This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which Continental Hydraulics Incorporated (“we,” “us,” and “our”) collects, uses, maintains and discloses information we collect and receive about you, including from your use of the www.continentalhydraulics.com website (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by us.
Your visit to the Site and any dispute over privacy is subject to the Terms of Use, including limitations on damages and application of the law of the State of Minnesota. Use of the Site is strictly voluntary. If you do not agree to the Site’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, you must immediate log off the Site and may not use the Site. Additionally, we may not be able to assist you in connection with matters relating to our products or services.
Your Consent
BY SUBMITTING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND TO OUR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND ANY RELATED INFORMATION IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION TO, AND STORAGE AND PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION BY THIRD PARTIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. IF YOU ARE SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION OF THIRD PARTIES TO US, YOU WARRANT AND REPRESENT YOU HAVE THEIR CONSENT TO PROVIDE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO US AND YOU WILL INDEMNIFY US AND HOLD US HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST CLAIMS BY SUCH INDIVIDUALS RELATING TO OUR PROCESSING AND USE OF SUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION WITHIN THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
The Data We Collect
Personal Information
When you interact with us through certain activities on the Site or in connection with our products and services, such as subscribing to our newsletter, using the Contact Us function on the Site, or contacting us with a sales inquiry, we may ask you to provide personal and other information. In order to engage in such activities, you will be required to provide information that lets us know the specifics of who you are, such as your first name, last name, e-mail address, company name, mailing address, phone number, and other information. If you do not provide the mandatory information with respect to a particular activity, you may not be able to engage in that activity and we may not be able to assist you in connection with our products or service or to fulfill the purpose for which you contacted us. You may also limit your ability to use all or a portion of the Site.
Electronic Information
In general, you can browse the Site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself, but we may collect non-personal information about you when you interact with our Site. Non-personal information may include the browser name, the type of computer or device and technical information about means of connection to our Site, such as operating system, Internet service provider, and other similar information. We collect your computer’s or mobile device’s IP address, which you necessarily disclose when you visit the Site, so that data (such as the web pages you request) can be sent to your computer or device.
Web Browser Cookies
Our Site may use “cookies” which are text files placed on your computer or device that web pages on the Site may use to store data on your computer/device or send data to our web servers. Cookies allow our web servers to recognize you when you return to the Site, so we can retain any preferences you may have selected and enhance your user experience. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert when cookies are being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts of the Site may not function properly. We may also use standard Internet technology, such as web beacons and other similar technologies, to track your use of the Site.
The Site is not designed to respond to “do not track” requests from web browsers.
How We Use Collected Information
To Operate Our Business.
We use personal information to provide and improve our products and services, including the Site, for purposes in our legitimate interests and for compliance with applicable laws.
We process personal information where you give us your consent or on the basis that it is: (a) necessary for the performance of a contract we or one our affiliates has with you; (b) in our or a third parties’ legitimate interests such as a contract with distributor or another party under which we are required to deliver products or services; or (c) for compliance with a legal obligation.
We may use your personal information for particular activities, including, without limitation, responding to your inquiries, customer service, providing products and services to you, payment processing, collections, marketing and research, developing and displaying content tailored to your interests, processing your employment application and employment activities, providing promotional and other information to you, and contacting you regarding administrative notices or to solicit feedback on your experience with us or one of our distributors. We may share this information with our parent companies, subsidiaries, other related entities, vendors, marketing partners, and other parties with whom we collaborate. These parties may be located outside the United States. If we use service providers, these service providers may have access to your personal information to perform contractually specified services on our behalf. For example, if we are collecting payment from you, we must release your payment information to payment authorization service providers or associated banks to process your payment.
Our distributors independently have their own data collection and use practices that are not governed by this Privacy Policy.
If you opt-in to our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, and the like. If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, use the unsubscribe instructions included in each email, or you may contact us via the Site.
For Improving our Site, Products and Services. We may use your IP address and similar website use information to: (i) help diagnose problems with the Site, administer and improve the Site, and measure the use of the Site; (ii) identify the type of web browsers used, the pages viewed, the websites from which a visitor found the Site, and the search terms and search engines used to find the Site; and (iii) gather other web analytics information relating to visitors’ use and navigation of the Site. This information does not identify you personally. On occasion we may aggregate this data with data on the pages visited by other users to track overall visitor traffic patterns and provide this aggregate information to vendors, business partners, or affiliates.
The information we obtain using standard Internet technology, such as cookies, web beacons and other similar technologies, enables us to customize the services we offer visitors to our Site, to deliver targeted content, and to measure the overall effectiveness of our online content, advertising, or programming or other activities.
We may use the information you provide in an anonymous or aggregated format that does not identify you personally, which uses might include, without limitation, to evaluate and improve existing products, services, and systems; to assist in the development of new products or services; research; advertising; and to identify trends and changes.
