RMS Equipment Company
Designers and
Manufacturers of Process Machinery
RMS
Equipment Company PRIVACY STATEMENT
This
Internet Web site is owned and controlled by RMS Equipment Company,
105 Glasgow St., Kitchener, Ontario Canada, N2G 4J4.
What personal information is being gathered and how is this
information being used?
Information Collection and Use
RMS Equipment Company is the sole owner of the information collected
on this site. We will not sell, share, or rent this information
to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
RMS Equipment Company collects information from our users at
several different points on our Internet Web site.
Registration
In order to use this site or portions of this site, a user may
need to first complete a registration form. During registration,
a user is required to give their contact information (such as
name and email address). This information is used to contact
the user about the services on our site for which they have
expressed interest.
Orders
We request information from the user on our order form. Here,
a user must provide contact information (such as name and shipping
address) and financial information (such as credit card number
and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes
and to fill customer orders. If we have trouble processing an
order, this contact information is used to contact the user.
Log
Files
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the site,
track user's movement, and gather broad demographic information
for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally
identifiable information.
Who will the information be shared with, if anyone?
Sharing
We will share aggregated demographic information with our partners
and advertisers. This is not linked to any personal information
that can identify any individual person.
We
use an outside shipping company to ship orders, and a credit
card processing company to bill users for goods and services.
These companies do not retain, share, store, or use personally
identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
We
partner with another party to provide specific services. When
the user signs up for these services, we will share names, or
other contact information that is necessary for the third party
to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to
use personally identifiable information except for the purpose
of providing these services.
RMS
Equipment Company reserves the right to perform statistical
analyses and profiling of user behavior and characteristics
in order to measure interest in and use of the various areas
of the site and to inform third parties of such information.
RMS Equipment Company will provide only aggregate data from
these analyses to third parties; no personally identifying information
will be disclosed.
What safeguards are in place to protect the loss, misuse
or alteration of your information?
Links
This site may contain links to other sites. Please be aware
that we, RMS Equipment Company, are not responsible for the
privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users,
that when they leave our site, to read the privacy statements
of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this site.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss,
misuse and alteration of the information provided on the site.
The site uses Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, the current
standard for secure transactions over the Internet, to promote
the security of your data.
There
are some simple measures that you can take to promote protection
of your information. First, to help protect the security of
your account, do not share your password with others. Also,
please remember to "log-off" after using any of our
on-line services when you have finished using the site.
While
we strive to protect your personally identifying information,
the Internet is not fully secure. Consequently, RMS Equipment
Company cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. We do however
attempt to ensure its security on our system.
If
you have any questions about the security at our Internet Web
site, you can send an email to rmssales@rmsequip.com
Like
most web sites, this site uses "cookies" to allow
you to move more quickly through the site. Cookies are small
text files a web site can use to recognize repeat users and
facilitate their ongoing access to and use of the site. Cookies
do not by themselves collect identifying information; instead,
they collect information related to the characteristics of your
computer, or when and how you reached the site.
Generally,
cookies work by assigning to the user a unique number that has
no meaning outside the assigning site and do not pose a threat
to a user's system or files. We use this information only for
purposes of planning and tracking, as well as assessing the
technical function of our site. For instance, when you access
a specific area of our site, the system will transfer a cookie
to your browser so that when you return to this area of the
site, you will not have to reenter your data to gain access
to it. This cookie is only used to eliminate the need to duplicate
your information. By understanding how our site is accessed,
we can continually improve it to respond to users' interests.
We
may use cookies to track information about which pages you visit
within our site in order to gauge the effectiveness of our content
or to continue to refine the types of content that you may find
interesting.
However,
we cannot control the use of cookies by advertisers or third
parties hosting data for us. If you do not want information
collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure
in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the cookie
feature. Please note that cookies may be necessary to enable
you to use certain features on our site.
What if there are changes?
Site
and Service Updates
We may send site and service announcement emails to users at
any time. Registered users are not able to un-subscribe from
service announcements, which contain important information about
the service. We communicate with the user to provide requested
services and in regards to issues relating to their account
via email or phone.
Correction/Updating
Personal Information:
If a user's personally identifiable information changes (such
as your zip code or phone number), or if a user no longer desires
our service, we will endeavor to provide a way to correct, update
or remove that user's personal data provided to us. This can
usually be done at the customer service page or by emailing
Customer Service at rmssales@rmsequip.com
or by contacting us at
RMS Equipment Company, 105 Glasgow St., Kitchener, Ontario Canada,
N2G 4J4, 519-749-4634.
Policy
Changes
RMS Equipment Company reserves the right to review and change
this Policy at any time. Policy changes may be made without
prior notice to existing customers. If we decide to change our
privacy policy, we will post those changes on our Homepage so
our users are aware of what information we collect, how we use
it, and under circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any
point we decide to use personally identifiable information in
a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected,
we will notify registered users via email. Users will have a
choice, if any, as to whether or not we use their information
in this different manner. Policy revisions only apply to information
gathered after the effective date of the revised policy, unless
we give you notice and choice as to the changes in use, in which
case all information is subject to the new policy.
Effective Date
August 01, 2001