Privacy Policy
ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY LAST UPDATE: DECEMBER 4, 2023“We,” “us,” “our,” and the like means AAkron Rule Corp. We value our users’ privacy. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) will help you understand how we collect and use Personal Information (as applicable laws may define this term or its equivalent) from those who visit our website, available at: https://www.aakronline.com/(“Website”) or make use of our online facilities and services, and what we will and will not do with the information we collect. Our Policy has been created to inform those affiliated with us of our commitment to meet most existing privacy standards.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy at any time, without notice to you and without liability to you or to any third party. If you want to make sure that you are up to date with the latest changes, we advise you to visit this page periodically.
By using our Website, you are consenting to the data collection and processing expressed in this Policy. This Policy applies solely to the information collected by our Website.
Specifically, this Policy will inform you of the following:
1. What Personal Information is collected from you through our Website; 2. Why we collect Personal Information and the legal basis for such collection; 3. How we use the collected information and with whom it may be shared; 4. What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data; and 5. Certain security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
INFORMATION WE COLLECTIn connection with your use of our Website, you may wish to voluntarily disclose your Personal Information to us, if you elect not to do so, you may not be able to register as a user or receive any products or services. In addition, we may collect Personal information that may automatically be provided to us by your internet service provider or browser as a result of your visit to, or activity on, our Website, including information regarding your use of our Website through the use of cookies (described below) and information from other sources such as our business partners. Our Website collects various types of information, such as:
• Voluntarily provided information through fillable forms, surveys, membership applications, and emails which may include: your name, address, email address, company name, address and industry, which may be used when you purchase products and/or services and to deliver the products and/or services you have requested, and certain payment information to process your transaction/s including whether the transaction was authorized or declined and the last four digits of your credit card, serving as the transaction number. When using the “Live Chat” form found on our Website, please do not provide any information beyond what is requested in the form. • We may collect information through the use of cookies (described below). • Information automatically collected when visiting our Website, which may include cookies, third party tracking technologies, and server logs.
Where possible and if appropriate, Personal Information collected is anonymized and/or aggregated. In addition, we may have the occasion to collect non-personal anonymous demographic information, such as age, gender, the type of browser you are using, IP address, or type of operating system, which will assist us in providing and maintaining quality service. We may, from time to time, obtain information regarding websites that users may frequent to glean what types of services and products may be the most popular to customers or the general public.
HOW WE USE COOKIESWhen you access the internet, the computers that host websites you visit automatically receive some anonymous information. This “usage data” may include a record of a browser type, which pages a web browser has visited, and an IP address. Our servers receive usage data when customers visit our Website. We may use various kinds of software devices to collect information about the internet use related to our Website. Some of the tools we use to automatically collect information about you may include:
(1) Cookies. A “cookie” is a small data file transmitted from a website to your device’s hard drive. Cookies are usually defined in one of two ways, and we may use either (or both) of them. (a) Session cookies, which do not stay on your device after you close your browser, and (b) Persistent cookies, which remain on your device until you delete them or they expire. Cookies set by the website you are visiting are normally referred to as “first-party cookies,” and typically only track your activity on that particular site. Cookies set by other sites and companies (i.e., third parties) are called “third-party cookies,” and can be used to track you on other websites.
We use the following categories of cookies on our Website:
a. Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around our Website and use its features, such as maintaining a record of your user identity, user logins, account management, viewed or purchased items (e.g., a shopping cart), and payment processing. b. Non-Essential Functionality Cookies. These cookies are used in collecting information about your device and settings you may configure on the website you are visiting. c. Performance Cookies. These cookies collect anonymous information on how you use our Website to help us understand how you arrived at our Website, browse or use our Website and highlight areas where we can improve, such as navigation. d. Statistics Cookies. These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Doing so, however, may prevent you from taking full advantage of our Website’s functions or features.
(2) Google Analytics. Our Website sends aggregated, non-Personal Information to Google Analytics for the purpose of providing us with the ability to conduct technical and statistical analysis on our Website’s performance. For more information on how Google Analytics supports our Website and uses information sent from our Website, please review Google’s privacy policy, which may be subject to change.
