Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://mwstairs.com.

General

Midwest Iron may amend this policy from time to time. If such amendments affect how Midwest Iron uses or discloses personal information already held by Midwest Iron in a material way, Midwest Iron will obtain consent.

Notwithstanding the general terms of this policy, the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information may be made outside of the terms herein to the extent provided for in any applicable privacy or other legislation in effect from time to time.

Midwest Iron may disclose personal information to another entity purchasing (including for diligence purposes prior to purchase) the assets of Midwest Iron, provided that entity abides by this or a similar privacy policy.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

How We Use This Information

This information is used to aid in the provision of our various products and services, including customer service, and the marketing of other products services. Midwest Iron may use aggregate or anonymous information for various uses for itself and third parties.

Security

Personal information is stored in a combination of paper and electronic files. They are protected by security measures appropriate to the nature of the information.

Accessing Information

Individuals may review their personal information contained in Midwest Iron files by contacting the Midwest Iron privacy officer. If an individual believes that any of their personal information is inaccurate, we will make appropriate corrections.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

The types of personal information we collect include name, email address, phone number, and inquiry information from the recipient.

Cookies

Cookies are used by Midwest Iron for the convenience of our users. Cookies automatically authenticate the user. A user can access the Midwest Iron website with the cookie feature turned off. Midwest Iron also uses cookies to track user visits and uses that information to improve the user’s experience.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Links

The Midwest Iron website may contain links to information at other websites. When you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from ours.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

Midwest Iron does not share personal information with any third parties except as disclosed in this policy. Midwest Iron may provide personal information to Midwest Iron subcontractors and professional advisers (which shall be bound by privacy obligations) to assist Midwest Iron uses disclosed herein.

How long do we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights do you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

If you have any questions about the Privacy Policy, please direct them to info@mwstairs.com or 414-483-2890.