Introduction
We at Metglas, Inc. and our affiliated companies worldwide are committed to respecting our potential customer’s and customer’s privacy. We have developed and provide this Web Site Privacy Policy to inform you of our practices and policies regarding collection, use, maintenance and disclosure of personal data.
You may visit Metglas’ web site without telling us who you are or revealing any Information about yourself. However, we are committed to providing
you with adequate Information so you can make an informed decision as to whether you wish to voluntarily provide personal data or Information, e.g., your name, your company name, your e-mail address and telephone number, etc. (“Personal Information”) to Metglas.
If you choose to provide us with your Personal Information on the Web, we may transfer that Information within Metglas, Inc. or to Metglas, Inc. affiliates, across borders, and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world.
Metglas, Inc. strives to comply with all applicable laws around the globe that are designed to protect your privacy. Although legal requirements may
vary from country to country, Metglas, Inc. intends to adhere to the principles set forth in this Online Privacy Policy even if, in connection with
the above, we transfer your Personal Information from your country to countries that only may require a “lesser” level of privacy protection for Personal Information.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some of our Web pages utilize “cookies” and other tracking technologies. A “cookie” is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect Information about Web site activity.
Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the Web site.
Tracking technologies may record Information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Web site and your Web experience.
We may also analyze Information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.
Choice
If you register for or enroll in a program or service through the Metglas web site, respond to a request for Information or make any other on-line request of us, you will be voluntarily providing Personal Information. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, we ask that you please do not provide the requested Information. You may nevertheless continue to use most of our web site, subject, however, to the collection of Information through cookies and other tracking technologies as discussed above.
If you have a business relationship with Metglas, Inc, such as a contractual or other business relationship or partnership, we will naturally continue to contact you in connection with that business relationship.
Security
Wherever your Personal Information may be held within Metglas, Inc., or on its behalf, we intend to take reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the Personal Information that you share with us from unauthorized access or disclosure.
Access/Accuracy
To the extent that you do provide us with Personal Information, Metglas, Inc. wishes to maintain accurate Personal Information. Where we collect Personal Information from you on the Web, our goal is to provide a means of contacting Metglas, Inc. should you need to update or correct that Information. If for any reason those means are unavailable or inaccessible, you may send updates and corrections about your Personal Information
to [email protected] and we will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes in your Personal Information that we hold as soon as practicable.
Changes
Due to changing technological and market demands, Metglas, Inc. reserves the right to change our policies regarding the collection, maintenance and use of Personal Information in the future. If that happens, we will endeavor to promptly update this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the web site following changes to the Privacy Policy will indicate that you accept the changes. We will reference in the Privacy Policy section of the web site when new versions of the policy are issued.
Third Party Sites
Through our web pages, you may connect to third party web sites via hyperlinks, and the connections may or may not be obvious. We are not responsible for the collection, use, maintenance, sharing, or disclosure of data and Information by such third parties. We encourage our web site visitors to be aware of the varied privacy policies of the web sites that they visit.
Children’s Privacy
Metglas.com is not structured to attract children. Accordingly, we do not intend to collect Personal Information from anyone we know to be under 13 years of age.
Your Consent
By using this Web site, you consent to the terms of our Online Privacy Policy and to Metglas, Inc’s processing of Personal Information for the purposes given above as well as those explained where Metglas, Inc collects Personal Information on the Web. Should the Online Privacy Policy change, we intend to take every reasonable step to ensure that these changes are brought to your attention by posting all changes prominently on our web site for a reasonable period of time.
Required Disclosures of Data & Information
In addition to disclosures to affiliates and regardless of anything in this Privacy Policy to the contrary, Metglas, Inc. may disclose Personal Information, with or without prior notice to you, when we reasonably believe that the law requires it, in response to subpoenas or at the demand of governmental agencies, to protect our systems or business, to protect other visitors to the web site, or to respond to an emergency. If you partake, or we reasonably suspect you of partaking in any illegal activity, we may also disclose your Personal Information, even without a subpoena, warrant or court order. We may also make disclosures of your Personal Information with your affirmative consent.
Moreover, although we use reasonable efforts to maintain the privacy of your Personal Information, due to technological limitations, and the risk of unlawful interceptions and accessing of transmissions and/or data, we cannot completely assure you, and you should not expect, that your Personal Information, and any other electronically communicated Information, will be absolutely confidential.