Effective Beginning June 20, 2024
This Privacy Policy elucidates how The Shred Factory collects, uses, discloses, transfers, and stores your information when you interact with any of our websites. We utilize advanced security measures to protect the information we gather. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with our privacy practices, and contact us if you have any queries or concerns.
Personal information is data that can be used to identify or contact an individual.
You may be prompted to provide your personal information whenever you interact with any website owned by The Shred Factory or our affiliated entities. The Shred Factory and its affiliates may share this personal information among themselves and use it in line with this Privacy Policy. This information might also be combined with other data to enhance and offer our products, services, content, and advertising. While you are not obligated to provide the personal information we request, if you choose not to, we might not be able to offer certain services or respond to your queries.
The Shred Factory collects client details to optimize the user's online experience and to communicate about our offerings. We neither sell nor lease your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your details with third parties that provide services on our behalf or collaborate with us to deliver specific products or services.
We might gather information that you voluntarily provide, such as:
(i) Identification data, e.g., your name and email address;
(ii) Security credentials like your username, password, and acceptance of policies, licenses, and warranties;
(iii) Contact data like your company name, postal address, and phone number;
(iv) Payment details: credit card information, expiration date, billing address, and transaction history;
(v) Inquiries directed to Customer Support and Technical Assistance;
(vi) Site activity: pages accessed, files downloaded, or search queries;
(vii) Browser specifics: version, IP address, and the status of certain plugins and tools. Note: While we might have the social security numbers of our staff and consultants, we do not gather such numbers from website users.
Should our privacy policy undergo modifications, we will post the updated version on our websites.
We engage with third-party vendors, service providers, and suppliers to perform a variety of tasks on our behalf. These third-party services can include customer information management, processing of credit card or check card payments, data analysis, and the development, hosting, and maintenance of our websites and databases. We strictly limit these providers from misusing your data or contacting you outside the context of these services.
Any obligations stipulated herein will persist beyond the termination of this Agreement.