SupplyHog Inc. Privacy Policy

SupplyHog Inc. Provides this privacy Policy to inform users of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personally identifiable information received from users of this website, located at www.SupplyHog.comor collection with emails, SMS, telephone, WAP or other menus. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason; each version will apply to information collected while it was in place. We will notify you of any material changes to our privacy policy by posting the new privacy policy on our website. You are advised to consult this privacy policy regularly for any changes. By using or accessing the website, you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy.

By using our website you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this privacy policy now and as amended by us. “Processing” means using cookies on a computer or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information, all of which activities will take place in the United States. If you reside outside the U.S., your personally identifiable information will be transferred to the U.S., and processed and stored in, the U.S.

If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy or our use of your personally identifiable information, please contact us at www.SupplyHog.com

Information collected Upon Registration If you desire to have access to certain restricted sections of the website, you will be required to become a registered user, and to submit certain personally identifiable information to SupplyHog. This happens in a number of instances, such as when you sign up for SupplyHog , if you desire to receive marketing materials and information, if you submit a bid request, and/or if you create a profile to offer services or products through SupplyHog. Personally identifiable information that we may collect in such instances may include your full name, password, email address, street, address, telephone number, mobile number, photographs you upload, and other information that you decide to provide us with, or that you decide to include in your public profile. If you register as a (do it yourselfer, contractor, or supplier), create a profile, and/or quote on a bid request, we may request and store your credit card number and other personally identifiable information.

Information collected upon visiting. When you visit the website, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website (log data). This log data may include information such as an IP address, browser type or the domain from which you are visiting, the web-pages you visit, the search terms you use, and any advertisements or links on which you click. For most users accessing the internet from an internet service provider the IP address will be different every time you log on. We use log data to monitor the use of the website and of our service, and for the website’s technical administration.

Business Information. If you create a SupplyHog profile, you have the opportunity to provide additional information (Business Information) such as your business name, logo, or avatar, credentials and qualifications, year of business establishment as well as a link to your personal web site, if you have one. We may supplement or modify the business information to conform to our editorial policies or to add information from your website, materials that you supply to us, or publicly available sources. When you respond to a consumer’s bid request. Providing additional information beyond what is required at registration is entirely optional, but may enable you to market your goods or services more effectively and potentially make more sales on the website.

If you provide an optional mobile phone number, you will receive notifications on your mobile phone in number of cases, such as when SupplyHog updates you on a new bid offer or service request, or a status change of an existing bid.

Bid request. You may sign up for notifications and modify your notification preferences to better control when SupplyHog sends you email or SMS notifications.

If you contact us by email through the website, we may keep record of your contact information and correspondence, and use such information to respond to your inquiry.

Survey We may also collect information if you participate in surveys conducted by or on behalf of us or our partner companies, including but not limited to questionnaires, telephone interview and/or discussion groups, and otherwise providing information about the SupplyHog service.

Use of Contact Information

In general, we may use information that we collect about you to:

Deliver the products and services that you have requested;

Manage your account and provide you with customer support;

Perform research and analysis about your use of, or interest in, our products, services, or content, or products, services or content offered by others;

Communicate with you by e-mail, postal mail, telephone, sms, and/or mobile device or send newsletters about products or services that may be of interest to you;

Communicate with you with regard to partially completed request;

Develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interest on our site and other sites;

Verify your eligibility and deliver prizes in connection with contests and sweepstakes;

Enforce our terms and conditions;

Manage our business; and

Perform functions as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

In addition, we may use your contact information to market to you, and provide you with information about, our products and services, including but not limited to our services. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such information or communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provide in any of the communications.

Cookies

Like many websites, we also use “cookie” technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve the website and our service. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer’s hard disk. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information. When you visit SupplyHog.com, we send one or more cookies-small file containing a string of characters- to your computer of other device that uniquely identifies your browser. SupplyHog may use cookies to better understand how you interact with the website and our service, to monitor aggregate usage by other users and web traffic routing on the website, and to improve the website and our services. Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the website you visit.

