Privacy Policy
1. PRIVACY POLICY
The words below whose first letters are capitalized will have the meanings which are defined for them in the General Terms and Conditions of the Window Comfort Site. By visiting our Site and/or using any of our Services, you agree to have your personal information handled as per this Policy. Window Comfort collects information about you directly from you, from third parties, and automatically through your use of our Site and/or Services.
2. PERSONAL DATA
2.1 COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form or enter information on our site. What we collect are about such as your names, email address, phone numbers, country or other details, limited to what you have agreed to tell the Site in order particularly to help you with your experience. In cases where the entry of certain personal data is absolutely required for us to carry out a Service, we will indicate that.
2.2 USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may use your personal data with the following goals in mind or use certain other site features in the following ways: To personalize user's experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested. To improve our website in order to better serve you. To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests. To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature. To quickly process your transactions. To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services. With your consent, if it is required by law, to contact you by email/SMS/post with information about our Services and/or contests.
2.3 SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA
Window Comfort may share your personal data:
(i) with affiliated companies or subsidiaries of Window Comfort in order for them to use it for the same reasons as indicated above, and/or with third parties, on condition that you have expressly consented to these sharing arrangements
(ii) with service providers acting on its behalf
(iii) with a third party in order to comply with a legal obligation
(iv) in the event of a transfer of ownership or merger if you have expressly consented to the transfer or merger.
2.4 DURATION OF THE PERSONAL DATA RETENTION PERIOD
In the event that your account becomes inactive, the personal data associated with your account will be remained permanent so that we could use the data as need to preserve as proof, for legal or administrative needs, or in order to comply with applicable legislation.
3.LINKS
On the Site you will find various links that direct you to third party sites. Window Comfort cannot be held responsible for links posted by the Users, nor for the privacy policies of these third parties. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites. The General Terms and Conditions of the Window Comfort, and in particular the privacy policy, do not govern third party sites or content of third parties accessed by Site Users.
4. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGY
4.1 USE OF COOKIES
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We use cookies to: Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart. Keep track of advertisements. Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If users disable cookies in their browser: then affiliate links are disabled. If you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled It will turn off some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly. However, you can still place orders.
4.2 THIRD PARTY DISCLOSURE
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Window Comfort uses third-party analytic tools to evaluate the use of our Site and to help us improve our Site, Services, and user experiences. These providers may use cookies, clear GIFs, tracking pixels, or other technologies to compile statistics about Site usage.
5. DATA SECURITY
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers. All Window Comfort staff have a duty to respect User confidentiality. A confidentiality obligation is included in every employment contract of Window Comfort, employees who have access to the personal data, as well as in those with its subcontractors.6. CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICYWindow Comfort may modify or change this privacy policy. All changes will come into force from the date of posting on the Window Comfort website. Your continuing usage of the Site after the publication by Window Comfort of an updated version of the Privacy Policy implies that you consent to the Privacy Policy, as modified. Consequently, it is important that you regularly read this Privacy Policy to make sure that you are fully aware of all the changes that may have been applied to it.
7. RIGHTS TO OPPOSITION, ACCESS, RECTIFICATION AND RETRACTION
Users may also, at any time, access their data in order to modify or fix their personal data totally or partially, by logging into their accounts and update at profile setting.
8. APPLICABLE LAW
The current privacy policy is part of the General Terms and Conditions of the Window Comfort Site, and as such, it will be governed by the laws of Georgia, U.S.A., excluding Georgia's conflict of laws rules, will apply to any disputes arising out of or relating to these terms or the Services. All claims arising out of or relating to these terms or the Services will be litigated exclusively in the federal or state courts of Alpharetta, Georgia, USA, and you and Window Comfort consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.
9. CONTACT
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or questions about the use of the Site, please contact us by email at the following address: rmuldrew@windowcomfort.com
Terms of Service
This website is owned and operated by Window Comfort.
By visiting our website and accessing the information, resources, services, products, and tools we provide, you understand and agree to accept and adhere to the following terms and conditions as stated in this policy (hereafter referred to as ‘User Agreement’), along with the terms and conditions as stated in our site.
