Effective Date: July 28,
2021
Draeger, Inc. and our affiliate companies (“Draeger,” “we,” “us” or “our”) recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy of our online visitors. The following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) is the way we handle information learned about you from your visits to our website available at https://www.safetyshop.draeger.com/en_us/ (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that we collect offline, such as over the telephone or in person.
PLEASE REVIEW THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. When you submit information to or through the Site and by using the Site, you consent to our collection, use, disclosure and retention of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you confirm that you are not located outside the United States, and accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Use and the Sales Channel Partner Agreement by and between Draeger and you in effect as of the date of your order of any products offered by Draeger.
1. Personal Information
Draeger collects personally identifiable information from you, which may include your name, company, address, e-mail address, telephone number, username and password for your account and any other information you may provide to us, including when you contact us through the Site. This information is collected and stored electronically when you create an account with us, place an order through the Site, or complete any online form available on the Site.
2. Information Collected Automatically
Information about your computer hardware and software may automatically be collected by Draeger when you use the Site. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and other technical information such as protocol status and substatus, bytes sent and received, and server information. We may also collect information about how you interact with the Site. This information is anonymized, and no personal web browsing profiles or similar personal profiles are created or processed. We use this information solely for our business purposes, including for the operation and improvement of the Site, for technical troubleshooting, to maintain quality of the Site and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Site.
3. Cookies and Other Information Collection Tools
What are cookies? A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer when you visit a website or use an online service. When you visit the website or use the service again, the cookie allows that website or online service to recognize your browser or device. Cookies may store unique identifiers, user preferences and other information.
Duration of Cookies. We may use “session cookies” or “persistent cookies.” Session cookies are temporary and expire once you close your browser or once your session ends. Persistent cookies remain on your device for much longer or until you or your browser erase them. Persistent cookies have varying durations that are dependent on their expiration date.
Why do we use them? Cookies help us improve the Site by providing us with information about which parts of the Site are most popular, enabling us to analyze technical and navigational information about the Site, and helping us to detect and prevent fraud. We also use cookies and other data collection tools (such as web beacons and server logs) to help improve your experience with the Site. For example, we use cookies to enable you to stay logged in to your account on the Site. Additionally, we use other data collection tools to help analyze how users use the Site. These tools use cookies to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information in an anonymous form. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site (including IP address) is transmitted to our data collection tool service providers. This information is then used by us to evaluate visitors’ use of the Site and to compile statistical reports on website activity for Draeger.
How do I control cookies? Web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to manage and delete cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. Some web browsers provide settings that allow a user to reject cookies or to alert a user when a cookie is placed on the user’s computer, tablet or mobile device. Most mobile devices also offer settings to reject mobile device identifiers. Although users are not required to accept cookies or mobile device identifiers, blocking or rejecting them may prevent access to some features available through the Site.
4. How Information is Used
We may use the information we collect for any of the following purposes:
· to complete and fulfill purchases made through the Site and to provide you with related customer service;
· for internal business purposes, including without limitation, to help us operate, evaluate, and improve the quality of the Site; to develop new products, services, and features; to better understand those individuals that utilize the Site; to verify your identity; to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns; to prevent, protect against, identify, or address fraud, unauthorized activity, claims, liabilities, and other wrongdoing; to provide you with customer service; and to generally manage our operations;
· to provide you with information about our products and services that we think may be of interest to you;
· as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain;
· to fulfill your requests;
· to carry out our obligations arising in respect of any contracts entered into between you and us (including, without limitation, the Sales Channel Partner Agreement);
· to facilitate your use of our Site and your account, and to send you important information regarding our relationship with you or regarding the Site, such as information about changes to our terms, conditions, policies, and other administrative information; and
· as otherwise described at the point of collection.
5. Sharing of Information
We may share your personal information only as described in this Policy or as otherwise described to you at the point of collection.
· With Third Party Service Providers Performing Services on Our Behalf. We may share your personal information with our service providers to perform the functions for which we engage them. For example, we may use third parties to host the Site or assist us in providing functionality on the Site, provide data analysis on the Site, or to send out email updates about the Site.
· For Legal Purposes. We also may share information that we collect from users as needed to enforce our rights, protect our property or protect the rights, property or safety of others, or as needed to support external auditing, compliance and corporate governance functions. We will disclose personal information as we deem necessary to respond to a subpoena, regulation, binding order of a data protection agency, legal process, governmental request or other legal or regulatory process. We may also share personal information as required to pursue available remedies or limit damages we may sustain.
· Changes of Control. We may transfer or assign information, including your personal information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, liquidation, change in control or other sale by or of us or any affiliated entity (in each case whether in whole or in part).
Draeger does not share your personal information with third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes.
6. Your Choices
You may update your account information or delete your account by going to your account settings.
7. Links to External Websites
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites. Any access to and use of such third-party websites is not governed by this Privacy Policy but is instead governed by the privacy policies of those third-party websites, and we are not responsible for the information practices of such third-party websites.
8. Security Used & Retention of Personal Information
Draeger uses reasonable security measures designed to prevent unauthorized intrusion to the Site and the alteration, acquisition or misuse of personal information. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Site; any transmission is at your own risk. We will not be responsible for loss, corruption or unauthorized acquisition or misuse of personal information that you provide through the Site that is stored by us, or for any damages resulting from such loss, corruption or unauthorized acquisition or misuse. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected, or as required by applicable laws or regulation.
9. Do Not Track
Our Site does not currently take any action when it receives a Do Not Track request. Do Not Track is a privacy preference that you can set in your web browser to indicate that you do not want certain information about your webpage visits collected across websites when you have not interacted with that service on the page. For details, including how to turn on Do Not Track, visit www.donottrack.us.
10. Children
We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from any person under the age of thirteen. No parts of our Site are directed to or designed to attract anyone under the age of thirteen.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info.usa@draeger.com.
12. Notification of Changes
Any changes to our Privacy Policy will be posted to this page so users are always aware of the information we collect and how we use it. Accordingly, please refer back to this Privacy Policy frequently as it may change.