Last updated: October 2021
Insteel Industries, Inc. ("Insteel," "we," "our" or "us")
operates the website (the "Site"). This
Privacy Policy applies to information collected by or on behalf of
Insteel through the Site. This Privacy Policy explains our
data collection and use practices on the Site.
If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, then
you must not use the Site.
1. What personal information do we
collect and how do we collect it? "Personal
information" is data that can be used to uniquely identify or
contact a single person. When you visit the Site you may
provide us with two types of information: personal information you
voluntarily submit, and information that we automatically collect
as you browse the Site.
Information You Voluntarily Submit. We may collect personal
information if you send us a message via our webforms on the
Site. Depending on the webform you complete, you may provide
your first and last name and e-mail address, information to sign
you up for our news and event alerts and other email alerts and
newsletter (company, title, investor type and the alert type(s)
you'd like to receive from us), information to request printed
investor materials (the annual report(s) you would like mailed to,
your title and company, investor type, your street address, your
work phone and fax, home phone), information to process your
contact us request (your phone number and your comments or
questions), or information to process your request for a quote
(company, mobile number, fax number, product family, product
ship-to city, state, zip code, lead time, and item
information). You may visit the Site without submitting a
webform.
Information Collected and Stored Automatically and Technologies
We Use to Collect It. When you browse the Site, you and your
web browser may also transmit information that we automatically
collect. We log your IP address (the Internet address of your
computer), the web pages you visit and the time of your visit,
click path taken through the Site, and your usage of features on
the Site. Other information automatically provided to us by
your web browser is the type of computer, operating system and
browser you are using. This information helps us manage, improve
and customize the Site. This information (also called
"traffic data").
Technologies we use on the Site to collect traffic data,
directly or through our service providers, may include cookies
(data files placed on your computer or other devices used to access
the Site), analytics software and pixel tags (transparent graphic
image, sometimes called a web beacon or tracking beacon, placed on
a web page or in an email, which indicates that a page or email has
been viewed). We, or our service providers, may place cookies
or similar files on your computer or other devices used to access
the Site for security purposes, to facilitate Site navigation and
to personalize your experience while visiting the Site. The
Site also uses analytics tools such as Google Analytics, a web
analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics
uses cookies to help us analyze how you use the Site. The
information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site
(including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by
Google in aggregate form. Google uses this aggregated
information on our behalf in order to evaluate use of the Site,
compile reports on Site activity and other services relating to
Site activity and usage. You can learn more about Google
Analytics and how to opt out here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
To learn how you may be able to reduce the number of cookies you
receive from us, or delete cookies that have already been installed
in your browser's cookie folder, please refer to your browser's
help menu or other instructions related to your browser. If
you do disable or opt out of receiving cookies, please be aware
that some features and services on the Site may not work as
intended and you may not have access to all of the services and
features we may offer.
2. How will we use your personal
information? In general, we use personal information
for our business purposes, including to respond to your requests,
to communicate with you, and to do all things necessary to
administer the Site and manage, protect and to improve the content,
appearance and utility of the Site and to understand website users'
use of the Site.
3. Sharing of Your
Information. We may share your personal information
and other information we collect with our affiliates or
subsidiaries that require access to your personal information for
our business purposes. We may disclose your personal
information to service providers in order to protect the security
and integrity of the Site, to correct technical problems and
malfunctions on the Site, to technically process your information,
to provide the Site or to take precautions against liability.
If you visit the Site via a mobile device, your request will
be transmitted via your mobile carrier's network and your carrier
may have access to it. Consult your carrier's privacy policy
for additional information.
From time to time, we may contract with service providers to
provide certain services, such as data storage, website hosting,
and website analytics. We may provide these providers with the
information needed for them to perform those contracted
services.
We reserve the right to transfer any information we have about
you in connection with a sale, merger, consolidation, change in
control, transfer of assets, reorganization or liquidation of our
business. We reserve the right to disclose any personal
information as needed if that information is requested by law
enforcement agencies or if we are required to do so by law, treaty,
regulation, subpoena, court order, or by a government entity.
We also may disclose your personal information to third parties if
we have reason to believe that disclosing such information is
necessary to conduct investigations of possible breaches of law, to
cooperate in any legal investigation, or to identify, contact, or
bring legal action against someone who may be violating any
agreement with us.
4. Your Choices. To
edit or update your personal information, you can do so by
contacting us by email at dataprotection@insteel.com
or your designated Insteel representative. If you receive any
email newsletters (such as our investor emails) from us, you will
be given the option to "unsubscribe" from receiving further email
communications from us at any time or you can email or write at the
addresses below. Your option not to receive promotional and
marketing material will not preclude us from corresponding with
you, by email or otherwise, regarding your existing or past
business relationships with us, and will not preclude us from
accessing and viewing your personal information in the course of
maintaining and improving the Site. You can set your browser
to refuse all or some cookies or alert you when cookies are being
sent. If you disable or refuse cookies or block the use of
other technologies, some parts of the Site may then be inaccessible
or not function properly.
5. Children. The Site
is not intended for use by children under the age of 18, and we do
not knowingly collect personal information from such
individuals. If we learn that we have collected the personal
information of any such individual, we will take steps to delete
the information as soon as possible.
6. Do-Not-Track and Third-Party
Tracking Disclosures. Some websites have "do not
track" features that allow you to tell a website not to track
you. These features are not all uniform. The Site does
not currently respond to browser based "do not track"
signals. To learn more about your choices regarding this type
of data collection or to opt-out of interest-based advertising by
members of the NAI or the DAA, please visit https://www.aboutads.info/choices
or https://www.aboutads.info/choices.
We do not permit third parties to collect personal information
through cookies or other tools on the Site concerning your online
activities over time across different websites for the third
parties' own purposes. Most web browsers automatically accept
cookies but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline
cookies but doing so may prevent you from accessing all
functionality of the Site.
7. Third-Party Links.
We may provide links on the Site to third-party websites we think
may be of interest to you. These websites are independent
from Insteel and have their own separate privacy policies. We
are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such
third-party websites. Whenever you click on links on the Site
that take you to a third-party website, you will be subject to the
third party's privacy policies. We recommend that you review
the third-parties' privacy polices before you visit these
websites.
8. Notice to Users Outside the United
States. We are based in the United States.
Personal information may be accessed by us or transferred to
us in the United States or to our corporate affiliates, business
partners, or service providers elsewhere in the world. If you
are located outside of the United States, be advised that any
information you provide to us will be transferred to and stored in
the United States and that, by submitting information to us, you
explicitly authorize its transfer and storage within the United
States. We will protect the privacy and security of personal
information according to this Privacy Policy and the laws of the
United States regardless of where it is processed or
stored.
9. Policy Changes. We
reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add or
remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. You should
check this page periodically for changes. Your continued use of the
Site following the posting of changes to this Privacy Statement
will mean that you accept those changes.
10. Contact Us. If you have
any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at dataprotection@insteel.com.