(3) Embedded Web Links. Links provided in our emails and, in some cases, on third-party websites may include tracking technology embedded in the link. The tracking is accomplished through a redirection system. The redirection system allows us to understand how the link is being used by email recipients. Some of these links will enable us to identify that you have personally clicked on the link and this may be attached to the Personal Information that we hold about you. This data is used to improve our service to you and to help us understand the performance of our marketing campaigns.
Note that third-party cookies may also be active on publicly-available websites, such as ours, in order to deliver to you services that you may have requested from those third parties or as you may have authorized. Third-party cookies can be used to track you on other websites. As we have no control over third-party cookies, they are not covered by our Policy.
If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you can instruct your browser to refuse cookies from our Website. Most browsers are configured to accept cookies by default, but you can update these settings to either refuse cookies altogether, or to notify you when a website is trying to set or update a cookie. If you browse websites from multiple devices, you may need to update your settings on each individual device.
Although some cookies can be blocked with little impact on your experience of a website, blocking all cookies may mean you are unable to access certain features and content across the sites you visit.
WHY WE COLLECT INFORMATION AND FOR HOW LONGWe are collecting your data for several reasons, including:
• To better understand your needs and provide you with the information, products, or services you have requested; • To verify the validity of your payment information and to process your transaction; • To improve our services and products; • To send you promotional emails containing information we think you may like; • To contact you to fill out surveys or participate in other types of market research, when we have your consent to do so; • To customize our Website according to your online behavior and personal preferences; • To diagnose problems with our server and to assist with technical or security issues; and • To notify you of other possible products and/or services that we offer through our Website.
The data we collect from you will be stored for no longer than necessary to provide products or services that you requested or as needed for our business purposes, except as may be required by law, or in response to a subpoena or search warrant or other legal process. The length of time we retain said information will be determined based upon the following criteria: the length of time your Personal Information remains relevant; the length of time it is reasonable to keep records to demonstrate that we have fulfilled our duties and obligations; any limitation periods within which claims might be made; any retention periods prescribed by law or recommended by regulators, professional bodies or associations; the type of contract we have with you, the existence of your consent, our legitimate interest in keeping such information as stated in this Policy; compliance with laws, or in response to a subpoena or search warrant or other legal process.
If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of transfer or sale of some or all of our business, whether as part of a bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, Personal Information may be transferred along with the business as part of any such transaction.
USE OF INFORMATIONWe may collect and may make use of Personal Information to assist in the operation and customization of our Website, to deliver and improve the services that you need or request, to verify the validity of your payment information, and to process your transaction. At times, we may find it necessary to use Personal Information as a means to keep you informed of other products and/or services that may be available to you.
We may also be in contact with you with regards to completing surveys and/or research questionnaires related to your opinion of current or potential future products or services that may be offered.
We maintain and reserve the right to contact you if needed for non-marketing purposes (such as bug alerts, security breaches, account issues, and/or changes in our products and services). In certain circumstances, we may use our Website, newspapers, or other public means to post a notice, consistent with legal requirements.
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATIONWe currently have no intention, nor will we, sell, rent or lease any of our customer lists and/or names to any third parties, subject to conditions on potential merger, acquisition, or any form of transfer or sale, as mentioned above.
We will not use or disclose the information provided by you to third parties except under the following circumstances:
• as necessary to provide services or products you have ordered; • as necessary to verify the validity of your payment information and requested transaction, utilizing your card (credit or debit) or Automated Clearing House payments (including through our third party service provider, First Data Merchant Services LLC). For more information on how First Data Merchant Services LLC supports our Website and uses information sent from our Website, please review it’s privacy policy, which may be subject to change. • in other ways described in this Policy or to which you have consented; • in the aggregate with other information in such a way so that your identity cannot reasonably be determined; • as required by law, or in response to a subpoena or search warrant or other legal process; • to outside auditors who have agreed to keep the information confidential; • as necessary to enforce compliance with the Policy and the Terms and Conditions of Service (“Terms”); • as necessary to maintain, safeguard and preserve all our rights and property, including our Website; and • in any other way we describe when you provide the information or for any other purpose with your consent.
