GSW Manufacturing, Inc. Privacy Policy

Last modified: March 2022

Introduction

GSW Manufacturing, Inc. (“GSW”, “Controller” or “we” ) respects your privacy and is committed to privacy of each Website visitor (“you” or “your”).

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes how we process personal information relating to you, including the types of personal information that we collect, the purpose for which we use it, and any rights you may have with respect to such information. For the purpose of this Policy, the term “Website” shall refer to https://gswiring.com/

This policy applies to information we collect:

• On this Website.
• In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
• If applicable, through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.
• If applicable, when you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this Policy.
• It does not apply to information collected by:
• Us offline or through any other means; or
• Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Policy. This Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates. Your use of our Website and any information you provide to us is subject to this Policy and the Website Terms and Conditions.

Information Outside of the United States

The Website may be stored and processed in the United States. Be aware that information we collect will be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using the Website or providing us with any information, you acknowledge and agree to this transfer and the processing, and storage of information in the United States.

Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

GSW collects and uses different types of data from and about you including:

• Personal data that we could reasonably use to directly or indirectly identify you, such as your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, user name or other similar identifier, or any other identifier we may use to contact you online or offline (“personal data”).
• Non-personal data that does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity or directly relate to an identified individual, such as demographic information, statistics, or aggregated information. Statistical or aggregated data does not directly identify a specific person, but we may derive non-personal statistical or aggregated data from personal data. For example, we may aggregate personal data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature.
• Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, or operating system and platform.
• Non-personal details about your Website interactions, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), clickstream to, through, and from our Website (including date and time), products you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), methods used to browse away from the page, or any phone number used to call our customer service number.

We may collect certain information automatically as you navigate through the Website. The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.

How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal data, for the following purposes:

• To present our Website and its contents to you.
• To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
• To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
• To provide you with notices about your account/subscription.
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
• To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Website, if applicable.
• In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
• To comply with any law, court order, legal process, including to respond to any governmental or regulatory request.
• For any other purpose with your consent.
• We may also use your information to contact you about our own and third-parties’ goods and services that may be of interest to you. If you do not want us to use your information in this way, please contact us at GSW.info@gswiring.com.

Disclosure of Your Information

We will keep your personal data confidential and will not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with third-parties for their commercial use without your consent. We may share information that we collect or you provide as described below:

• Affiliates and Subsidiaries. We may disclose your information to our subsidiaries and affiliates.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We employ contractors, services providers, and other third parties to perform functions on our behalf. We will only provide these third-party service providers with the information they need to conduct their services.
• Business Transfers: We may disclose your information to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by GSW about you is among the assets transferred.
• Protection of GSW and Others: We may release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, to enforce or apply our terms and conditions of Websites use and other agreements, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of GSW, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. This does not, however, include selling, renting, sharing, or otherwise disclosing personal data of customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Policy.
• To fulfill the purposes for which you provide it.
• With Your Consent: Other than above circumstances, you will receive prior notice when GSW discloses your information to third parties, and you will have the opportunity to choose not to share the information.

Information for Individuals Located in the European Union and European Economic Area and the United Kingdom

This section of the Privacy Policy applies only if you use our Website from a country that is a Member State of the European Union or European Economic Area (collectively, “EU”) or the United Kingdom (“UK”), and it supplements the information in the remainder of our Privacy Policy, above.

This section sets forth our compliance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (collectively, “GDPR”) and your rights under the GDPR, where applicable. For GDPR purposes, the Company is a data “controller” for processing of information defined as personal data under applicable data protection law (“Personal Data”). Unless otherwise defined herein, any defined terms used in this section shall have the meaning as prescribed in the GDPR.

Legal Basis for Data Processing

We process Personal Data for the purposes set out above in our Privacy Policy. Our legal basis to process Personal Data includes processing that is:

• necessary for the performance of a contract between us (for example, to provide you with products and services you request and to identify and authenticate you);
• necessary to comply with legal requirements (for example, to comply with applicable accounting rules and to make mandatory disclosures to law enforcement);
• necessary for our legitimate interests (for example, to manage our relationship with you and to improve the products and our services); and
• based on consent by our customers (for example, to communicate with you about our products and services and provide you with marketing information), which may subsequently be withdrawn at any time by contacting us (using the contact instructions below) without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

EU and UK Data Subject Rights

The GDPR and UK Data Protection Act provide certain rights for individuals (“data subjects”). You have the right to access information about you and have it updated or corrected. In some cases, you can also ask us to erase it, restrict or stop processing, or provide data in a “portable” form, if feasible. You may withdraw consent (“opt-out”) if you have previously consented to any particular use of your information, such as receiving emails or text messages. For all such requests, contact GSW.info@gswiring.com. You may also decline to share certain Personal Data with us, in which case we may not be able to provide some of the features and functionality of our services.

Retention of Information

We retain your Personal Data while you continue to use or request our services or visit and engage with the Website. We will retain your Personal Data for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, considering the time period reasonably necessary to: provide our services to you; exercise the choices and rights you have requested; comply with our contractual obligations; enforce our terms of use; and comply with legal and regulatory requirements.

Inquiries and Complaints

Please first contact us as set forth below. EU and UK residents have the right to make a complaint to your national data protection supervisory authority if you do not believe we have resolved your concern.

Contact Us

For all EU and UK Data Subject Rights requests, please put the statement “Your EU/UK Data Subject Rights” in the subject field of your request. If you need further assistance, please contact us at: GSW.info@gswiring.comYour Information and Your Rights You can always choose not to provide personal information to us, but it might be needed to register for an account, if applicable, request a quote, apply for a job, or to take advantage of GSW Website features.

You may request access to, correct, or delete personal information that we have about you by contacting us at GSW.info@gswiring.com or 419-423-7111.

Links to Other Sites

We may have links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications on our Websites to other sites that we do not operate. If you click on those third-party links or enable those connections, you will be taken directly to that site which is governed by its own privacy policy. We strongly encourage you to read that privacy policy. We do not control that site and assume no responsibility for the content, policies or its practices.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

Children Under the Age of 16

Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any personal information to the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on this Website, register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at GSW.info@gswiring.com.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page. The date the Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this Policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Policy and our privacy practices, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact us at GSW.info@gswiring.com