Introduction
Mesh Works, Inc. (“we”, “us” or “MESH”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this privacy policy (this “Policy”).
Mesh Works, Inc. has a focus on both privacy and security. We recognize that information held by MESH may be sensitive, and it is treated as such. With user privacy and security in mind, we created the following principles for MESH:
- We do not sell or rent you or your organization’s personally identifiable information to third parties for marketing purposes.
- We do not sell, share or rent your organization’s proprietary information surrounding the types of items your organization is sending out for quotes, bidding on, or storing on our platform. This includes information such as, but is not limited to: part or component names, descriptions, technical drawings, and models.
- We will never share your contact information with another user without consent.
- All personally identifiable information you provide will be secured using industry-standard protocols and technology.
This Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit https://meshworks.com and (the “Website”) and the MESH Works App (the “App”), including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website and App (collectively, the “Platform”), whether as a visitor or a registered user and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This Policy applies to the information we collect:
- On the Platform.
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Platform.
- Through mobile and desktop applications, you download from the Platform, which provides dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and the Platform.
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this Policy.
It does not apply to information collected by:
- Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by MESH or any third party; or
- any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Platform.
Please read this Policy 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, your choice is not to use the Platform. By accessing or using the Platform, you acknowledge this Policy. Your continued use of the Platform after we make changes is deemed to be an acknowledgment of those changes, so please check the Policy regularly for updates. The date MESH most recently revised the Policy will be listed on the first and last pages of this Policy next to the words “Last Modified.”
Children Under the Age of 18
Our Platform is not intended for children under 16 years of age — In fact, our Platform is only intended for users who are 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are under 16, do not use or provide any information on the Platform or on or through any of its features, make any purchases on or through the Platform, or use any of the interactive or public comment features of the Platform that may exist or provide any information about yourself to us, including without limitation your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name, handle or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at info@meshworks.com.
Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Platform, including information:
- by which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number, username or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”);
- that is about you but individually does not identify you; and/or
- about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Platform, and usage details.
We collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us or provide us with access to it.
- Automatically as you navigate through the Platform. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
- From third parties, for example, our business partners.
Information You Provide to Us
The information we collect on or through the Platform may include:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms or uploading files on or through the Platform. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the Platform, posting material, submitting or responding to RFQs or supplier audits, or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you enter any contest or promotion sponsored by us, and when you report a problem with the Platform, contests, or promotions.
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
- Your responses to surveys that we might ask you to complete for research purposes.
- Details of RFQs and suppliers you express interest in through the Platform, and your indication of such interest.
- Your search queries on the Platform.
The Platform may contain supplier, customer, and other user profiles, summaries, audit information, featured users, live chat and similar features, message boards, threads, forums, bulletin boards, and other interactive features (collectively, “Interactive Services”) that allow Users to post, submit, publish, display or transmit to MESH, the Platform, and other users or other persons (hereinafter, “post”) content or materials... (collectively, “User Contributions”) on or through the Platform. Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. ...we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
Information We Collect Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
As you navigate through and interact with the Platform, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:
- Details of your visits to the Platform, including traffic data, location data, time, other logs, other communication data, and the resources that you access and use on the Platform.
- Information about your computer or other devices, and an internet connection, including your IP address, device ID... operating system, and browser type.
The information we collect automatically may include personal information... It helps us to improve the Platform and to deliver 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 the Platform according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Receive and respond to messages you send on or through the Platform.
- Recognize you when you return to the Platform.
The technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies (or browser cookies). A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer or other devices. You may refuse to accept browser Cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser.
- Web Beacons. Pages of the Platform and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons...
Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Platform, are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. 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 the Platform. ... 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.
How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present the Platform and its services and contents to you and other users.
- To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
- To provide you with notices about your account.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
- To notify you about changes to the Platform or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features on the Platform, including, contests and other promotions.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
We may use and display your information on the Platform and on or through other services we or our affiliates currently or later provide, including without limitation in, through, or related to supplier audits, RFQs, and ratings.
We may also use your information to contact you or to contact others about goods and services that may be of interest to you. ... We may use the information we have collected from you to enable us to display advertisements to our advertisers’ target audiences.
Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction. We may disclose personal information that we collect, or you provide as described in this Policy:
- To our subsidiaries and affiliates.
- To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
- To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of MESH’s assets...
- To users and other third parties to market their products or services to you if you have not opted out of these disclosures.
- To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
- For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
- With your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information:
- To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
- To enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, including for billing and collection purposes.
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of MESH, our customers, or others.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:
- Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent.
- Promotional Offers from MESH. If you do not wish to have your contact information used by MESH to promote our own or third parties products or services, you can opt out...
- Targeted Advertising. If you do not want us to use information that we collect or that you Do not provide to us to deliver advertisements... you can opt out...
Accessing and Correcting Your Information
You can review and change your personal information by logging into the Platform and visiting your account profile page. You may also send an
email to info@globalsourcing.com to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that you have provided to us. We cannot delete your personal information except by also deleting your user account. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
If you delete your User Contributions from the Platform, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or might have been copied or stored by MESH, its affiliates, or other Platform users. Proper access and use of information provided on the Platform, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of Use.
Privacy Rights and Additional Disclosures for California and Other State Residents
If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. California’s “Shine the Light” law... permits users of our Platform that are California residents to request certain information...
The information contained in this section of the Policy applies solely to Platform users who meet the definition of the term “consumer” as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act...
We collect personal information on and through the Platform and process that personal information as set forth in this Policy. In particular, our Platform collected the following categories of personal information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers. | A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier... | YES |
| B. Personal information categories... | A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics... | YES |
| C. Protected classification characteristics... | Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin... | NO |
| D. Commercial information. | Records of personal property, products or services purchased... | YES |
| E. Biometric information. | Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics... | NO |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity. | Browsing history, search history, information on a device... | YES |
| G. Geolocation data. | Physical location or movements. | NO |
| H. Sensory data. | Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. | YES |
| I. Professional or employment-related information. | Current or past job history or performance evaluations. | NO |
| J. Non-public education information... | Education records directly related to a student... | NO |
| K. Inferences drawn from other personal information. | Profile reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics... | NO |
Use of Personal Information
We may use, or disclose the personal information we collect for purposes that are not materially different from those disclosed in this Policy...
Sharing Personal Information
We may share your personal information by disclosing it to a third party for business purposes. We have disclosed personal information for a business purpose to the categories of third parties indicated in the chart below.
| Personal Information Category | Business Purpose Disclosures | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| A: Identifiers. | A real name, alias, postal address... | None |
| B: California Customer Records... | A name, signature, address, telephone number... | None |
| (Categories C-K all marked as "None") | ||
The CCPA provides consumers with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes consumer CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.
Right to Know and Data Portability
You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months...
Right to Delete
You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions...
Exercising Your Rights to Know or Delete
To exercise your rights to know or delete described above, please submit a request by emailing us at info@globalsourcing.com
Personal Information Sales Opt-Out Right
To exercise the right to opt-out, you (or your authorized agent) may submit a request to us by visiting the following Internet Web page link, “Do Not Sell My Personal Information“.
Data Security
We have implemented measures reasonably designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depend on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of the Platform, including your account, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to or through the Platform. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
It is our protocol to post any changes we make to the Policy on this page with a notice that the Policy has been updated on the Platform home page or other prominent location. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you by email... The date the Policy was last revised is identified on the first and last pages of this Policy.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:
info@meshworks.com
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MESH Works, Inc
625 Bear Run Lane,
Lewis Center, OH 43035
