Steel Building Shopper wants you to know that your privacy is very important to us. This privacy policy describes the information that we gather, how we share the information, and what we do to protect your information. If you have any questions or concerns regarding Steel Building Shopper's privacy policy, contact us first via our Contact Us page.

Your utilization of the Steel Building Shopper web site constitutes agreement with our Privacy Policy. We may utilize "cookies" to track the effectiveness of our website and various promotions. Cookies contain particular pieces of information on your computer's hard drive, and can be set to store information during a visit or for a longer period of time. Our cookies, however, are not tied to personally identifiable information. Cookies are used to help optimize your use of the web site, automatically logging you in when you visit our website, for example. You can disable cookies at any time if your browser permits. However, certain features of the site may become inaccessible for you. If your cookies are disabled and you cannot submit a quote request, please use the Contact Us form.

WHAT INFORMATION DOES STEEL BUILDING SHOPPER GATHER?

Steel Building Shopper gathers information for the purpose of matching consumers with suppliers and to personalize and enhance your experience with our web site. We recognize that your personal information is sensitive and we restrict our collection and use of the information to the pertinent information required in order to properly deliver our service(s) to you. As a visitor to our site, you can browse our web pages without having any personally identifiable information revealed about you. Information that we automatically collect via industry standard web log files includes the URL from which you visited, the page that you are visiting, the computer browser information and your IP address. As a buyer using our Request for Quote service, you need to provide certain information so that Steel Building Shopper can deliver our Request for Quote service to you. This includes contact information, basic demographic information, and your requirements for purchasing. The information collected will vary according to the different purchasing categories and can be viewed by visiting the different forms located throughout our web site. We will also ask you for feedback about our service, which is collected and stored to allow us to continually improve our services. As a supplier using our Request for Quote service, you must provide information that will allow us to deliver our Request for Quote service to you. This includes your contact information, information about your target markets and billing information. In addition, we may supplement the information that you provide with a credit check to ensure your creditworthiness. It should be noted that any credit card information that we receive is stored securely via encryption and a SSL connection. Our security measures are reviewed later in this Privacy Policy statement.

HOW DO WE USEYOUR INFORMATION?

Steel Building Shopper uses the information that we receive to put consumers and sellers into contact with each other and to provide better services on our site through information and communication.

Consumers or suppliers who use our Request for Quote service will receive e-mails from us in order to facilitate any transaction. You cannot opt out of e-mails that are necessary to offer our services. Your use of Steel Building Shopper's Request for Quote service and acceptance of our Terms and Conditions include agreement that we may use your personal information to contact you and deliver information to you.

Steel Building Shopper provides e-mail services such as "Recommend a Friend" that allows visitors to the website to notify others via e-mail about our services. We do not utilize e-mail addresses used in these communications for any other purpose other than to send your e-mail. Periodically, Steel Building Shopper will send other communications which could include a promotional offer to our users that we believe will be of interest to you based on your profile. We will also, from time to time, send surveys, announcements, and general updates. If you want to opt out of receiving these communications use the Contact Us feature.

HOW DOES STEEL BUILDING SHOPPER SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH OTHERS?

A very important part of our business is customer information. As a result, we limit the disclosure of this information to the information necessary to provide our service of matching consumers with suppliers. Our sharing of information to outside parties is described below.

Consumers: To help facilitate our business of matching consumers with suppliers, consumers using our Request for Quote service will be provided information about suppliers. This may include supplier contact information, company particulars, other information, and where pertinent, ratings and reviews.

Suppliers: Additionally, a certain set of suppliers will be provided with consumer information so consumers may be able to have their buying requirements satisfied. The consumer's information (including all forms of contact information submitted) can only be used to communicate with the consumer about their particular purchase. In addition suppliers may receive information about consumers in a manner that does not disclose personally identifiable information. Examples would include data that are aggregated across a group of buyers and/or feedback that is provided without attribution to a specific person or company.

Agents: From time to time, Steel Building Shopper may make use of the services of third-party companies to help facilitate our business activities. These may include bill collection services, affiliate or incentive program providers, customer service entities, e-mail and postal mail brokers, and marketing service providers. These companies are all subject to confidentiality agreements with Steel Building Shopper and are prohibited from using the information that they are provided for any reason except to perform the functions that Steel Building Shopper has outlined to them.

Affiliates: Steel Building Shopper has established partnerships in order to provide our Request for Quote service more readily available throughout the Internet to both consumers and suppliers. When a user has utilized these services through an affiliate, we will share information about these users to the affiliate as necessary. Typically, this information is reported in an aggregate format.

Business Transfers: It is possible that our business may be merged with or sold to another business entity. During a transaction such as this, business information is normally one of the assets shared in the combined entity. In the event that this occurs, your personal information will be protected by the Steel Building Shopper privacy policy that is in effect at the time. If your personal information will be used contrary to this policy, you will receive notice as described in the "notification of Change" section below.

Legal Requests: Steel Building Shopper may release account and other personal information to legal authorities when it is obligated to do so in order to comply with the law. Additionally, Steel Building Shopper may release information about you to public authorities in relation to investigations of fraud, piracy, or other unlawful activity in order to maintain an optimum level of trust and safety in our community.

INFORMATION SECURITY

Your information is stored on servers that are protected against unauthorized access through the use of safeguards such as "firewalls", encryption and Secure Socket Layers. We utilize a number of security techniques in order to protect your personal information. however, it is impossible to guarantee a perfect security system.

MINORS

Children (persons under the age of eighteen) are not eligible to use Steel Building Shopper's services.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Although we think we have been thorough in addressing the various privacy-related issues you are likely to encounter, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Although we use industry standard practices in order to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information of private communications will always remain private from unauthorized access. Steel Building Shopper contains links to other web sites. Please know that we are not responsible for the privacy policies of these web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies to the information collected by Steel Building Shopper alone.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting the amended terms on the Web Site. All amended terms deemed to be minor shall be effective upon posting on the web site. If material changes are made to this policy, we will notify you via e-mail and/or by posting a prominent notice for 30 days prior to the change taking effect.