Artex Electric. ("Artex Electric") recognizes that its customers, visitors,
users, and others (collectively or individually "Users") who use www.artexelectric.com
or other websites owned or operated by Artex Electric (collectively, “Sites”)
value their privacy. This Privacy Notice details our use and disclosure of User
information collected on the Artex Electric Sites. Artex Electric provides
this Privacy Notice to help you make an informed decision about whether to use or
continue using the Artex Electric Sites.
This Privacy Notice is incorporated into and is subject to the Artex Electric and
AC Terms of Use. Your use of the Artex Electric Sites and any personal information
you provide on the Artex Electric Sites remains subject to the terms of this
Privacy Notice and our Terms of Use.
Please note that any video, image, or other content distributed at the direction
of Users onto the Artex Electric Sites becomes published content and is not
considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Notice.
Information Artex Electric Collects
• Registration Information: When you subscribe to Artex Electric Services,
we collect your name, email address, billing address, phone number and credit card
information. All payments are processed through PayPal. Please review PayPal’s privacy
policies and/or terms of use if you have questions about PayPal’s privacy policies
and information security practices.
• User Provided Information: You or others provide certain personally identifiable
information to Artex Electric when distributing communications or otherwise
utilizing the services (such as creating an address book) on the Artex Electric and
AC Sites – as sender or receiver of communications.
• Cookies Information: When you visit the Artex Electric Sites, we may send
one or more cookies - a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters
- to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser.
Artex Electric uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent
cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your
browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following
your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears
after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies
or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Artex Electric
and AC Sites may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
• Log File Information: When you use the Artex Electric Sites, our servers
automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you
visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request,
Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit
pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages
viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages,
the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify
your browser.
• Clear GIFs Information: When you use the Artex Electric Sites, we may employ
"clear GIFs" (a.k.a. Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns
of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition,
we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which
emails are opened by recipients. Artex Electric Use of Information
• If you submit personally identifiable information to us through the Artex Electric
and AC Sites, then we use your personal information to operate, maintain, and provide
to you the features and functionality of the Artex Electric Sites and related
services. • We may use your email address or other personally identifiable information
to send commercial or marketing messages from us for which you will have the ability
to opt-out. We may use your email address without further consent for non-marketing
or administrative purposes (such as notifying you of major changes to the Artex Electric
and AC Sites or for customer service purposes).
• We use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable
information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type,
clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Artex Electric and
AC Sites and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by
storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
• We use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember information
so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you
visit the Artex Electric Sites; (b) provide custom, personalized content and
information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns; and (d) monitor
metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc. Artex Electric
Disclosure of Information
• We provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable
information to our subsidiaries, affiliated companies, or other third party businesses
or persons for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf and/or delivering
the Sites and services to you. We require that these parties process and protect
such information in compliance with our privacy policy. • We do not share your personally
identifiable information (such as name or email address) with third-party companies
for their commercial or marketing use without your consent unless part of a specific
program or feature for which you have the ability to opt-in or opt-out.
• We share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage
data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with
interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for
certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the
Artex Electric Sites.
• We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable
information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action
is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law)
or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
• Artex Electric also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable
information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that Artex Electric and
AC believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of
Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend itself against
any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies,
to protect the security or integrity of our Websites, and to protect the rights,
property, or personal safety of Artex Electric, our Users or others.
• In the event that Artex Electric is acquired by or merged with a third party
entity, we reserve the right, in any of these circumstances, to transfer or assign
the information we have collected from our Users as part of such merger, acquisition,
sale, or other change of control. If such a transfer would result in a material
change in the use of your personal information, we will provide notice about the
choices you have to prevent the transfer of your information. Your
Please note that files uploaded by Users to the Artex Electric Sites remain
subject to our Terms of Use and may be stored by persons to whom you send such files.
To assist in protecting your privacy and security, we take reasonable steps (such
as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile
access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of
your unique password and account information at all times.
Information Security
Artex Electric uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial,
and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal
information. However, we cannot, ensure or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to or through Artex Electric and you do so at your own risk. Once
we receive your transmission of information, Artex Electric makes commercially
reasonable efforts to ensure the security of our systems. However, we cannot a guarantee
that such information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by
breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
Special Note to International Users
The Artex Electric Sites are hosted in the United States and are intended
for and directed to Users in the United States. If you are a User accessing the
Artex Electric Sites from a location outside of the United States, your connection
will be through and to servers located in the United States and all information
you provide will be processed and maintained in our Web servers and internal systems
located within the United States and may be subject to disclosure under the laws
of the United States. Changes and Updates to this Privacy Notice This Privacy Notice
may be revised periodically and this will be reflected by the "effective date" below.
Please revisit this page to stay aware of any changes. We only use your personal
information in the manner described in the Privacy Notice in effect when we received
the personal information you provided.
For revisions to this Privacy Notice that may be materially less restrictive on
our use or disclosure of the personal information you have already provided to us,
we will notify you before implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
Contact Information Please contact Artex Electric with any questions or comments
about this Privacy Notice, your personal information, your consent or your opt-in
or opt-out choices using this contact form.
Effective Date: This Privacy Notice is effective as of August 1, 2009.
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