Privacy Statement
Valley Scale Company (dba VSC, LLC) is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the VSC, LLC website and governs data collection and usage. By using the VSC, LLC website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
VSC, LLC collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. VSC, LLC also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.
There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by VSC, LLC. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used by VSC, LLC for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the VSC, LLC website.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through VSC, LLC public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: VSC, LLC does not read any of your private online communications.
VSC, LLC encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from VSC, LLC so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. VSC, LLC is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the VSC, LLC and VSC, LLC family of websites.
Use of your Personal Information
VSC, LLC collects and uses your personal information to operate the VSC, LLC website and deliver the services you have requested. VSC, LLC also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from VSC, LLC and its affiliates. VSC, LLC may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.
VSC, LLC does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. VSC, LLC may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, VSC, LLC may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to VSC, LLC, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
VSC, LLC does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.
VSC, LLC keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within VSC, LLC, in order to determine what VSC, LLC services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within VSC, LLC to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
VSC, LLC websites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on VSC, LLC or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of VSC, LLC; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of VSC, LLC, or the public.
Use of Cookies
The VSC, LLC website use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize VSC, LLC pages, or register with VSC, LLC site or services, a cookie helps VSC, LLC to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same VSC, LLC website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the VSC, LLC features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the VSC, LLC services or websites you visit.
Security of your Personal Information
VSC, LLC secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. VSC, LLC secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Changes to this Statement
VSC, LLC will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. VSC, LLC encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how VSC, LLC is protecting your information.