Information sharing and Disclosure

We want you to understand when and with whom we may share personal or other information we have collected about you or activities on our web site or while using or services. We do not share your personal information with others except as indicated below or when we inform you and give you an opportunity to opt out of having your personal information shared. Under no circumstances, other than in the event of a business transfer (as discussed below) will SupplyHog Inc. sell, rent or lease it consumer lists (or the consumer list of nay individual goods or service provider) to a third party.

Circumstance under which we may share your personal information:

To provide information to SupplyHog Inc. We may share your personal information with Suppliers registered with SupplyHog that perform certain items on behalf of consumers. Sharing this information with suppliers allows them to provide an accurate quote on the item you’re requesting. The information we share is generally the information contained in the bid request form, including the username (and first name of the consumer when we have it), the type of item needed, and any photographs pertaining to the item requested. When you accept a price quote form a supplier, additional information will be shared, including personally identifiable information such as the your real name, phone number, email address, and street address of the job location.

To provide Information to Consumers If you are a registered supplier, we may share your business information with consumers requesting items through SupplyHog. Sharing this information with consumers helps them assess supplier’s quality and select the supplier that best conforms with the items they need. The information we share is generally the information in your profile, with the exception of your address, contact phone number, mobile phone number, and email address. If you quote on a bid and your quote is selected by the consumer, SupplyHog will then, and only then, share your address, contact phone number, and email address with the consumer in order to facilitate communication about the item.

To provide information to Partner Companies. We may enter into agreements with one or more partner companies pursuant to which we provide a partner company with a URL and a user registration page co-branded with, or private labeled by, the partner company, and the partner company distributes and promotes the URL to its customers. A partner company may want to access personally identifiable information that we collect from its customers. As a result, if you register on our website through a partner company, or if you are directed to or access our website or website features (such as but not limited to an embedded widget) through a partner company, we may provide your personally identifiable information to the partner company. Because we do not control the privacy practices of our partner company, you should read and understand its privacy policies.

To Facilitate SupplyHog’s Use of Third-party Services. We engage certain trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us, including, without limitation, hosting and maintenance, customer relationship, database storage and management, directed marketing campaigns and user credit card information storage. We will share your personally identifiable information with these third parties, but only to extent necessary to perform these functions and provide such services, and only pursuant to binding contractual obligation requiring such third parties to maintain the privacy and security of your data.

To Comply with Laws and Law Enforcement SupplyHog complies with the government and law enforcement officials or private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We may disclose any information about you or your business to the government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims, legal process (including subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of SupplyHog Inc. or a third party, the safety of the public or any person, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to comply with the law.

In Connection with Business Transfers SupplyHog may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of it its assets, including your personally identifiable information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or in the event of bankruptcy. You will have the opportunity to opt out of any such transfer if the new entity’s planned processing of your information differs materially form that set forth in this privacy policy.

To Provide Information to SupplyHog Affiliates. We share your personal information with a company controlled by, or under common control with, SupplyHog for any purpose permitted by this privacy policy.

To Solicit or Provide Information on a Supplier. SupplyHog with your explicit opt-in may publish a message to your facebook wall notifying your friends of your use of the website. In addition, with your explicit opt-in, SupplyHog Inc. may publish a message to your facebook wall if you provide input, recommendations, or advice on another supplier.

Changing or Deleting Information

If you are a registered user of the website, you may access and update or correct the information you provided to us by updating your settings in my account and / or your profiles. If you wish to delete your account, you must email support info@supplyhog.com with your request, which will be acted upon within 21 days.

Security

SupplyHog is very concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information. We employ administrative, physical and electronic measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized personnel will not gain access to your personal information despite our efforts. You should note that in using the website, your information will travel through third party infrastructures which are not under our control.

Links to other Websites

Our website contains links to other websites. The fact that we link to a website is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party. We do not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personally identifiable information from you. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personally identifiable information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other website you visit.

Children

The website is not directed to persons under 18. If you a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with personally identifiable information without the parent or guardian’s consent, he or she should contact us at support. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from minors under 18. If we become aware that a minor under 18 has provided us with personal identifiable information, we will use reasonable commercial efforts to promptly delete such information for our flies.