DS Disposal, Inc. – Privacy Notice

 

DS Disposal, Inc (“DS Disposal,” “we,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it by complying with this privacy notice (“Privacy Notice”).. This Privacy Notice describes the type of information we may collect; who we may collect it from; and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information when you visit our website: www.dsdisposal.com (“Site”) or in connection with the services available on the Site (Site and services collectively, the “Offerings”).

 

Please read this Privacy Notice carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you have the choice to not to use any of our Offerings. By accessing or using our Offerings, you agree to this Privacy Notice and consent to the collection and processing of your information as described in this Privacy Notice. This Privacy Notice may change from time to time. Your continued use of our Offerings after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the Privacy Notice periodically for updates. Please see Changes to Our Privacy Notice to learn more. 

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When This Privacy Notice Applies.

This Privacy Notice applies to information we collect:

• on this Site;

• when you access or uses the Offerings;

• when you interact with our advertising on third party websites;

• in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and us; or

• when you interact with our Offerings on third-party websites.

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It does not apply to information collected by:

• a third-party;

• a third-party through any application or content that may link to or be accessible from or on the Site. If you would like more information, please go to Links to Other Websites and Offerings to learn more.

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Information Collected About You and How We Collect It.

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Site, including:

• information by which you may be personally identified such as name, email, phone number, physical address, or any other information which could be associated with or used to identify you (“personal information”);

• technical information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Offerings, including usage details and IP addresses;

• details of your visits to and usage of our Offerings including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Offerings.

• any personal information included in communications to us. 

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We collect this information:

• directly from you when you provide it to us; or

• automatically as you access or navigate through the Site or the Offerings through automated data technologies such as through cookies and other tracking technologies.

Information You Directly Provide to Us.

The information we collect on or through our Site may include:

• information that you provide by filling in forms on our Site, including information provided at the time of subscribing to our email communication service or requesting further services;

• records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us, including when you report a problem with our Offerings; or

• your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.

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No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties

Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies.

As you navigate through and interact with our Site, we may use automatic data collection technologies, or other innovative technologies as they come out, to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

• details of your visits to our Site, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Site; or

• information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

 

The information we automatically collect may include personal information. It helps us to improve our Offerings and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:

• estimate our audience size and usage patterns;

• store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Offerings according to your individual interests; or

• recognize you when you return to our Site.

 

The technologies we use for this automated data collection may include:

• Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Site. 

• Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Site may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our Site. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.

• Web Beacons. Pages of our Site may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity). 

Third Party Use of Automated Data Tracking Technologies.

Some content or applications on the Site are served by third parties. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

 

We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

 

The Site also uses Google Analytics, which uses cookies or other tracking technologies to help us analyze how users interact with and use the Offerings, compile reports on activity, and provide other services related to activity and usage. Google Analytics may collect information such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor, and referring website.  To learn more about how Google Analytics collects and processes data you may visit http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.

 

To learn more about your rights including how to opt-out go to Your Choices About Your Information.

Using Your Information.

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any information:

• to present our Offerings and its contents to you;

• to provide you with information, products, or services you request from us;

• to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it; 

• to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contract entered into between you and us, including billing and collection; 

• to notify you about changes to our Offerings or any products or services we offer or provide through it; 

• any other way we may describe when you provide the information; or

• for any other purpose with your consent.

Sharing your Information.

We may disclose information that we collect or you provide as described in this Privacy Notice:

• to contractors, service providers, and other third parties and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them;

• to a buyer or other successor in anticipation of or in connection with a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of DS Disposal, Inc's assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by DS Disposal, Inc is among the assets transferred;

• to fulfill the purpose to which you provide it;

• for any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information; or

• with your consent.

 

We may also disclose your information:

• to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request;