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A specification requires Manufacturer X’s system “or equivalent.” What does “or equivalent” mean, and who decides what’s “equivalent?”
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TPC collects basic identity information, such as name and company, and personal contact information, such as email address, home or work address, telephone number and fax number. TPC may also collect demographic information, such as your state, ZIP code, country, company type, preferences, interests and favorite content. Information collected by TPC may be combined with information obtained via print publications, including but not limited to the Journal of Protective Coatings & Linings (JPCL) and PaintSquare Press.
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TPC keeps track of the pages our customers visit within its websites to determine what TPC sites and services are the most popular. You may choose to not have the tracking include your user identification.
TPC also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses.
Certain TPC services may be co-branded and offered in conjunction with another company. If you register for or use such services, both TPC and the other company may receive information collected in conjunction with the co-branded services.
TPC collects and uses your personal contact information to operate paintsquare.com and deliver the services you have requested. These services may include the display of customized content and advertising based upon the information paintsquare.com has collected. TPC does not collect sensitive personal information, such as gender, race, religion, or political affiliations.
TPC may use your personal information to inform you of other products and services available from our company and its affiliates. You may also be consulted about current or potential new products or services that our company may offer.
From time to time, once you've become a member of the PaintSquare community, TPC will send you information about our e-books, webinars, and other technical resources, as well as product information on behalf of our sponsors. Additionally, when you click on advertising hyperlinks in PaintSquare News and on the PaintSquare website, we will provide your contact details to advertisers so they may follow up on the interest you've expressed in their products or services. You may choose to not have your contact details shared with advertisers.
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Information We Collect
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or device ("personal information"). In particular, we have collected the following categories of personal information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
We collect this personal information from you and from other categories of sources such as: our affiliates; our customers; public and publicly available sources; our third-party vendors, data suppliers and service providers; partners with which we offer co-branded services or engage in joint event or marketing activities; social networks; news outlets and related media; and the organization with which you are employed or affiliated.
We share this personal information with: our affiliates; our customers; our vendors, service providers, suppliers, agents and representatives; joint venture partners; other entities offering products and services that may be of interest to you; the administrators authorized by your organization (if you access our services through a subscription administered by your organization); and other parties where required by law or to protect our rights.
We may use this personal information to operate, manage, and maintain our business, to provide our products and services, to communicate with you, for our vendor management purposes, and to accomplish our business purposes and objectives, including, for example, using personal information to: develop, improve, repair, and maintain our products and services; process or fulfill a request or other transactions submitted to us; personalize, advertise, and market our products and services; conduct research, analytics, and data analysis; maintain our facilities and infrastructure; undertake quality and safety assurance measures; conduct risk and security control and monitoring; detect and prevent fraud; perform identity verification; perform accounting, audit, and other internal functions; comply with law, legal process, and internal policies; maintain records; exercise and defend legal claims; and fulfill legal obligations.
Personal Information Disclosed
We disclose the following categories of personal information to our affiliates; our customers; our vendors, service providers, suppliers, agents and representatives; joint venture partners; other entities offering products and services that may be of interest to you; resellers, distributors, referral partners and integrators; the administrators authorized by your organization (if you access our services through a subscription administered by your organization); licensors of third-party applications (if you access a third-party application on our services through a license agreement with the licensor); and other parties where required by law or to protect our rights for our operational business purposes:
Technology Publishing/PaintSquare.com does not sell personal information to third parties within the scope of the application of the CCPA.
Consumer Rights
You have the right to request that we disclose to you (i) the categories of personal information we collected about you and the categories of sources from which we collected such information; (ii) the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you; (iii) the business or commercial purpose for collecting personal information about you; and (iv) the categories of personal information about you that we shared or disclosed and the categories of third parties with whom we shared or to whom we disclosed such information in the preceding 12 months. You also have the right to request that we delete personal information we collected from you subject to certain exceptions.
You also have the right to not be discriminated against in pricing and services because you exercise any of your rights under the CCPA. TPC does not offer financial incentives or price or service differences to consumers in exchange for the retention or sale of a consumer's personal information.
How to Make a Request
Requests for disclosures or deletion described above may be made by email to webmaster@technologypub.com.
You may be required to submit proof of your identity for these requests to be processed as a verifiable consumer request. We may not be able to comply with your request if we are unable to confirm your identity or to connect the information you submit in your request with personal information in our possession. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf subject to proof of identity and authorization.
We will respond to your request consistent with the CCPA, which does not apply to certain information, such as information made available from government records, certain data subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and certain other laws, and where its application is preempted by, or in conflict with, federal law or the United States or California Constitution.
Changes
We will update this CCPA Notice as part of our overall privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.
If you have any questions regarding this statement, contact TPC via email.
TPC may occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. When TPC posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated" next to the Privacy Statement link on the home page of paintsquare.com. If there are material changes to this Statement or to the ways in which TPC will use your personal information, announcement of such changes will be prominently posted on paintsquare.com prior to their implementation. TPC encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed about how TPC is protecting your information.
TPC welcomes your comments regarding this Privacy Statement. If you believe that TPC has not adhered to this Statement, please contact TPC by telephone, email, or postal mail.
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