Privacy Policy

Carling Technologies Data and Website Privacy Policy

Carling Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively “Carling”) are committed to respecting your privacy.  Carling has established and implemented this privacy policy to inform visitors of the website and users of our services how we use and protect the information we collect from our websites and services.

We urge you to read this Privacy Policy so that you understand our commitment to you and your privacy, and how you can participate in that commitment.

Carling complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as set forth by the European Parliament in April 2015, and with the California Consumer Privacy Act. The regulation mandates that Carling protects the personal data and privacy of EU data subjects. If there is any conflict between the policies in this privacy policy and GDPR, the GDPR principles shall govern.

As used in this policy, personal information shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, such as an identification number, physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural, or social identifiers.  Personal Information may include the following: name, address, date of birth, gender and contact data (i.e. e-mail address, telephone number and employer name).

Carling collects personal information about you in connection with many of our services.  When using our company website, you may be prompted to fill out a form or make an account which may hold personal information such as your name, mailing address, email address, or other contact information. Prior to collecting this information, Carling will obtain your consent.  At any point in time, you can revoke consent and we will cease using and processing your data immediately.  The instructions for revoking consent are contained later in this Privacy Policy.

Carling may also collect Technical Information about you when you visit our websites, which your web browser automatically sends whenever you visit a website on the Internet. "Technical Information" is information that does not, by itself, identify a specific individual but which could be used to indirectly identify you. Our servers automatically record this information, which may include your Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language, and the date and time of your request. Gathering your information helps us ensure our websites and other services work correctly and support our customer analytic efforts.

We use pixel tags and cookies in our marketing emails and landing pages so that we can track your interaction with those messages, such as when you open the email or click a URL link embedded within them. When recipients click on one of those URLs, they pass through a separate web server before arriving at the destination page on a company website. We use tools like pixel tags and cookies so that we can determine interest in particular topics and measure and improve the effectiveness of our communications.

Use of Personal Information

Carling uses your personal information to provide you products and services, such as to fulfill your requests for products or to help us personalize our offerings to you. We also use your personal information to support our business functions, such as fraud prevention, marketing, and legal functions. To do this, we combine personal and non-personal information, collected online and offline, including information from third party sources.  Personal information collected from you may be used for the following:

We rely on Google Analytics, a service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to analyze your use of our website. The information generated by Google Analytics is subject to Google’s privacy policy and will be transferred to and stored by Google on servers in the USA.  Prior to the transfer, it will be anonymized by removing the last octet of your IP address. Google will then process it on our behalf in order to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to the operation of our website.  Google will not link your IP address with any other data held by Google.  You may refuse the use of cookies for the aforesaid purposes by setting your browser accordingly; however, in that case, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the website.

We also utilize the services of Terminus Software, Inc, to analyze data on usage of our website and help us tailor advertisements to website users.  The information generated by Terminus is subject to their privacy policy and is stored by Terminus on their servers in the USA.  Terminus will use that information to provide us with services related to the operation of our website, including the transmission of targeted advertising as described in this privacy policy.  You may refuse the use of cookies for the aforesaid purposes by setting your browser accordingly; however, in that case, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the website. 

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

Carling will not rent or sell your Personal Information to others but may disclose personal information with our sales representatives as well as third-party vendors and service providers that work with us. We will only share personal information to these vendors and service providers to help us provide a product or service to you. Examples of third parties we work with are call center operators, shippers, servicers, marketing agencies, information processors, or financial institutions. These third parties only have access to personal information necessary for them to complete their service.  In cases of onward transfer to third parties of your personal data, Carling shall ensure that any third-party agents that it engages to process such personal data on its behalf do so in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy, and may assume responsibility under GDPR if such third parties fail to do so (unless Carling proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage).

Using our website or services may link to third party websites, services, and applications. Carling is not responsible for any personal information collected through these means.  Information collected is governed through the third party's website's Privacy Policy. Any interactions you have with these web websites, services, or applications are beyond the control of Carling. When you post information to or through such services, those websites' privacy policies and cookie usage policies apply directly. We urge you to read the privacy and security policies of any external websites before providing any personal information while accessing those websites.

Use of Cookies and Other Technologies 

Carling uses cookies to operate and improve our website as well as to simplify our interaction with you.  A "cookie" is a unique numeric code that we transfer to your computer so that we can keep track of your interests and/or preferences and recognize you as a return visitor to the websites. When you visit our websites, our servers send a cookie to your computer or mobile device to help personalize your experience and advertisements. Cookies help us better understand user behavior and facilitate effectiveness of advertisements. Cookies only stand to recognize your web browser but information collected from cookies is not personally identifiable.   

