Company Privacy Statement
COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY
Because we gather certain types of information about our users,
we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions
surrounding the capture and use of that information. This
privacy statement discloses what information we gather and
how we use it.
INFORMATION
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. may at any point gather
two types of information about users:
Information that users provide through optional, voluntary
submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our
electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards
or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls
and surveys:
Information Process Equipment & Supply Inc. gathers through
aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying
page views throughout our sites. This information allows us
to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help
our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics
of our audience. Under no circumstances does Process Equipment
& Supply Inc. divulge any information about an individual
user to a third party.
USAGE TRACKING
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. tracks user traffic patterns
throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate
this information with data about individual users. Process
Equipment & Supply Inc. does break down overall usage
statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type,
and MIME type by reading this information from the browser
string (information contained in every user's browser). Process
Equipment & Supply Inc. sometimes tracks and catalogs
the search terms that users enter in our Search function,
but this tracking is never associated with individual users.
We use tracking information to determine which areas of our
sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those
areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather
how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue
to build a better service for you.
COOKIES
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the
browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not
contain Personal Information although it will enable us to
relate your use of this site to information that you have
specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal
information a cookie can contain is information you supply
yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read
cookie files created by other sites. Process Equipment &
Supply Inc. uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as
described above). Our advertising system delivers a one-time
cookie to better track ad impressions and click rates.
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser.
If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies,
you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You
do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However,
you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards,
forums, polling and surveys.
USE OF INFORMATION
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. uses any information voluntarily
given by our users to enhance their experience in our network
of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements
on the sites or to better prepare future content based on
the interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily
provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to
enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards,
and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular
schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send
out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly
interested in something we are doing. Process Equipment &
Supply Inc. never shares newsletter mailing lists with any
third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas
of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to
those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but
rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us
continue to build a better service for you. We track search
terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of
what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a
particular user enters.
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. creates aggregate reports
on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers,
sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise
more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements
that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track
the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor
will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We
will not disclose any information about any individual user
except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process
or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
We will not share information about individual users with
any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid
legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users
or the public.
SECURITY
Process Equipment & Supply Inc. operates secure data networks
protected by industry standard firewall and password protection
systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically
reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals
have access to the information provided by our customers.
YOUR CONSENT
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use
of this information by Process Equipment & Supply Inc..
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes so that you are always aware of what information we
collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose
it.