Prestige Environmental Inc. located in New Jersey is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors. Our privacy policy covers http://www.prestige-environmental.com (PEI) (the “Site”). The following discloses The PEI Company's information gathering & dissemination practices for the information collected through this Site. We encourage you to read this Policy before using this Site. Your use of this Site signifies that you agree with all terms of this Policy, so please do not use this Site if you disagree with any part of this Policy.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
I. PEI Company’s Collection & Use of Information
A. Personally Identifiable Information
We will collect personally identifiable information about you, such as your name, postal address, telephone & mobile numbers, email address, when you provide it to us while on this Site such as when you create an account, sign up for newsletters, participate in a survey, contact customer service, or otherwise interact with this website. Your personally identifiable information may be used by us for all legal purposes, which may include, but are not limited to, responding to your requests, processing your transactions, for administrative purposes, tracking which parts of the Site are of interest to you. If you choose to opt-in, we may share your personally identifiable information with The PEI Company’s subsidiaries or affiliated entities (“Affiliated Entities) for purposes of sending you information about the programs of PEI Company or its Affiliated Entities &, occasionally, sending you advertising/promotional material from some of their advertising & strategic partners. We may also use your personally identifiable information for internal business purposes, such as optimizing Site experiences & analyzing & managing our businesses. You may opt-in to receive certain future information or communications (see the Opt-In/Choice section below).
Note Regarding Use of this Site by Children
This Site is not directed to children & we request that children do not provide personally identifiable information through the Site.
B. Demographic Information
We may also collect demographic data, such as your date of birth, gender & zip code. Demographic data may be used to tailor your experience at this Site, such as showing you content including special events & advertising that you might be interested in, & displaying the content according to your zip code. On occasion, aggregate information that does not identify any particular user may be compiled & shared with subsidiaries & affiliates of PEI Company, strategic partners, merchants & advertisers.
C. Passive Collection of Non-Personal Information
This Site often requires the use of encrypted or non-encrypted cookies. Cookies are data that a web server transfers to an individual's computer for recordkeeping purposes. Cookies are an industry standard used by most web sites, & help facilitate users' ongoing access to & use of a particular web site, for example by providing information used to deliver content specific to your interests & for other purposes, such as security & other account administrative functions, & which may track personal identifying information.
Cookies do not cause damage to your computer systems or files, & only the web site that transferred a particular cookie to you can read, modify or delete such cookie. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, there are simple procedures in most browsers that allow you to delete existing cookies, to automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of particular cookies to your computer. Please refer to your browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. You should note, however, that declining cookies may make it difficult or impossible for you to use portions of the Site.
Some uses of cookies in connection with the Site may be under the control of unaffiliated entities that the Company retains for the management of certain programs & fulfillment of specific visitor/customer requests. The Company requires these entities to confine their use of cookies to the uses permitted by this Policy, but the Company cannot be responsible for third party uses of cookies.
The Site may use so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar means (collectively, "Pixel Tags") to compile aggregate statistics about Site usage & response rates. Pixel Tags allow us to count users who have visited certain pages of the Site, to deliver branded services, & to help determine the effectiveness of promotional or advertising campaigns. When used in HTML-formatted email messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether & when the email has been opened.
PEI Company also collects"referrers" information, IP addresses & various environmental variables
* A "referrer" is information the Web browser passes along to our web servers that references the URL from which you came.
* The "IP address" is a number used by computers on the network to identify your computer so that data can be transmitted to you.
* "Environmental variables" include, among other things, the domain from which you access the Internet, the time you accessed this site, type of Web browsers & operating system or platform used, the Internet address of the web site you left to visit this Site, the names of the pages you visit while at this site, & the Internet address of the web site you then visit.
This information is collected for PEI Company’s internal use such as to enhance web site security, to detect broad demographic trends, to assist PEI Company in providing content tailored to your interests, & to otherwise enhance your experience on this Site. This information may also be shared with third parties on an aggregate & non-personally identifiable basis.
II. Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
PEI Company may share personally identifiable information, including information that you provide on the Site, with third parties as described below. You should also be aware that this means that we may transfer information to any country in the world, including the USA & other countries which do not offer the same level of data protection as the country where you reside.
