At Getronics, we believe strongly in protecting the privacy of our customers and prospective customers (“you”). This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect through our Internet operations through www.getronics.com (“our website”), how we use it, and the ways it may be disclosed.
Information Collection and Use
Getronics is the sole owner of the information collected on www.getronics.com. There are several sections of our website that invite you to contact us to request information from us. In order to reply to your request, we may need to obtain personal contact information such as your name, postal address, telephone number, and email address name and address. We may also solicit information such as demographics, occupation, company affiliation, and product preferences. We use this information for market analysis and to distribute information by email, postal mail, telephone, and/or fax about products and services that we believe may be of interest to you. We also obtain any additional personally identifiable information that you choose to include in your communications with us. In order to facilitate online ordering of products and services through our website, we may need to obtain additional billing and payment information, such as your credit card number, credit card billing address, credit card expiration date, or electronic funds transfer routing numbers. We use this information to ship products, maintain billing records, process payments, and provide customer support.Some features of our website may be accessible only to registered users. In addition to the data described above, user names and passwords are maintained for all registered users. We use this information to allow users to customize the functions of our web site, to restrict access to portions of our website, and to avoid repetitious requests for contact or billing information.We employ various automated means, including cookies and server logs, to collect information and generate statistics relating to your navigation of our website and the referring sites that may have brought you to our website. The information we collect is used to maintain profiles of our website users. We use profile information to customize a user's visit to our website and to tailor the information we provide.
Information Sharing
We will not sell, rent or otherwise disclose your personal information to any third party, without your consent except in the following circumstances:
ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES:
Personal information obtained via our website may be transferred to and processed by Getronics subsidiaries or third parties located in countries outside of the European Economic Area, including the United States of America. The data protection laws of these countries may not be as comprehensive as those in your country. When making such transfers, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. You may be asked to expressly authorize such transfers, or we may complete such transfers in accordance with an applicable legal authorization, adequacy determination, data protection agreement, or other arrangement.
Choice/Opt-out
If you do not want your personal information to be used as described in this Privacy Policy, or if you no longer wish to receive certain communications from us, you may request to be removed from our databases by contacting us in one of the ways provided below, or, in some cases, by opting out at the time the information is requested for a specific purpose. If you wish to reject our cookies, most Internet browsers may be configured to do so.
Access and Amendment
You may request a copy of any personal information that we keep about you. We strive to ensure that our information is accurate, complete, and up to date. You may request that we delete or make appropriate amendments to your information. We reserve the right to charge a fee to defray our costs for assembling, copying, and providing a response to your request. If we cannot comply your request, we will explain why.
External Links
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites that may be accessed from our website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the collection or use of personal information by other websites.
Security
Our website employs physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to protect the information we maintain from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized modification, and unlawful destruction or accidental loss. Our employees and third parties with access to individually identifiable information are required to respect and observe the policies stated in this Privacy Policy. Access is limited to persons with a legitimate need to access the information. Billing and payment information for online ordering is transferred using widely available security mechanisms. Our servers are maintained in secure facilities.
Privacy Policy Changes
We may need to modify this Privacy Policy occasionally to reflect changes in our businesses or the ways in which we use information. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes in a revised Privacy Policy accessible from our website. Unless otherwise stated, we will use information in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was collected. If we materially change the way we use or disclose individually identifiable information that was collected under a different Privacy Policy, we notify affected individuals via email and provide a reasonable opportunity to opt out of the revised use or disclosure (which may cause a person to be completely removed from our databases).
Contact Information
If you have any requests, question, or comments concerning this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at: contact@getronics.com
Effective date: 3 June 2004