Horch Roofing, Inc. (“Horch”, “we”, and/or “us”) values your privacy. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy” or “Policy”) describes the types of information we may collect from any person, whether an individual or entity (“you”), who accesses or uses our chat feature via Google or our website (https://www.horchroofing.com), including all related applications, dashboards, or platforms, or otherwise provides information to us online. (“Web Services” or “Services”) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. By using our Web Services, you agree to the collection, use, disclosure, and procedures described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:
- Through the Web Services.
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and us.
- Through mobile and desktop applications you download from our Web Services or a third-party app store, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and the Services
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected by us offline.
Please read this Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you may not use our Web Services. By accessing or using our Web Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of the Services after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Policy periodically for updates. If you do not provide your information when requested, you may not be able to use our Services if that information is necessary to provide you with our Services or if we are legally required to collect it.
- INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU AND HOW WE COLLECT IT
- What we collect. We collect several types of information from and about users of our Services (note that if you do not want us to have access to information, you should not provide it to us) as follows:
- Personal information, by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, or social security number;
- That is about you but does not specifically identify you;
- If you share it through our Services, including with another user of our Services, Personally Identifiable Information or Protected Health Information (as defined under the Gram-Leach-Bliley Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 or “HIPAA.” For more information about your rights under HIPAA, see www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy);
- Information necessary to engage in financial transactions, such as your billing address, other addresses related to you, and credit card or other payment information; and/or
- About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Web Services, and usage details.
- How we collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us.
- Automatically as you use our Web Services. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
- From third parties, for example, our business partners or from publicly available sources such as certain third-party review sites.
- Information You Provide to Us. The information we collect through our Web Services may include:
- Registration and Profile Information. Information that you provide by filling in forms through our Services. This includes information provided at the time you sign up to receive information about our Services, or request further services from us. We may also ask you for information when you enter a contest or promotion
sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with our Web Services. If you purchase our products or services or sign up to receive information from or about us, we may ask you for your first and last name, e- mail address, phone number, physical address, P.O. box or other postal address, login information, and any other information we believe to be appropriate for our purposes.
- Communications with Us. Information when you contact us directly such as records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), as well as communications with other parties as you use our Web Services. For example, when you contact our Customer Support Team online, we will receive your name, mobile phone number, the contents of a message, and any other information you choose to provide.
- Communications Using the Services with Others. You also may provide information to others through our Web Services and your communications may be transmitted to third parties (“User Contributions”). Any User Contributions is done at your own risk. We cannot control the actions of any third party with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions.
- Survey Information. Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes such as customer satisfaction and marketing strategy.
- Images. We collect any images that you submit to our Services.
- Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies. The information we collect automatically may include your personal information. As you navigate through and interact with our Web Services, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Usage Information. Details of your use of our Services, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use through the Services. To help us understand how you use our Services and to help us improve them, we automatically receive information about your interactions with our Services, such as the ads you click on, pages or other content you view, the searches you conduct, purchases you make, your comments, and the dates and times of your visits.
- Location Information. When you use our Services, if you allow us, we will receive your precise location information. We also infer your more general location information (for example, your internet protocol (IP) address may indicate your more general geographic region).
- Device Information. We receive information about the device and software you use to access our Services, including IP address, web browser type, operating system version, phone carrier and manufacturer, application installations, device identifiers, other equipment identifiers, mobile advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens.
- Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies. We and third-party partners collect information using cookies, pixel tags, or similar technologies. Our third-party partners, such as analytics and advertising partners, may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services.
- Widget Information. Other websites may integrate our widgets. When you visit a site with a widget embedded, we may receive certain information about you, including information about the web page you visited, your IP address, and other information about your device. We and the widget can recognize you across websites containing our widgets, and the widget may be used to show personalized content or advertising. We know when you interact with a widget, and websites containing the widgets may receive this information.
- User Feedback. We receive information about review and surveys and give our customers’ information about ratings and reviews.
- Profile Information. Inferences drawn from any of the information above to create a profile about you that may reflect, for example, your preferences, characteristics, and behavior, including for account security purposes or to enhance our Web Services to you and others.
- Information you provide to Third Parties. If you choose to link our Services to a third-party account, we may receive information about you, including your profile information, photo, and use of the third-party account. Additionally, we may receive information about you from third parties such as data or marketing partners and combine it with other information we have about you.
We also may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or other online services (behavioral tracking).
- Methods for Automatic Data Collection. The technologies we use for automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters placed on the hard drive of your computer. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser during subsequent uses of our Web Services. (Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from the Services, you may not be able to utilize the features of the Services to their fullest potential.) You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Web Services. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Web Services.
