Privacy Policy

Purpose

Coatingsdirectory.com (collectively, “Coatingsdirectory” “we” or “us”) respects the privacy of its customers, business partners, and website visitors (collectively “you”). The CoatingsDirectory Privacy Statement (the “Privacy Statement”) describes the information that we collect, how we obtain the information, and how we may use or disclose that information. This Privacy Statement also describes the measures we take to protect the security of the information and how individuals can contact us about our privacy practices.

Scope

This Privacy Statement covers our privacy practices with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information obtained through:

1. Interaction with all CoatingsDirectorywebsite properties. In addition to its websites, CoatingsDirectory provides web-based tools which require individuals to log-in to retrieve data or to update product information. These web-based tools and the CoatingsDirectory website properties, collectively, are referred to as the CoatingsDirectory Websites (the “CoatingsDirectory Websites”).
2. Marketing services provided to Customers including but not limited to website design & development and inbound marketing services, (collectively, “CoatingsDirectoryMarketing Services”).

In this Privacy Statement, the CoatingsDirectory Websites, CoatingsDirectory Product Data Solutions, CoatingsDirectory Marketing Services, are collectively referred to as the “CoatingsDirectory Service” or “CoatingsDirectory Services.”

You should review this Privacy Statement carefully, because if you do not agree with our practices, you should not use the CoatingsDirectory Services. By using the CoatingsDirectory Services, you accept and agree to our privacy practices.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Statement, where not otherwise defined, the following terms have the meanings set forth:

“Customer” means any entity that purchases CoatingsDirectory Product Data Solutions or CoatingsDirectory Marketing Services from CoatingsDirectory.

“Providers” means third parties that advertise on CoatingsDirectory Websites or provide services, features or information in connection with CoatingsDirectory Websites.

“Suppliers” and “Manufacturer” means companies that are a part of CoatingsDirectory’ database of companies.

How We Collect Information

As further described below, we collect information from visitors to the CoatingsDirectory Websites and users of the CoatingsDirectory Services from several sources:

We collect information you provide to us when you:

• register for a CoatingsDirectoryWebsite;
• fill out forms on a CoatingsDirectoryWebsite;
• submit data and content via a CoatingsDirectoryWebsite, participate in bulletin boards, engage in a chat, post a comment, participate in forums or other interactive features of a CoatingsDirectory Website or request further information or services from us, one of our Customers or other Suppliers listed on the site;
• enter a contest or promotion we sponsor;
• report a problem with a CoatingsDirectoryWebsite;
• contact us;
• complete our surveys; or
• subscribe to our email newsletters.

We collect information from third parties as follows:

CoatingsDirectory may collect reporting and analytics information from third parties in connection with your use of the Services. We automatically collect information as you navigate through the CoatingsDirectory Websites.

We use cookies to collect information. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the CoatingsDirectory Websites. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. You may also set your browser to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you do so, please note that some parts of the CoatingsDirectory Websites may then be inaccessible or function improperly. See more detailed information about what cookies are and how we use them under “Cookies and Other Forms of Automated Collection” below.

CoatingsDirectory collects personal information on behalf of its Customers from visitors or users who:

• engage in e-commerce transactions with Customers via the CoatingsDirectoryServices;
• submit informational requests and requests for pricing or quotations from Customers/
• access Customer websites that use CoatingsDirectoryTracking Services.

Customers, not CoatingsDirectory, are obligated to obtain consent from users to collect personal information for these purposes if applicable under applicable law or inform such users that personal information may be shared with CoatingsDirectory.

Information We Collect

We collect personal information including, without limitation, company name and address, mailing address, email address, IP address and telephone number.

We collect details about your website visits, including, but not limited to, your IP address, usage patterns, traffic data, location data, logs and other communication data and the resources that you access, as well as information about your computer and internet connection, including your operating system and browser type.

Via persistent cookies, which are data files that remain on your computer for future visits until deleted, we may track your behavior at other websites, including what sites you visit and how long you spend there.

In addition to the foregoing, CoatingsDirectory may collect information on behalf of Customers who have provided forms residing within the CoatingsDirectory Services, or Customers who have implemented a CoatingsDirectory Tracking Service, namely:

• company name and address;
• user contact information including, first name, last name, phone number and email address;
• payment information (credit/debit card information) in connection with an ecommerce transaction;
• informational requests and requests for pricing or quotes; or
• information about the user’s movements as they navigate throughout the CoatingsDirectory

How We Use Information Collected

We use information that we collect about visitors to the CoatingsDirectory Services for the following purposes:

• To present CoatingsDirectoryWebsites and Customer websites and catalogs and their contents in a suitable and effective manner for you and for your computer or mobile device.
• To diagnose and resolve technical problems with a CoatingsDirectoryWebsite and Customer websites and catalogs.
• To improve CoatingsDirectoryServices, CoatingsDirectory Websites and Customer websites and catalogs.
• To provide you with information, products or services that you request from us or our Customers.
• To provide usage reports to Customers who advertise or provide other services on CoatingsDirectory
• To provide reporting to Customers who provide information, applications and other services.
• To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between CoatingsDirectoryand our Customers, including without limitation.
• To notify you about changes to a CoatingsDirectoryService or obtain any required consent.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of a CoatingsDirectoryWebsite and Customers’ websites and catalogs when you choose to do so.
• For industry analysis, benchmarking, analytics, marketing, and other business purposes.
• To track your browsing behavior, such as the pages you visited over time.
• To improve your content experience as a newsletter subscriber.
• To improve your CoatingsDirectoryWebsite experience.

For example, CoatingsDirectory uses a third party for reporting and analytics to measure the effectiveness of our CoatingsDirectory Websites, marketing efforts for the CoatingsDirectory Websites (for example, the effectiveness of email promotions) and to identify areas for improvement.

