pipesb2b.com Privacy Policy

Welcome to pipesb2b.com, this is the Privacy Policy governing your use of the pipesb2b.com Site (a professional B2B platform for pipe industry). By using this Site, you consent to our Privacy Policy set out below. All terms not defined in this document have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Use Agreement between you and pipesb2b.com which by use of this Site you agree to accept. This policy may change without notice, so please check back periodically.

1.Information

1.1 Registration Information: At the time you register to become a Registered User of the Site, you will be asked to complete a registration form which requires you provide information such as your name, address, phone/fax number, email address and other personal information as well as information about your pipe-related business (including but not limited to pipe product types, business scope, and supply/demand needs).

1.2 Publishing Information: We have the right to disclose your information when we think it's necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be infringing or threatening or who may otherwise be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) our title, rights, interests or property or those of other website users or of anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.

1.3 Payment Information: If you establish a credit account with us or our providers or if you purchase a product or service from pipesb2b.com or a vendor available through pipesb2b.com (including but not limited to pipe product transactions, platform service packages), we may collect additional information, including billing information, credit card numbers and expiration dates and tracking information from cheques or money orders.

1.4 Statistical Information: In addition, we gather aggregate statistical information about our Site and Users, such as IP addresses, browser software, operating system, pages viewed (including pipe product pages, supplier pages), number of sessions, unique visitors, etc.

1.5 Registration Information, publishing Information, Payment Information, Statistical Information and any information we may collect from you through the use of cookies (see Section 5 below), or any other means, shall collectively be referred to as "Collected Information".

2.How We May Use Information

2.1 General: We use your Collected Information to improve our marketing and promotional efforts (focusing on pipe industry-related services and products), to statistically analyze site usage, to improve our content and product offerings (including pipe product resources, supplier matching services) and to customize our Site's content, layout and service specifically for you. We may use your Collected Information to service your Account with us, including but not limited to investigating problems, resolving disputes (such as pipe transaction disputes) and enforcing agreements with us. We do not sell, rent, trade or exchange any personally-identifying information of our Users. We may share certain aggregate information based on analysis of Collected Information with our partners, customers, advertisers or potential Users (all related to the pipe industry). We may use your Collected Information to execute marketing campaigns, promotions or advertising messages on behalf of third parties (focusing on pipe products, related services); however, in these circumstances, your Collected Information will not be disclosed to such third parties unless you respond to the marketing, promotion or advertising message.

2.2 Registration Information: We may use your Registration Information to provide services that you request or to contact you regarding additional services about which pipesb2b.com determines that you might be interested (including but not limited to new pipe product resources, industry trends, supplier matching notifications). Specifically, we may use your email address, mailing address, phone number or fax number to contact you regarding notices, surveys, product alerts (pipe-related), new service or product offerings and communications relevant to your use of our Site.

We may generate reports and analysis based on the Registration Information for internal analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions (focusing on pipe industry user needs and market trends).

2.3 Publishing Information: All of your Publishing Information (including but not limited to pipe product information, supply/demand information, company profiles) will be publicly available on the Site and therefore accessible by any internet user. Any Publishing Information that you disclose to pipesb2b.com becomes public information and you relinquish any proprietary rights (including but not limited to the rights of confidentiality and copyrights) in such information. You should exercise caution when deciding to include personal or proprietary information in the Publishing Information that you submit to us.

2.4 Payment Information: pipesb2b.com will share your Payment Information with banks or vendors relevant to the transaction (including pipe product transaction vendors, payment service providers) in order to enable transactions to be completed. In addition, pipesb2b.com may use Payment Information to determine your credit-worthiness and, in the process of such determination, pipesb2b.com may make such Payment Information available to banks or credit agencies. Any credit card information that you provide through the Site is directly submitted to a payment server of the credit card processing bank. pipesb2b.com does not maintain electronic or physical copies of your credit card information. While pipesb2b.com has in place up-to-date technology and internal procedures to guard your Payment Information against intruders, there is no guarantee that such technology or procedure can eliminate all of the risks of theft, loss or mis-use. pipesb2b.com shall not be liable to you or any other person for any damages that might result from unauthorized use, publication, disclosure or any other mis-use of Payment Information, including credit card information.

2.5 Statistical Information: We use Statistical Information to help diagnose problems with and maintain our computer servers, to manage our Site, and to enhance our Site and services (including pipe product display, supplier matching efficiency) based on the usage pattern data we receive. We may generate reports and analysis based on the Statistical Information for internal analysis, monitoring and marketing decisions (focusing on pipe industry user behavior and market demands). We may provide Statistical Information to third parties, but when we do so, we do not provide personally-identifying information without your permission.