This Privacy Policy sets out how Filtran collects, stores, and handles your personal information. This policy applies to the Filtran and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates including but not limited to those listed on Exhibit A to this policy (collectively the “Filtran).
Filtran complies with the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the US Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland. For detailed information see our Privacy Shield Statement below.
Filtran collects, stores, and uses your personal information in connection with and in order to provide and develop Filtran’s products, mobile applications, services and websites (together the “Service”) according to this Privacy Policy Statement.
This Privacy Policy Statement (“Privacy Policy”) applies to all visitors, users and others who access the Service (“Users”) or provide us information, in addition to any other agreements you might have with us. By providing us information or using or accessing the Service you give consent to the processing, use and disclosure of your data and other content (“User Content”). This also means that other Users may search for, see, use, or share any of your User Content that you make publicly available through the Service, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use (which can be found at http://www.filtrationgroup.com). Please do not provide your personal information to us or use the Service if you do not agree with this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy includes the Filtran Privacy Policy Statement and the Privacy Shield Statement.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect the following types of information.
Information you provide us directly:
Communications between you and Filtran. For example, we may send you Service-related emails (e.g., account verification, changes/updates to features of the Service, technical and security notices). Analytics information:
We use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics and Marketo to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the Service. These tools collect information sent by your device or our Service, including the web pages you visit, add-ons, and other information that assists us in improving the Service.
Cookies and similar technologies:
Log file information:
Device identifiers:
Metadata:
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
In addition to some of the specific uses of information we describe in this Privacy Policy, we may use information that we receive to:
3. SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION
We will not rent or sell your information to third parties outside Filtran without your consent, except as noted in this Privacy Policy.
Parties with whom we may share your information:
Parties with whom you may choose to share your User Content:
Any information or content that you voluntarily disclose for posting to the Service, such as User Content, becomes available to the public, as controlled by any applicable privacy settings that you set. Once you have shared User Content or made it public, that User Content may be re-shared by others.
What happens in the event of a change of control:
If we sell or otherwise transfer part or the whole of Filtran or our assets to another organization (e.g., in the course of a transaction like a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), your information such as name and email address, User Content and any other information collected through the Service may be among the items sold or transferred.
Responding to legal requests and preventing harm:
We may access, preserve and share your information in response to a legal request (like a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so. This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States where we have a good faith belief that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects users in that jurisdiction, and is consistent with internationally recognized standards. We may also access, preserve and share information when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity; to protect ourselves, you and others, including as part of investigations; when we have a good faith belief that there is an emergency that poses a threat to the health and/or safety of you, another person or the public generally; and to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. Information we receive about you may be accessed, processed and retained for an extended period of time when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations concerning possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm.
4. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF YOUR INFORMATION;
When you use our Service, your data may be sent to the United States and possibly other countries. Your information collected through the Service may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Filtran or Service Providers maintain facilities. Filtran or Service Providers may transfer information that we collect about you, including personal information across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. Please note that we may transfer information, including personal information, to a country and jurisdiction that does not have the same data protection laws as your jurisdiction. By registering for and using the Service you consent to the transfer of information to the U.S. or to any other country in which Filtran or Service Providers maintain facilities and the use and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy.
European Union or Swiss individuals may refer to the Privacy Shield statement below with regard to the transfer of their personal data.
5. SECURITY MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION
We use commercially reasonable safeguards to help keep the information collected through the Service secure and take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you access to your account. However, Filtran cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to Filtran or guarantee that information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed.
Please do your part to help us. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information, and for controlling access to emails between you and Filtran, at all times. Your privacy settings may also be affected by changes to the social media services you use to connect to Filtran. We are not responsible for the functionality, privacy, or security measures of any other organization that the Filtran does not own or control.
6. YOUR CHOICES ABOUT YOUR INFORMATION
Your account information and profile/privacy settings:
How long we keep your User Content:
7. YOUR CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
Filtran does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals, whether that signal is received on a computer or on a mobile device. Third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across sites when you use the Service.
