This Internet site (hereinafter, "Service") is owned and operated by Twin Bay Glass. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At Twin Bay Glass, we want to make your experience online satisfying and safe.
Because we may gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.
Information Twin Bay Glass Gathers and Tracks
Twin Bay Glass gathers two types of information about users:
Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions - These are voluntary submissions, such:
- Information Requests
- Electronic Newsletters
- Message Boards
- E-mail Referrals
- Polling
- Surveys
- Purchases
Information Twin Bay Glass gathers through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites - This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers' needs and to help our advertisers and sponsors better understand the demographics of our audience. Under no circumstances does Twin Bay Glass divulge any information about an individual user to a third party.
Optional Voluntary Information
You may have the option of voluntarily providing personal information, such as your name or e-mail address, to take advantage of certain features of the Service. Access to these features may be through a registered User account. This personal information may be required for the following:
1.Electronic Newsletters
Users may provide an e-mail address and other personal information to subscribe to an electronic newsletter mailing list(s). Users may remove themselves from the mailing list(s) by following the link and instructions provided in every newsletter.
2. E-mail Referrals
User may choose to electronically forward a link, page, or documents to someone else by using an e-mail referral (i.e. "e-mail this to a friend"). The user may be required to provide their e-mail address, as well as that of the recipient. This information is used to let the recipient know who sent the email referral, and in the case of transmission errors and. This information is not used for any other purpose.
3. Information Requests
Users may use the Service to request information from, ask a question of, or correspond with individuals at Twin Bay Glass. The user may be required to provide their e-mail address and/or other personal information to assist Twin Bay Glass in communicating with you. This information is not used for any other purpose.
4. Message Boards
Users may be able to view messages on message board or forums. The user may be required to provide an email address, password, name and/or other information in order to post messages. This information may be shared publicly as specified in the particular message board or forum in question.
5. Polling
Users may be able to share their opinions with other users in polling sections. Opinions or other responses to polls are aggregated and are not identifiable to any particular user. Twin Bay Glass may use a system to identify users after they have voted, so they can vote only once on a particular question. This identification is not correlated with information about individual users.
6. Purchases
Users may be able to make purchases using the Service. We may sometimes use this data to help us communicate with you about other products and services. Purchase information is never shared with any third party.
7. Surveys
Twin Bay Glass may occasionally conduct user surveys to better target our content to our audience. We sometimes share the aggregated demographic information in these surveys with our sponsors, advertisers and partners. Information about specific individuals is never shared with any third party.
Children
Consistent with the Federal Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent.
Usage Tracking
Twin Bay Glass tracks user traffic patterns throughout all of our sites. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. Twin Bay Glass does break down overall usage statistics according to a user's domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user's browser).
Twin Bay Glass sometimes tracks and catalogs the search terms that Users enter in our Search function, but this tracking is never associated with individual Users. We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.
Cookies
We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can't read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Twin Bay Glass uses cookies to track user traffic patterns (as described above).
You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you've set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookies to participate actively in message boards, forums, polling and surveys.
Use Of Information
Twin Bay Glass uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.
As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing. Twin Bay Glass never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.
When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don't like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. But we don't track which terms a particular user enters.
Twin Bay Glass creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively, and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don't track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
Sharing Of The Information
Twin Bay Glass uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience's demographics. This is essential to keeping our service free. We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.
Security
Twin Bay Glass operates secure data networks protected by industry standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.
Opt-Out Policy
We give users options wherever necessary and practical. Such choices include opting not to register to receive our electronic newsletters. Users can also opt not to participate in certain interactive areas, which completely alleviates the need to gather any personally identifiable information from our users.
Your Consent
By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Twin Bay Glass. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.