We engage on our website in interest based advertising, including retargeting or remarketing technology provided by third parties to analyze your navigation on our website. Based on that, we are able to approach you with personalized advertisements. For this purpose, cookies are stored on your computer.  During your visit to our website, we do not collect any personalized data, only anonymized data.  We use this data to approach you with advertisements on third party websites which are personalized according to your interests in our products, e.g. after you have visited our website and showed interest in a particular series of products, this technology may later show you more information in form of advertisements while surfing on another website.  You can adjust your browser settings to not store such cookies and to delete already stored cookies.

Some web browsers (including some mobile web browsers) provide settings that allow you to control or reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is placed on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Although you are not required to accept cookies, if you block or reject them, certain features of our website and services will be disabled and you will limit the functionality we can provide when you visit our site. For more information, visit the help page for your web browser or http://www.allaboutcookies.org  For more information about the use of cookies on this website, click here to view our cookies policy.  

Security Measures Taken to Protect Personal Information 

Security of all information is of the utmost importance for Carling. Carling uses technical and physical safeguards to protect the security of your personal information from unauthorized disclosure. We use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Hypertext Transport Protocol Secure (HTTPS) Eloqua to keep all information secure. We also make all attempts to ensure that only necessary people and third parties have access to personal information. Nevertheless, such security measures cannot prevent all loss, misuse or alteration of personal information and we are not responsible for any damages or liabilities relating to any such incidents to the fullest extent permitted by law. In the case of a data breach, we will notify you without delay of any loss, misuse or alteration of personal information that may affect you. We will notify relevant regulatory bodies within 72 hours of a breach.

We require that our third party service providers and channel partners agree to keep all confidential information we share with them and to use the information only to perform their obligations in the agreements we have in place with them. These third party service providers and channel partners are expected to maintain privacy and security protections that are consistent with our privacy and information security policies.

Data Retention and Storage, Consent, and GDPR Rights

Carling retains your information for business purposes, for as long as your account is active, and/or as long as is reasonably necessary to provide you with our products and services. Carling will also retain your information as reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. We may also retain cached or archived copies of your information for a reasonable period of time. You have the right to confirm that your data is being collected and/or stored by Carling, and to access and limit the use and disclosure of your personal data, and you can choose what contact and other information will be stored in your account and preferences.  However, if you choose not to provide certain details, some of your experiences with us may be affected.   

Before collecting and using your personal data, Carling will obtain consent. At any point in time, you can revoke consent and Carling will stop using and processing your personal data.  To opt out of the collection of cookies through Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.  

You have the right to request that we erase all of your personal data on a number of grounds, including if the data is no longer necessary for its original purpose or if you withdraw consent. If Carling receives a request, we will inform all third parties who have the data of this request.  In some cases, however, we may limit or deny your request to erase data if the law requires us to do so, if the request infringes on the privacy of other individuals, or if we are unable to verify your identity.  Even if personal data is still stored by the company, now or in the future, you can request that Carling stop using or processing your data.

You have the right to object to your personal data being processed for profiling, direct marketing, scientific research, and statistics.  

If you would like to express your point of view, challenge an explanation of data use, confirm whether your data is being processed, access your data, withdraw your consent to the collection of personal data, or otherwise obtain further information, contact us at dataprivacy@carlingtech.com or by mail to Carling Technologies, Inc., 60 Johnson Ave., Plainville, CT  06062; Attention: data privacy compliance. If at any time your personal information changes, you can notify us at the above addresses and we will update your contact information. Please note, at any time, if you desire to obtain or transfer your information, we will provide you with your personal data in a structured and commonly used electronic format within one month of your request.  Any marketing emails will also include a link to opt out of future communications.  

Collection of Information from Children

The Company recognizes the importance of protecting the privacy and safety of children. Our website and services are primarily directed towards the general audience and are not directed towards children. We do not knowingly collect information about children under the age of 13 A parent or guardian of a child may contact us at webmaster@carlingtech.com or 860-793-9266 to request that we delete any such information that they believe may have been collected.

Changes to the Data Privacy Policy

Carling may review and update this Privacy Policy periodically without any prior notice. Carling will post a notice to its website to inform you of any changes to our Privacy Policy and indicate when it was most recently updated. In the case of material changes that may adversely affect you, we may provide a more direct way of notifying you of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Location of Data Processing/Storage

Any personal information collected about EU data subjects via our websites is processed in the United States by Carling or by a third party acting on our behalf. When you provide personal information to Carling, you consent to the processing of your information in the United States. Our websites are hosted in the United States.