Privacy Policy (please refer to the Privacy Policy section above for more information)
This agreement is in effect as of October 1st, 2018. We reserve the right to change this User Agreement from time to time without notice. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this User Agreement periodically to familiarize yourself with any modifications. Your continued use of this site after such modifications will constitute acknowledgement and agreement of the modified terms and conditions.
Responsible Use and Conduct
By visiting our website and accessing the information, resources, services, products, and tools we provide for you, either directly or indirectly (hereafter referred to as ‘Resources’), you agree to use these Resources only for the purposes intended as permitted by (a) the terms of this User Agreement, and (b) applicable laws, regulations and generally accepted online practices or guidelines. Wherein, you understand that:
In order to access our Resources, you may be required to provide certain information about yourself (such as identification, contact details, etc.) as part of the registration process, or as part of your ability to use the Resources. You agree that any information you provide will always be accurate, correct, and up to date.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any login information associated with any account you use to access our Resources. Accordingly, you are responsible for all activities that occur under your account/s.
All payments must be paid in USD (US Dollar).
Accessing (or attempting to access) any of our Resources by any means other than through the means we provide, is strictly prohibited. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of our Resources through any automated, unethical or unconventional means.
Engaging in any activity that disrupts or interferes with our Resources, including the servers and/or networks to which our Resources are located or connected, is strictly prohibited.
Attempting to copy, duplicate, reproduce, sell, trade, or resell our Resources is strictly prohibited.
You are solely responsible any consequences, losses, or damage that we may directly or indirectly incur or suffer due to any unauthorized activities conducted by you, as explained above, and may incur criminal or civil liability.
We may provide various open communication tools on our website, such as blog comments, blog posts, public chat, forums, message boards, newsgroups, product ratings and reviews, various social media services, etc. You understand that generally we do not prescreen or monitor the content posted by users of these various communication tools, which means that if you choose to use these tools to submit any type of content to our website, then it is your personal responsibility to use these tools in a responsible and ethical manner.
By posting information or otherwise using any open communication tools as mentioned, you agree that you will not upload, post, share, or otherwise distribute any content that:
Is illegal, threatening, defamatory, abusive, harassing, degrading, intimidating, fraudulent, deceptive, invasive, racist, or contains any type of suggestive, inappropriate, or explicit language.
Infringes on any trademark, patent, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary right of any party.
Contains any type of unauthorized or unsolicited advertising.
Impersonates any person or entity, including any Window Comfort employees or representatives.
We have the right at our sole discretion to remove any content that, we feel in our judgement does not comply with this User Agreement, along with any content that we feel is otherwise offensive, harmful, objectionable, inaccurate, or violates any 3rd party copyrights or trademarks. We are not responsible for any delay or failure in removing such content. If you post content that we choose to remove, you hereby consent to such removal, and consent to waive any claim against us.
We do not assume any liability for any content posted by you or any other 3rd party users of our website. However, any content posted by you using any open communication tools on our website, provided that it doesn't violate or infringe on any 3rd party copyrights or trademarks, becomes the property of Window Comfort, and as such, gives us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty free, exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publish, publicly display and/or distribute as we see fit. This only refers and applies to content posted via open communication tools as described and does not refer to information that is provided as part of the registration process, necessary in order to use our Resources. All information provided as part of our registration process is covered by our Privacy Policy.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Window Comfort and its parent company and affiliates, and their directors, officers, managers, employees, donors, agents, and licensors, from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of this User Agreement or the failure to fulfill any obligations relating to your account incurred by you or any other person using your account. We reserve the right to take over the exclusive defense of any claim for which we are entitled to indemnification under this User Agreement. In such event, you shall provide us with such cooperation as is reasonably requested by us.
Privacy
Your privacy is very important to us, which is why we've created a separate Privacy Policy in order to explain in detail how we collect, manage, process, secure, and store your private information. Our privacy policy is included under the scope of this User Agreement.
Limitation of Warranties
By using our website, you understand and agree that all Resources we provide are “as is” and “as available”. This means that we do not represent or warrant to you that:
The use of our Resources will meet your needs or requirements.
The use of our Resources will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or free from errors.
The information obtained by using our Resources will be accurate or reliable
Any defects in the operation or functionality of any Resources we provide will be repaired or corrected.