COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
Because we gather certain types of
information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the
terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that
information. This privacy statement discloses what information we
gather and how we use it.
INFORMATION
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. may at any point gather two types of information about users:
Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions.
These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic newsletters,
to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, and
from participation in polls and surveys:
Information
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. gathers through aggregated tracking
information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites.
This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers'
needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the
demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does Process
Equipment & Supply Inc. divulge any information about an individual
user to a third party.
USAGE TRACKING
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. tracks user traffic patterns
throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this
information with data about individual users. Process Equipment &
Supply Inc. does break down overall usage statistics according to a
user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this
information from the browser string (information contained in every
user's browser). Process Equipment & Supply Inc. sometimes tracks
and catalogs the search terms that users enter in our Search function,
but this tracking is never associated with individual users. We use
tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like
and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what
individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall.
This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your
computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information
although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to
information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the
only personal information a cookie can contain is information you
supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read
cookie files created by other sites. Process Equipment & Supply
Inc. uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).
Our advertising system delivers a one-time cookie to better track ad
impressions and click rates.
You
can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set
your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the
warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies
turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate
actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.
USE OF INFORMATION
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. uses any information voluntarily
given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites,
whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or
to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
As
stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in
order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to
participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out
newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the
newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think
subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing.
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. never shares newsletter mailing
lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or
partners.
When we use tracking
information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't
like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual
users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps
us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms
entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests
our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
Process
Equipment & Supply Inc. creates aggregate reports on user
demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and
partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively,
and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to
their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual
users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user
clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any
individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal
process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
We will not share information about individual users with any third
party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or
to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SECURITY
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. operates secure data networks
protected by industry standard firewall and password protection
systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed
and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access
to the information provided by our customers.
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this
information by Process Equipment & Supply Inc.. If we decide to
change our privacy policy, we will post those changes so that you are
always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under
what circumstances we disclose it.