Privacy Policy

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Privacy Statement

Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. 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 Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. Web site, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

COLLECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Western Rubber & Supply, Inc.  also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postal/zip code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Western Rubber & Supply, Inc.  Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others.

Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. and Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. family of Web sites.

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. collects and uses your personal information to operate the Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Western Rubber & Supply, Inc.  and its affiliates. Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. 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, Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. may share data with trusted partners to help us 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 Western Rubber & Supply, Inc., and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Western Rubber & Supply, Inc., in order to determine what Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Western Rubber & Supply, Inc.  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 Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Western Rubber & Supply, Inc.; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Western Rubber & Supply, Inc., or the public.

USE OF COOKIES
The Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. Web site uses “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 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 personalize Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. pages, or register with Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. site or services, a cookie helps Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. 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 Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the LORD Corporation 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 Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. services or Web sites you visit.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. 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
Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. is protecting your information.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Western Rubber & Supply, Inc. at webmaster@westernrubber.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.