The Francis Hardware Commitment To Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, Francis Hardware (herein also referred to interchangeably as Francis Hardware) provides this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, Gulf States Supply makes a link to it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
The Information Francis Hardware Collects
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on the Gulf States Supply web site. All information marked with an asterisk (*) is required for a particular service.
Your IP address may also be logged. IP addresses may be used in fraud prevention and/or to prosecute perpetrators of fraud or other abuses.
On some pages, you may order products, make requests, and register to receive materials. The information collected for these sections is strictly confidential and only shared with shippers, payment processors and/or selected partners as needed in order to fulfill the services you have selected to engage with us. The types of personal information collected at these pages are:
Your Name*
Billing and Shipping Address(es)*
Email address*
Phone number*
possibly Credit Card number or other payment information. If a credit card number is collected it is only securely transmitted to a 3rd-party payment gateway and your credit card number is never stored on our servers.
On some pages, you can submit information about other people. For example, if you order a gift online and want it sent directly to the recipient, you will need to submit the recipient's address. The information collected for these sections is strictly confidential and only shared with shippers as needed. In this circumstance, the types of personal information collected are:
Recipient's Name*
Recipient's Address*
Phone Number*
The Way Francis Hardware Uses Information
Francis Hardware uses the information you provide about yourself when placing an order only to complete that order. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
Francis Hardware uses the information you provide about someone else when placing an order only to ship the product and to confirm delivery. We do not share this information with outside parties except to the extent necessary to complete that order.
Francis Hardware uses return email addresses to answer Gulf States Supply the email Francis Hardware receives. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties except to facilitate this exchange of email.
You can register with the Francis Hardware web site if you would like to use our forum, receive newsletters, list your site in the showcase, and/or other services. Information you submit on the Francis Hardware web site may be shared with selected partners.
Francis Hardware may use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design the Francis Hardware web site and to share with advertisers. For example, Gulf States Supply may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our Gulf States Supply web site, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but Gulf States Supply would not disclose anything that could be used to identify those individuals.
Finally, Francis Hardware never uses or shares the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.
Cookies
We use cookies on the Francis Hardware support site to track user activity and to provide certain functionality. These cookies are not used by Francis Hardware for any advertising purposes.
The Francis Hardware Commitment To Data Security:
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, Francis Hardware has put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information Francis Hardware collects online.
The Francis Hardware Commitment To Children's Privacy:
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, Francis Hardware never collects or maintains information at our Gulf States Supply web site from those we actually know are under 13, and no part of our Gulf States Supply web site is structured to attract anyone under 13.
How You Can Access Or Correct Your Information:
You can access all your personally identifiable information that Gulf States Supply collects online and maintains by logging in and clicking on 'My Controls' or 'My Account' in the menu. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information.