United Performance Metals values the importance of personal privacy as it applies to visitors to this website.
This statement discloses the information practices for United Performance Metals' web site.
What we collect
We aggregate both anonymous and personal data. What we collect depends on what you do when you use our website and on what personal information you elect to give us.
Anonymous data
We collect anonymous data when you visit our site, including your internet address, the time of your visit and the pages that you view. We use this information to monitor and improve the performance of our site so that we can continue to effectively and reliably provide useful services for our visitors and our company.
Personal Information
As a visitor or user of United Performance Metals' Web site you may visit this site without telling us who you are or giving any personal information about yourself. There are instances on this site where we may request information about you for our use or that of a partner. You may choose to give us personal information in a variety of situations. For example, you may want to give us information, such as your name, address or e-mail id so that we can correspond with you. In such instances we intend to let you know how we will use such information before we collect it from you. If you tell us that you do not want us to use this information to make further contact with you beyond fulfilling your request, we will respect your wishes. If you give us personal information about somebody else, such as a spouse or work colleague, we will assume that you have their permission to do so.
Profile
Personal information that you elect to give us may be stored and used to build a profile of your interests and viewing preferences. This profile may be used to make our web presence more valuable to you, and in some cases, to conduct business with you.
How We Use Information Collected
United Performance Metals uses information for several general purposes: to fulfill your requests for certain products and services, to personalize your experience on our Web site, to keep you up to date on the latest product announcements, special offers or other information we think you'd like to hear about either from us or from our business partners, and to better understand your needs and provide you with better services. We may also use your information to send you, or to have our business partners send you, direct marketing information or contact you for market research.
If you accept the opportunity to be contacted by us, either by personal mail, email, telephone or other direct marketing initiative, you can revoke that acceptance at anytime by writing to this email address optout@fergusonmetals.com.
What we share
Because United Performance Metals is a global company, your personal information may be shared with our partners and associates around the world. United Performance Metals may share your personal information to provide the product or service you have requested; we need to send the information to companies who work on behalf of United Performance Metals to provide a product or service that you have requested (we will only provide those companies the information they need to deliver the service, and they are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose); or we want to keep you up to date on the latest product announcements, special offers or other information we think you would like to hear about either from us or one of our business partners. We will also disclose your personal information if required to do so by law, to enforce our Terms of Use, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our Web site.
What we use
Web Server Log Files Like most web sites, we use web server log files to gather summary information about activities on our web site. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser types, internet service provider (ISP), referring pages, operating system. We analyze this information to extract trends such as popular search engines and search terms, popular referring pages. We also use this information to maintain the successful operation of our web servers. We do not use web server log files to track either anonymous or identifiable users.
Where we collect information
We use the methods as described and qualified above on our web site. We may also use some of the methods in HTML based e-mail to support and to gauge the effectiveness of our communications, marketing and sales efforts.
Children's Privacy
We believe that protecting the privacy of children is very important. Our web sites are not designed to attract individuals under the age of 18. In accordance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not collect or store any personal information, even in aggregate, about children under the age of 13. If we discover we have received any information from a child under the age of 13 in violation of this policy, we will delete that information immediately. If you believe that United Performance Metals has any information from or about anyone under the age of 13, please contact us atoptout@fergusonmetals.com.
Data Security
We follow industry standards and practices to safeguard all of the information, both anonymous and personal, that we collect. United Performance Metals will provide access to personal information about you only to those of our employees who need information to do business with you.
Correcting/Updating/Deleting/Deactivating Personal Information
If your personally identifiable information (such as zip code, phone, email or postal address) changes or, if you no longer desire our service, you can have your information modified or deleted by using by contacting us by e-mail at optout@fergusonmetals.com.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
United Performance Metals reserves the right to periodically revise this policy. Please check this page periodically for changes. The document revision date displayed below will indicate when this policy was last revised.
If we are planning to use your personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify you via email. You will have a choice as to whether or not you allow us to continue to use and maintain your information under our new policy. Of course, if you have opted out of all communication with us or deleted/deactivated your account, you will not be contacted and your personal information will not be used or maintained under the new policy.
Changes to our privacy policy that do not affect user information already stored in our database will be posted prominently on our Web site.
Business Transitions
If United Performance Metals goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition, or sales of a portion of its assets, your personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. You will be notified via prominent notice on our Web site for 30 days prior to a change of ownership or control of your personal information. If, as a result of the business transition, your personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection, you will be given choice consistent with the one outlined in "Changes to this Privacy Policy" (above).
More Information
You can request additional information or further explanation of this information by writing tooptout@fergusonmetals.com.