PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
FIREFIGHTER TOOLBOX LLC (“Firefighter Toolbox,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is committed to protecting our users’ information and privacy online and to making our users aware of our online practices regarding the privacy of their information. This Privacy Policy describes the personal information we collect through this website.
By accessing this web site (Shop.FirefighterToolbox.com) herein after called the “Site” or “website,” you expressly consent and agree to the terms and conditions of this privacy policy, including our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, then please do not use or access our Site.
Firefighter Toolbox LLC, may revise and update this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued usage of the shop.firefightertoolbox.com website (“Site”) will mean you accept those changes.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Visitors to our Site can access the Site’s home page and browse the Site without disclosing any personally identifiable information. We may track information provided to us by your browser, including the website you came from (known as the "referring URL"), the type of browser you use, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you.
Firefighter Toolbox may also collect personal information when you provide it to Firefighter Toolbox, such as by submitting to the Site content of the Site, requesting e-mail updates and newsletters, reminders for events, special dates or offers, purchasing materials or products, participating in a webinar, responding to a survey or questionnaire from us, or when you provide comments, suggestions and submissions to us via the Site or otherwise. Firefighter Toolbox may collect personal information,such as your name, address, e-mail address, phone numbers and other relevant information. Depending upon the services you elect to use or receive, we may also collect device-specific information, mobile network information, including your mobile device number or other identifier.
Information we collect from you, when you choose to provide it to us (e.g. when you set up an account with us), may include your name, your mailing address (where you request/purchase certain materials), your email address and other contact information you may provide when purchasing materials or products from our Site. We use a third party provider to process credit card payments; we do not maintain and/or store any credit card information. Please see the privacy policy of that third party when purchasing products or services from our Site.
We may also maintain a record of your online history on the Site, and the aforementioned information in connection therewith.
You also understand that when you post information to our Site, it may be indexable by search engines. If a third party then copies your content posted on our Site, your election to remove that content from our Site may not remove your content from other sources that have since linked to or copied your content.
REGISTRATION DATA AND PRIVACY
In order to access some of the services on this site, you may be required to use an account and password that can be obtained by completing our online registration form, which requests certain information and data (“Registration Data”), and maintaining and updating your Registration Data as required. By registering, you agree that all information provided in the Registration Data is true and accurate and that you will maintain and update this information as required in order to keep it current, complete, and accurate.
SOCIAL MEDIA WIDGETS
Firefighter Toolbox and/or the Site may include social media features, such as the Facebook like button and share buttons. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the features to function properly. Certain social media features are hosted by the applicable provider (e.g. Facebook). Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the features. Please see their privacy policy for review.
WHAT DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION FOR?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in any of the following ways:
- -To personalize your experience; (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
- -To improve our website; (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
- -To improve customer service; (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
- -To process transactions;
- -To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature;
- -To send periodic emails.
The email address you provide for order processing or any other reason may be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order, in addition to receiving occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
By using this “Site,” you agree that Firefighter Toolbox may use the information you give it to provide services to you or provide information, notices and reminders that Firefighter Toolbox thinks you may find interesting or useful, or that you specifically requested. We may from time-to-time provide your name and email address to marketing partners. SUCCESS may also use the information for other actions you take or other services you request on our Site.
Your responses to and results from the questionnaires and/or surveys that you may complete are owned by us, and we and others may use them in a variety a ways to enhance our delivery of information and services to you. We may also share results with third parties, including market research firms, but in so doing, we will not include your personal information. Instead, results will be aggregated (for example, by age range, geographic region, etc.).
We may also use information we collect from you to:
-Perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our features, including your submission of content for our Site, services or content, or products, services or content offered by others, including our participating affiliates and vendors;
-Communicate with you by e-mail, postal mail, facsimile, telephone and/or mobile devices about products and services that may be of interest to you, and/or about content that you have submitted to the Site;
-Develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests on our Site and other websites;
-Use your email to communicate with you if you forget your password;
-Enforce our terms and conditions;
-Manage our business; and
-Perform functions in connection with providing information and services to you, including without limitation, reviewing and posting your content to the Site.
We may receive information about you from other sources and add it to our account information.
Please note that information, images, and other materials you post or submit for posting to the Site is not protected by this Privacy Policy and may be shared with third parties by us.
Accordingly you should not submit to Firefighter Toolbox any information that you do not want shared with others. Further you will not submit any information or content regarding a third party unless you are expressly authorized to do so.
PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you place an order or enter, submit, or access your personal information.
Our payment gateway and processor offers the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into the payment gateway provider's database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be stored on our servers.
We do not sell, rent, share, or otherwise disclose personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in violation of the commitments set forth in this Privacy Policy.
