Tom’s Welding, Inc. Privacy Notice
During your visit to this site information that is not readily identifiable to an individual is automatically collected and stored. This information is used solely to improve our web services. For more detail on our privacy policy, please see the expanded statement following.
Information Collected and How It is Used
If you do nothing during your visit to the Tom’s Welding, Inc. web site but browse or download information, we automatically collect and store information about your visit:
The Internet Protocol address and domain name used but not the email address. The Internet Protocol address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer. We use the Internet Protocol Address to direct Internet traffic to you;
The type of browser and operating system you used and your connection speed;
The date and time you visited this site;
The web pages or services you accessed at this site; and
The web site you visited prior to coming to this web site.
This information may be found in the /webalizer subdirectory.
The information we automatically collect or store is used to improve the content of our web services and to help us understand how people are using our services. We analyze our web site logs to continually improve the value of the materials available on our site. Our web site logs are not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link them with the individuals that browse the Tom’s Welding, Inc. web site.
If during your visit to the Tom’s Welding, Inc. web site you participate in a survey or send an email, the following additional information will be collected:
E-mail correspondence: The e-mail address and contents of the e-mail;
Surveys : Any information you volunteered in response to a survey.
Personal Information and Choice
"Personal information" is information about an individual that is
readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal
information includes personal identifiers such as an individual's
name, address, and phone number. A domain name or Internet Protocol
address is not considered personal information.
We collect no personal information about you unless you voluntarily
participate in an activity that asks for information (i.e. sending
an e-mail or participating in a survey). If you choose not to
participate in these activities, your choice will in no way affect
your ability to use any other feature of this website.
If personal information is requested on the web site or volunteered
by the user, state law and the federal Privacy Act of 1974 may
protect it. However, this information is a public record once you
provide it, and may be subject to public inspection and copying if
not protected by federal or state law.
Users are cautioned that the collection of personal information
requested from or volunteered by children on-line or by email will
be treated the same as information given by an adult and may be
subject to public access.
Access and Correction of Personal Information
You can review any personal information we collect about you. You may recommend changes to your personal information you believe in error by submitting a written request that credibly shows the error. If you believe that your personal information is being used for a purpose other than what was intended when submitted, you may contact us. In all cases, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. See Contact Information section.
Cookies
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and may either be used only during your session (a "session" cookie) or may be stored on your computer's hard drive (a "persistent" cookie). Cookies can contain data about user movement during the visit to the website. If your browser software is set to allow cookies, a web site can send its own cookie to you. A web site that has set a cookie can only access those cookies it has sent to you, it cannot access cookies sent to you by other sites.
Why are Cookies Used on Web Sites?
Cookies are one mechanism for maintaining continuity during a user's visit to a web site. They allow data to be maintained for users' benefit as they navigate a site. This is referred to as "session" or "state management" cookie. These cookies go away when you terminate your visit to the website as they are maintained only in your browser's active memory during your session. Cookies may be also be stored on your computer to so that you can be recognized by a website on subsequent visits. They can be read by the website that set them whenever you enter the website. They are often used on websites that require you to log in to save you entering all of your log-in information. They may store information on your unique identifier and the areas of the website you have visited before. These cookies are stored on your computer's hard drive after you have left your website visit and consequently are often referred to as "persistent" cookies.
Choices about Cookies
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.)
Tom’s Welding, Inc. Practice Regarding Cookies
The Tom’s Welding, Inc. web site has a feature that allows users to change the default text size of the web site. The Commerce web site uses a persistent cookie to identify the users text size preference, so that every time the user visits the Commerce web site the text size will reflect the users selected text size preference without the user having to set the text size each visit to the Commerce web site.
Security
The Tom’s Welding, Inc., as developer and manager of the Tom’s
Welding, Inc. web site, has taken several steps to safeguard the
integrity of its telecommunications and computing infrastructure,
including but not limited to authentication, monitoring, auditing,
and encryption. Security measures have been integrated into the
design, implementation and day-to-day practices of the entire
Commerce operating environment as part of its continuing commitment
to risk management.
This information should not be construed in any way as giving
business, legal, or other advice. This information should not be
construed as warranting as fail-proof the security of information
provided through Commerce supported web sites.
Disclaimer
The Tom’s Welding, Inc. web site has links to other web sites. These include links to web sites operated by government agencies, nonprofit organizations and private businesses. When you visit another site, you are no longer on the Tom’s Welding, Inc. web site and this Privacy Notice will not apply. When you visit another web site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that new site.