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This privacy statement covers any Site owned, operated or
controlled by The Stanley Works or any of its Affiliates,
including this Site, ("Stanley Sites"). Because
The Stanley Works wants to demonstrate its commitment to our
users’ privacy, it has agreed to disclose the following
information practices and have its privacy practice:
1. What personally identifiable information
The Stanley Works collects.
2. What personally identifiable information third parties
collect through the Web site.
3. What organization collects the information.
4. How The Stanley Works uses the information.
5. With whom The Stanley Works may share user information.
6. What choices are available to users regarding collection,
use and distribution of the information.
7. What types of security procedures are in place to protect
the loss, misuse or alteration of information under The Stanley
Works control.
8. How users can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
If users have questions or concerns regarding this statement,
they should first contact Webmaster, Internet Marketing Group,
by email sent to stanleyweb@stanleyworks.com.
Users can also call 860-225-5111 or write to us at:
Internet Marketing Group
The Stanley Works
480 Myrtle Street
New Britain, CT 06053
USA
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
The Stanley Works is the sole owner
of the information collected on Stanley Sites. The Stanley
Works collects information from our users at several different
points on our Web site.
A user may be required to complete a registration
form in order to use our web sites. Users may choose to opt-in
to our subscription listing to receive informational or promotional
offers from Stanley and its affiliates via mail or e-mail.
During subscription, a user is required to give contact information
(such as name, address, and email address). We use this information
to contact the user about services on our site for which he
has expressed interest. It is optional for the user to provide
demographic information (such as income level), but encouraged
so we can provide a more personalized experience on our site.
INFORMATION USE
We store information that we collect through cookies, log
files, and/or third party site traffic software to create
a profile of our users. A profile is stored information that
we keep on individual users that details their viewing preferences.
Consequently, collected information is NOT tied to the users
personally identifiable information. The data is used to improve
the content and layout of the site for all users. We share
profile data with other third parties in aggregate form only.
COOKIES
A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s computer
tied to information about the user. We sometimes use session
ID cookies. For the session ID cookie, once users close the
browser, the cookie simply terminates. A persistent cookie
is a small text file stored on the user’s hard drive
for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be
removed by following Internet browser help file directions.
LOG FILES
Like most standard Web site servers we use log files. This
includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet
service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type,
date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer
the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and
gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP
addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable
information. We use a tracking utility called WebTrends®
that uses log files to analyze user movement.
CLEAR GIFS
(Web Beacons/Web Bugs)
We or our third party advertising company sometimes employs
a software technology called clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons/Web
Bugs), that help us better manage content on our site by informing
us what content is effective. Clear gifs are tiny graphics
with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies,
and are used to track the online movements of Web users. The
main difference between the two is that clear gifs are invisible
on the page and are much smaller, about the size of the period
at the end of this sentence. Clear gifs are not tied to users’
personally identifiable information and are used to track
user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic
information for aggregate use.
In addition, we use clear gifs in our HTML-based
emails to let us know which emails have been opened by the
recipients. This allows us to gauge the effectiveness of certain
communications and the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
If users would like to opt-out of these emails, please see
the Opt-out section.
COMMUNICATION FROM
THE SITE
We occasionally send information on products, services, special
deals, and a newsletter. Out of respect for the privacy of
our users we present the option to not receive these types
of communications. Please see the Choice and Opt-out sections.
CHOICE/OPT-OUT
Users of our site are always notified when their information
is being collected by any outside parties. We do this so our
users can make an informed choice as to whether or not they
should proceed with services that require an outside party.
LINKS
This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware
that we, The Stanley Works are not responsible for the privacy
practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be
aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements
of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable
information. This privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by this Web site. Some of our business partners
are linked from our Stanley sites and due to similar design
and color schemes may appear to be hosted and maintained by
The Stanley Works, Inc. (for example, Investor Relations and
www.StanleyGear.com).
SURVEYS & CONTESTS
From time-to-time our site requests information from users
via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or
contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has
a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The
requested information typically includes contact information
(such as name and shipping address), and demographic information
(such as zip code). Contact information will be shared with
the contest and survey sponsors to notify the winners and
award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes
of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this
site. Users’ personally identifiable information is
not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice
and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these
surveys or contests, they may not use users’ personally
identifiable information for any secondary purposes.
E-MAIL THIS PAGE TO
A FRIEND
If a user elects to use our referral service for informing
a friend about our site, we ask them for the friend’s
name and email address. The Stanley Works will automatically
send the friend a one-time email inviting them to visit the
site. The Stanley Works stores this information for the sole
purpose of sending this one-time email. The friend may contact
The Stanley Works at stanleyweb@stanleyworks.com
to request the removal of this information from our database.
SECURITY
This Web site takes every precaution to protect our users’
information. When users submit sensitive information via the
Web site, their information is protected both online and off-line.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive
information online, we also do everything in our power to
protect user-information off-line. All of our users’
information, not just the sensitive information mentioned
above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees who need
the information to perform a specific job are granted access
to personally identifiable information. Finally, the servers
that store personally identifiable information are in a secure
environment.
If users have any questions about the security
at our Web site, users can send an email to stanleyweb@stanleyworks.com
NOTIFICATIONS OF CHANGES
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those
changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other
places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of
what information we collect, how we use it, and under what
circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information
in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information
was collected.
If, however, we are going to use users’
personally identifiable information in a manner different
from that stated at the time of collection we will notify
users via email. Users will have a choice as to whether or
not we use their information in this different manner. However,
if users have opted out of all communication with the site,
or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be
contacted, nor will their personal information be used in
this new manner. In addition, if we make any material changes
in our privacy practices that do not affect user information
already stored in our database, we will post a prominent notice
on our Web site notifying users of the change. In some cases
where we post a notice we will also email users, who have
opted to receive communications from us, notifying them of
the changes in our privacy practices.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy
policy, please contact us at:
Tel: 860-827-5091
Fax: 860-827-5371
Email: stanleyweb@stanleyworks.com
Internet Marketing Group
The Stanley Works
480 Myrtle Street
New Britain, CT 06053
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