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Services may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Web Services. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies. For information about managing your privacy and security settings for Flash cookies, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
- Web Beacons. Our Services and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
We may not always collect personal information automatically, but we may tie this information to personal information about you that provide to us or that we collect from other sources.
- THIRD-PARTY USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
None of the content or applications on the Web Services serve any third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers.
- HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present our Web Services and related content to you.
- To personalize and improve your experience in using our Web Services, such as presenting tailored content, speeding up your searches, recognizing when you return to our Services, and storing information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Services according to your individual interests.
- For marketing purposes, such as customizing and communicating informational or product offerings, promotions, and advertising materials that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you. We may also use it to estimate our audience size and usage patterns. For more information, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information.
- To send you text messages and push notifications.
- To provide, maintain, improve, and enhance our Web Services.
- To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
- To facilitate transactions and payments.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contract(s) entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
- To notify you about changes to our Web Services or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features on our Web Services.
- To communicate with you, provide you with updates and other information that you request, respond to comments and questions, and otherwise provide customer support.
- To market additional or new products or services.
- To find and prevent fraud and respond to trust and safety issues that may arise.
- To de-identify and aggregate information collected through the Web Services and use it for any lawful purpose.
- For compliance purposes, including enforcing our legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or as requested by any judicial process or governmental agency.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide information.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
We may also maintain the information we collect or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to achieve the purpose of the collection unless we are required by law to keep it longer.
- DISCLOSURE OFYOUR INFORMATION
- Aggregate and Anonymous Information. We may disclose aggregated information about users of our Web Services, and information that does not identify any individual, for any business purpose.
- Personal Information. We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this Policy:
- Affiliates. We may share any information we receive with our subsidiaries, affiliates, and partners for any of the purposes described in this Policy.
- Vendors and Service Providers. We may share any information we receive with vendors, contractors, service providers, and other third parties retained in connection with the provision of our Services or who we use to support our business and/or to provide products and services to you.
- Third Party App Integrations. If you connect a third-party application to our Services, we may share information with that third party.
- Analytics Partners. We use web analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Social Networking Platforms and Other Online Services. Our Web Services allow you to, upon your direction, share information with social networking services, such as Facebook or Instagram. You understand and agree that the use of your information by any social networking websites will be governed by the privacy policies of these third-party platforms and your settings on that platform. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
- Other Users. Any content you post to our Web Services may be displayed on the Services and viewable by other users by default. We are not responsible for the other users’ use of available information, so you should carefully consider whether and what to post or how you identify yourself on our Web Services.
- Sale, Acquisition, Merger or Other Asset Transfers. We may share information to a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets in which personal information held by us about our users is among the assets transferred.
- To Fulfill the Purpose for which You Provide. We may share information at your direction. For example, if you give us an email address or other contact information as a referral, we may use that email address to contact the referred party.
- As Disclosed. We may share information for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
- With Consent. We may share information with your consent.
- Other Possible Disclosures of Personal Information. We may also disclose your personal information:
- As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures. In cooperation with governmental authorities and in our sole discretion, we may access, preserve, and disclose information about you if we believe it is necessary or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as in connection with a court order or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) if we believe a disclosure of such information is necessary to protect your, our, or other’s property, rights, or safety. For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of information about you may occur if you post any objectionable content on or through our Web Services.
- To enforce or apply our agreements with you, including, but not limited to, for billing and collection purposes.
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of Horch, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
- CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
- Communications with Other Users. The Services allow you to communicate with other users. Some of those communications are intended to be public, such as a review that is left on a third-party website. Other communications may be private or intended by you or another user to be private. We cannot always control the actions of other users with whom you communicate through our Web Services, so you must be aware that communications you intend to be private could be shared publicly by another user with whom you communicate. Furthermore, by communicating with other users, you acknowledge and agree that information you post or otherwise make public may be available to the public or other users.
- Do Not Track. There is no accepted standard on how to respond to Do Not Track signals, and we do not respond to such signals.
- Location Information. You can prevent your device from sharing precise location information at any time through your device’s operating system settings.
- Marketing Communications. You can unsubscribe from our promotional emails via the link provided in the emails or by sending us an email stating your request to marketing@horchroofing.com. You can unsubscribe from our other promotional communications by replying “STOP” or by sending us an email stating your request to marketing@horchroofing.com. Even if you out-out of receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us. For example, if we have sent you a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions, but this opt out will not apply to information provided to us as a result of a product or service purchase, warranty registration, product service experience or other transactions.
