PRIVACY POLICY

What information do we collect?
We may collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form, place an order or otherwise enter into transactions on our site.

When visiting our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, IP address, user name, password, answer to security questions, information about your company or business, and when necessary, date of birth and credit card and/or other payment/ordering information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

Like most websites, we use cookies and/or web beacons to enhance your experience, gather general visitor information, and track visits to our website. Please refer to the 'do we use cookies?' section below for information about cookies and how we use them.

What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To improve our Web site. We continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
To improve customer service. Your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
To respond to a request. Information you provide in a request for service or information will be forwarded to us. We will use this information to respond to your request.
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
To process transactions.
To send periodic emails. If you decide to opt-in to our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information.

We use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption technology to protect the information you submit. This technology protects visitors from having their information intercepted by anyone while it is being transmitted. We work hard to ensure that our systems are secure and that they meet industry standards. Where appropriate, we employ firewalls, encryption technology, user authentications systems, and access control mechanisms to control access to systems and data.

Do we use cookies?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding our site visitors. These service providers are not permitted to use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not rent, sell or trade to outside parties or non-affiliated companies your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may provide the information to affiliated companies. We also may provide it to trusted third parties who work on behalf of or with us under confidentiality agreements. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
Because we value your privacy we have taken the necessary precautions to be in compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We therefore will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent except as otherwise provided in this Policy.

Child Privacy
Our websites are not designed to appeal to minors, and you are required to be 18 years of age in order to use this website or provide information to us. Therefore we do not knowingly attempt to solicit or receive any information from children under 18.

Hyperlinks
This Web site contains hyperlinks or “links” to other sites, and other sites may “link” to this site. Web sites linking to and from this site may have different privacy practices from the ones described here. Visitors to our site should read the privacy statements of other Web sites they visit.

Terms of Use
Please also visit our Terms of Use Section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.

Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on 3/1/2012.

Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
PO Box 11250
JEFFERSON, LA 70181-1250
USA
webmaster@stei.com