Privacy Policy

What Personal Data Does Great Plains Stainless Collect?

User information, such as the name, username, password, email address…

Emails and messages, including receipts, newsletters, and support contact. This information consists of the emails we send to individuals and companies.

In addition to the above, we may automatically collect the following types of information:

Website activity information, such as application logs, data files, information collected by cookies, IP address, browser information, and metrics generated in the normal operation of a website. “Application logs” are text files in which are recorded most of the activities on a website, including page visits and usage. Website activity information is sometimes associated with an IP address or other Personal Data.

Information collected via cookies. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our site are visited and by how many people. Great Plains Stainless cookies do not collect Personal Data, and we do not combine the general information collected through cookies with other Personal Data to tell us who you are or what your screen name or email address is.

Most browsers have an option for turning off the cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allowing you to decide on acceptance of each new cookie in a variety of ways. We strongly recommend that you leave the cookies activated, however, because cookies enable you to take advantage of some of Great Plains Stainless’ most attractive features. If you choose to disable cookies or similar technologies, some parts of our Website may not work properly.

Information collected via comments. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Third party plugins: We use Google Analytics, Google Fonts, Google+ (button), Facebook (button), Zoho (chatbox), and WordFence Website Protection by Defiant to collect and process analytical data about users of Great Plains Stainless’s website. These tools track your interaction with the website and store information about IP address, operating system, web browser, pages visited, information about demographics of our website users, the device used, and where the visit originated. The data collected by these third party services is stored on their servers.

You can learn about Google’s practices by visiting https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

You can learn about Facebook’s practices by visiting https://www.facebook.com/business/gdpr

You can learn about Zoho’s privacy policy by visiting https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html

You can learn about WordFence’s privacy policy by visiting https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation

We may use software tools such as JavaScript to collect page interaction.

For Which Purposes Will Great Plains Stainless Use Your Personal Data?

The Personal Data collected by Great Plains Stainless is used for the following purposes:

• To provide, administer, and communicate with you about products, websites, offers, programs, and promotions of Great Plains. If required under applicable law, we will only send you promotional communications with your consent;
• To operate, evaluate and improve our business, including developing new products and websites; managing our communications; determining the effectiveness of, and optimizing the content you see; analyzing our products, websites, website, mobile application, and any other digital assets; facilitating the functionality of our website, mobile application, and any other digital assets;
• To respond to your inquiries;
• To perform data analyses and data aggregation (including anonymization of Personal Data);
• To comply with law enforcement requests and other legal obligations;
• To apply and enforce our Terms of Use and other agreements;
• To comply with industry standards and our policies.

We also may use the information in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

Email Communications:

We may receive a confirmation when you open an email from Great Plains Stainless. Great Plains Stainless uses this confirmation to help us make emails more interesting and helpful and improve our website. If you do not want to receive email from us, please contact us as specified in the “How To Contact Us” section below.

When Does Great Plains Stainless Collect Personal Data Relating To You?

We may collect and use Personal Data relating to you when:

• You have consented to the use of your Personal Data;
• We need your Personal Data to provide you with websites and products requested by you, or to respond to your inquiries;
• We have a legal obligation to use your Personal Data;
• We have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Data. This includes our legitimate interests to ensure and improve the safety, security and performance of our products and websites.

How Does Great Plains Stainless Receive Personal Data About To You?

We may receive Personal Data relating to you from:

• You directly when you provide us with information about you;

For How Long Does Great Plains Stainless Keep Your Personal Data?

Great Plains Stainless stores Personal Data only for as long as it is necessary for the fulfillment of the purpose for which it was collected, unless otherwise required or authorized by applicable law. We take measures to destroy or permanently de-identify Personal Data if required by law or if the Personal Data is no longer required for the purpose for which we collected it.

How Will Great Plains Stainless Share the Personal Data It Receives?

Personal Data about our customers is an integral part of our business. We neither rent nor sell your Personal Data to anyone. We share your Personal Data only as described below.

• We may share your Personal Data with employees and branch offices to which it is reasonably necessary or desirable for us to disclose your data in order to carry out the above-mentioned data processing purposes.
• Vendors: On occasion when it is more expeditious to ship an order from the manufacturer or service facility directly to our customers we need to share your information. Examples may include sending postal mail or email. Unless we tell you differently, Great Plains Stainless’s agents do not have any right to use Personal Data we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. You hereby consent to our sharing of Personal Data for the above purposes.
• Communication in response to User Submissions: As part of our websites, you will receive from Company email and other communication relating to your request for information and purchase. The Company may send you email and other communication that it determines in its sole discretion relates to your inquiries and purchases.
• Compliance with the Law, Protection of Great Plains Stainless and Others: We may access, preserve, and disclose collected information, if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; enforce or apply our conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Great Plains Stainless, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Is Personal Data About You Secure?

