COOKIES AND PRIVACY POLICY

 

1. INTRODUCTION
Thank you for visiting https://schaffermfg.com/ and  (the “Web Site”) and reviewing our Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy sets out how the Web Site uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website. The Web Site is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected.

We will collect no personally identifiable information about you when you visit the Web Site unless you choose to provide that information. This Privacy Policy does not describe information collection practices on other sites, including those linked to or from the Web Site.

Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

This website is mainly intended for use by individuals and companies in the U.S. To that end, it mainly offers products and services to U.S.-based individuals and companies. Through this website, Schaffer may request certain information from users, as described in this Privacy Policy. Because it is only seeking information from U.S. users, it respectfully requests that visitors from other countries refrain from submitting information through the website. Schaffer’s data collection is subject to U.S. (and only U.S.) laws.

2. WHAT WE COLLECT
We may collect the following information:

  • Name
  • Contact information including email address
  • Demographic information such as postal code, preferences, and interests
  • Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
  • We use web analytics programs (Google Analytics) to collect information. We will not collect any personally identifiable information about you through these programs.

 

3. WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • We may use the information for internal record keeping.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • We may periodically send promotional emails about new products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.

From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

Your personal information is provided only to Schaffer unless specifically stated otherwise. We will not disclose your personally identifiable information to any person or company except where you have given us permission to do so or if the law requires it.

 

4. SECURITY
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

 

5. HOW WE USE COOKIES
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

 

How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services. The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit): Essential website cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.

Performance and functionality cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use.

Analytics and customization cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Website for you. In addition to the cookies listed below, we use the third-party services of and share information with SemRush and Yoast SEO to help perform better in search engines, and with Mailchimp for data collection and tracking features, ensuring a clear opt-in and opt-out link for users.

Name: _dc_gtm_ Purpose: Used to collect anonymous data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website, and what pages have been loaded, with the purpose of displaying targeted ads.

Provider: https://tagmanager.google.com/
Service: Google Tag ManagerView Service Privacy Policy

Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 minute
Name: _gat#
Purpose: Enables Google Analytics to regulate the rate of requesting. It is a HTTP cookie type that lasts for a session.
Provider: https://analytics.google.com/
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy

Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 minute
Name: _ga
Purpose: It records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user. It is a HTTP cookie that expires after 2 years.
Provider: https://analytics.google.com/
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy

Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 years
Name: _gid
Purpose: Keeps an entry of unique ID which is then used to come up with statistical data on website usage by visitors. It is a HTTP cookie type and expires after a browsing session.
Provider: https://analytics.google.com/
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy

Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 24 hours

Name: __utma
Purpose: To help collect data that allows services to understand how users interact with the site to improve content and improve the user’s experience.
Provider: https://analytics.google.com/
Service: Google Analytics View Service Privacy Policy

Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 years

Purpose: Collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. Used by Google in combination with SID to verify Google user account and most recent login time.

Provider: youtube.com
Service: AdWords View Service Privacy Policy

Country: United States
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session

How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:

  1. Chrome
  2. Internet Explorer
  3. Firefox
  4. Safari
  5. Edge
  6. Opera

 

6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

 

7. CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THIS POLICY
We reserve the right to change the information, services, features, and policies at any time. We will post changes to this and any other policies on this website in writing.

 

8. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please contact us at (715) 825-2424.