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Privacy Policy
Purdy Privacy Policy
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal Information
In general, Purdy collects personal information from you when
you voluntarily provide it to us by (1) registering on any of
our Web Sites; (2) signing up to enter a promotion, participate
in an event or survey, receive newsletters or other literature;
(3) making product, project, or service inquiries; and (4)
contacting us (including our webmaster, customer service
representatives, or other employees) by e-mail. In connection
with these activities, we may collect personal information from
you, including, but not limited to, your name, physical
address, e-mail address, age, gender, telephone number, fax
number, user name and/or password associated with the use of
any of our Web Sites or web portal(s), occupation, company
name, name of position within company, whether you are a Purdy
customer, your primary field of expertise, the type of product
you are seeking, the type of project you are or will be working
on, the time frame for starting your project, where you
typically shop for paint and coat ings products, the number of
paint/coatings products you purchased in the past year, how you
heard about Purdy, and other demographic information.
Non-personal information
As part of the standard operation of our Web Sites, we may
collect/obtain certain non-personal information from you
including, but not limited to, your browser type (e.g.,
Netscape or Internet Explorer), operating system (e.g., Windows
or Macintosh), Internet service provider, IP address, web sites
visited, and the domain name from which you accessed the Web
Sites (e.g., yahoo.com).
In addition, we may collect information about your browsing
behavior, such as the date and time you visit our Web Sites,
the areas or pages of our Web Sites that you visit, the amount
of time spent viewing our Web Sites, the number of times you
return to our Web Sites, and other click-stream data. We may
use cookies to collect this information, which may be combined
with your personal information. A cookie is a small text file
that may be stored on the hard drive of your computer, which
enable us to recognize your computer when you return to our Web
Sites.
You are always free to decline cookies, but in doing so you may
not be able to use certain features on our Web Sites. The
"help" segment of the toolbar on most browsers explains how to
configure a browser to not accept new cookies, how to have the
browser inform a user when they receive a new cookie, and how
to erase cookies from a computer's hard drive. We may use web
beacons to assist us in understanding how visitors to our Web
Sites use such sites and/or to collect information regarding
users activities on the web. We may utilize the services of a
third party to collect such information for us.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
We may use the information we collect from you for any of the
following purposes: (1) to facilitate your use of our Web Sites
and better understand your needs; (2) to fulfill your requests
for information about certain products, services, and projects;
(3) to send you information, promotional materials, and offers
from our company as well as from our subsidiaries and
affiliates; (4) to contact visitors to our Web Sites when
necessary; (5) to help address problems with our Web Sites; (6)
to administer our Web Sites; (7) to conduct internal reviews of
our Web Sites (e.g., to determine the number of visitors to
specific pages within the site); (8) to help us better
understand visitors' use of our Web Sites; (9) to protect the
security or integrity of our Web Sites; and (10) for such other
purposes provided in this Privacy Policy. Non-personal
information will be used for these purposes as well to monitor
our Web Sites and provide a greater online experience for our
visitors.
WILL WE DISCLOSE INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU?
Purdy may transfer or otherwise disclose information collected
from you to the following entities for the following purposes:
(1) to **COMPANY NAME's** employees, independent contractors,
subsidiaries, its parent company, affiliates, consultants,
business associates, service providers, and suppliers, if the
disclosure will enable that entity to perform a business,
professional, or technical support function for Purdy; (2) to
employees, independent contractors, service providers, and
suppliers of Purdy to fulfill a product or service request; and
(3) to respond to judicial process and provide information to
law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation
on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law. In
addition, we may disclose such information to our third party
marketing or service providers who may use such information in
their business operations or who may contact you with
information they feel may be useful to you. By browsing any of
our Web Sites, you consent to your receipt from us and/or from
any of our third party marketing or service providers of
information and data we believe may be of interest to you.
DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM CHILDREN?
We do not direct our Web Sites to, nor do we knowingly collect
any personal information from, children under the age of 13.
DOES THIS PRIVACY POLICY COVER PRACTICES ON THIRD PARTY WEB
SITES?
Our Web Sites may contain links to other third party Web sites
(such as those of our marketing partners), which may have
privacy policies that differ from our own. We are not
responsible for the activities and practices that take place on
these Web sites. Accordingly, we recommend that you review the
privacy policy posted on any Web site that you may access
through our Web Sites.
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR INFORMATION IN THE EVENT OF UNFORSEEN
CIRCUMSTANCES?
In the event that Purdy or any of its assets are acquired by a
third party, personal information acquired by us may be one of
the assets transferred.
WILL THERE BE CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY IN THE FUTURE?
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify,
add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. We
recommend that you revisit this Privacy Policy periodically to
ensure that you are aware of our current privacy practices.
Your continued use of our services following any changes
signifies your acceptance of these changes.
CAN I ACCESS MY INFORMATION?
If you would like to access or change any contact information
you have provided to us, please contact us at
webmaster@sherwin.com.
HOW CAN I CONTACT Purdy?
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy,
you can contact us at webmaster@sherwin.com.
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reserved.
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