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Kappler, Inc. Privacy Policy

Note: Kappler’s HazMatch® mobile app does not collect any personal information. It does utilize a user’s mobile device camera for the app-embedded QR Code Reader, which is provided to scan Kappler garment labels for chemical test data as a customer safety and education service. The app’s camera use is considered by Google requirements to be a potential collector of personal data, and therefore this policy is provided in compliance with those requirements. The following information applies more directly to the Kappler website and other methods of data collection.

Kappler, Inc., and its affiliated companies, and its affiliated companies worldwide (collectively “Kappler, Inc.”, “we” or “Our”) recognize and respect your right to privacy.

This policy explains how Kappler, Inc. collects, shares, stores and uses data. Typically, we collect customer data in order to provide the products and services that customers purchase or request from us. For example, we may capture email addresses. We collect marketing data in order to respond to inquiries about our products and services and provide access to the latest topical information that potential customers might be interested in. When we collect this data, we do so in compliance with this privacy policy, which describes how we handle the data we collect in more detail. This policy also describes other important topics relating to information privacy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we handle your Personal Information.

By accessing or browsing www.Kappler.com (our "Website") and/or using any of the services that we provide to you or you access, you confirm that you have read and understood the entirety of this Privacy Policy.

1. Types of Information Collected

We may collect and process any of the following information about you and we refer to this as “Personal Information” throughout this policy:

1.1 Information you give us.

You may give us information about yourself by using the online forms provided on the Website or by contacting us by phone, e-mail or other means. This includes, for example, filling in our 'Contact Us' form on our Website or when you provide your information to us in order to receive our services.

The information you give us may include: email address, name, mailing address, telephone number, company name, company address, credit card information, job title, account information, and any updates to information provided to us.

Please note that we need certain types of information so that we can provide services to you.  If you do not provide us with such information, or if you ask us to delete it, you may no longer be able to access our services.

1.2 Information we may collect about you.

Each time you visit the Website we may automatically collect any of the following information:

  • Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the internet, domain name and country which requests information, the files requested, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; and
  • Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs) and methods used to browse away from the page.

1.3 Information we may receive from other sources.

We will receive information about you if:

  • You obtain our services through one of our resellers or partners. The types of information that we may receive are the same as the information that you may give to us detailed in section 1.1 above.

2. Use of Information

We, or third-party data processors acting on our behalf, collect, use and store the Personal Information listed above to enable you to receive services for which you or your company have entered into a contract with us and/or because it is in the legitimate interests of Kappler, Inc. to handle your Personal Information. More specifically, we collect, use and store your Personal Information for the following reasons:

  • To assign a password.
  • To ensure that content from our website and services are presented in the most efficient manner for you.
  • To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or which we feel may interest you, only where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
  • To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features, such as “Live Chat”, when you choose to do so.
  • To notify you about changes to our products or services and to keep you informed about our fees and charges.
  • To provide the service(s) you have requested.
  • To improve the quality and accuracy of the services.
  • To allow you to access and use the Website and to register for an account;
  • To carry out activities in the legitimate interests of Kappler, Inc. , for example, pursuing debt, ensuring the security of our services and Website;
  • To verify your identity in order to prevent and detect money laundering and fraud;
  • To carry out statistical analysis and market research;
  • For marketing, advertising and promotional purposes.
  • For the purposes of improving and maintaining our Website, preparing reports or compiling statistics in order to improve our services. Such details will be anonymised as far as is reasonably possible and you will not be identifiable from the data collected.

3. Data Retention.

We retain Personal Information for as long as you use the services we provide and then as required to comply with applicable laws.

4. Disclosure of Information.

We will not sell, hire, lease or rent your Personal Information that we collect to any third party without notifying you and/or obtaining your consent, except as expressly set forth in this Section. Where you have given your consent for us to use your information in a particular way, but later change your mind, you should contact us and we will stop doing so.

Categories of Third Parties:

Any third parties with whom we share your Personal Information are limited (by law and by contract) in their ability to use your Personal Information for any purpose other than to provide services for us. We will always ensure that any third parties with whom we share your Personal Information are subject to privacy and security obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy and applicable laws. We will share your Personal Information with the following categories of third parties:

  • Our service providers and sub-contractors, including but not limited to payment processors, suppliers of technical and support services and cloud service providers;
  • Companies that assist us in our marketing, advertising and promotional activities;
  • Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimization of our Website; and
  • Systems integrators and service providers who resell our services and products.

Other Third-Party Disclosures.

