of Personal Information

 

You may also have the right to opt-out of Personal Information Processing that is not necessary for your legal relationship with us.

 

The following table sets forth our purposes for Processing your Personal Information, including where the Processing is necessary for our legal relationship with you and whether your consent is required for such Processing.

 

Purpose of Processing	Necessary for Our Legal Relationship	Consent Required under LFDPPP
To provide products and services to you	Yes	No
To prevent and detect fraud against you or us	Yes	No
Conducting checks to identify our customers and verify their identity; Screening for financial and other sanctions or embargoes; Other processing necessary to comply with professional, legal, and regulatory obligations that apply to our business	Yes	No
Gathering and providing information required by or relating to audits, inquiries, or investigations by regulatory bodies	Yes	No
Ensuring business policies are adhered to	Yes	No
Operational reasons, such as improving efficiency, training, and quality control	No	Yes
Ensuring the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information	Yes	No
Statistical analysis to help us manage our business	No	Yes
Preventing unauthorized access and modifications to systems	Yes	No
Updating and enhancing customer records	Yes	No
Statutory returns	Yes	No
Ensuring safe working practices, staff administration and assessments	Yes	No
Marketing our services to: (i) existing and former customers; or (ii) third parties who have previously expressed an interest in our services	No	Yes
Credit reference checks via external credit reference agencies	Yes	No
External audits and quality checks	No, unless required by law.	Yes, as may be required by law

 

EXERCISING YOUR RIGHTS

 

To exercise any of your jurisdictional privacy rights, please submit a request by using one of the following methods:

 

• For privacy-related requests, please contact Encon at customerservice@enconsafety.com, and Encon will coordinate with Vallen Distribution, Inc. as appropriate.
  [Review note: Vallen to confirm whether a postal mailing option should also remain for formal privacy requests?]
• Emailing us at privacy@vallen.com [Replace with customerservice@enconsafety.com?]
• Using the links in <<CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION>>.

When submitting a request, you must:

 

• Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative of such individual; and
• Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.

 

For information on how to appeal a decision regarding a consumer rights request, see <<Appeal Process>> below.

 

Verification of Requests

 

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a request regarding your Personal Information. A parent or guardian with legal custody may make a request on behalf of a minor child. An authorized agent must have your signed, written permission to submit a request on your behalf or provide proof that they have power of attorney in accordance with applicable law. Before completing requests from authorized agents, we may contact you directly to confirm you have given your permission and/or to verify your identity.

 

We cannot respond to your request or provide you with Personal Information if we cannot verify your identity or your authority to make the request and confirm the Personal Information relates to you. You do not need verification to submit an opt-out request, unless the request appears to be fraudulent or otherwise invalid.

 

We will not use Personal Information provided in the request for any purpose other than to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request.

 

Verifying an Authorized Agent

 

In certain circumstances, you are permitted to use an authorized agent, as that term is defined by applicable U.S. state privacy law (“Authorized Agent”) to submit requests on your behalf where you provide sufficient evidence that the requestor is an authorized agent with written permission to act on your behalf and you successfully verify your own identity with us.

 

For requests to know and delete by an Authorized Agent, you must (1) provide a valid power of attorney under the laws of the subject individual’s state of residence; or (2) provide sufficient evidence to show that the subject individual has (i) provided the Authorized Agent signed permission to act on their behalf, (ii) verified their own identity directly with us, and (iii) directly confirmed with us that they have provided the Authorized Agent permission to submit the request on their behalf.

 

For requests to opt out by an Authorized Agent, you must submit a signed, written permission demonstrating that the Authorized Agent has been authorized by the subject consumer to act on their behalf.

 

Responding to Your Request

 

We endeavor to confirm receipt of all requests within ten (10) business days. If you do not receive confirmation within the 10-day timeframe, please contact us as provided in the <<CONTACT US>> section to ensure we have received your request.

 

We endeavor to substantively respond to a verifiable consumer request within thirty (30) days of our receipt, or as required by applicable law. If we require more time (up to another 30 days, or as otherwise provided by applicable law), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

 

The information in our response will cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of your request. If we cannot comply with your request or any portion of your request, our response will explain the reasons why we cannot comply.

 

We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.

 

Appeal Process

 

If we refuse to take action upon your request to exercise any of your data privacy rights, you may appeal our decision within a reasonable period after you receive notice of our decision. To initiate an appeal, please contact us using the information in the <<CONTACT US>> section and inform us that you would like to appeal our decision. Within forty-five (45) days after we receive your appeal, or as required by law, we will inform you of any action taken or not taken in response to your appeal, and we will provide you with a written explanation of the reasons in support of our response.

