Privacy Policy
Last Updated: April 19, 2010
This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the agreement between Hemway Corp (dba "Hemway Industries" or “we”) and each visitor, registered user or member, as the case may be (each, a “user” or “you”) concerning the use of the websites owned, controlled, operated or hosted (whether now or in the future) by Hemway Industries and/or its corporate affiliates, including but not limited to the HemwayIndustries.com website (collectively the "Hemway Industries Sites"). The other integral parts of such agreement are the Hemway Industries Terms of Service. All capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy shall be as defined in the Hemway Industries Terms of Service.
At Hemway Industries, we respect your right to privacy and we understand that you need to control the uses of your personal information. This Privacy Policy details below the measures taken by Hemway Industries to protect your privacy in connection with your use of the Hemway Industries Sites. However, you understand that the Hemway Industries Sites and Hemway Industries's service are designed to allow users to post photographs and information about themselves for public review and comment. Accordingly, by submitting your photograph and/or any personal information, you thereby waive any privacy expectations you have with respect to our use of your likeness or personal information provided to us. If you do not wish to have your picture or information about yourself viewed by or disclosed to others, do not use the Hemway Industries Sites and our service.
By using any of the Hemway Industries Sites, you affirmatively consent to this Privacy Policy and agree to have your personal information (to the extent disclosed by you either directly to Hemway Industries or via third-party sign on services) collected by Hemway Industries (or its agents or contractors) and transferred to and processed in the United States.
Information Collection and Use
User account information, including pictures and usernames, are displayed in order to enrich the user experience and facilitate user interaction. Email addresses are primarily used for the purposes of sending notifications related to the service. With the exception of notifying friends about content the user has created, a user's email address is not shared or publicly displayed on the Hemway Industries Sites or within the Hemway Industries service. Users' full names, to the extent collected and stored, are never directly revealed to other users.
From time to time, Hemway Industries or a partner, may sponsor a promotion, sweepstake or contest on the Hemway Industries Sites. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or home address or to answer questions in order to participate. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.
Use of Cookies
Hemway Industries uses cookies to store user preferences, account status, traffic origination, and to record session information, for purposes including ensuring that users are not repeatedly offered the same advertisements and to customize newsletter, advertising, and Web page content based on browser type and user profile information. You may be able to configure your browser to accept or reject all or some cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set — each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences — however, you must enable cookies from Hemway Industries in order to use most functions on the Hemway Industries Sites. Please note that Hemway Industries allows 3rd party advertisers that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Advertisers' use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not the Hemway Industries Privacy Policy.
Invitations and Other Communications to Non-users
Hemway Industries users can send content to friends via our system and invite friends to join the service via third-party single sign-on services (e.g., Facebook Connect). Hemway Industries stores the email addresses that users provide so that Hemway Industries can send notifications authorized by users and related reminders to such email addresses. Hemway Industries does not sell these email addresses or use them to send any other communication besides those initiated by users and invitation reminders initiated by Hemway Industries (one (1) per email address). Recipients of emails from Hemway Industries may contact Hemway Industries to request the removal of their information from our database by clicking on the "Opt-Out" Link at the bottom of our emails. Hemway Industries users may also store email addresses of people they know in their internal Hemway Industries address book and may also choose to send invitations and other communications to those addresses.
Third Party Advertising
Ads appearing on the Hemway Industries Sites may be delivered to users by Hemway Industries or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Hemway Industries and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Service Providers
We use PayPal to process payments. When you checkout of our store, you will be asked to enter your First Name, Last Name, Credit Card Information, Billing and Shipping Address as necessary to complete your transaction. Hemway Industries does not store any of our users credit card information in our database.
These third parties are prohibited from using your personally identifiable information for any other purpose other than providing the above-described contracted services.
Links
The Hemway Industries Sites may contain links to third-party sites. Hemway Industries is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on the Hemway Industries Sites.
Public Communication
Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post information on the Hemway Industries Site(s) that that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications. We are not responsible for the personally identifiable information you choose to submit in these forums.
Correcting/Updating or Removing Information
Hemway Industries users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as "My Profile" and "Account Settings".
Security
Hemway Industries user accounts are secured by user-created passwords. Hemway Industries takes precautions to ensure that user account information is kept private. We use commercially reasonable measures to protect user information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to user information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. However, we do not guarantee that these efforts will completely protect user account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of user information at any time. We will endeavor to notify users in the event that the security of their personal information is breached or compromised. By submitting personal information on any of the Hemway Industries Sites, you expressly consent to receiving our notification regarding any breach or compromise, or suspected breach or compromise, of the security of your personal information, by email or postal mail, as we deem appropriate, and as required by law. For any additional information about the security measures we use on Hemway Industries, please contact us at: support@HemwayIndustries.com.
We urge you to keep your username, password, and other account access information in a safe place and not to divulge it to anyone. Also, remember to sign off your account and close your browser window when you have finished your visit. This is to ensure that others cannot access your account, especially if you are sharing a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place such as a library or an internet cafe.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information Hemway Industries Collects
Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, Hemway Industries will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to comply with applicable law or to respond to a subpoena, court order, search warrant or other legal process received by Hemway Industries, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to protect or enforce our rights or the rights of a third party; (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and our users; or (4) to respond to an emergency. Hemway Industries reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of a sale of Hemway Industries or substantially all of Hemway Industries’s assets to that successor in interest or of a merger between Hemway Industries and such successor in interest. Hemway Industries also reserves the right to disclose personal information as necessary to enable third-party service providers to support and maintain the operation of the Hemway Industries Sites and Hemway Industries’s services. You will be notified via e-mail of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information. For more information see the "Changes in Our Privacy Policy" section below.
Children’s Privacy
Hemway Industries is committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests. The Hemway Industries Sites and Hemway Industries’s service are not intended for and may not be used by children under the age of 14. Hemway Industries does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 14 and does not target its websites or service to children under 14.
Changes in Our Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is subject to change by Hemway Industries from time to time. By continuing to use the Hemway Industries Site(s) affected by such changes after such notice and consent, you agree to be bound by the changes to this Privacy Policy.
Contacting the Web Site
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the data practices of any of the Hemway Industries Sites, or your dealings with any of the Hemway Industries Sites, please contact us at: support@HemwayIndustries.com (or via mail: Hemway Industries, 40 Hemway Terrace, San Francisco CA 94117).
California Privacy Rights
Beginning on January 1, 2005, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of Hemway Industries who are California residents to request certain information regarding its disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an e-mail to support@HemwayIndustries.com or write us at: Hemway Industries, 40 Hemway Terrace, San Francisco CA 94117, ATTN: Legal Department.