- Disclosure of Your Information for Third-Party Advertising. If you do not want us to share your personal information with unaffiliated or non-agent third parties for promotional purposes, you can opt-out by sending us an email with your request to marketing@horchroofing.com.
- Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe’s website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Web Services may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
- Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you provide to us to deliver advertisements according to our advertisers’ target-audience preferences, you can opt-out by contacting us at marketing@horchroofing.com.
If you choose not to provide us with information we collect, some features of our Web Services may not work as intended.
Our Services may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties, and we do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these third-party services or any information you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing information to them. These third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way.
Furthermore, we do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your information collected or used in this way. You can opt out of receiving targeted ads from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on the NAI’s website.
California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.
Nevada residents who wish to exercise their sale opt-out rights under Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A may submit a request to this designated address: [need mailing address].
- INTERNATIONAL USERS
Our Services are hosted in the United States. If you choose to use the Services from other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from United States law (see below for specific information relating to Australian Users), then please note that you are transferring your personal information
outside of those regions to the United States for storage and processing. Also, we may transfer your data from the United States to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating the Web Services. Your providing of information, including personal information, on or to the Services constitutes your consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.
- AUSTRALIAN USERS
If you are an Australian user accessing or using our Web Services from Australia, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“APP”) applies to personal information collected or held by us or its Affiliates with an “Australian link” (within the meaning of the Privacy Act). In addition, we are committed to complying with other applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory privacy and data protection laws and regulations.
- CANADIAN USERS
If you are a Canadian user accessing or using our Web Services from Canada, the following terms apply with respect to your personal information:
You have the right to access and correct your personal information. Our Web Services may already provide you with functionalities to do this, but if these functionalities are not helpful, you can nevertheless exercise these rights. To do so, you can reach us at marketing@horchroofing.com, or by mail at: [need mailing address] We will try to help you with your request free of charge. However, we may request that you pay a reasonable fee, such as if you request a transcript or a reproduction by mail. We will only do so if we are authorized by law, and if we notified you before and you have accepted the fees. To avoid any fraudulent request and protect your personal information, we may ask that you provide a proof of identity with your request. We will not use such personal information for any other purposes. We will respond to your request within thirty (30) days, unless agreed otherwise. If your request is denied, we will notify you in writing, and provide you with detailed motives and information on how to contest our decision.
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada drafted this FAQ (need to link it here) to help you access your personal information when it is held by a business. You can also contact the Office of the Privacy
Commissioner of Canada’s Information Centre:
Telephone
9:00 am to 4:00 pm EST
Toll-free: 1-800-282-1376
Mailing address
Office of the Privacy Commissioner 30 Victoria Street
Gatineau, Québec K1A 1H3
If you have any issue with how we collect, use or disclose your personal information, or how we responded to your request, please let us know. We will do our best to improve our processes to make certain that it does not happen again. We will also provide you with additional information about our practices if you would like us to do so. If you are still not satisfied, you can lodge a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada using this online form, (link) or to your local privacy regulators.
- CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information through or on the Services. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under
- If you are under 13, do not:
- use or provide any information through or on our Web Services or through any of its features,
- register on to use the Services,
- make any purchases through the Services,
- use any of the interactive or public comment features of the Services, or
- provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or username you may use.
If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at marketing@horchroofing.com.
California residents under 16 years of age may have additional rights regarding the collection and sale of their personal information. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.
- ACCESSING AND CORRECTING YOUR INFORMATION
You may send us an email at marketing@horchroofing.com to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change or delete information if we believe the change or deletion would violate any law or legal requirement, cause us to violate any rights or legal obligations, or cause the information to be incorrect.
California residents may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see Your California Privacy Rights for more information.
- YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. If you are a California resident who has provided your personal information to us, you may tell us not to share certain categories of personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please submit a request here. [Link]
If you have registered with us, you may request that we delete your information in your account by contacting us. We will make commercially reasonable efforts to delete such information upon request. We may archive all or some of your information as we believe may be required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of any App of ours that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to marketing@horchroofing.com or write to us at: [need mailing address].
- DATA SECURITY
We are committed to the security of your information. We have implemented reasonable security measures that are designed to protect the information we maintain.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain features of our Web Services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask that you not share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information when using certain aspects of our Web Services such as the Webchat feature. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by other users of the Services.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. As our Services are hosted electronically, we can make no guarantees as to the security or privacy of your information. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted through our Web Services. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on our Website.
- CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
It is our policy to post any changes we make to our Policy on this page. The date the Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and reviewing this Policy to check for any changes.
- FOR MORE INFORMATION
If you have questions about our Web Services or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at marketing@horchroofing.com
To register a complaint or concern, please contact us at marketing@horchroofing.com