If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact us by sending an e-mail to [email protected]
Our site, products, and services are not intended to appeal to minors. However, if you are a California resident under the age of 18, and a registered user of our Service, California Business and Professions Code Section 22581 permits you to request and obtain removal of content or information you have publicly posted. To make such a request, please send an e-mail with a detailed description of the specific content or information to [email protected]. Please be aware that such a request does not ensure complete or comprehensive removal of the content or information you have posted and that there may be circumstances in which the law does not require or allow removal even if requested.
Under California law, California residents who have an established business relationship with us may opt-out of our disclosing personal information about them to third parties for their marketing purposes.
8. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Filtran does not knowingly collect or solicit any information from anyone under the age of 13 or knowingly allow such persons to register for the Service. Because of the nature of our business, the Service and its content are not directed at children under the age of 13. In the event that we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at [email protected].
9. OTHER WEB SITES AND SERVICES
We are not responsible for the practices employed by any websites or services linked to or from our Service, including the information or content contained within them. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our Service to another website or service, our Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link on our website, are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible and do not have control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service and you allow them to access your User Content you do so at your own risk.
10. HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT A DECEASED USER
In the event of the death of a Filtran user, please contact us at [email protected]. We will usually conduct our communication via email; should we require any other information, we will contact you at the email address you have provided in your request.
11. HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the Service, please contact us at [email protected]
12. CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Filtran may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. We may provide you additional forms of notice of modifications or updates as appropriate under the circumstances. Your continued use of Filtran Service after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification.
Privacy Shield Statement
Filtran has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability. If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit https://www.privacyshield.gov/. This Privacy Shield Statement outlines our general policy and practices for implementing the Principles, including the types of information we gather, how we use it and the notice and choice affected individuals have regarding our use of and their ability to correct that information.
A) Definitions
“Personal Data” means information that (1) is transferred from the EU/EEA or Switzerland to the United States; (2) is recorded in any form; (3) is about, or pertains to a specific individual; and (4) can be linked to that individual.
“Sensitive Personal Information” means personal information that reveals race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or that concerns an individual’s health.
B) Principles
Filtran may receive Personal Data from its own personnel as well as from its affiliates and other parties located in the EU/EEA. Such information may contain names, addresses, email addresses and payment information and may be about customers, clients of customers, business partners, consultants, employees, and candidates for employment and includes information recorded on various media as well as electronic data.
Whenever Filtran collects Personal Data directly from individuals, Filtran complies with the following Principles:
Filtran Corporation.
Privacy Officer/Data Protection Officer
9442 Capital of Texas Highway North
Arboretum Plaza 1 Suite 390
Austin, Texas 78759, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Filtran has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the Privacy Shield Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, the BBB EU PRIVACY SHIELD, operated by the Council of Better Business Bureaus in the United States. If you do not receive timely acknowledgment of your complaint, or if your complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, please visit www.bbb.org/EU-privacy-shield/for-eu-consumers for more information and to file a complaint.
Please note that if your complaint is not resolved through any of the above channels, under limited circumstances, a binding arbitration option may be available before a Privacy Shield Panel.
C) Amendments
This Privacy Statement may be amended from time to time consistent with the requirements of the Shield Frameworks. We will post any revised policy on this website.
D) Information Subject to Other Policies
We are committed to following the Principles for all EU or Swiss Personal Data transferred to the United States pursuant to Privacy Shield within the scope of the Privacy Shield Frameworks.
Last updated: March 30, 2018
Exhibit A
Filtration Group LLC
Buffalo Filter LLC
Clear Edge Filtration Inc.
Dafco Filtration Group Corporation
Filtran LLC
Jonell Inc.
Porex Corporation
Porex Technologies Corporation
Purafil Inc.
Filtration Group Process Inc.
MSORB Holdings Inc.
Filtrair Inc.
Filtration FGC LLC Group