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Privacy Policy

Quality Environmental Containers, Inc.
P.O. Box 1160
607 Industrial Park Road
Beaver, WV 25813
 Toll Free: 1-800-255-3950

Effective Date
September 1, 2020

Quality Environmental Containers, Inc. (QEC, “we” or “us”), cares about your privacy and personal information. The following privacy policy applies to www.qecusa. IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS, USE, OR BROWSE OUR WEBSITE.

Collection
We collect personal information about you, such as your name, credit card information, postal address, telephone, and email address when you voluntarily provide such information to us. We may collect personal information from you when you contact us using our online contact form or if you send us an email. We may also collect personal information from you if you choose to fill out one of our surveys or if you choose to register on our website.
We may also collect non-personal information about your business, such as company name and website, in order to more fully respond to your inquiry.
We may also collect information from you by automated means (including cookies and web server logs) when you visit or interact with our website, such as Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, date and time of visit, referral page, the website pages you visit, and other information.

Use
We use the personal information we collect about you to respond to your questions or to provide you with the products, services, or information that you request. We may also use your personal information to keep you informed about our new products and services offerings or to tell you about upcoming events. If you wish to opt-out of receiving promotional or marketing materials from us, please see the “Your Choices” section below.
In addition, we may use the personal information we collect about you to:

- - Create and manage your online account, including access to your purchase history
  - Assist with product selection and replenishment
  - Tailor ads displayed to you on our website and elsewhere to your interests and history with us
  - Operate, evaluate and improve our business (including by developing new services and offering additional products; performing data analytics; improving technical performance and functioning of our website; managing our communications; and performing accounting, auditing and/or other internal functions)
  - Comply with applicable legal requirements, industry standards and other policies

The information collected is necessary for the purposes set for above. Without his information, you may not be able to take advantage of some of our services.

Sharing
Generally, we will not knowingly sell, distribute, publish, disclose, or share your personal information to any unaffiliated third parties without your consent. In limited situations, though, we may disclose your personal information to unaffiliated third parties: (1) who provide services on our behalf to the extent such information is necessary to deliver these services (such as entities that process credit card payments and/or provide website optimization services); (2) in order to comply with law or respond to a legally valid inquiry or order, subpoena or search warrant; (3) as part of a corporate transaction, such as a merger, or sale of assets (we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use personal data you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with this privacy policy and you may contact the transferee with any inquiries concerning the processing of your personal information); (4) in order to enforce our Terms & Conditions and other agreements or policies; and/or (5) to otherwise protect ourselves, our employees, our customers, or members of the public.
We may transfer your personal information to entities in countries other than the country in which the information was originally collected, and your personal information may be stored and processed outside of your country of residence. Those countries may not have the same data protection laws as your country of residence, and your personal information will be subject to applicable foreign laws.

Your Choices
If you wish to opt-out of receiving promotional or marketing materials from us, update or change your personal information, or delete personal information you provided to us, please let us know by either calling our toll free number 1-800-255-3950, sending us an email at [email protected] or by writing to us at the mailing address at the top of this policy. You may also always opt out of receiving promotional emails by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each marketing email. Please provide us with your full name and email address (or other applicable contact information) when contacting us.
Please note that it may take several days to process your opt-out request and that you may continue to receive promotional or marketing materials during this time. Also, please note that opting-out of receiving will not preclude us from sending you other types of non-promotional messages, such as emails about your registered account or orders.
Subject to applicable law, you may also have the right to access and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you. You may access this right by contacting us as indicated above.

Cookies and Other Web Technologies
Our website uses cookies and other web technologies, such as web server logs. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or device by a website’s server. When you visit or interact with our website, we may use cookies to determine whether you’ve visited our website before, deliver personalized content, improve your experience on our website, tailor ads displayed to you, and for data analytics. For example, cookies help us understand whether or not you are already logged in as you click throughout our website. You may use your browser settings to choose what cookies can be placed on your computer and to delete or disable cookies; however, setting a browser to reject cookies may affect and limit your experience on our website.
We use third party analytics service providers, such as Google Analytics, to administer such web technologies and help us analyze how visitors use our website. The information collected through these means (including IP addresses) is disclosed to these service providers. Visit Google Analytics to learn more and to exercise your choice with respect to their collection on our website.

California Privacy Laws
Under California law, website and online service operators are required to disclose how they respond to web browser “do not track” signals or other similar mechanisms. We currently do not change our tracking practices in response to “do not track” signals or other similar mechanisms. California law also requires website and online service operators to disclose whether third parties may collect personal information about users’ online activities over time and across different sites when the users access the operator’s website or service. Third parties that have content or services embedded on our website such as an analytics service, or an advertising network partner, may obtain information about your browsing or usage habits but this information does not include personal information. These third parties do not change their tracking practices in response to “do not track” signals from your web browser and we do not obligate these parties to honor “do not track” signals.
Under California law, California residents may request certain information regarding the types of information we share with third parties for direct marketing purposes and the identities of those third parties. If you are a California resident, you request by sending an email to us at [email protected] with “California Privacy Information Request” as the subject line. Please be aware that not all information sharing is covered under California Civil Code Section 1798.83.

Third Party Websites and Social Networks
Our website may link to websites or services that are not under our control, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of any linked site not controlled by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices at these external websites or their use of your information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies for these websites.

Targeted Advertising
We may contract with third party advertising networks (e.g., Google) that collect IP addresses and other information through the use of cookies and web server logs on our website and emails, on third party websites, social media networks, and emails, and on our advertising placed on third party websites and social media networks. These advertising networks use this information to provide advertisements about products and services tailored to your interests (including for companies not affiliated with us). These processes also help us test and track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.

Protecting Your Data
QEC’s service providers maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information you provide to us against accidental, unlawful or unauthorized access, alteration, loss, destruction, disclosure or use. Unfortunately, no security system is perfect, and we cannot promise that your personal information will remain secure in all circumstances, including the security of data on your mobile device.

Data Retention
We keep the information you provide to us for the duration of our relationship, plus a reasonable period of time thereafter in order to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements and protect our legal rights. We also collect and maintain aggregated, anonymized or pseudonymized information, which we may retain indefinitely to protect the safety and security of our website, improve our services or comply with legal obligations. If you wish to receive marketing communications from us, we will keep the information necessary to send you these communications following the end of our customer relationship or following their collection, if you are a prospective customer.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy at any time by posting updated text on this webpage. We display an Effective Date at the top of this policy so that it will be easier for you to know when there has been a change. Accordingly, we recommend that you check this privacy policy from time to time so that you are aware of our most current privacy practices. Each time you access, use, or browse our website, you signify your acceptance of the then-current version of this privacy policy.

Questions or Comments
If you have any questions or comments about the information in this privacy policy, please let us know by either e-mailing at [email protected] or by writing to us at the mailing address at the top of the privacy policy.