We will also disclose your Personal Information to third parties:

  • In the event we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your Personal Information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or asset;
  • If Kappler, Inc. or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, in which case Information held by it about its customers and partners will be one of the transferred assets;
  • If we are under a duty to disclose or share your Personal Information in order to comply with any legal obligation, any lawful request from government or law enforcement officials and as may be required to meet national security or law enforcement requirements or prevent illegal activity;
  • In order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions or any other agreement or to respond to any claims, to protect our rights or the rights of a third party, to protect the safety of any person or to prevent any illegal activity; or
  • To protect the rights, property, or safety of Kappler, Inc., our customers or other persons. This may include exchanging information with other organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

5. Protection of Personal Information

Kappler, Inc. is committed to taking steps to protect the Information you provide to us, including administrative, technical, and physical measures — to safeguard Information against loss, theft, and misuse, as well as against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Information is accessed only by authorized staff who are instructed to handle Information with confidentiality. It is protected by firewalls and standard industry security measures. We may also transmit sensitive information and transactional data using secure socket layer (SSL) encryption.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect Information, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your Personal Information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Website or our products and services, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

6. Your Rights

You may contact us by email at customerservice@kappler.com at any time, to request that we:

  • Update any Personal Information which is out of date or incorrect;
  • Delete any Personal Information which we are holding about you;
  • Restrict the way that we process your Personal Information;
  • Provide your Personal Information to a third-party provider of services; or
  • Provide you with a copy of any Personal Information which we hold about you.
  • We will consider all such requests and provide our response within the time period stated by applicable law.

You have the right to ask us to not process your Personal Information for marketing purposes. We will inform you (before collecting your Personal Information) if we intend to use your Personal Information for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by checking certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your Personal Information. Alternatively, you can contact us by email at customerservice@Kappler.com at any time. If you have previously given your consent to the use of your Personal Information for marketing purposes, you can choose to stop receiving marketing communications which we send to you from time to time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in such communications. Alternatively, you can opt out of such communications at any time by contacting us by email at customerservice@Kappler.com. You can choose to opt-out from your Personal Information being used for any purpose that differs from the purposes notified to you when we collected your personal information; or disclosed to any third party.

If you would like to do this, please contact us as set forth in the Contact Us section of this Privacy Policy. Please note that opting-out may prevent us from providing you with our services or information requested by you.

7. Transfers of Information

If you are located outside of the United States, the Personal Information that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored in the United States or another location outside of the EEA or Switzerland. Any transfer of the Personal Information to the United States or another location outside of the EEA or Switzerland will be in compliance with the Privacy Shield, details of which are set out in section 5 above.

The Personal Information may also be processed by staff operating in the United States or outside the EEA or Switzerland working for us, other members of our group or third-party data processors. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the provision of our services to you, the processing of transactions and/or the provision of support services. By providing us with your Personal Information you acknowledge any such transfer, storage and processing.

We will always take steps to ensure that such transfers comply with applicable privacy laws and we will take all reasonable precautions to ensure that your Personal Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, you should be aware that countries outside the EEA or Switzerland may not offer the same level of protection for Personal Information.

8. Use of Cookies

Some pages on our Website use cookies, which are small files placed on your internet browser when you visit our Website. Kappler, Inc. uses cookies for your convenience to store information so you do not have to reenter your data upon each visit. Cookies and other technology are also used to monitor usage of the various features and services of our site, which over time gives us information to improve our site, and to advertise and market our products more effectively.

When you visit our websites, cookies will be placed on your computer or device to maximize your experience and to help us understand how we can improve our site.  If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can set your browser to either reject all cookies, to allow “trusted” sites to set them, or to accept only those cookies from those sites you are currently on.  However, turning off cookies will hinder your ability to access, use, or navigate portions of the site.

9. Third Party Websites

The Website may, from time to time, contain links to websites operated by third parties. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies solely to the information collected from the Website and we cannot be responsible for Personal Information collected and stored by third-parties.  If you choose to visit any of those sites, then their privacy policies would apply and you should read these carefully before you submit any Personal Information to these websites. We do not endorse or otherwise accept any responsibility or liability for the content of such third-party websites or third party terms and conditions or policies.

10. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. By continuing to use the services and our Website, you agree to the latest version of our Privacy Policy. Any changes we make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy If you have any questions regarding this policy or our use of personally identifiable information on this site, please send us your questions or comments as set forth in section 11 below.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy or how we collect, use or store your Personal Information, you can contact us by phone at: 800-600-4019, by post at: Kappler, Inc., 115 Grimes Drive, Guntersville, AL 35976, or by email at: customerservice@Kappler.com.