Steel Building Guide

Your privacy is very important to us. This privacy policy describes the information we gather, how we share that information and what we do to protect your information. If you have questions or concerns regarding Steel Building Guide's privacy policy, you should first contact Steel Building Guide via our Contact Us page

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• WHAT INFORMATION DO WE GATHER?
  Steel Building Guide gathers information for the purpose of matching buyers with relevant suppliers and to personalize and continually improve your experience with us. We recognize that your information is sensitive and restrict our collection and use of it to the critical data needed to deliver the service provided by us. As a visitor to our site, you can browse our pages without having any personally identifiable information revealed about you. Information we automatically collect via industry standard web log files includes the URL from which you visited, the page you are visiting, your computer browser information and your IP address. As a buyer using our Request for Quote service, you need to provide certain information so Steel Building Guide can deliver our Request for Quote service to you. This includes contact information, basic 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 our site. We will also ask you for feedback about our service, which is collected and stored to allow us to continually improve our offerings. As 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 includes your contact information, information about your desired target markets, and billing information. In addition, we may supplement the information you provide with a credit check to ensure your creditworthiness. It should be noted that any credit card information we receive is stored securely via encryption and a SSL connection; our security measures are reviewed later in this document.

• HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
  Steel Building Guide uses the information we gather to put buyers and sellers into contact with one another and to provide better services on our site through analysis and communication.
  
  Request for Quote. Buyers or suppliers who utilize our Request for Quote service receive emails from us to facilitate your transaction. You cannot opt out of emails that are necessary to provide our services. Your use of Steel Building Guide's Request for Quote service and acceptance of our Terms and Conditions include agreement that we may use your personal information to contact you and deliver information to you.
  
  Email Services Steel Building Guide offers services such as "Recommend a Friend" that allow visitors to notify other people via e-mail about our services. We do not use any email addresses used in these communications for any purpose other than to send your email. Other communications From time to time, Steel Building Guide 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 wish to receive these communications, we encourage you to opt out of these communications Contact Us

• HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH OTHERS?
  Our customer information is an important part of our business. As a result, we limit the disclosure of this information to the information necessary to provide our service of matching buyers and suppliers. Our sharing of information to outside parties is described below.
  
  
  • Buyers:
    To facilitate our business of matching buyers and suppliers, buyers using our Request for Quote service will be provided information about suppliers. This may include supplier contact information, company background information and, where appropriate, ratings or reviews.
  • Suppliers:
    Similarly, a small set of suppliers will be provided with buyer information so buyers may be able to have their purchasing needs fulfilled. The buyer's information (including all forms of contact information submitted) can only be used to communicate with the buyer about their desired purchase. In addition, suppliers may receive information about buyers in a manner that does not disclose personally identifiable information. Examples include data that are aggregated across a group of buyers or feedback that is provided without attribution to a specific person or company.
  • Agents:
    From time to time, we may utilize the services of third-party companies to help facilitate our business activities. These may include bill collection services, 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 we provide for any reason except to perform the functions that Steel Building Guide has outlined for them.
  • Affiliates:
    Steel Building Guide 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. This information is typically reported in an aggregated format.
  • Business Transfers:
    It is possible that our business may be merged with or sold to another business entity. During such a transaction, business information is typically one of the assets shared in the combined entity. In the event that this occurs, your personal information will be protected by the Steel Building Guide 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:
    Steel Building Guide may release account and other personal information to legal authorities when it is obligated to do so to comply with the law. In addition, Steel Building Guide may release information about you to public authorities in relation to investigations of fraud, piracy or other unlawful activity in order to maintain a high 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 techniques 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 Steel Building Guide'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. Steel Building Guide contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies to information collected by Steel Building Guide alone.

• NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE
  We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting the amended terms on the Site. All minor amended terms shall be effective upon posting. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you by email or posting a prominent notice for 30 days prior to the change taking effect.