Great Plains Stainless endeavors to protect user information to ensure that your Personal Data is kept private. We use physical, managerial, and technical security measures to protect your Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access. In particular, we take steps to ensure that our employees and website providers who have access to your Personal Data only process it upon our instructions, unless otherwise required by law.

However, no measures are 100% secure and unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of your Personal Data. To protect the security of your data, you need to select and protect your password appropriately and limit access to your computer and browser by signing off after you have finished accessing your account.

Our website may contain links to other sites. Great Plains Stainless is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site you should read the privacy policy stated on that site. This Privacy Policy only governs information collected by Great Plains Stainless.

What Choices And Rights Do You Have Regarding Your Personal Data?

You have certain rights regarding the Personal Data we maintain about you. We also offer you certain choices about what Personal Data we collect from you, how we use that information, and how we communicate with you.

• Sometimes you may be required by law or by contract to provide us with your Personal Data to be able to use our products or websites. In other cases, you may provide us with your personal data voluntarily. The particular reasons for using your Personal Data, whether you are required to provide your Personal Data, and the possible consequences of not providing your Personal Data will be indicated at the time the information is collected.
• Where required by law, we obtain your prior opt-in consent at the time of collection for certain processing of Personal Data, such as for direct marketing purposes. If we rely on consent for the processing of your Personal Data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time and, when you do so, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent withdrawal.
• You can opt out of the collection and use of certain information, which we collect about you by automated means, when you visit our website. Your browser may tell you how to be notified and opt out of receiving certain types of cookies and similar technologies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our website.
• You can at any time tell us not to send you marketing communications by email by clicking on the unsubscribe link within the marketing emails you receive from us or by contacting us as specified in the “How To Contact Us” section below. Please note that if you do not want to receive legal notices from us, such as this Privacy Policy, those legal notices will still govern your use of the Great Plains Stainless Website, and you are responsible for reviewing such legal notices for changes.
• To the extent provided by applicable law, you may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us, or object at any time on legitimate grounds, to the processing of your Personal Data. We will apply your preferences going forward. In some circumstances, withdrawing your consent to the use or disclosure of your Personal Data will mean that you cannot take advantage of some Great Plains Stainless features.
• Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to: obtain confirmation that we hold Personal Data about you, request access to and receive information about the Personal Data we maintain about you, receive copies of the Personal Data we maintain about you, exercise your right to data portability, update and correct inaccuracies in your Personal Data, object to or restrict the processing of your Personal Data, and have the information blocked, anonymized or deleted, as appropriate. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by local law requirements. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
• Under California’s “Shine the Light” law, California residents who provide Personal Data in obtaining products or websites for personal, family, or household use are entitled to request and obtain from us once a calendar year information about the customer information we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information shared, the names and email addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g., requests made in 2018 will receive information regarding 2017 sharing activities), and descriptions of the likely types of marketing the third parties would send. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered by the “Shine the Light” requirements and only information on covered sharing will be included in our response.
• If we fall short of your expectations in processing your Personal Data or you wish to make a complaint about our privacy practices, please tell us because it gives us an opportunity to fix the problem. You may contact us by using the contact details provided in the “How To Contact Us” section below. To assist us in responding to your request, please give full details of the issue. We attempt to review and respond to all complaints within a reasonable time.
• If you provide us with any Personal Data relating to another individual, you should make sure that the sharing with us and our further use as described to you from time to time is in line with applicable laws, so for example you should duly inform that individual on the processing of her/his Personal Data and obtain her/his consent, as may be necessary under applicable laws.
• To exercise your rights and choices as described above, please contact us as specified in the “How To Contact Us” section below.

Does Great Plains Stainless Collect Children’s Data?

We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use Personal Data from children under 16 years of age, and no part of the Website is directed to children under the age of 16. If you learn that your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, you may alert us by using the contact details provided in the “How To Contact Us” section below. If we learn that we have collected any Personal Data from children under 16, we will promptly take steps to delete such information and terminate the child’s account.

Does Great Plains Stainless Transfer Your Personal Data Abroad?

To offer our websites, we may transfer your Personal Data to recipients in countries other than the country in which the data were originally collected, including to the United States. The laws in those countries may not offer the same level of data protection as the country in which the data initially were provided. When we transfer your Personal Data to recipients in other countries, we will protect the data as described in this Privacy Policy.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Great Plains Stainless may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes in the way we use Personal Data, we will notify you by posting an announcement on our Website or sending you an email. Users are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when they use the Website after such changes have been first posted.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the privacy of your Personal Data by Great Plains Stainless, or if you would like to exercise your rights to your Personal Data, please send a detailed message to [email protected]. Please specify the subject of your request on the subject line and in the body of your message (e.g. “Request for access to my personal data”, etc.). We will provide the requested information and make every effort to resolve your concerns.