Placer Fire Apparatus Internet Privacy Statement
Placer Fire Apparatus has a strong commitment to providing excellent service to all of our customers and visitors of this website, including respecting your concerns about privacy. We understand that you may have questions about how this website collects and uses information. We have prepared this statement to inform you of the privacy principles that govern Placer Fire Apparatus.
This Statement contains numerous general and technical details about the steps we take to respect your privacy concerns. We have organized this statement by major processes and areas so that you can quickly link to the information of most interest to you.
If after reviewing this Statement you have any questions or privacy concerns please send an e-mail to info@placerfire.net or send a letter to:
Placer Fire Apparatus
10203 Missile Way
Mather, CA 95655
Browsing
This website does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse this website and request pages from our servers. This means that, unless you voluntarily and knowingly provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, your e-mail address, or any other personally identifiable information. When you request a page from our web site, our servers log the information provided in the HTTP request header including the IP number, the time of the request, the URL of your request and other information that is provided in the HTTP header. We collect the HTTP request header information in order to make our website function correctly and provide you the functionality that you see on this website, as our servers use this information to deliver to you the pages on this website. We also use this information to better understand how visitors use our website and how we can better tune our website, its contents and functionality to meet your needs.
Information We Collect
When we need to collect personally identifiable information from you to provide you with a particular service, we will ask you to voluntarily supply us with the information we need. For example, if you wish to receive documentation from us, we will ask you for information such as name, address, telephone number, e-mail address so that we can process your request. We will use your e-mail address to send a confirmation and, if necessary, might use the other information to contact you for help to process the information.
Securing the Transmission and Storage of Data
We treat the information you provide to us as confidential information; it is, accordingly, subject to our company's security procedures and corporate policies regarding protection and use of confidential information. In addition, when accessing a secure server, the first characters of the site address will change from "http" to "https." After information reaches Placer Fire Apparatus it is stored on a secure server that resides behind firewalls designed to block unauthorized access from outside of Placer Fire Apparatus. Information collected on this website is processed and stored in the United States.
Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
In addition to required information sharing described directly above, Placer Fire Apparatus does use the services of third parties, such as e-mail service providers. These parties are contractually prohibited from using personally identifiable information for any purpose other than for the purpose Placer Fire Apparatus specifies. We prohibit the sale or transfer of personal information to entities outside of Placer Fire Apparatus for their use without your approval.
Cookies
Our website uses "cookie" technology. "Cookies" are encrypted strings of text that a website stores on a user's computer. Our website requires the use of a cookie throughout the online reservation process. Cookies are used to: Allow registered users to sign in without typing their sign-in name each time; Measure usage of various pages on our website to help us make our information more pertinent to your needs and easy for you to access; and Provide functionality that we believe would be of interest and value to you.
The types of cookies that we use are referred to as "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are temporary and are automatically deleted once you leave our website. Persistent cookies remain on your computer hard drive until you delete them. We do not use cookies to gather information concerning your visits to other sites, nor ascertain any personally identifiable information about you apart from what you voluntarily provide us in your dealings with Placer Fire Apparatus. Cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer, programs, or computer files.
You may set your browser to block cookies (consult the instructions for your particular browser on how to do this), although doing so will adversely affect your ability to perform certain transactions, use certain functionality and access certain content on our website.
Other Web Sites
Placer Fire Apparatus is only responsible for the privacy statement and content of this website. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the use of cookies on websites that you have accessed this website from and to the non-Placer Fire Apparatus websites that you may access from this website.
Legal Issues
This is a United States website and is subject to United States law. Placer Fire Apparatus will disclose personally identifiable information without your permission when required by law, or in good faith belief that such action is necessary to investigate or protect against harmful activities to Placer Fire Apparatus guests, visitors, associates, or property (including this site), or to others. Laws related to personal identifiable information vary by country. For example, personally identifiable information collected in the European Union is subject to the EU Data Protection Directive.
Placer Fire Apparatus Internet Privacy Statement Changes
In the future, we may need to change this Statement. All changes will be made here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone.