Privacy Policy

Effective date: March 6, 2023

Weiler Abrasives Group (“Weiler”, "us", "we", or "our") operates the http://www.weilerabrasives.com website (the "Website").

This Privacy Policy informs you (alternatively “you” “your” or ”User”,) of Weiler’s policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of data (whether personal, usage and location) when a User accesses or visits Weiler’s Website and the choices you have associated with that data. 

BY USING THE WEBSITE AND SUBMITTING PERSONAL INFORMATION THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, YOU EXPRESSLY CONSENT TO, AUTHORIZE, APPROVE AND AGREE TO THE COLLECTION, USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS POLICY. UNLESS OTHERWISE DEFINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY, THE TERMS USED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY HAVE THE SAME MEANINGS AS IN OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS, ACCESSIBLE FROM HTTP://WWW.WEILERABRASIVES.COM.

Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Phone number
• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
• Usage Data and Cookies  (defined below)
   

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or the instructions provided in any email we send.

Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Website is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). Usage Data is data that is automatically or passively collected by Weiler or a Weiler third-party service provider generated by the User’s visits to, interaction with or use of the Website or from the Website infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a Website visit). 

Usage Data may include information such as the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, diagnostic data, or other unique identifier (“Device Identifier”) for your computer or other device you use to access the Website (each, a “Device”),. We use Usage Data to improve and customize our Website and for business planning.

Location Data

We may collect information about your location if you give us permission to do so ("Location Data"). We use Location Data for business planning and to improve and customize our Website. For a European Economic Area (EEA) User, Weiler will also use the Location Data to ensure the EEA User receives proper General Data Protection Regulation compliance documentation through the services of a third party service provider.

You can enable or disable location services when you use our Website at any time by way of your Device settings.

Cookies & Tracking Data

Cookies are small files with a small amount of data stored on your Device which may include an anonymous unique identifier which can be used to remember you, your preferences and to track your visits to the Website. Cookies are sent to your Device from our Website and stored on your Device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts. We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Website and business performance.

You can instruct your Device to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.

Examples of Cookies we use:

• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
• Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

Cookie List

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Use of Data

Weiler uses the collected data for various purposes, including, but not limited:

• To provide and maintain our Website
• To notify you about changes to our Website
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Website when you choose to do so
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Website and better serve our customers
• To monitor the usage of our Website
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To provide you with news, special offers and general information about Weiler products and events which we offer for certain Weiler products that are the same or similar to those that the User has already purchased or enquired about, unless the User has opted not to receive such information

Weiler may process a User’s Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you
• You have given us permission to do so
• The processing is in our legitimate business interests, and it is not overridden by your rights
• To comply with the law

Retention of Data

Weiler will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Weiler will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by your submission of such information, represents your agreement to that transfer.
Weiler will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your Personal Data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your Personal Data.

Disclosure of Data

Weiler Abrasives Group will not sell, rent or trade personal information about our users to any third party. However, Weiler Abrasives may disclose personal information in the following special cases:

Business Transaction

If it is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Weiler may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

Weiler may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property of Weiler 
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Website
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Website or the public
• To protect against legal liability

Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Do Not Track

Our Policy on "Do Not Track" Signals under the California Online Protection Act (CalOPPA).

We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your Device to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your Device.

Your Data Protection Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), an EEA User has certain data protection rights. Weiler intends to take reasonable steps to allow an EEA User to correct, amend, delete or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If as an EEA User you wishs to be informed about your Personal Data held by Weiler and/or if you want your Personal Data to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, an EEA User has the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or delete your personal information in Weiler’s possession. You can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
• The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
• The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
• The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Weiler relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to (a) facilitate our Website service and functionality ("Service Providers"), (b) provide the Website on our behalf, and (d) perform Website-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Website is used.

Service Providers have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Links to Other Sites

Our Website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our Website does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By visiting this page on our website: https://emea.weilerabrasives.com/ContactUs