Privacy Statement & Cookies
Introduction
Sripath Technologies®, LLC, (hereafter “Sripath®”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement details the steps we take to protect your information when you visit our websites or use an online application that contains a link to this statement (collectively, the “sites”). This statement also covers information we receive when you contact us (e.g., to submit a comment or query or to seek support with one of our products or services). It describes the information that we collect, the purposes for which we use such information and your choices regarding our use of it. The steps we take to protect your information and how you can review and correct your information are also covered here. By accessing our sites or providing us your information when you contact us, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.
For purposes of this statement, “information” means information that identifies a particular individual, such as name, postal address, email address or phone number. When other information, such as email newsletter choices, product purchases or consumer product preferences, is associated with information, this other information also becomes information.
Our collection of information
Information collected directly from you. Generally, you can visit Sripath®‘s sites without entering any information. On certain pages, we may ask you for information to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested. You may also provide some information to us when you contact us (e.g., with a comment, inquiry or customer support request). The information we collect or receive may include:
• contact details, such as your name, title, company/organization name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers and physical address;
• information about your company and job function;
• your e-mail marketing preferences;
• information, such as your nationality and country of residence, that allows us to determine your eligibility under export control regulations to receive information about certain technologies;
• information used to customize and facilitate your use of our sites, including login and technical information;
• inquiries about and orders for our products and services;
• information that assists us in identifying the products and services that best meet your requirements;
• event registration information; and
• feedback from you about our sites and our products and services generally.
You are not required to provide any of this information, but if you do not, we may not be able to provide you the requested service or complete your transaction.
Information collected automatically. We collect information about your visit to our sites, including what pages you view, the number of bytes transferred, the links you click, the materials you access and other actions taken within Sripath®‘s sites. We also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and capabilities and language, your operating system, the date and time you access the site and the website from which you linked to one of our sites. We do not combine this standard information with other information.
Our use of information
Services and transactions. We use your information to deliver services or carry out transactions you have requested, including, but not limited to, providing information on Sripath® products or services, registering purchased products, processing product orders, handling warranty claims, replacing Product Data Sheets, Product Manuals & Material Safety Data Sheets, answering customer service requests and facilitating use of our sites. In order to offer you a more consistent experience in your interactions with Sripath® – including, but not limited to, learning about you and how you interact with and use Sripath® products and services; developing and managing our products, services and customer care; and providing you with information about Sripath® products and services that you may be interested in — information collected by our sites may be combined with information we collect or acquire through other means.
Website and product improvement. We may use your information to perform business analyses or for other purposes to improve the quality of our business, our sites and Sripath® products or services (including new products or services), or to make our sites easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing our sites to your particular preference or interests.
Communications. We may use your information to inform you of products or services available from Sripath® in which you may be interested and to send you surveys regarding your use of Sripath® products and services. You can opt out of receiving promotional communications from us by contacting us using the contact information listed in this privacy statement. Moreover, each promotional e-mail communication we send includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication. If you elect to unsubscribe, we will remove you from the relevant list within 10 business days.
In addition to the uses listed above, we may use information we have collected in order to detect, prevent and respond to fraud, intellectual property infringement, violations of our Terms & Conditions, violations of law or other misuse of the sites.
Our use of cookies and web beacons
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which is downloaded to your hard disk or to your browser’s memory when you visit one of Sripath®’s sites. Cookies are useful because they help arrange the content and layout of our sites and allow us to recognize those computers or other devices that have been to our sites before. Cookies do many different jobs, such as allowing our websites to remember your preference settings and helping us to enhance the usability and performance of our sites and your experience using them.
Our sites also may contain electronic images known as web beacons – sometimes called single-pixel gifs – that allow us to count the number of users who have visited specific pages. We may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.
Cookie categories
The type of cookie that may be used on Sripath®’s sites can be put into 1 of 3 categories: Strictly Necessary, Performance, Functionality & Profile.
1. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential, as they enable you to move around our sites and use their features, particularly in connection with information searches and order placement. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
2. Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our sites, for example which pages you go to most often and if you get any error messages from certain pages. These cookies collect only anonymous information that is used to improve how our sites work.
These cookies are not used to target you with online advertising. Without these cookies we cannot learn how our sites are performing and make relevant improvements that could better your browsing experience.
3. Functionality & Profile Cookies
These cookies allow our sites to store information that you provide such as your site language preferences and to store technical information useful for your interactions with our sites. For instance, they remember your user ID and elements of your user profile. They also ensure that your experience using the sites and Sripath®’s marketing efforts are relevant to you. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymous and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Without these cookies, a website cannot remember choices you have previously made or personalize your browsing experience.
Setting your cookie preference
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the features of Sripath®‘s sites or other websites that you visit.
Do-Not-Track Signals and Similar Mechanisms
Some web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals to the sites with which the user communicates. Because of differences in how web browsers incorporate and activate this feature, it is not always clear whether users intend for these signals to be transmitted, or whether they even are aware of them. There currently is disagreement, including among participants in the leading internet standards-setting organization, concerning what, if anything, websites should do when they receive such signals.
Sripath® currently does not take action in response to these signals. If and when a final standard is established and accepted, Sripath® will reassess how to respond to these signals.
Disclosure of your information
Except as described below, information that we collect about you through our sites or that you provide to us when you contact us will not be shared outside of Sripath® without your permission.
Disclosure to service providers. Sripath® contracts with other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as hosting websites, sending out information, conducting surveys, processing transactions, analyzing our sites and performing business and other analyses to improve the quality of our business, our sites and Sripath® products or services. We provide these companies with only those elements of your information they need to deliver those services effectively. These companies and their employees are prohibited from using information they receive from Sripath® for any other purpose.
Disclosure to distributors. In responding to a request made by you, we may share your information with companies that distribute our products. In those cases, we provide these companies with only those elements of your information they need to respond to your request, and these companies and their employees are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. In some cases, we may seek your permission to share your information with distributors for marketing purposes other than responding to a request from you. However, we will not share your information for such marketing purposes unless we have obtained your express consent to do so.
Disclosure in connection with transactions. In connection with certain transactions, we may disclose some or all of your information to financial institutions, government entities and shipping companies or postal services involved in fulfillment of the transaction.
Disclosure for other reasons. We may disclose information if required or authorized to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal requirements or with legal process served on us, to protect and defend our rights or property or, in urgent circumstances, to protect the personal safety of any individual.
Consent to international transfers of information
The information we collect on our sites or that you provide to us when you contact us may be sent to the United States or to any other country in which Sripath® or its agents or suppliers maintain facilities. We may also store and process the information there. Although the laws that protect information in those countries may differ from the laws where you live, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your privacy is protected. By using our websites or contacting us and giving your information to us, you consent to the transfer of the data outside of your country.
Children’s information
Sripath® does not knowingly collect information from children and does not target or direct its sites to children.
Links to other sites
Our sites may contain links to other websites such as Sripath® distributors and sales affiliates, professional and government organizations and publications. We also link to third-party providers that host, maintain and operate on-line training curricula. Although we try to link only to websites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices employed by other websites.
Enforcement of this privacy statement/Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this statement or our handling of your information, please contact us using the contact information listed below. We will promptly address your concern and strive to reach a satisfactory resolution.