Privacy Policy
Introduction
This Privacy Policy covers the information practices of hc1.com Corporation (“hc1.com,” “us,” “our” or “we”) for its websites that link to this Privacy Policy: http://www.bostechcorp.com, http://www.hc1.com and http://www.chainbuilder.com (collectively, the “Site”). By accessing any area of the Site, the user acknowledges notice of this policy and agrees with and acknowledges the terms, conditions and responsibilities as set out below.
Certain applications that run on hc1.com’s platform may be posted by either hc1.com or third parties. When applications are posted by hc1.com, this Privacy Policy applies. When applications are posted by third parties, the privacy statement of the third party applies, and this Privacy Policy does not apply.
Information We Collect and Use
Our primary goals in collecting information are to provide and improve our products and services, to provide quality customer service, to contact companies whose representative has indicated an interest in receiving information about hc1.com products and to enable users to effectively navigate the Site.
We may collect your contact information in the following ways: if you sign up for a free trial, offers on the Site, newsletters, download white papers from the Site, respond to a promotion offered by hc1.com or a hc1.com partner or send us an email. Such contact information includes but is not limited to first and last name, title, company name, industry type, mailing address, telephone number, fax number, email address and company size ("Contact Information").
hc1.com may use the Contact Information it collects online for a number of reasons, including but is not limited to editorial and feedback purposes, marketing and promotions, performing a statistical analysis of Site usage, product development, content improvement or customizing the content and layout of our site. Aggregated data that does not identify individual users may be used for internal purposes or provided to third parties.
We do not disclose Contact Information to third parties, except when one or more of the following conditions is true:
• We have the user’s permission to make the disclosure;
• The disclosure is permitted by law or mandatory professional standards;
• The disclosure is reasonably related to the sale or other disposition of all or part of our business or assets;
• The personal information to be disclosed is publicly available;
• The party to whom the disclosure is made controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with hc1.com;
• The disclosure is reasonably necessary for the establishment or maintenance of legal claims; or
• The disclosure is to persons or entities for whom we are providing services, provided the disclosure is consistent with the purpose for which the personal information was obtained.
Information Collected from E-mail
You may volunteer to provide us personally identifying information in an electronic message or web-based form. Contact Information collected in this manner is used solely for responding to your request unless noted in the specific web page where your request is made. We do not share this information with government agencies, commercial and non-commercial entities, or the public unless noted on a particular web page. Any Contact Information that you provide to us in an e-mail may be subject to disclosure under a Freedom of Information Act request. We also retain an e-mail log of the time each message is received, the time each message is forwarded, the delivery status of each message, and a unique e-mail identifier number. The e-mail log may be retained indefinitely.
Client Information
Where client access is required, the use of a User ID and password will be used to authenticate to hc1.com systems. You are responsible for keeping your User ID and password confidential. The use of your User ID and password by you or any other person with or without your knowledge or consent, in connection with hc1.com, binds you legally and makes you responsible for any such online transaction. You should promptly notify hc1.com if you become aware or suspicious of unauthorized use of your User ID and password.
Clients are authenticated to a secure site, using industry standard encryption. Software tags called "cookies" are used to identify and verify clients when they access the client side of our web site and to store return client information so that repetitive keystrokes are minimized. Cookies are used to remember client preferences and maximize performance of our services.
Attempts to authenticate to the client side of our web site using User IDs and passwords may be logged and audited. Client information and logs are maintained for purposes of security and accuracy.
Blog
If you post material to a blog located on or accessed through this Site, you should be aware that any personally identifiable information you submit there can be read, collected or used by other users of these blogs, and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these blogs.
Customer Testimonials
We may post customer testimonials/comments/reviews on our Site, which may contain personally identifiable information. We do not obtain the customer's consent via email, an electronically signed or digitally scanned consent prior to posting the user’s name along with their testimonial. If a user wishes to have his or her testimonial changed or removed, the user may request the same in writing.
Log Data
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect technical and statistical data about your visit, such as your browser type, the pages you visit and any search terms you use. We also collect your public IP address when you visit the Site. We may use your public IP address in order to determine whether certain requests are fraudulent or frivolous, and we may automatically cross-reference your public IP address with your domain name (usually the domain name of your ISP or employer).
Aggregated Information
In addition, we may cull certain data from within the set of Contact Information and log data we collect from you and combine that information with information we collect from other hc1.com users, clients and customers (collectively, the “Aggregated Information”) in order to improve the quality and value of hc1.com product offerings and to analyze and understand how our Site is used. We may share Aggregated Information (after stripping of any information that would personally identify you) and log data with third parties for industry analysis, demographic profiling, and other purposes.
Cookies
Like many websites, we use "cookies" to collect information. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer's hard disk for record keeping purposes. We use both session ID cookies and/or persistent cookies. We utilize session ID cookies to enable certain features of the Site, to better understand how you interact with the Site, and to monitor aggregate usage by hc1.com users and web traffic routing on the Site. Unlike persistent cookies, session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains on your hard drive for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file. Further, you can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all portions of the Site or all functionality of the Site. We do not link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our Site .
Third Party Cookies
The use of cookies by third parties is not covered by our privacy policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies.
Clear Gifs (Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
We may employ a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. web beacons/web bugs), that help us better manage content on our Site by informing us what content is effective. Clear gifs/web beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. We do not tie the information gathered by clear gifs to our customers' personally identifiable information. Web beacons do not collect any personally identifiable information.
Links to Other Sites
hc1.com occasionally provides links to other entities on its Site for your convenience in locating certain information, services, and products. Please be advised that when you link to these other sites, you are leaving hc1.com’s Site and that these other sites are maintained by organizations over which hc1.com has no control.
Accordingly, a link on any of our Sites does not constitute endorsement of the content, viewpoint, policies, products, or services provided or advertised on that Site. Once you link to a Site not maintained by hc1.com, you are subject to the terms and conditions of that Site, including, but not limited to its privacy policy.
Security
The security of user Contact Information is important to hc1.com. hc1.com follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to hc1.com, both during transmission and once the company receives it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, hc1.com cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Business Transitions
In the event hc1.com goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, users' Contact Information might be among the assets transferred.
Our Policy Toward Children
hc1.com is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children, and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children's online activities and interests. This Site is not directed to children under 18. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personal or contact information without their consent, he or she should contact us. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our files immediately.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
hc1.com may update this privacy policy to reflect changes to its privacy practices. If hc1.com makes any material changes, it will notify users by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in users' accounts) or by means of a notice on hc1.com's Site prior to the change becoming effective. Your continued use of hc1.com’s services after hc1.com posts a revised Privacy Policy signifies your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. hc1.com encourages all users to periodically review this page for the latest information on hc1.com's privacy practices.
Contacting Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please email us at privacy@hc1.com, or you may contact us at the following:
hc1.com Corporation
6100 West 96th Street
Suite 115
Indianapolis, IN 46278
Phone: (317) 219-4646