For Law Enforcement, Regulators and Other Parties for Legal Reasons. We may also disclose personal information in any of the following circumstances: (a) in response to a subpoena, search warrant, court order, or other legal process or request, or as may otherwise be required by law, rule, or regulation; (b) to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our related entities, franchisees, or business partners, or others; or (c) as we, in our sole discretion, believe is appropriate under exigent circumstances in response to a perceived threat to the personal safety, property, or rights of any person or organization.
In addition, since our database is a business asset, in the event we are reorganized or become part of another organization, you consent to the sale, assignment, or transfer of your personal information to a successor that acquires substantially all of our business assets, or to an affiliate, as applicable.
Other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, rent, transfer, share or disclose personal information to third parties.
Security and Accuracy of Personal Information
We take the security of personal information seriously and we take what we believe to be reasonable precautions and have implemented certain safeguards to protect the security of data and personal information. We may transmit your personal data to third parties outside the United States for storage or processing. We will attempt to ensure that your personal information will be subject to appropriate safeguards and that it is processed and secured in accordance with applicable law. However, we cannot guarantee against any loss, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, or alteration or destruction of data or personal information. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to or from the Site, or by email or other electronic communications, and you provide such information at your own risk. You acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations in computer systems and on the Internet which are beyond our control; (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through the Site, or by email or other electronic communications, cannot be guaranteed; and (c) any such information and data may be viewed or tampered with by a third party while such information or data is being used, transmitted, processed, or stored.
Third Party Websites
You may find advertising or other content on our Site that links to the websites and services of our distributors, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these websites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these websites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These websites and services may have their own privacy policies and website terms of use. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Site, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
Privacy Rights and Requests
You may have rights under applicable laws concerning personal information we have collected about you, which may include the right to access your personal information we have, to ask us to delete, correct, or restrict the use of your personal information, to withdraw your consent to our use of your personal information, to ask how we have used your personal information, and to ask whether we have shared your personal information. We will honor your rights to the extent required by us under applicable laws or as we may agree to honor in our sole discretion.
All privacy requests relating to your personal information, including those related to access to, rectification of, restriction of, processing of, sharing of, or objection to the processing of your personal information, withdrawal of consent to handle your personal information, the right to be forgotten, or to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, can be submitted one of the following ways:
Continental Hydraulics Inc.
4895 12th Avenue East
Shakopee, Minnesota 55379
Phone: (952) 895-6400
Fax: (952) 895-6444
Email:
All communications must be in the English language. Please clearly state what information you are requesting and any other requests you are making.
We will respond to reasonable requests within the time limits established by applicable law or within a reasonable time if no time limit is established by applicable law.
If you or your authorized agent sends us an email requesting that we take action regarding your personal information or the right to be forgotten, the requesting email MUST come from the email address we have on file for you in order to verify that the request is valid and also to protect your personal information. All other requests must be made in writing or otherwise be verifiable as originating from you or your authorized agent. In order to protect your information and because people may have the same name, we will only provide or delete personal information that we can verify is associated with your particular email address or where we can reasonably identify the identity of the requestor.
For your protection, we may ask you for additional information to verify your identity. In most cases, we will provide the information you request and correct or delete any inaccurate personal information you discover. We reserve the right, however, to limit or deny your request to the extent permitted by applicable law if: (a) complying with the request may present a threat to the personal safety, property, or rights of any other person or organization; (b) complying with the request may lead to a violation of applicable laws or regulations; (c) we are not required to comply with the request because of a legal rule or exception; or (d) you have failed to provide us with sufficient evidence to verify your identity. We will not delete personal information if that personal information is related to an ongoing transaction. Even after a request, we may also keep personal information where necessary to comply with applicable laws or where necessary to protect a legal right or fulfill a legal obligation. If you are a California resident, you have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for your exercise of privacy rights conferred by the California Consumer Privacy Act.
How Long We Keep Personal Information
We retain personal information in accordance with any records retention policy or program we may implement from time to time. We will retain personal information for the length of time necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected the personal information or to demonstrate we have fulfilled our duties or obligations, or for retention periods required by applicable law or in which claims may be made or the existence of legal proceedings.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to revise this Privacy Policy, in whole or in part, at any time without notice to you. You expressly waive any right to receive notice of any revisions to this Privacy Policy. When we make an update, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage you to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about our current practices. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and to be aware of modifications. Any use of the Site following the date on which the revised Privacy Policy is published on this Site shall constitute your acceptance of all such changes.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your dealings with us, please contact us at:
Continental Hydraulics Inc.
4895 12th Avenue East
Shakopee, Minnesota 55379
Phone: (952) 895-6400
Fax: (952) 895-6444
Email:
This document was last updated on August 20, 2020