Updated on May 25,
2018
COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES POLICY
WireMasters,
Inc. ("Wiremasters") (also referred to as "we",
"us", and "our") respects the online privacy of our visitors
("you") to this website, www.wiremasters.net (the "Website").
This
Cookies and Similar Technologies Policy (the " Policy") describes the
information we collect through the use of cookies and similar technologies, how
and why we use cookies and similar technologies, how our third party business partners
use cookies and similar technologies, and ways you can opt out of using cookies
and similar technologies. Our Privacy
Policy, of which this Policy is part, is available at
https://www.wiremasters.net/privacy
and provides further information about our privacy practices.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A
"cookie" is a small file created by a web server that can be stored
on a user's device for use either during a particular ("session"
cookie) or future ("persistent" cookie) browsing session. This file may include information about internet
protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), URLs of
any referring or exited webpages, operating system, and/or date and time
stamps.
WireMasters
uses cookies to enable certain website functions, develop web browsing
analytics, store and track your preferences, and enable the delivery of
advertising and marketing, when applicable. For example, we track the number of “hits” or
visits to our Website, the most popular times of day and sections visited, and
the range of devices and browsers most commonly used to view the Website. WireMasters does not sell any of this
information to third parties.
First-Party Cookies
First-party
cookies are set by the website you are visiting, and they can only be read by
that site. Certain features of our Website use session, persistent, and flash
cookies.
"Session"
cookies are temporarily stored on your hard drive and only last until they
expire at the end of your browsing session or after a set time period. Our Website's session cookies are required for
log in to access secure areas of the Website and to process e-commerce
transactions. "Permanent"
cookies remain stored on a user's hard drive until they expire or are deleted
by a user. We use permanent browser
cookies on our Website for log in purposes and to recover certain preferences
set for use by you during repeated visits to our Website.
We
use local stored objects (or "flash" cookies) to collect and store
information about your preferences and navigation to, from and on our Website.
Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as browser cookies.
To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player
settings page on Adobe's website at:
https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/help09.html.
Third Party Cookies
You
also may encounter third party cookies on our Website. Third Party Cookies are cookies that are stored
on your web browser by a party other than WireMasters and may gather browsing
activity (such as information you have entered or choices you have made) across
numerous websites that you visit and across numerous browsing sessions. These cookies also help improve how WireMasters’
Website and services function and perform, customize your interaction with our
Website, and help provide more relevant messaging and marketing communications
to you. WireMasters is currently using third party cookies to track and analyze
usage. If you wish to delete Third Party Cookies, you should adjust your
browser settings as described in the "CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND
DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION" section of this Policy.
If
you like more detailed information about first party and third party cookies in
use on or related to this Website, please contact us. You also may learn more about internet
advertising practices and related consumer resources at
http://www.aboutads.info/consumers/ and http://youronlinechoices.eu/ (if you are located in
Europe).
HOW DOES WIREMASTERS USE COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?
Like
most websites, as you navigate through and interact with our Website, we may
passively collect information about your browsing activities using cookies and
other automatic data collection technologies, such as Internet tags, or web
beacons (clear gifs., pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs), and navigational data
collection (log files, server logs, etc.), to improve website functionality and
analytics.
- Web beacons: These are tiny graphics (sometimes called
"clear GIFs" or "web pixels" with a unique identifier that
are used to understand browsing activity.
In contract to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard
drive, web beacons are rendered invisible on web pages when you open a page.
- Social Widgets: These are buttons or icons provided by
third-party social media providers that allow you to interact with those social
media services when you view a web page or mobile app screen. These social
widgets may collect browsing data, which may be received by the third party
that provided the widget and are controlled by third parties.
- UTM Codes: These are strings that can appear in a URL
(the "Uniform Resource Locator", which is typically the http or https
address entered to go to a web page) when a user moves from one web page or
website to another, where the string can represent information about browsing,
such as which advertisement, page, or publisher sent the user to the receiving
website.
- Application SDKs: These are mobile application third-party
software development kits that are embedded in Apps (and are used in may mobile
applications). These app SDKs permit the
collection of information about the App itself, activity in the App, and the
device application on which the App is running.
The
aggregate data collected by these passive technologies typically does not
target any personally identifying information (PII) or other personal data, but
personal information we store about you may be linked to information stored in
and obtained from cookies in order to improve our marketing, analytics, or
website functionality.
