Terms of Use - Privacy

Welcome to the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) Websites that includes usage of the following websites:

By using any of these websites administered by MTI, you, the User, agree to accept the following Terms and Conditions of Use. Please read all of the Terms and Conditions carefully.

DISCLAIMER

This Websites are designed to provide information regarding content impacting the heat treating industry, workings in MTI and services available to MTI members. The Websites include a rich collection of resources provided by MTI. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Websites shall be subject to these Terms of Use. You understand and agree that the Website is provided "as-is" and that MTI assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings.

This Websites do not provide advice or render professional services. The information supplied herein is based on data believed to be reliable but does not constitute a warranty. It is updated periodically, but MTI does not guarantee that it contains all available information. The Websites provides links to available websites and other resources. MTI provides these links as a convenience to the User. MTI does not endorse or guarantee the content contained at any of those links. The conclusions and opinions contained in the literature are those of their authors and not those of MTI. All Users must evaluate the information provided and determine its relevancy as to the User's product(s). All Users must independently verify the properties of the materials used in its products. The Publishers are not responsible for the use or misuse of the information contained herein. The specific commercial products listed or described in the database are presented as examples only and are not in any way endorsed or recommended by the Publishers.

MTI MAKES NO AND DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE. FURTHER, MTI EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES (A) AGAINST THIRD PARTY INTELLECTUAL OR PROPRIETARY RIGHTS; (B) RELATED TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION OR CONTENT.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL MTI BE LIABLE, IN TORT, CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CLAIMS FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF VALUE, LOSS OF CAPITAL, DAMAGE TO OTHER PROPERTY, DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR DEATH. MTI SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE HANDLING, STORAGE, USE, OR PERFORMANCE RESULTS OF ANY PRODUCT.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The trademarks, trade names, service marks, and logos shown on the Websites are the exclusive property of MTI and are protected from reproduction, copying, imitation, or confusing or misleading uses under the United States and international trademark laws.

The Content of the Websites, unless the source is otherwise noted, is copyrighted by Metal Treating Institute. Unless expressly stated, the Content is protected from copying, reproduction, editing, modification, distribution, publication, or transmittal under the United States and international copyright laws.

Unauthorized use of this intellectual property is strictly prohibited.

The User may view, print, or download the information for personal use only.

PERMISSIONS

To request permission to use Metal Treating Institute copyrighted material, please send a written request to Tom Morrison at tom@heattreat.net.  Please include as much detail as possible on request for use.

USE OF MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

Metal Treating Institute selectively provides the use of its membership list once a year to companies with endorsed services for the benefit of members of the Metal Treating Institute.  If you would like to be removed from the annual listing, please email your request to info@heattreat.net.

PROHIBITIONS OF USE

The User shall NOT use the Service to:

  • Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
  • Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that the User does not have a right to make available under any law;
  • Upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any Content that infringes any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party;
  • Intentionally or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national or international law,
  • Collect or store personal data about other users.


GOVERNING LAW

These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida without reference to any choice of law provision under Florida law. The User agrees that any actions at law or equity arising out of these Terms and Conditions or the use of this Website shall be filed only in the federal or state courts located in Duval County, Florida, and the User agrees to submit to the personal jurisdiction of those courts for the purposes of any such action.


PRIVACY POLICY -
Effective date: May 24, 2018

Metal Treating Institute ("us", "we", or "our") operates the Websites noted on page 1 or services (the "Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from https://www.heattreat.net.

Definitions

Service- Service is the https://www.heattreat.net and related websites operated by Metal Treating Institute

Personal Data- Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from that data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession) .

Usage Data- Usage Data is data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).

Cookies- Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).

Data Controller- Data Controller means the natural or legal person (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) who determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.

Data Processors (or Service Providers)- Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.

Data Subject (or User)- Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

Information Collection And Use- We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.


Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Birthdate
  • Cookies and Usage Data

We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the manage profile link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and to hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
  • Advertising Cookies. Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

Use of Data

Metal Treating Institute uses the collected data for various purposes including, but not limited to:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Metal Treating Institute’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

Metal Treating Institute may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you
  • You have given us permission to do so
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights
  • For payment processing purposes
  • To comply with the law

Retention of Data

Metal Treating Institute will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Metal Treating Institute will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer Of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United States and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Metal Treating Institute will take all reasonably necessary steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.


Disclosure Of Data
 

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Metal Treating Institute may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

Metal Treating Institute may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Metal Treating Institute
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • To protect against legal liability

Security Of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

"Do Not Track" Signals

We do not support Do Not Track ("DNT"). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked.

You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.

Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Metal Treating Institute aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please send a written request to MTI at info@heattreat.net.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within the manage profile section of the Metal Treating Institute website. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you at info@heattreat.net.

The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.

The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.

The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.

The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Metal Treating Institute relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Advertising

We may use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements to you to help support and maintain our Service.

Google AdSense DoubleClick Cookie

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other websites on the Internet.

You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/

Behavioral Remarketing

Metal Treating Institute may use remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.

Google AdWords

Google AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads

Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Twitter

Twitter remarketing service is provided by Twitter Inc.

You can opt-out from Twitter's interest-based ads by following their instructions: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170405

You can learn more about the privacy practices and policies of Twitter by visiting their Privacy Policy page: https://twitter.com/privacy

Facebook

Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.

You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950

To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.

For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

The payment processor we work with is PayPal. Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full

Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

  • By email: info@heattreat.net
  • By phone number: 904-249-0448
  • By mail: Metal Treating Institute, ATTN: Tom Morrison, 8825 Perimeter Park Blvd. #501, Jacksonville, FL 32216