Privacy Statement
Southside Metals 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 Southside Metals Web site and governs data collection and usage. By
using the Southside Metals website, you consent to the data practices described
in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
Southside Metals collects personally identifiable information, such as your
e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Southside
Metals also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to
you, such as your ZIP code, gender, preferences and interests.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is
automatically collected by Southside Metals. This information can include: your
IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site
addresses. This information is used by Southside Metals for the operation of
the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general
statistics regarding use of the Southside Metals Web site.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable
information or personally sensitive data through Southside Metals public
message boards, i.e. blogs, this information may be collected and used by
others. It is important to note that Southside Metals does not read any of your
private online communications.
Southside Metals encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites
you choose to link to from Southside Metals so that you can understand how
those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Southside Metals is
not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites
outside of the Southside Metals and Southside Metals family of Web sites.
Use of your Personal Information
Southside Metals collects and uses your personal information to operate the Southside
Metals Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Southside Metals
also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other
products or services available from Southside Metals and its affiliates. Southside
Metals may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion
of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
Southside Metals does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third
parties. Southside Metals 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, Southside Metals 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 Southside Metals, and they are required to maintain the
confidentiality of your information.
Southside Metals does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such
as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
Southside Metals keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit
within Southside Metals, in order to determine what Southside Metals services
are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising
within Southside Metals to customers whose behavior indicates that they are
interested in a particular subject area.
Southside Metals 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 Southside Metals or the site; (b) protect and defend
the rights or property of Southside Metals; and, (c) act under exigent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Southside Metals, or
the general public.
Use of Cookies
The Southside Metals Web
site does not presently but may at some point in the future 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 personalized Southside Metals
pages, or registered with Southside Metals site or services, a cookie would help
Southside Metals 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 Southside
Metals Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so
you can easily use the Southside Metals 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 Southside Metals
services or Web sites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
Southside Metals secures your personal information from unauthorized access,
use or disclosure. Southside Metals 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
Southside Metals will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect
company and customer feedback. Southside Metals encourages you to periodically
review this Statement to be informed of how Southside Metals is protecting your
information.
Contact Information
Southside Metals welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If
you believe that Southside Metals has not adhered to this Statement, please
contact Southside Metals at randy@southsidemetalsllc.com. We will use
commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.