A. Affiliated Entities
We may share any information, including personally identifiable information that you provide on the Site, with our subsidiaries & affiliates worldwide, for the purposes described in Section I(A).
B. Strategic Partners
From time to time we may enter into a special relationship with another company that is not owned by or affiliated with PEI Company to provide additional features on this Site. These special relationships may include business partners, sponsors, & co-branded sites (referred to here as “co-branded pages”). Any information, including personally identifiable information that you provide on one of these co-branded pages will be shared with these third party partners. By participating in activities or providing your information on these co-branded pages, you also consent to our providing your personally identifiable information to those third parties. Since these third parties will use your information in accordance with their own privacy practices, you should check their Web sites for information regarding their privacy policies.
C. Service Providers
We may use third party service providers to help us operate our business & this site or administer activities on our behalf, such as sending emails, order fulfillment & administration. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes.
D. Other Disclosures
Personally identifiable information of any individual user may be shared with other companies outside PEI Company: (i) as permitted by law, (ii) in the event of a transfer of ownership, assets or a bankruptcy of PEI Company, (iii) where we determine that disclosure of specific information is necessary to comply with the request of a law enforcement or regulatory agency or other legal process, or (iv) to protect the interests or safety of PEI Company or other visitors to this Site.
E. User Generated Content Functions
This Site enables users to submit their own content in challenges & other functions. Please remember that any information you disclose in connection with a submission becomes public information & you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal, financial or other information in a submission. PEI Company cannot prevent such information from being used in a manner that may violate this Privacy Policy, the law, or your personal privacy & safety & is not responsible for the results of such postings.
III. LINKS & THIRD PARTIES' PRIVACY PRACTICES
This Site may contain links to other sites which are not operated by PEI Company. PEI COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRIVACY PRACTICES OR THE CONTENT OF SUCH OTHER WEB SITES, INCLUDING WEBSITES OPERATED BY AFFILIATED ENTITIES. We provide such links only as a convenience, & the inclusion of a link on the site does not imply endorsement of the linked site by PEI Company. If you provide any personally identifiable information through any such third party web site, your transaction will occur on such third party's web site (& not on this site) & the personally identifiable information you provide will be collected by, & controlled by the privacy policy of, that third party. PEI Company recommends that you review the privacy policy of third party Web sites arrived at from links on this Site.
IV. SECURITY
This Site has security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse & alteration of the personally identifiable information under its control. PEI Company employs security measures consistent with standard industry practice to help protect against public access to personally identifiable & account activity information collected on & used by PEI Company at this Site. For instance, access to our databases with personally identifiable information is logged for security purposes & access is limited to key personnel. Certain specific activities are protected using a secure communications encryption technology called SSL. SSL (stands for Secure Sockets Layer) is a method for hiding information to prevent others from intercepting & reading the data sent between the client (your computer) & the server (this Site). Personally identifiable information & account activity are also protected through the use of user names & passwords. In order to help maintain the security of your information, you should protect the confidentiality of your user name & password.
V. OPT-IN/CHOICE
VI. UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Site may provide you with the opportunity to opt-in to receive marketing communications from PEI Company. If you do not opt-in, PEI Company will not send you its promotional offers. However, regardless of your opt-in preferences, PEI Company may still at times need to send program emails for administrative reasons. If you opt into receive communications & then change your election, your opt-out preference may not be effective in certain instances where you agreed to receive brand-specific communications.
PEI Company also gives you convenient methods for removing your information from our database so as not to receive future communications or to close your account:
* You may opt-out on the account profile page;
* You may email PEI Company Customer Service at: girish.mehta@prestige-environmental.com
or you may send mail to the following postal address:
PEI Company
220 Davidson Avenue
Suite 307
Somerset NJ 08873
This site gives you several options for reviewing, correcting, updating or otherwise modifying information you have previously provided:
VII. CONTACTING PEI COMPANY
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, you may contact:
Prestige Environmental Inc.
220 Davidson Avenue
Suite 307
Somerset, NJ 08873
908.757.9700
908.757.5050 (fax)
Contact: Girish.Mehta@Prestige-Envrionmental.com