EXCEPTIONS TO PRIVACY POLICY
While we are committed to keeping your information secure and private, we have the following exceptions to our Privacy Policy: We will release specific information about you or your account to comply with any valid legal inquiry or process such as a search warrant, subpoena, statute or court order. We will also release specific information in special cases, such as if there is an attempted breach of the security of the sites, or a physical or property threat to you or others. We may also transfer user information, including personally identifiable information, in connection with a business merger, consolidation, the sale of related assets or business division or other fundamental business change. Further, the information you enter when making a purchase will be shared with payment processors, financial gateways, and your credit card company to authorize credit card payments. Such information may also be shared with necessary third parties solely for the purpose of carrying out the transactions. Non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Please note that if you give out personal information online through a discussion board or posting site, that information can be collected and used by third parties. Although we strive to protect our users' privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of information you post in these forums. You disclose such information at your own risk.
THIRD PARTY LINKS
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website or we may link to a third party's website for informational purposes. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
COOKIES
Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
We may use cookies to help us understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You have the choice to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept the use of cookies, but you may modify your browser settings to decline the use of cookies. However, declining the use of cookies may prevent users from logging in correctly, when applicable, and may decrease the functionality of the site on the user’s computer.
External Distribution of Personally Identifiable Information and of Confidential Information
Firefighter Toolbox owns several Sites, all of which are owned directly, or through affiliated companies of Firefighter Toolbox. In some instances, we may share your personal information within the Firefighter Toolbox organization to provide, maintain and improve our products and services.
Firefighter Toolbox does not externally distribute personally-identifiable information of a user of the Site, except if a user specifically opts-in that certain of its personally-identifiable information be distributed to a third party, or if necessary to protect the rights of Firefighter Toolbox or others. External distribution does not include certain limited distributions such as sharing personally-identifiable information with a third party working on behalf of Firefighter Toolbox, transfer of personally-identifiable information in connection with the sale of Firefighter Toolbox’s assets or the merger of Firefighter Toolbox or the disclosure of personally-identifiable information in connection with legal proceedings, investigations of crimes, or other governmental investigations. Transferring personally-identifiable information in connection with a sale or merger and sharing personally-identifiable information with an entity or person working on behalf of Firefighter Toolbox is considered an onward transfer to third parties and is permitted under this policy.
CALIFORNIA ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. California’s privacy standards are very high and we strive to live up to those strict standards. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent except as noted above.
At this time we do not respond to DNT (Do Not Track) signals.
Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California can obtain certain information about the types of personal information that companies with whom they have an established business relationship have shared with third parties for direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year. In particular, the law provides that companies must inform consumers about the categories of personal information that have been shared with third parties, the names and addresses of those third parties, and examples of the types of services or products marketed by those third parties. To request a copy of the information disclosure provided by SUCCESS pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, please contact us via the email address stated above. Please allow 30 days for a response.
CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (COPPA) COMPLIANCE
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. We recommend that anyone under 18 years of age participate and use our website, products or services only with parental permission and supervision.
We do not intend to collect any personal information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian of a child who has provided us with such personal information would like the information deleted from our records, he or she should contact us at the email address listed at the bottom of this policy statement. We will then delete the child's personal information from our files.
If we become aware that personally identifiable information regarding a child under the age of 13 has been collected at the site, we will use such information for the sole purpose of contacting a parent or guardian of the child to obtain verifiable parental consent. If we cannot obtain consent after a reasonable time, or if when contacted a parent or guardian requests that we do not use or maintain such information, we will make reasonable efforts to delete it from our records. Upon request by a parent or guardian, FIREFIGHTER TOOLBOX LLC will provide a description of the specific types of personal information collected from a child who is under the age of 13.
ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY ONLY
This online Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
MEMBER ACCOUNT, PASSWORD and SECURITY
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account, if any, and are fully responsible for any and all activities that occur under your password or account. Please immediately notify Firefighter Toolbox of any unauthorized use of your password or account or any other breach of security.
BINDING AGREEMENT; Changes.
Any user that accesses all or any part of this Site, or subscribes for newsletters or e-mail notifications and other information, or submits content to our Site for posting on the Site agrees and represents that such user is at least eighteen (18) years old and that such user has consented to this Privacy Policy. Each time a user accesses this Site, this Privacy Policy should be reviewed because Firefighter Toolbox reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time without prior notice. Your use of our Site constitutes your acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy.
LINKS
This Site may provide links to other web sites that Firefighter Toolbox thinks you will find interesting or useful. You may also link to these other websites for a product or service featured on this Site. Firefighter Toolbox is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites, and you should review those policies
DISPUTES
If you choose to visit our Site, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. By visiting the Site, using the services offered on the Site, or submitting and/or posting content to the Site, you agree that the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern this Agreement and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and us. Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to the Site, using the services offered on the Site and/or submitting and/or posting content on the Site, shall be adjudicated in any state court in New Castle County, Delaware, or any federal court in the District of Delaware and you and we consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts and waive any and all claims of inconvenient forum and immunity. YOU AND WE EXPRESSLY AGREE HEREBY, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Please also visit our Terms & Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy you may contact us using the link below.
This Privacy Policy was last modified January 4, 2018
