Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Privacy Statement  
Maritime and Steel Foundries is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Maritime and Steel Foundries Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Maritime and Steel Foundries website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.


Collection of your Personal Information


Use of your Personal Information

Maritime and Steel Foundries collects and uses your personal information to operate the Maritime and Steel Foundries Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Maritime and Steel Foundries also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Maritime and Steel Foundries and its affiliates. Maritime and Steel Foundries may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Maritime and Steel Foundries does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Maritime and Steel Foundries may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Maritime and Steel Foundries may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Maritime and Steel Foundries, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Maritime and Steel Foundries does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Maritime and Steel Foundries keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Maritime and Steel Foundries, in order to determine what Maritime and Steel Foundries services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Maritime and Steel Foundries to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Maritime and Steel Foundries Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 Maritime and Steel Foundries or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Maritime and Steel Foundries; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Maritime and Steel Foundries, or the public.


Use of Cookies

The Maritime and Steel Foundries Web site 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.

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. For example, if you personalize Maritime and Steel Foundries pages, or register with Maritime and Steel Foundries site or services, a cookie helps Maritime and Steel Foundries to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Maritime and Steel Foundries Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Maritime and Steel Foundries features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Maritime and Steel Foundries services or Web sites you visit.


Security of your Personal Information

Maritime and Steel Foundries secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Maritime and Steel Foundries secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.


Changes to this Statement

Maritime and Steel Foundries will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Maritime and Steel Foundries encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Maritime and Steel Foundries is protecting your information.


Contact Information

Maritime and Steel Foundries welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Maritime and Steel Foundries has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Maritime and Steel Foundries at admin@localhost. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

 

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