Effective Date: January 1, 2020
Eartec Comapny (Eartec) is committed to protecting your privacy. Information that is collected is used to improve the web content, to investigate possible problems and in general to help Eartec understand how you are interacting with this website and to facilitate presenting you with useful products. The following discloses Eartec’s information gathering and dissemination practices.
Information Collected
Eartec may collect email, address, demographic, and credit card information when users perform the following actions on this website:
- Place an order
- Request a information or mailings
- Refer a customer
- Request feedback or support
Also, information is gathered on how users navigate through this website by using ‘Zendesk’ data in order to recommend products that may benefit users.
How We Use Collected Information
The Information collected from users allows Eartec to:
- Send orders and information
- Receive payment for products and services
- Contact users regarding orders
- Send Catalogs, mailers, newsletters, or other promotional offers
- Email order information, newsletters, or other promotional offers
- Assist users or provide feedback for products and services
- Improve products and services
- Enhance and personalize your shopping experience
Eartec may contract with other companies to provide certain services, including credit card processing, shipping, e-mail distribution, market research, and promotion management. Eartec will provide these companies with only the information they need to perform their services and work closely with them to ensure that your privacy is respected and protected. These companies are prohibited by contract from using this information for their own marketing purposes or from sharing this information with anyone other than Eartec.
On rare occasions, Eartec may disclose specific information upon governmental request, in response to a court order, or when required by law to do so. Eartec may also share information with companies assisting in fraud protection or investigation. Eartec does not provide information to these agencies or companies for marketing or commercial purposes.
Outside Links
This site may contain outside links causing users to navigate away from the site. Eartec is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.
Cookies and IP Addresses
Cookies are used to enhance and personalize your online shopping experience, so that information you receive is more relevant. Cookies are used for items such as, keeping track of products in your shopping cart and monitoring how users navigate through the site. Users can opt-out of 3rd party cookies through Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) website. Your IP address is your computer’s unique “address” on the Internet. It is used to route web pages and your email to your computer. This website logs IP addresses for system administration purposes. IP addresses are used to help diagnose problems with Eartec’s server, and to administer this website. IP addresses are logged to track a user’s session. This gives Eartec an idea of which parts of the site users are visiting. Eartec does not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that a user’s session will be tracked, but the user will be anonymous.
Security
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under Eartec’s control. When you make a purchase, request information, or otherwise disclose information on this website, your transactional information is transmitted in a safe, encrypted format.
Choice/Opt-Out
Users may opt-out of receiving future electronic or postal mailings by emailing us (info@eartec.com), faxing us (401.789.7300), calling toll-free at 800-399-5994 or by writing us at the address listed below. Please note that Eartec may still need to have your email address to contact you regarding an order or service requested.