Google Analytics and
Similar Technologies
In
addition to cookies, there are other similar technologies used by WireMasters on
the Website. This includes:
We
use Google Analytics and similar technologies (the “Analytics Technologies”) to
collect and process statistical data about the number of people using our
Website and to better understand how they find and use our webpages. This does not include personally identifiable
information, nor do we store or associate such analytics with personally
identifiable information collected elsewhere. Google Analytics has certified
compliance with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework set forth by the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
We
use DoubleClick and Adwords, services of Google, Inc. on this Website. DoubleClick uses cookies to place user-based
web ads. The cookies detect which ads have already appeared in your browser and
whether you visited a website via an ad placed. In doing so, the cookies do not
collect any personally identifiable information, nor are they able to link to
any. Any data collected is used in accordance with our Policy and Google’s
privacy policy. If you do not want to receive any user-based advertising, you
can disable the placement of ads by using Google’s ad settings detailed below.
You may learn more
about the performance and ad tracking cookies used by Google by visiting
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ or https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en
as
well as Google's restrictions on data use by visiting the Google Privacy Policy
at:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy. To opt-out of Google
Analytics or other Google advertising services or products, visit
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install the opt-out browser add-on
feature. For more details, visit the
“Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on” page (located at
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en).
We
use Pardot to track visitor and prospect activities on our Website, manage our
mailing list and newsletters, and periodically publicize company announcement
and new product offerings. Pardot provides web marketing automation that makes
use of browser cookies. These cookies are set in order to remember preferences
when an individual returns to our Website. Personal information is stored in
Pardot/Salesforce if our visitors complete a form, for example, for
registration purposes, contact/request forms, or to subscribe to our email
communications. Other information such
as IP address, operating system, web browser, and pages visited is also
gathered by Pardot. To view the Salesforce/Pardot Privacy Policy, visit
https://www.salesforce.com/company/privacy/
We
use the Rubicon Project's advertising automation platform, which, in turn, uses
cookies to target advertising based on a user’s online activity, collecting
anonymized user data, such as IP address, geographical location, visited
websites and what ads the user has clicked with the purpose of optimizing your website
visit. You can learn about Rubicon
Project’s practices, as well as how to opt out of Rubicon Project tracking, by
visiting the following links:
http://rubiconproject.com/rubicon-project-yield-optimization-privacy-policy/ and https://rubiconproject.com/privacy/consumer-online-profile-and-opt-out/.
We
use Hotjar to improve the user experience on our websites. Hotjar collects
anonymous usage information from our website, including the pages you visit.
Hotjar does not collect form submissions or any personal information. You may review Hotjar's Privacy Policy at
https://www.hotjar.com/privacy.
We
use a third-party service provider called Zendesk to manage our customer
support services and Zendesk provides us with support statistics to help us
improve our services to you. For more information on how Zendesk manages the
data it collects, please visit Zendesk's Privacy Policy at
https://www.zendesk.co.uk/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/.
We
use SiteLock for website security purposes and it uses cookies to analyze
trends, track user traffic, and gather related demographic information about
visitors to our Website. You may review
their Privacy Policy at
https://www.sitelock.com/privacy-policy.
Other Third Party
Technologies
Some
third parties may use automated data collection technologies to collect
information about you when you when you browse the internet. The information they collect about your
online browsing activities over time and across different websites and other
online services may be associated with your personal information and used to
provide you with targeted content. We do
not control these third parties' technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about targeted
content, you should contact the responsible party directly or consult their
privacy policies.
CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE
USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
We
provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us
and have created ways to give you control over our use of your information. Most
web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. If you do not wish to receive cookies, you may
set your browser to refuse all or some types of cookies, or to alert you when
cookies are being sent by website tracking technologies and advertising. Note
that, if the user declines the use of cookies, the user may not have access to
the full benefits of the Website.
When
a user registers with our Website, the Website will prompt the user to confirm whether
he or she approves of the use of a cookie. You may adjust your browser settings
to opt out of accepting a "persistent" cookie and to only accept "session"
cookies, but will need to log in each time you want to enjoy the full
functionality of the Website.
Please
be aware that adjusting the Cookie Settings on our Website may not fully delete
all of the cookies that have already been created. To delete them, visit your web browser settings
after you have changed your Cookie Settings on our Website.
Additional
information is provided below about how to disable cookies or manage the cookie
settings for the leading web browser providers:
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Safari: http://help.apple.com/safari/mac/8.0/#/sfri11471
For more information on how to modify your browser settings to
block or filter cookies, visit
http://www.aboutcookies.org/ or http://www.cookiecentral.com/faq/.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
It is our policy to post any changes we make to
this Policy on this webpage. If we make material changes to how we treat our
users' personal information, we will notify you by posting on our Website home
page as well or provide notification via email, if appropriate. The date this
policy was last revised is identified at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this Policy from
time to time to stayed informed about how we use cookies and other similar
technologies.
HOW
TO CONTACT US
If
you have any questions or comments about this Policy, please contact us at
our headquarters using one of the methods listed below:
Wiremasters,
Inc.
1788
Northpointe Road
Columbia,
TN 38401
1.800.635.5342
Email:
wminfo@wiremasters.net