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Privacy Policy

Last updated – June 1, 2023

This Privacy Policy for Hussmann Corporation (“Hussmann”, “we” or “us”) explains how Hussmann collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you access or use our websites, and other products and services (collectively, the “Services”), contact our sales or service team, engage with us on social media, or otherwise interact with us.

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the website or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

 

Contents & Summary

  • Collection of Information

  • Use of Information

  • Disclosure of Information

  • Social Sharing Features

  • Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

  • Sales of Personal Information and Targeted Advertising

  • Data Retention

  • Transfer of Information to the U.S. and Other Countries

  • Your Choices

  • Information for Residents of California

  • European Economic Area

  • Contact Us

 

Collection of Information

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you participate in any interactive features of our services, fill out a form, participate in a contest or promotion, make a purchase, apply for a job, communicate with us via third party social media sites, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us. 

The types of information we collect include:

  • identifiers such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, city, state/province, industry, product/category of interest, company name, comments, and any other information you choose to provide.

  • usernames, passwords, and emails you may provide if accessing applications such as StoreConnect hosted in Amazon AWS.

 

Automatically Collected Information

When you access or website, we automatically collect information about you, including:

  • Usage Information: We collect information about your use of the website, including the type of browser and operating system you use, access times, pages viewed, and the page you visited before navigating to our website.

  • Device Information: We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, and other information that identifies you as the user of the device or the person providing information to us.

  • Location Information: In accordance with your device permissions, we may collect information about the approximate location of your device. You have the ability to stop the collection of approximate location information at any time. 

  • Demographic Information: as approximations regarding age range and gender.

  • Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We use different technologies to collect information, including cookies. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve and keep secure our Services and your experience. Through the use of cookies, we may automatically collect information about your online activity on our website, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our site. Our website uses two types of cookies: (1) “session” cookies which are deleted from your computer when you leave the website and are used purely to help you navigate around the website; and (2) “persistent” cookies which remain on your computer so that the website can recognize you when you return. 

 

Information We Collect from Other Sources

We may obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect directly from you. For example, we may collect information about you from third parties, including but not limited to identity verification services, credit bureaus, mailing list providers, and publicly available sources.

 

Use of Information

We may use the information we collect to customize your experience with us, to target advertisements based on users' interests and to understand how users interact with ads. We may also use the information we collect to:

  • Send you technical notices, updates, support and administrative messages and to respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests;

  • Analyze the effectiveness of our website;

  • Better understand the needs and interest of our customers;

  • Manage the website’s interactive functionality;

  • Communicate with you about products, services, offers, and events offered by Hussmann and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;

  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities;

  • Comply with Hussmann’s legal and regulatory obligations;

  • Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards; and

  • Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

 

Disclosure of Information

We may disclose the categories of personal information described above as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

 

  • With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf, regardless of whether you have chosen to limit our sharing of your information as collected on our website;

  • In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;

  • If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Hussmann or others;

  • In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company;

  • Between and among Hussmann and our current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other companies under common control and ownership.

 

Hussmann requires its vendors, consultants, and service providers that have access to your information to maintain the confidentiality of your information and to comply with the safeguards provided in this privacy policy. We also provide our vendors, consultants, and service providers with our opt-out lists so that communications sent on behalf of Hussmann are not sent to opt-out participants.

Hussmann may disclose aggregated statistics about visitors to its website, along with anonymous information collected from other sources. We may also disclose aggregated or de-identified information with third parties (such as advisors, promotional sponsors, and investors), which cannot reasonably be used to identify you, for various business purposes, including conducting general business analysis and developing website content and services.

 

Social Sharing Features

Certain pages may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook ”share” button), which let you share actions you take on with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

 

Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the web and in mobile applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the services and other websites and applications, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by Hussmann and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our services and other websites, and better understand your online activity. To learn more about Google’s privacy practices, please review the Google Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. You can also download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Your device may also include a feature (“Limit Ad Tracking” on iOS or “Opt Out of Interest-Based Ads” or “Opt Out of Ads Personalization” on Android) that allows you to opt out of having certain information collected through apps used for behavioral advertising purposes. Our Cookie Policy sets out details of the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, The Cookie Policy can be accessed here: Cookie Policy. 

 

Sales of Personal Information and Targeted Advertising

We do not sell collected information for monetary compensation, but our using of third-party metrics and analytic technologies may fit the broad definition of a sale. 

Hussmann may allow certain companies to place tracking technologies like cookies and pixels on our sites, which allow those companies to receive information about your activity on Hussmann that is associated with your browser or device for various purposes, including targeted advertising. You always have full control over whether these technologies work on your devices. The companies may use that data to serve you more relevant ads on our sites or others. Under some state laws, sharing data for online advertising like this is considered to be a “sale” of information. 

You have the right to opt out and request your information is not sold by clicking the "Do Not Sell My Information" link on our websites. You may also contact us at [email protected] to opt-out, but we will require additional information to confirm your identity.

 

 

Data Retention

We store the information we collect on you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it, or for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations. We may retain records related to:

  • Invoices and payments;

  • Job applications and other related documentation;

  • System use;

  • Customer profiles, marketing information, surveys and communications. 

Transfer of Information to the U.S. and Other Countries

Hussmann is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S. Our websites are intended for users in the United States and its territories and possessions, but if you use the websites from any country outside the United States, the various communications will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international boundaries, and by visiting the website, you consent to these transfers as required or permitted by applicable law. Therefore, we and our service providers may transfer your information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction. We will take steps to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.

