Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to Metal Building Shopper. This privacy policy describes the type of information that we gather, how we use that information, and what we do to protect your information. If you have any questions or concerns regarding Metal Building Shopper by way of our Contact Us page.
Use of this website indicates agreement with the Privacy Policy. In regard to "cookies": we may use cookies to track the effectiveness of our website and various promotions. Cookies contain specific pieces of information on your computer hard drive, and can be set to store information during a visit or for a longer period of time. Our cookies are not attached to personally identifiable information. Cookies are also used to facilitate the ease of your experience on the web site. For example, you will automatically be logged in during future visits. If your browser permits, you are free to disable cookies at any time. Certain features may not be able to then be used, however. You can Contact Us if you are unable to submit a quote request while having the cookies disabled.
WHAT INFORMATION IS GATHERED BY METAL BUILDING SHOPPER?
Metal Building Shopper gathers information for the purpose of matching consumers with particular suppliers and to personalize and continually improve your experience with Metal Building Shopper. We understand that your information is sensitive and limit our collection and use of said information to the critical data that we need to provide the optimum service. As a visitor to our site, you can browse through our pages without any personally identifiable information being revealed about you. Information that we automatically collect by way of industry standard web log files includes the URL from which you visited, the page that you are visiting, your computer browser information and your IP address. If you are a consumer utilizing our Request for Quote service, you need to provide certain information so Metal Building Shopper can deliver our Request for Quote service to you. This will include contact information, certain demographic information, and your purchasing requirements. The information collected varies according to the different purchasing categories and can be viewed by visiting the different forms located throughout the website. We will also ask you for feedback about our service, which is collected and stored to help us to improve our offerings. If you are a supplier using our Request for Quote service, you must provide information that allows us to deliver our Request for Quote service to you. This will include your contact information, information about your desired target markets, and billing information. Additionally, we may add to the information that you provide with a credit check to ensure creditworthiness, it should be noted that any credit card information that we receive is stored securely via encryption and a SSL connection. Our security measures are stated later in this document.
HOW DOES METAL BUILDING SHOPPER USE YOUR INFORMATION?
Metal Building Shopper uses the information that we gather to put consumers and sellers into contact with one another and to provide improved services on our site through analysis and communication.
Consumers or suppliers that use our Request for Quote service receive e-mails from us to facilitate your transaction. You cannot opt out of e-mails that are necessary to provide our services. The use of Metal Building shopper's Request for Quote service and acceptance of our Terms and Conditions include an agreement that we may use your personal information to contact you and to deliver information to you.
Metal Building Shopper offers e-mail services such as "Recommend a Friend" that allows visitors to notify other people via e-mail about our services. We do not use any e-mail addresses used in these communications for any other purpose but to send your e-mail. From time to time, Metal Building Shopper will send a promotional offer to our users that we believe will be of interest to you based on your profile. We also occasionally send surveys, general announcements, and service updates. If you do not want to receive these communications, we encourage you to opt out of these communications via our Contact Us feature.
HOW DOES METAL BUILDING SHOPPER SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH OTHERS?
Customer information is an important part of our business. Therefore, we limit the disclosure of this information to only that information required to provide our service of matching consumers with suppliers. The sharing of information to outside parties is described below.
Consumers: To facilitate our business of matching consumers with suppliers, consumers who utilize our Request for Quote service will be provided with information about suppliers. This may include contact information for suppliers, information about company background, and if deemed appropriate, company ratings or reviews.
Suppliers: In a similar fashion, a finite set of suppliers will be provided with consumer information so that consumers may be able to have their buying needs satisfied. The consumer's information (including all forms of contact utilized) can only be used to communicate with the consumer and their intended purchase. Additionally, suppliers may receive information about consumers in a manner that does not disclose personally identifiable information. This may include data that are an aggregate from across a group of consumers or information that is provided without attribution to a specific individual or company.
Agents: There may be occasional utilization of the services of third-party companies to help facilitate our business activities. These may include bill collection activities, affiliate or incentive program providers , customer service organizations, e-mail and postal mail brokers, and marketing service providers. These companies are subject to confidentiality agreements with us and are prohibited from using the information that we acquire and provide for any other reason except to perform the functions that Metal Building Shopper has provided for them.
Affiliates: Metal Building Shopper has established partnerships to provide our Request for Quote service more broadly throughout the Internet to both buyers and suppliers. When a user has utilized these services through an affiliate, we will share information about these users to the affiliate as necessary. Typically, this information is reported in an aggregated format.
Business Transfers: It is possible that our business may be merged with and/or sold to another business entity. During such a transaction, business information is typically one of the assets shared in the combined entity. If this occurs, your personal information will be protected by the Metal Building Shopper privacy policy in effect at the time. if your personal information will be used contrary to this policy, you will receive notice as described in the "Notification of Change" section below.
Legal Requests: Metal Building Shopper may release account and other personal information to legal authorities when it is obligated to in order to be compliant with the law. Additionally, Metal Building Shopper may release information about you to public authorities in relation to investigations of fraud, piracy, or other unlawful activity in order to retain an optimum level of trust and safety in our community.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Your information is stored on servers that are protected against unauthorized access through the use of safeguards such as "firewalls", encryption, and Secure Socket Layers. We utilize many security processes in order to protect your personal information. However, it is impossible to guarantee a perfect security system.
MINORS
Children (persons under the age of 18) are not eligible to use Metal Building Shopper's services.
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
Although we have attempted to address the various privacy-related issues you are likely to encounter, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Therefore, although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private from unauthorized access. Metal Building shopper contains links to other websites. You should be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy policies of these other websites. You are encouraged to read the privacy policies of all of the websites that collect personally identifiable information. The privacy policy stated in this document pertains to information obtained by Metal Building Shopper alone.
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE
Metal Building Shopper may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting amended terms on the website. All minor amended terms will be effective when posted. If material changes are made to this policy, we will notify you by e-mail or posting a prominent notice for 30 days prior to the change taking effect.