Privacy Policy

ATTENTION:  PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.  USING THIS WEBSITE INDICATES THAT YOU ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY POLICY.

IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO USE CERTAIN FUNCTIONS ON THIS WEBSITE. 

Our Commitment to Privacy
Diedrich Technologies recognizes and respects the importance of individual privacy and values the confidence of its customers.  The globalization of business in this increasing electronic economy makes the collection of personal information of individuals a necessity.  It is our goal to balance the benefits of e-commerce with the preservation of individual privacy rights.

Collecting Your Information

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "personally identifiable information" means information concerning a natural person which, because of name, number, personal mark, or other identifier, can be used to identify such natural person but only to the extent such information is (i) collected through the Website by Diedrich Technologies directly from the natural person in question; and (ii) is maintained by Diedrich Technologies in an accessible form.  Personally identifiable information includes (1) a first and last name, (2) a home or other physical address, including street name and name of a city or town, (3) an e-mail address, (4) a telephone number, and (5) a social security number.  In the course of your use of this Website, Diedrich Technologies may collect personally identifiable information from you that includes (1) your first and last name, (2) company or business name, (3) a home or business address, including street name and name of a city or town, (4) an e-mail address, and (5) a telephone number.

Generally, you browse our Website anonymously.  However, in some circumstances, we may request you to provide personally identifiable information.  Although, your response to such a request is completely voluntary, there are areas of our Website that require this information such as registering yourself for log-in access to the Website which functions may not be available to those individuals who elect not to provide the information requested. 

Use of Your Information

Diedrich Technologies may use the personally identifiable information it collects from you during the course of your use of the Website for a variety of business and marketing purposes including specifically, without limitation, (1) responding to requests for product(s) or product(s) information, (2) for record-keeping and archival purposes pursuant to applicable law, (3) promoting Website development and registration, (4) customer service purposes, (5) conducting transactions, and (6) to contact and correspond with you for marketing and other business purposes.  

Additionally, pursuant to your acceptance of this Privacy Policy, you hereby acknowledge, agree, and consent to receive e-mail communications from Diedrich Technologies for purposes of, among other things, to receive (1) marketing material, promotional offers, events, and news related to Diedrich Technologies, (2) legal notices regarding changes to Diedrich Technologies online Terms of Use or Privacy Policy as well as notices for any security breaches involving your personally identifiable information as required by applicable law, and (3) to correspond with you regarding any transactions you may have completed or attempted to complete on the Website or otherwise with Diedrich Technologies.  Please note that your access or use of the Website or right to purchase products from Diedrich Technologies is NOT conditioned upon your consenting to receive e-mail communications from Diedrich Technologies, and that you may opt-out of receiving future e-mail communication from Diedrich Technologies by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any Diedrich Technologies e-mail communication e-mailed to you.
                                   
Diedrich Technologies also collects domain information as a part of our analysis of the use of our Website.  This data enables us to become more familiar with which customers visit our Website and web pages, how often they visit, and what parts of the Website they visit most often.  Diedrich Technologies uses this information to improve our web-based offerings.  This information is collected automatically and requires no action on your part.
 
Diedrich Technologies will deem that your independent decision to access and use the Website constitutes an act of acceptance to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and that you have given your permission to us to collect and use your information in accordance herewith. 

Disclosure of Your Information to Third Parties

Diedrich Technologies may share and disclose your personally identifiable information with its (1) affiliates, (2) subsidiaries, (3) legal representatives, (4) sales agents, (5) independent contractors, and (7) third-party vendors and suppliers for Diedrich Technologies business purposes described above, across borders and from your country of residence or jurisdiction to other countries around the world.  Notwithstanding anything stated to contrary herein, Diedrich Technologies will not share your personally identifiable information with third-parties for third parties' direct marketing purposes, that are unrelated to Diedrich Technologies products. 

Collecting Your Information Through Cookies

Some pages on our Website use "cookies," which are small files that are placed on your hard drive by the Website for identification purposes.  These files are used for site registration and customization the next time you visit us.  It identifies you to the Website when you revisit to load your preferences and track the pages you visit.  If your browser is set up to automatically accept cookies then your browser will add this text in a small file to your hard drive.  Most web browsers allow you to modify the way cookies are handled.  You can refuse cookies or choose to be warned when receiving a cookie in order to be given a choice to accept or reject a cookie.  By not accepting cookies, you may have to manually input user IDs and passwords to access certain information on this Website, and some pages may not fully function.  Please note, the only information held in a cookie is information you have provided to Diedrich Technologies.

Securing Your Information

Other than the personally identifiable information you provide to us during the course of using the Website, any material, information or other communication you transmit or post to our Website will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary ("Communications").  Except as otherwise provided by applicable law that cannot be waived, Diedrich Technologies will have no obligations with respect to the Communications.  Accordingly, you hereby acknowledge and agree that Communications will not be entitled to any security or privacy protection by Diedrich Technologies and that Diedrich Technologies has no obligation to protect the security or privacy of Communications.  Diedrich Technologies and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, text and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes.  You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from our Website any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law. 

Changing Our Privacy Policy

This Diedrich Technologies Privacy Policy became effective December, 2013.

Diedrich Technologies reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time.  A notice of change to the Privacy Policy will be posted at the top of the Privacy Policy web page during the first ten days prior to the effective date of such changes.  We recommend that all visitors and users of this Website re-visit this Privacy Policy page occasionally to learn of any new privacy practices or changes to our policy.  Your continued use of the Diedrich Technologies Website constitutes an act of acceptance of any changes to this Privacy Policy.