Introduction

Protecting your private information is of great concern to us. This Privacy Policy applies to Hardware-Everywhere.com and Hardware Everywhere and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Hardware Everywhere include Hardware-Everywhere.com. The Hardware Everywhere website is an e- commerce site. By using the Hardware Everywhere website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

We understand your concerns regarding privacy and designed this policy as part of our strong commitment to you. Cookies are used on the site to help customers access and track items in their shopping cart. A cookie is sent to the individual to identify them when they return to the site for the purpose of viewing items left in their shopping cart among other things.

Information gathered at this site is not used except internally for statistical purposes. We do not use cookies at this site. Any information you supply will be used only by us and only for statistical purposes. It will not be sold, rented, traded, leased, or shared with any party. We are committed to respecting your privacy. Your order may be transmitted to a third party warehouse for shipment.

We will never sell, trade, exchange or otherwise use your information. Period. End of sentence. Of course, if you e-mail us with an inquiry, we’ll use any supplied information to assist in our reply. We do not archive, offer for sale, or rent any information collected. You may contact us by e-mail if you have any questions regarding this policy.

Collection of your Personal Information

In order to better provide you with products and services offered on our Site, Hardware Everywhere may collect personally identifiable information, such as your:

• First and Last Name
• Company Name and Mailing Address
• E-mail Address
• Phone Number

If you purchase Hardware Everywhere’s products and services, we collect billing and credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction.

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it to us. However, you may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services available on the Site. These may include: (a) registering for an account on our Site; (b) entering a sweepstakes or contest sponsored by one of our partners; (c) signing up for special offers from selected third parties; (d) sending us an e-mail message; (e) submitting your credit card or other payment information when ordering and purchasing products and services on our Site. To wit, we will use your information for, but not limited to,

communicating with you in relation to services and/or products you have requested from us. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future.

This privacy policy is for our web site only and does not apply to anything except this specific website.

When registering as a member of Hardware Everywhere, we may ask you to provide certain details about yourself. We do this in order to offer you a full range of information, products, and services. To register as a member, we will ask you to provide your name, company name (if applicable), email address, billing address, shipping address, and mailing address. This information should be as accurate as possible because we will use it for all contact, billing, and shipping purposes.

What information do we keep? When you sign on the following information may be recorded depending on what information is provided at the time of connection: your home ISP’s name, your country of origin, your browser type, your computer type, your operating system, current date and time, connection speed, and the referring site. When you visit our site your IP address (the Internet address of your computer) is logged to track your session. This is automatically recognized by the Web server and is only used for system administration and to provide statistics, which we use to evaluate use of the site. We do not link your IP address to anything personally identifiable to you and therefore you remain anonymous.

Use of your Personal Information

Hardware Everywhere collects and uses your personal information to operate its website(s) and deliver the services you have requested. Hardware Everywhere may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Hardware Everywhere and its affiliates.

Sharing Information with Third Parties

Hardware Everywhere does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties or partners. However, Hardware Everywhere may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send you e-mail 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 Hardware Everywhere, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Hardware Everywhere may disclose your personal information, without notice, 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 Hardware Everywhere or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Hardware Everywhere; and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Hardware Everywhere, or the public.

Automatically Collected Information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected by Hardware Everywhere. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, country of origin, operating system/platform, display information, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the website and service, to maintain quality of the service provided, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Hardware Everywhere website.

This information is regularly tabulated into a summary report by a commercial statistical tracker. The original data is deleted once our report is generated. We also use this information to compile data about what pages are used and how long they are viewed and what page you go to next; this data is not associated with an IP address except to see what country you’re visiting from. Other tracking software we have installed is used to monitor your usage of our server to make sure you’re legally allowed to do so, and your IP address is associated with this — our competitors are not allowed to use this site, and we are actively looking for you. Why do we get want information? For instance, we like to know we had 400 Macintosh users and most them used Firefox. It helps us make sure our pages work well for all of our users. We can see what pages are popular and which ones might need work.

Links

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security of your Personal Information

Hardware Everywhere secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Hardware Everywhere uses the following method for this purpose: SSL Protocol. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

We strive to take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or alteration of your personal information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, you acknowledge that: (a) there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet which are beyond our control; and (b) security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information and data exchanged between you and us through this Site cannot be guaranteed.

Right to Deletion

Subject to certain exceptions set out below, on receipt of a verifiable request from you, we will direct any service providers to delete your personal information from their records.

Please note that we may not be able to comply with requests to delete your personal information if it is necessary to:

• Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity;
• Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality;
• Enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us;
• Comply with an existing legal obligation; or
• Otherwise use your personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which you provided the information.

Children Under Eighteen

Hardware Everywhere does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of eighteen. If you are under the age of eighteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

E-mail Communications

If you purchase from us, orders, quotes, confirmations, shipping details, RGAs, and other communications related to your specific request/order may be sent without permission. We may also send you a survey link related to a specific order.

Beyond that, from time to time, Hardware Everywhere may contact you, with your permission, via e-mail, for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via e-mail from Hardware Everywhere, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the unsubscribe button or e-mailing info@hardware- everywhere.com.

External Links

Disclaimer: there are links to sites not affiliated with this one. Links to external websites are not covered by this policy. Once you leave this site, your privacy is no longer in our control. It’s in your control and therefore it’s your responsibility to decide what to do.

Changes to this Statement

Hardware Everywhere reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes in the way we treat personal information by sending a notice to the primary e-mail address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating any privacy information on this page. Your continued use of the Site and/or Services available through this Site after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.

Contact Information

Hardware Everywhere welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Hardware Everywhere has not adhered to this Statement, please contact us at info@hardware-everywhere.com or 1-800-432-8979.