 

If your appeal is denied, we will also provide you with an online mechanism, if available, or other method through which you may contact your state attorney general, or equivalent in your jurisdiction, to submit a complaint, should you wish to do so.

 

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES AND SERVICES

We may provide on the Website links to the sites of some of our partners and their products and services if we think their business may be of interest to our customers. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites, and we recommend that you review the privacy policies of each website that you visit. When you select a link to a third-party website from this Website, you will be leaving the Company Website. Any information that you disclose on the third-party website will be governed by that website’s privacy policy. For more information about the use of third-party cookies on the Website, see the <<COOKIE POLICY (ONLINE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES)>> section above.

RESPONSE TO “DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS

Some Internet browsers include the ability to transmit “Do Not Track” signals. Since uniform standards for “Do Not Track” signals have not yet been adopted, Company does not process or respond to “Do Not Track” signals.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY PROTECTION

This website is not designed for, or intentionally targeted at, children under 18 years of age. It is not our policy to intentionally collect, maintain, sell, or share Personal Information of individuals under 18 years of age. If you are under 18, do not use the Website, provide any information to the Website or through any of its features, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received Personal Information from an individual under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about an individual under 18, please contact us using the information in the <<CONTACT US>> section below. Residents of certain states who are under 13, 16, or 18 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their Personal Information.

COMMUNICATION PRACTICES; SMS/TEXT MESSAGES

We may use Personal Information to send electronic newsletters, notification of account status, and other communications, such as marketing communications, on a periodic basis to various individuals and organizations. We may also send email communications regarding topics such as Website updates. We offer you appropriate consent mechanisms, such as opt-out, for marketing and certain other communications (i.e., commercial email or text messages), as described below. We have a legitimate interest in Processing your Personal Information for promotional purposes. However, where consent is needed, we will ask for this consent separately and clearly.

Right to Opt Out of Promotional Offers and SMS/text Messages: From time to time, we may ask for your consent to receive SMS/text messages from us for the purposes of marketing, promoting, or advertising our products or services to you or providing you with information about our products or services. By providing your consent, you agree that we may contact you via SMS/text messaging using the phone number that you provide to us. Receiving SMS/text messages is optional, and you can stop them at any time. The Company will not share your phone number with third parties for marketing purposes.

If you do not wish to have your email address, phone number, or other contact information used by the Company to promote our products or services, you can opt out of non-essential communication by:

• Contacting us as provided in the <<CONTACT US>> section below;
• Using the “UNSUBSCRIBE” link in emails; or
• Replying “STOP” in response to a SMS/text message.

 

Please be aware that opt-outs may not apply to certain types of communications, such as account status, Website updates, or other communications with you, by email, SMS/text or otherwise regarding your existing or past relationship with us, nor will opt-outs preclude us, including our employees, contractors, agents and other representatives, from accessing and viewing your Personal Information while maintaining and improving this Website or any other legally permissible purpose. This opt-out does not apply to information provided to the Company as a result of a product or service purchase, warranty registration, product service experience, or other transactions.

 

If you instruct us to provide further products or services in the future, make additional requests, or if there are changes in the law, regulations, or the structure of our business, we may ask you to confirm or update your preferences regarding promotional communications.

GLOBAL PRIVACY STANDARDS

Company strives to comply with all applicable laws globally that are designed to protect our customer’s privacy. Although legal requirements may vary from country to country, Company intends to adhere to the principles set forth in this Policy. For more information, please see the << GLOBAL DATA TRANSFER, STORAGE, AND PROCESSING POLICIES>> section below.

THIRD PARTY ONLINE ADVERTISING

Some of the advertisements you may see on the Website are delivered by third parties who also collect information through their own cookies, web beacons and other similar technologies about your online activities, either on our services or across the Internet, in an effort to understand your interests and deliver advertisements that are tailored to your interests. These third parties include advertisers, advertising agencies and ad networks that may collect information about you when you view or interact with one of their advertisements and may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites. Company does not have access to the information these third parties may collect about your interests to deliver relevant advertising to you, and the information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Policy. These companies may offer a way for you to choose not to have your information used for advertising purposes. For more information about third-party advertising networks and similar entities that use these technologies, see www.aboutads.info/consumers, and to opt out of such ad networks’ and services’ advertising practices, go to www.aboutads.info/choices. Once you click the link, you may choose to opt out of such advertising from all participating advertising companies or only advertising provided by specific advertising companies. For more information about the use of third-party cookies on the Website, see the <<COOKIE POLICY (ONLINE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES)>> section above.

SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY

We encourage you to read, share, follow us and provide commentary on any of our social media sites. If you do choose to share information about your experience with Company on our social media sites, you acknowledge this social media policy. Please be aware that by “Liking” or sharing content about the Company using the social sharing mechanism, you agree to allow Company to list the name, photo, etc. associated with the social media profiles. This information may be viewable to your social networks, depending on your privacy settings. We reserve the right on our social media sites to edit comments for content, remove off-topic contributions, delete offensive comments or remarks, block offensive contributors and/or delete actual or suspected spam content. We reserve the right to respond to any post or user content on our social media sites, and we may occasionally privately request your contact information to assist offline with your consent by routing the matter to the appropriate persons or department for further handling. Please be aware that once you post something online, there is the potential for numerous individuals to read your words, even years from now. Therefore, we suggest that you exercise caution when posting on any social media sites, and that you not disclose personally identifiable information. In addition, please see the <<COOKIE POLICY (ONLINE TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES)>> section above for more information about how social media sites like Facebook may collect your information.

SURVEYS, SWEEPSTAKES, OR CONTESTS

From time-to-time this Website may request Personal Information via surveys, sweepstakes, or contests. Participation in these surveys, sweepstakes, or contests is completely voluntary, and you may choose whether to participate and therefore disclose this information. Personal Information requested may include contact information (such as name, email address, and mailing address), and demographic information (such as city and state, trade/profession, etc.). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this Website and to improve our products and services.

DATA SECURITY

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to help prevent Personal Information from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. While Company has endeavored to create a secure and reliable website for users, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted to/from the Website or via e-mail cannot be guaranteed. Despite our best efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of this Website, nor can we guarantee the security of the information you transmit to us over the internet, including through your use of email. We are not liable for the illegal or unauthorized acts of third parties, such as criminal hackers.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of this Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. It is your responsibility to safeguard the devices you use to access this Website (such as laptops, tablets, and mobile devices), and to use appropriate security settings on those devices. If those devices are lost, stolen or misplaced, others may be able to access your account and your Personal Information using those devices. You should affirmatively log out of your account (i) prior to ending your session, or (ii) if you will be inactive on this Website for more than a few minutes; otherwise, the next user of that computer or device, particularly a public one or one not owned by you, may be able to access your account and the information in your account if your session has not ended.

You agree that we are not responsible for any harm that may result from someone accessing your account or Personal Information on any computer or device where you do not, for any reason, take the necessary steps to log out of your account prior to ending a session on such device or computer.

DATA RETENTION POLICIES AND PRACTICES

We will keep your Personal Information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in this Policy. Thereafter, we will keep your Personal Information for as long as is necessary:

• To respond to any questions, complaints or claims made by you or on your behalf;
• To show that we treated you fairly; or
• To keep records required by law.

We will not retain your Personal Information for longer than necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. Different retention periods apply for different types of Personal Information.

GLOBAL DATA TRANSFER, STORAGE, AND PROCESSING POLICIES

Our headquarters is located within the United States, and we operate in countries throughout the world, including Canada, the UK, Ireland, and Mexico. We may store or Process your Personal Information in the United States, as well as in the countries in which we or our service providers operate. To deliver services to you, it is sometimes necessary for us to transfer your Personal Information to locations outside of your country of residence, including in the United States and in other jurisdictions where we or our service providers operate. When we transfer Personal Information internationally, we ensure that such transfers comply with all applicable laws and maintain data protection standards equivalent to those required by applicable law. Wherever your Personal Information is transferred, stored or Processed by us, we will take reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy of your Personal Data. These steps also may include, if applicable, implementing standard contractual clauses (e.g. the “Standard Contractual Clauses” approved by the European Commission), obtaining your consent, or other lawful means of transferring Personal Information. By using the Website, you acknowledge that your Personal Information will be stored, transferred, and/or Processed as set forth above. If you have any concerns about how your data is being transferred, stored, or Processed, please contact us as provided in the <<CONTACT US>> section below. Where required by applicable law, you may indicate whether you consent to the transfer of your Personal Information by contacting customerservice@enconsafety.com.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This Policy may be revised from time to time as we add new features and services, as laws change, and as industry privacy and security best practices evolve. We display an effective date on the Policy so that it will be easier for you to know when there has been a change. If we make any change to this Policy regarding use or disclosure of Personal Information, we will provide appropriate notice and choices to you, on this Website or in other appropriate locations (including email), based on the scope and extent of changes.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/CONTACT US

For privacy-related requests, please contact Encon at customerservice@enconsafety.com, and Encon will coordinate with Vallen Distribution, Inc. as appropriate