We may use various third-party social media features including but not limited to those relating to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, and other interactive programs, which are third parties over whom we have no control. These third-party service providers and/or contractors may collect your Personal Information, such as your IP address and may require cookies to work properly. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you interact with these features and/or leave our Website, this Policy no longer applies. These third parties, their services, and related websites and/or applications, are governed by the privacy policies of those providers and are not within our control. Please review the respective privacy policies of those companies and/or websites for more information about what information they collect and how that information may be used or shared before you submit any Personal Information. This Policy applies solely to the information that we collect through our Website.
CHILDREN UNDER AGE OF 18Our Website is not intended for, directed to, and does not knowingly collect Personal Information from, children under the age of eighteen (18) years of age. By using our Website you represent that you are eighteen (18) years of age or older. If it is determined that information has been inadvertently collected on anyone under the age of eighteen (18)) years of age, we reserve the right to take the necessary steps to delete such information from our system’s database, or in the alternative, that verifiable parental consent is obtained for the use and storage of such information. Anyone under the age of eighteen (18) years of age must seek and obtain parent or guardian permission to use our Website.
UNSUBSCRIBE OR OPT-OUTYou have the option to discontinue receiving marketing communications from us by way of email or newsletters. To discontinue or unsubscribe from such communications, please send an email that you wish to unsubscribe to marketing@aakronline.com. If you wish to unsubscribe or opt-out from any third-party websites, you must go to that specific website to unsubscribe or opt out. Notwithstanding such opt out, we reserve the right to continue to contact you regarding information that you requested, transactions, sales, or other non-marketing purposes as may be necessary.
ONLINE TRACKING / DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS“Do Not Track” signals are options available on your browser to tell operators of websites that you do not wish to have your online activity tracked. Our Website is not currently set up to respond to these signals. If you choose to block cookies and other trackers, certain features of our Website may not work. On a mobile device, you may also be able to adjust your settings to limit ad tracking.
WE OPERATE IN THE UNITED STATESIf you use our Website outside of the United States or are located in a country other than the United States that has laws and policies governing the disclosure and management of your Personal Information, you understand and agree that the information you exchange with our Website may be maintained indefinitely on systems located within the United States or the systems of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Policy that are located in the United States. By using our Website, you understand and consent to the collection, storage, processing, and transfer of your information to our facilities in the United States and to those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Policy located in the United States. If you do not agree, cease using our Website immediately.
INFORMATION SECURITY; NO LIABILITYWe take reasonable precautions to protect your information when you submit Personal Information via our Website. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the webpage.
We use encryption to protect certain information transmitted online and we also take reasonable measures to protect your information offline. The computers and servers in which we store Personal Information are kept in a protected environment to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure or modification of the user’s Personal Information under our control.
We use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for authentication and private communications. We will maintain reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures in order to protect and safeguard your information. Unfortunately, information transferred over the internet is not completely secure. Accordingly, we do not guarantee that your information will not be misused or disclosed to third parties. You acknowledge and agree that any transmission of information to our Website is made at your own risk. We will have no liability to you for any misuse or disclosure of your information. If you share information with third parties via our Website, you do so at your own risk. Any such information you share with the third party will not be governed by this Policy and we have no liability to you with respect to such information.
You understand that electronic communications may be accessed by unauthorized parties when communicated across the internet, network communications facilities, or other electronic means. You understand and agree that we are not responsible for any electronic communication or any of your information which may be lost, altered, intercepted, or stored without authorization during the transmission of any data whatsoever across networks not owned or operated by us.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMSBy using our Website, you are accepting the rules and guidelines in the Terms and Policy. If you do not agree to the Terms and Policy, please do not access or use our Website. In addition, your continued use of our Website following the posting of any updates or changes to our Terms shall mean that you agree and accept such changes.
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNSIf you have any questions or concerns regarding the Policy related to our Website, or if you need assistance regarding your information, please contact us at:
8 Indianola Ave, Akron, NY 14001
info@aakronline.com
1-800-828-1570
Thank you for visiting our site.
