OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY

Thank you for visiting the Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. website. Protecting consumer privacy is very important to us. Our Online Privacy Statement is available to inform you about our collection and use of personal information so that you can make informed choices about how your own information is collected and used. This Online Privacy Statement reflects the Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. policies covering personal information collected at this website on or after the effective date shown above.

We believe that information used responsibly benefits consumers and the economy, whether it is information we house on behalf of consumers conducting transactions or information we collect on behalf of our business clients. For example, we use consumer information every day to ensure fast and accurate processing of hundreds of thousands of money transfers. In addition, Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. strives to better serve our customers by offering goods and services that we believe fit their needs and interests. When identifying an opportunity, Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. may use consumer information it has collected in an effort to identify consumers who may be interested in that opportunity. For more than few years, consumers and businesses have relied on Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. for safe and reliable service. The relationships we have developed through the years have been established based on mutual trust. Each day we and employees and agents strive to reinforce our commitment to our clients and consumers. Central to that commitment is ensuring that we abide by a set of privacy policies, which are outlined below. These policies guide us in the collection and use of information as well as employee responsibilities in protecting your privacy. We use personal information about consumers only in a manner consistent with these policies.

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION

Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. collects personal information in order to offer or provide goods and services to consumers and our customers. We may obtain this information from a variety of sources:

Directly from customer applications, questionnaires and other materials submitted to us by customers;
From transactions in which Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. and consumers are involved;
From clickthru activity on our web sites; and
From a variety of third-party sources, such as our business customers, government repositories, consumer reporting agencies and other financial institutions.

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. does not disclose customer information to third parties without first giving customers an opportunity to opt-out of certain kinds of disclosures. There are some disclosures to third parties that are not subject to the opt-out, such as disclosures necessary to effect, administer or enforce a transaction requested by you, to companies that perform services for us or to prevent fraud.

Finally, Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. may disclose information about former customers to third parties and companies with which Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. is affiliated, as well as unaffiliated third parties. Those disclosures may consist of the following:

Financial background information describing a customer's financial status;
Identification information, such as name and address data;
Transaction information, such as account activity, debit activity or credit activity; and
Other information relating to financial matters.

RECIPIENTS OF INFORMATION

Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. may disclose consumer information to companies affiliated with Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. and to companies or other parties not affiliated with Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. (subject to consumers' opt-out rights)

These recipients include:

Financial institutions, such as banks, credit card companies and brokerage houses;
Companies that process transactions or provide other services for us;
Government agencies; and
In addition, under United Kingdom law Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. is permitted to disclose customer information to certain recipients, like credit reporting.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF PERSONAL CONSUMER INFORMATION

Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. limits access to personal information to those employees of Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. and its affiliates who need it to fulfill their business responsibilities.

Employees must adhere to Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. privacy policies. Employees violating these policies may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.

Vendors and other outside contractors we engage are subject to our contractual requirements to ensure that sensitive personal information is safeguarded.

WE USE APPROPRIATE SECURITY SAFEGUARDS

At Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd., security is a priority. We employ appropriate measures to protect consumer information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. These may include, among others, encryption, physical access security and other appropriate technologies. Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. continually reviews and enhances its security systems, as necessary.

WE MAINTAIN PROCEDURES TO ASSURE THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND WHERE APPLICABLE, WE WILL INFORM CONSUMERS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN ACCESS THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND MAKE CORRECTIONS, IF NECESSARY

Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. employs appropriate measures to assure the quality of information we collect directly from consumers. Where Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. collects information directly from consumers or sources other than our business customers, we permit them, if possible, to dispute or correct any erroneous or out-of-date personally identifiable information. Of course, this correction would not be possible if the information is proprietary to one of our business customers, reflects historical transaction information or if correction would violate the privacy or legal rights of a third party. Where applicable, we abide by laws related to such information. You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a written request that credibly shows error. We reserve the right to independently verify claims made. To protect your privacy and security, we also will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before making corrections. We reserve the right to assess a service charge for providing you any information in connection with your request.

The Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. WEBSITE IS NOT DIRECTED AT CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 13

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13 and Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. does not collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under the age of 13.

WEBSITE MAY BE LINKED TO OTHER WEBSITES

Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. may create links to third party websites. Industrial Hose & Pipe Fittings Ltd. is not responsible for the content or privacy practices employed by websites that are linked from our website.