FSC Coatings, Inc., Privacy Statement

Our Commitment To Privacy 
Your privacy is very important to us as we know it is to you. We value your privacy and have made it our policy to provide on-line content that requires minimal collection of information. Furthermore, to better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. By using our Web Site and any ancillary sites we operate and by disclosing information to us furthering our business relationship, you acknowledge and give your consent to this Privacy Policy and to the Web Sites’ Terms of Use when using any FSC Web sites. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or our Web sites’ Terms of Use, please do not use the FSC Web sites or disclose your personal information to us.

How We Collect Information 
Below are some of the ways in which you may provide information to us and how we may use that information. 

Information Actively Provided by Our Visitors: 
We do not require you to register or provide any information before entering our web site. However, upon entering the site, we do recognize and collect domain data and source data as part of our security system and data tracking system. There are several places where you may choose to provide personally identifiable information to obtain more detailed data and pricing as well as proprietary application procedures. We will use the information for the purpose the information was provided.  In addition, data can be used to contact you as necessary for our business relationship and to meet your needs in terms of information requested including project recommendations, newsletters and specific confidential pricing as well as for internal evaluations of our Webster's business purpose performance including areas visited, time on site, types of products viewed, number of times viewed, etc. This information collected can be personal or corporate info including age of site visitor, job description, company affiliation, years in business & sales volumes, contact information (personal contact as well as company contact info), phone numbers, fax numbers, email addresses, physical addresses or any other means needed for communication, expertise & experience data, credit information, project location(s) & start times, surface areas & volumes of materials needed including recommendations, current buying habits (personal and non-personal), shipping info, volumes used in the past year or years, how you heard about us, referral information and any other data needed for our business relationship and to better serve you.

Any e-mail you receive from us will allow you to "unsubscribe" from this informational service at any time. 

Non-Personal Browsing Information...

As part of the standard operation of our Web Sites, we may collect/obtain certain non-personal information from you, including, but not limited to, your browser type, operating system type, Internet service provider, IP address, web sites visited, and the domain name or portal from which you accessed the Web Sites (e.g., yahoo.com). In addition, we may collect information about your browsing behavior, such as the date and time you visit our Web Sites, the areas or pages of our Web Sites that you visit, the amount of time spent viewing our Web Sites, the number of times you return to our Web Sites, and other click-stream data. We may use cookies to collect this information, which may be combined with your personal information. A cookie is a small text file that may be stored on the hard drive of your computer that enables us to recognize your computer when you return to our Web Sites.

You are always free to decline cookies, but in doing so you may not be able to use certain features on our Web Sites. We may use web information compilers to assist us in understanding how visitors to our Web Sites use such sites and/or to collect information regarding a user’s activities on the web. Third party companies or web services may be paid to collect such information for us.

How We Use Your Information..

We may use your information in a variety of ways and purposes with the intent of making your viewing and shopping experience the most positive possible experience.  The data usage will apply to personal and non-personal information according to our Privacy Policy as follows: A) to meet requests for information about services, projects and specific products relating to each. B) to send you information or promotional materials including special offers, data sheets, MSDS's and catalogs from our company or affiliated business. C) to enable us to meet you web site requests and specific personal needs during the visit or in follow-up contacts. D) to provide information to us about how to better serve you through our web site(S) with improvements, problem resolution relative to the site or your personal needs, detailed internal & third party review of site performance & experience ratings, usage rates for various web site areas and pages including time as well as number of visits to that site area, to better understand the needs of our customers and security reviews to protect our site from prying eyes or site/data security issues. E) to conduct business personally or with your business including necessary credit, billing and accounting information.

How We May Disclose Your Information...

FSC Coatings, Inc., may disclose collected information or transfer such information to its related entities, employees, contractors, consultants, subsidiaries, affiliated companies, service providers and suppliers for the following reasons or purposes: A) to meet a specific function including product or service related issues as requested by you or determined necessary by our employees to meet your specific needs or requests including professional, specifications, technical support, training or business functions. B)  as required by law enforcement agencies or judicial requests related to any investigation or dispute including public safety matters. C) as determined appropriate by our company, we may disclose information to third party marketing or service providers who may contact you with products or services that we feel may be beneficial to you. Your consent to these activities is given by providing personal and non-personal information to us on our site or during the course of business. 

Business Partners and Business Assets and Unforeseen Events
We may link out to other web sites. It is important to note that those web sites may not have the same privacy policies as us and you should check their privacy policies before submitting any personal information to them.

In addition, your data is a business asset.  In the unlikely case of sale of one of our subsidiaries or the main company, your data may be transferred to that acquiring entity. 

Our Commitment To Data Security 
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place and will continue to improve appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect on-line.

Please be aware that there is a constant flow of laws and rulings affecting, defining and/or changing Privacy, Data Security, Web Operations, Site Security and so forth. As such the dynamic nature of these laws assures there will be changes...both small and big...over time. Just be assured that we at FSC Coatings will do our very best to protect your information at all times from unwanted viewing or access. 

How You Can Contact Us For Information or Correct Your Contact Information 
If you have any questions regarding the information we have presented or desire to change the information we have on your company or your personal information, please contact us at shipfsc@aol.com or by phone at 800-579-8459 (7 am to 5 PM PST are our hours of live business operation).