Steel information portal - Privacy policy.

Privacy Policy Statement.

Personal Information and Data Protection

The Steelonthenet.com portal is committed to protecting the privacy of all our customers and to compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you place an order; fill out a form; register on our website and / or subscribe to our services.

Any data we request that is not required will be specified as voluntary or optional.

When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number or job title, company name, interests. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on your site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

What do we use your information for?

Email and other information that we collect from you may be used for one of the following marketing or other purposes:

• For marketing (either by ourselves or for remarketing with carefully selected business partners)
  
  
• To personalize your experience
  (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
  
  
• To improve our website
  (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
  
  
• To improve customer service
  (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
  
  
• To process transactions. Transaction-related information will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the purchased product or service requested by the customer. However, the email address you provide for order processing may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order or request, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, promotions, related product or service information etc.
  
  If you consent to letting us use your information by 'opting in', we will assume that we have your explicit permission to use your email or other data for the marketing and other purposes listed above.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you submit a request or place an order.

These security measures include: password protected directories and databases to safeguard your information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.

Do we use cookies?

Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enable the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. We do use such cookies. For further information, please see our cookies page.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

How about disclosure of information in the future?

In the event of the sale of our business in the future, we reserve the right to pass all information in our possession to the new owner. In this instance we will however require the new owner to use personal data only for the original purpose for which the data was intended.

Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent.

Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

CAN-SPAM Compliance

We have taken the necessary steps to ensure that we are compliant with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 by never sending out misleading information.

Terms and Conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.

Your Consent

Consent to use your personal data requires a positive opt-in. We do not use pre-ticked boxes or any other method of default consent. 'Opt in' boxes are included on all forms through which data is submitted to us via the website.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the change.

This policy was last modified on 24th March 2018.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

Web: www.steelonthenet.com
The Coach House
Powell Road
Buckhurst Hill
Essex IG9 5RD
United Kingdom
Email info@steelonthenet.com
Tel:+44 775 149 0885

Privacy Policy Customer Pledge

We pledge to you, our customer, that we have made a dedicated effort to bring our privacy policy in line with the following important privacy laws and initiatives:
Federal Trade Commission Fair
California Online Privacy Protection Act
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act
Privacy Alliance
Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act.


Respectfully,

Andrzej M Kotas, CEO
www.steelonthenet.com