Privacy Notice
Effective Date: September 1st, 2019
This privacy notice discloses the privacy practices for GFG Peabody, Inc. and our website; https://www.gfg-peabody.com. This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website, except where stated otherwise. It will notify you of the following:
What information we collect;
With whom it is shared;
How it can be corrected;
How it is secured;
How policy changes will be communicated; and
How to address concerns over misuse of personal data.
Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g., to ship an order.
Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.
Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number provided on our website:
See what data we have about you, if any.
Change/correct any data we have about you.
Have us delete any data we have about you, except as required for core business functionality (i.e. ERP systems where deletion of transactional or user data is not possible).
Express any concern you have about our use of your data
Registration
Registration is not required to use the website.
Orders/Information
We request information from you on our order/information form. To use the order/information form, you must provide data such as your name, email address, and company name. This information is then used to process your submitted request accordingly.
Sharing
We do NOT sell, rent, or distribute aggregated demographic information. This is not linked to any personal information that can identify any individual person. It is only used to better understand who our users/visitors are so that we may modify our website to better meet the needs of said users.
GFG Peabody reserves the right to publish any submitted testimonials, videos, or images on any promotional materials.
Security
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon in your web browser, and/or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (e.g. billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers on which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
Cookies
We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance their experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.
Links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Surveys & Contests
Our site does NOT provide surveys or contests.
Notification of Changes
Updates to our privacy policy can be found by using the “Privacy & Cookies Policy” tab, found at the bottom of each page. We encourage visitors to check this often to see if there have been and updates or changes.
Other Provisions as Required by Law
Numerous other provisions and/or practices may be required as a result of laws, international treaties, or industry practices. It is up to you to determine what additional practices must be followed and/or what additional disclosures are required. Please take special notice of the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), which is frequently amended and now includes a disclosure requirement for “Do Not Track” signals.
If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at 262-372-4515 or via email at sales@gfg-peabody.com.