 

Your Choices

In some circumstances, you may have the right to object to Hussmann’s use of your information. If you wish to opt-out or request deletion of collected information, please email us at [email protected] or call us at (314)291-2000, but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may also retain cached or archived copies of information about you for a certain period of time.

You must be at least 18 years of age to use our website or services. Hussmann does not knowingly collect, sell, share, or maintain any personal information from children under the age of 16, and no part of our website is designed with the purpose of attracting such children.

 

Cookies

The website uses "cookie" that may be sent to your computer, and which contain information allowing us to recognize when you are viewing the website and to keep track of your preferences. The cookies also automatically collect information about your activity on our website, such as the web pages that you visit, the links that you click, and the searches that you conduct.

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our website. 

 

Promotional Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from Hussmann by following the instructions in those emails or by emailing [email protected]. You may also call us at (314)291-2000. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your product or our ongoing business relations.

 

Your Rights

Depending on where you reside, you may have the following rights with respect to your personal information, subject to applicable exceptions. In the event of a conflict between your rights, as described in this section, and any rights further described in this privacy policy, the terms of this section shall prevail.

 

  • Right to Access. You may be entitled to request that we disclose to you the specific pieces of your personal information that we have collected about you in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.

 

  • Right to Know. You may have the right to confirm that we have collected personal information about you and know what personal information we have collected about you, including, as applicable, the categories of personal information we have collected, the sources from which we collected that personal information, the business or commercial purposes for which we collected, sold, and shared that personal information, the categories of personal information that we sold, shared, or disclosed to third parties for business purposes and the categories of third parties to whom we sold, shared or disclosed personal information. 

  • Right to Deletion. You may be entitled to request that we delete the personal information that we have collected from you. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to honor your request, in compliance with applicable laws. Please note, however, that we may need or be required to keep such information, such as for our legitimate business purposes or to comply with applicable law.  

 

  • Right to Limit the Processing of Sensitive Personal Information. We process sensitive personal information only for those purposes expressly authorized under California law.

 

  • Right to Correct. You may request that we correct personal information that we hold about you.  

  • Right to Opt-Out of Sales and Sharing of Personal Information. You may be entitled to opt out of sales of your personal information to third parties and to opt out of the disclosure of your personal information to third parties for certain targeted advertising. To opt out of the selling or sharing of your personal information, click the "Do Not Sell My Information" link on our websites.

  • Right to Opt-Out of Profiling. You may be entitled to opt out of certain processing that has legal or similarly significant effects on you. 

  • Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment if you exercise the rights conferred to you by applicable privacy law.

 

If you would like to request to exercise one of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. You may also call us at (314)291-2000.

To process your requests to access, know, delete, or correct the personal information, we must be able to verify your identity to a reasonable degree of certainty. To verify your identity, we will ask you to provide your contact information and additional identifiers based on your relationship with us. Before we process your request, we will match these data points with data points we currently maintain to verify your identity and your relationship with us.

When you use an authorized agent to submit a request, you must provide the authorized agent with written permission to do so, and, in certain circumstances, we may ask you to verify your own identity directly with us. We may deny a request from an authorized agent that does not submit proof that they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf. Authorized agents may use the channels listed above to submit requests.  

Certain states provide a right to appeal decisions we make relating to your request to exercise your rights. Please contact us if you would like to appeal a decision.

 

Information for Residents of California 

California law permits residents of California to request certain details about how their information is shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes. We believe it is important that you know cookies or online identifiers are recognized as personal information under the CCPA. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at (314)291-2000.

Sale of Personal Information

We do not sell collected information for monetary compensation, but our using of third-party metrics and analytic technologies may fit the broad definition of a sale. We believe it is important that you know cookies or online identifiers are recognized as personal information under the CCPA. 

You have the right to opt out and request your information is not sold by clicking the “Do Not Sell My Information” link on our websites. You may also contact us at [email protected] to opt-out, but we will require additional information to confirm your identity. 

 

Individuals in the European Economic Area

If you are in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), you have certain rights and protections under the law regarding the processing of your personal data.

Legal Basis for Processing

If you are in the EEA, when we process your personal data we rely on the following legal bases:

  • We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data. For example, we may process your personal data to send you marketing communications, to communicate with you about changes to our products and services, to exercise our legal rights where it is necessary to do so, and to provide, secure, and improve our products and services;

  • We have a legal or regulatory obligation to process the information. For example, we are processing payments for and providing the products or services you requested;  

  • We have your consent to do so. When consent is the legal basis for our processing, you may withdraw such consent at any time.

Please note that by “legitimate interest” we mean the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you or others the best service, provide the information you are requesting from us, expand or enhance our business, or protect our rights. We consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us at the details below.

Data Subject Requests

You have the right to access personal data we hold about you and to ask that your personal data be corrected, erased, or transferred. You may also have the right to object to, or request that we restrict, certain processing. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you may contact us as indicated below.

Questions or Complaints

If you have a concern about our processing of personal data that we are not able to resolve, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data privacy authority where you reside. For contact details of your local Data Protection Authority, please see: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
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Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected]. You may also call us at (314)291-2000.

 

 

Phone: (314) 291-2000
Email:  [email protected]