Privacy Policy

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The Haag-Streit International website is provided by Haag-Streit AG, a company organised under the laws of Switzerland. Haag-Streit AG is registered with the commercial register of Bern, Switzerland, under the company number CH03530132055.

Haag-Streit AG
Gartenstadtstrasse 10
3098 Koeniz
Switzerland

Phone:  +41 31 978 01 11
Fax:       +41 31 978 02 82

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Privacy policy

Haag Streit USA is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Haag Streit USA Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Haag Streit USA website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information
Haag Streit USA collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Haag Streit USA also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Haag Streit USA. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Haag Streit USA for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Haag Streit USA Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Haag Streit USA public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Haag Streit USA does not read any of your private online communications.

Haag Streit USA encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Haag Streit USA so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Haag Streit USA is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Haag Streit USA and Haag Streit USA family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information
Haag Streit USA collects and uses your personal information to operate the Haag Streit USA Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Haag Streit USA also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Haag Streit USA and its affiliates. Haag Streit USA may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Haag Streit USA does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Haag Streit USA may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Haag Streit USA may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Haag Streit USA, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Haag Streit USA does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Haag Streit USA keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Haag Streit USA, in order to determine what Haag Streit USA services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Haag Streit USA to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Haag Streit USA Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Haag Streit USA or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Haag Streit USA; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Haag Streit USA, or the public.

Use of Cookies
The Haag Streit USA Web site use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Haag Streit USA pages, or register with Haag Streit USA site or services, a cookie helps Haag Streit USA to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Haag Streit USA Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Haag Streit USA features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Haag Streit USA services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information
Haag Streit USA secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Haag Streit USA secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement
Haag Streit USA will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Haag Streit USA encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Haag Streit USA is protecting your information.