Privacy Policy

HCI Privacy Policy

Updated: June 30, 2018

Hydraulic Controls Inc. (“Hydraulic Controls,” “HCI,” “we”, “our”, or “us”) respects your privacy concerns and we value your trust.  This privacy policy is meant to help you understand the type of information that we collect when you use our website, how we use this information, and the choices that you can make.  

This Privacy Policy applies to our website located at hydraulic-controls.com. By using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and any updates that we make. If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy please contact us.

  1. Third Party Links On Our Website. 
  2. What Information Do We Collect? 
  3. How Do We Use The Information We Collect?  
  4. How Do We Share The Information We Collect? 
  5. Cookies
  6. How Do We Keep Your Information Secure? 
  7. Children’s Online Privacy. 
  8. How to Access and Control Your Personal Information. 
  9. How to Contact Us. 
  10. Do Not Track Disclosure. 
  11. Changes To Our Privacy Policy.

1. Third Party Links On Our Website

Our website may contain links to other third party websites for your convenience.  We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other third parties and any information you submit to a third party is subject to their privacy policy.  Once you leave the Hydraulic Controls website or are redirected to a third-party website, application, or other online service, we encourage you to read the privacy policy applicable to that third party.

2. What Information Do We Collect?

“Personal information” is the information that identifies you as an individual, such as your name or contact information. The type of personal information we collect depends on your interactions with us and how you use our website. This includes information such as your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number or other similar contact information when you provide it or when you communicate with us. For example, we collect the personal information that you provide when you email us or when you use certain features of our website, such as a “contact” form.

You may choose not to provide us with certain personal information, however, you may be unable to use certain services. For example, we need your contact information in order to respond to you when you communicate with us.

3. How Do We Use The Information We Collect?

We use your personal information to communicate with you and to provide services you have requested. To update your preferences or to opt-out of receiving certain communications, please see How to Access and Control Your Personal Information below. We also use the data we collect to operate our business, improve our services and to send you marketing offers that we think may interest you.

4. How Do We Share The Information We Collect?

We will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties without your permission. We share personal information with your consent or to facilitate the transaction of a service you have requested or authorized.  We also share personal data if required by law, to protect our customers or others, to maintain security, or to operate our business.

Compliance With Legal Obligations

We may access, preserve, use, or disclose your personal information if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so or that it is reasonably necessary to detect, prevent, and address security, technical issues, or fraud.

Business Use 

We may access, preserve, use, or disclose your personal information in order to protect the rights of the business, its property, its employees and others, or to enforce our billing or contracts.  If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, sale, or other change in ownership, personal information may be among the transferred business assets.  

5. Cookies

Like many other websites, we use cookies to support some functions of our website.  Cookies are small text files sent from a website and stored on your browser while you visit a website.  Cookies track how you use a website and enable the website to remember your preferences and settings.

Many web browsers are set up to accept cookies automatically, but you may change your cookie preferences through the options available in your web browser.  Please review the options available in the web browser that you are using if you wish to make changes to your cookie preferences.  You may choose not to receive certain cookies, however please note this may affect the availability of certain features of our website. 

Analytics

We use third party analytics services to understand how our website is accessed and used to improve the performance of our website.  For example, we use Google Analytics which uses cookies and other similar technologies to collect and analyze information about how our website is used.  You can learn more about Google Analytics at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and you may choose to opt-out by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

6. How Do We Keep Your Information Secure?

We use certain physical, administrative and electronic safeguards to protect the security, confidentiality and integrity of personal information.  While no method of data transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee that our network or systems will never be compromised, we take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.  

7. Children’s Online Privacy.

Our website is a general audience site and is not intended for use by children under 13.  Should we become aware that a child under age 13 has provided personally identifiable information through our website, we will take steps to immediately delete it.

8. How To Access And Control Your Personal Information.

You have choices about how to manage your personal information and what types of communications you receive from us: 

Email Communications:  You may choose to opt-out of receiving certain email communications from us by following the instructions in the email to unsubscribe.

Access To Your Personal information:  You may contact us directly by email or postal mail to request access to, change or delete your personal information. 

If you contact us with a request, we may need to ask for additional information from you in order to confirm your identity.  This is to ensure that your personal information is not disclosed to a person who does not have a right to receive it.  We will endeavor to respond to your inquiry within 30 days.  Please note that we may have a legal obligation to preserve certain data.  

9. How To Contact Us.

Hydraulic Controls Inc.
Attention: Privacy
2040 Commerce Ave., Ste E
Concord, CA 94520

Phone: 510.658.8300
Fax: 510.658.3133
Toll Free: 800.847.6900

Email:  hydcntrl@hydraulic-controls.com

10. Do Not Track Disclosure

Do Not Track is a privacy preference that can be set in a web browser.  At this time our website does not respond to Do Not Track browser settings or signals because there is no agreed upon standard for how to interpret these signals yet.  For more information about Do Not Track, please visit https://allaboutdnt.com/.

11. Changes To Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of June 30, 2018.  Please note that from time to time it may become necessary to update or change our Privacy Policy.  For example, we may update our policy in response to changing law or technology.  We encourage you to check here to familiarize yourself with the most current version of our Privacy Policy.  If significant changes are made, we will provide you with appropriate notice, which may include a conspicuous notice on our website or email notification.