Privacy Statement
At Bridgestone Bandag, LLC (“Bandag”), we understand
that online privacy is an important issue for you. Bandag
is committed to protecting your privacy as you use and access
this website (“the Site”). This Privacy Statement
describes how Bandag collects and uses information obtained
during your visits to the Site.
Please read the complete text of this Privacy Statement
before using or accessing the Site. If you do not agree with
the terms of this Privacy Statement, you should not proceed
any further on the Site. By continuing to access and browse
the Site and/or use any of the services provided on the Site,
you agree to be bound, without limitation or qualification,
by this Privacy Statement and any applicable laws.
INFORMATION COLLECTION
In general, you can visit the Site without revealing any
information about yourself. Our web servers collect the domain
names of visitors, not the e-mail addresses. This information
is used by Bandag to measure the number of visits, time spent
visiting the Site, the pages viewed, etc. Bandag uses this
information as a way to measure use of the Site and to improve
the content.
Occasionally, however, Bandag may request certain information
from you. Because your privacy is important to Bandag, we
want you to know that the information requested and collected
from you is minimal. Bandag may collect personally identifiable
information, such as your e-mail address, user name, company
identification, mail address, telephone number, and other
similar information, when needed to provide a service you
requested.
INFORMATION USE AND DISCLOSURE
Information collected by Bandag at this Site is used to
make your experience at the Site more personalized and easy
to use. For instance, Bandag may use the collected information
for the following purposes:
To assist you in finding information, services and software
on the Site; to assist in creating and presenting content
relevant to your needs; to maintain the highest quality of
the service; to alert you to product upgrades, special offers,
updated information and other new services from Bandag; and
to gather general statistics regarding use of the Site.
Personally identifiable information collected on this Site
may be stored and processed in the United States or any other
country in which Bandag or its affiliates, subsidiaries or
agents maintain facilities. By continuing to use and access
this Site, you consent to any such transfer of information
outside of your country.
Except as otherwise described in this Privacy Statement,
personal information you provide on this Site will not be
shared outside of Bandag and its controlled subsidiaries,
affiliates and agents without your permission. Occasionally,
Bandag hires other companies to provide limited services
on our behalf, including answering customer questions about
products or services, sending postal mail and processing
event registration. Bandag will only provide those companies
the information they need to deliver the service and strictly
prohibits using that information for any other purpose.
Bandag may disclose personal information if required to
do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action
is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or
comply with legal process served on Bandag or the Site; (b)
protect and defend the rights or property of Bandag and its
family of websites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to
protect the personal safety of users of Bandag and its websites,
or the public.
INFORMATION CONTROL
When you give us personal information, Bandag will not share
that information with third parties without your permission,
other than for the limited exceptions already listed herein.
Periodically, Bandag may send out e-mails providing you with
information relating to a product or service you requested.
Please be aware that this Privacy Statement and the choices
you make on this Site will not necessarily apply to personal
information you may have provided to Bandag in the context
of other, separately operated, Bandag products or services.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
This Site may use “cookies” to help you personalize
your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed
on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be
used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer.
Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read
by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
When you visit this Site, a cookie may be sent to your browser
and stored on your computer’s hard drive. You can choose
whether to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically
accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting
to decline some or all cookies if you prefer. Please be aware
that if you choose not to accept cookies from this Site,
your experience at the Site may be limited.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience
feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell
the web server that you have returned to a specific page.
To ensure that we are publishing content customers need and
want, Bandag collects aggregated site-visitation statistics
using cookies.
Bandag pages may contain a software technology known as “web
beacons” (also referred to as “clear gifs” or “single-pixel
gifs”), tiny electronic images with a unique identifier
similar in function to cookies. web beacons collect only
a limited set of information including a cookie number, time
and date of a page view, and a description of the page on
which the web beacon resides. Web beacons are used to track
the online movements of web users. Bandag’s use of
web beacons is limited to compiling aggregated statistics
on usage of certain pages on the Site and to delivering co-branded
services.
SECURITY
Bandag recognizes and appreciates the importance of using
information collected from you in a responsible manner. Bandag
carefully protects the security of your personal information
and honors your choices for its intended use. In addition,
Bandag carefully protects your data from loss, misuse, unauthorized
access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
DISCLAIMER
This Site contains links to other websites that are not
operated by Bandag. Bandag encourages you to review the privacy
statements of other sites you choose to link to so you can
understand how those websites collect, use, and share information.
Please remember that any information you disclose at other
websites may be collected and used by third parties, and
become public information. You should, therefore, exercise
caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.
Bandag is not responsible for the privacy practices or other
content on websites outside of the Bandag domain.
SAFE HARBOR
Bandag is a participant in the Safe Harbor Agreement between
the United States and the European Union, and meets the Safe
Harbor principles published by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
REVISIONS
Bandag may occasionally revise this Privacy Statement by
updating this posting. Upon doing so, Bandag will also revise
the “last updated” date at the bottom of the
Privacy Statement and, if deemed necessary, place a notice
in the appropriate location on this Site. You are bound by
any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit
this page to read the current Privacy Statement to which
you are bound.
You are under no obligation to accept any revisions to the
Privacy Statement. If you do not wish to accept any revisions,
you should immediately cease your use of the Site.
IF YOU CONTINUE TO USE THE SITE AFTER YOU HAVE BEEN MADE
AWARE OF ANY SUCH REVISIONS, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED
THOSE REVISIONS.
There may be additional notices on the Site, which will
operate in addition to the Privacy Statement. If you do not
wish to accept them, you should not access or use any areas
of the Site to which these notices pertain.
PRIVACY CONTACT
Bandag welcomes your questions and comments regarding this
Privacy Statement and our information collection practices.
We may be contacted by e-mail, privacy@bandag.com,
or alternatively, you may Contact Us at the following address:
Bridgestone Bandag, LLC, 2905 N. Hwy. 61, Muscatine, Iowa 52761-5886
This document was last updated August 20, 2003.
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