Cookies and Other Forms of Automated Collection

We use “cookies” to help us improve the CoatingsDirectory Websites. A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on a visitor’s computer by the visitor’s web browser. We use session cookies while you are visiting to obtain information about your general Internet usage and to:

• estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
• store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our CoatingsDirectoryWebsites;
• speed up your searches;
• authenticate your access to various areas of a CoatingsDirectoryWebsite;
• recognize you when you return to a CoatingsDirectoryWebsite;
• track when you respond to surveys;
• provide a consistent website look and feel;
• capture feedback from site users;
• connect via social media applications;
• conduct site testing; or
• provide analytics services about the use of the CoatingsDirectory

We also use cookies on behalf of Customers whose websites and catalogs are hosted by CoatingsDirectory to:

• authenticate a user’s access to the Service;
• track session state in the Service; and
• recognize the user when returning to the Service.

We use third-party ad servers or ad networks, to serve advertisements within and after you visit CoatingsDirectory Websites. These companies can also send their own cookies. Please note that if an advertiser asks us to show an advertisement to a certain audience or audience segment and you respond to that ad, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that you fit the description of the audience they are trying to reach. We only authorize our third-party ad servers to employ anonymous cookies for ad delivery and anonymous targeting. These third-party ad servers do not collect, nor do we give them access, to any personally identifying information about you.

Sharing of Information We Collect

As set forth more fully above, we collect certain data when you use the CoatingsDirectory Services. We do not share, sell, rent or trade personal information collected through the CoatingsDirectory Services with third parties (other than CoatingsDirectory’ affiliates) for their promotional purposes except as expressly set forth herein, or with your explicit consent.

We may disclose personal information that you provide to us via the CoatingsDirectory Services to our subsidiaries and affiliates as well as to the following third parties under certain conditions:

• Contractors, business partners and service providers we use to support our business or who provide services on our behalf. Personal information is shared only to the extent necessary for the third party to provide specific services or functions. These third parties (and any subcontractors) are subject to strict data processing requirements and are restricted from utilizing, sharing or retaining your personal information for any other purpose.
• A buyer or acquirer in the event of merger, acquisition, or any form of sale or transfer of some or all of our assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution or liquidation). In such case personal information held by us about our website visitors will be among the assets transferred.
• Our Customers when we provide you with their products and services you have requested.
• Customers to enable them to provide their website users with information, products or services that such users request.
• If you ask us to contact you about goods and services that may be of interest to you, we may use your personal information or permit selected third parties to use your personal information to provide you with such services.

We may also disclose your personal information to the forgoing third parties or others:

• To facilitate communications with you or between you and the companies that appear on the CoatingsDirectoryWebsites or newsletters.
• To comply with any court order or other legal obligation.
• In response to lawful requests by public authorities, government, law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (such as subpoena requests) or to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. To the extent we are legally permitted to do so, we will take reasonable steps to notify you in the event that we are required to provide your personal information to third parties as part of legal process.
• To enforce or apply our CoatingsDirectoryWebsite Terms and Conditions or terms of any other agreement, including agreement between Customer and CoatingsDirectory pursuant to which the Customer purchased access to the Service.
• To protect the rights, property, or safety of CoatingsDirectory, our Customers, and our Customer’s website visitors or others.
• To prevent or stop activity we consider to be illegal or unethical.

Solely with regard to the CoatingsDirectory Websites, we aggregate information we collect to provide usage reports to Customers who advertise or provide other services on CoatingsDirectory Websites.

Accountability for Onward Transfer of Personal Information

CoatingsDirectory transfers personal data to third parties acting as agents of CoatingsDirectory. CoatingsDirectory only transfers personal information to third parties for limited and specific purposes and has determined that the agent is able to provide at least the same level of privacy protection as CoatingsDirectory provides. CoatingsDirectory ensures that the agent can effectively processes the personal information transferred by CoatingsDirectory in a manner consistent with CoatingsDirectory’s obligations. We also require agents to notify us if they can no longer meet their obligation to provide that level of protection. CoatingsDirectory, after receiving such notice will take reasonable and appropriate steps to stop and remediate unauthorized processing of personal information. CoatingsDirectory can provide a summary or a representative copy of the relevant privacy provisions of its contract with that agent to the Federal Trade Commission upon request.

CoatingsDirectory remains liable if its agent processes personal data in a manner inconsistent with its requirements, unless CoatingsDirectory proves that it is not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage.

Communicating With Suppliers and Providers

When you use the communication features and software applications on CoatingsDirectory Websites to initiate contact with Suppliers or Providers, you may be asked to supply personal information, including one or more of the following: name, telephone number, fax number, postal address and email address, required by these companies to respond to your request to contact you, depending on how you wish the Supplier or Provider to respond to your request. We will only forward a Supplier or Provider the information you provide.

If you choose to call a phone number listed on the CoatingsDirectory Websites for a Supplier or Provider, your phone contact information, including such information as your phone number, name and location, may be collected and provided to the Supplier or Provider. Additionally, many Suppliers or Providers may make certain services, information and software applications, available to the users of CoatingsDirectory Services free of charge. Some of these Suppliers or Providers may require that you provide your contact and personal information in exchange for access to these services, information and applications. If you do not provide the required information, you will not be able to access these services, information and applications. Once information has been provided to a Supplier or Provider, it is out of the control of CoatingsDirectory and subject to the policies of that Supplier or Provider.

Public Forums and Comments

Your contributions in public forums, including comment threads, are posted on and transmitted to other visitors of the CoatingsDirectory Websites at your own risk. Please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other visitors of the CoatingsDirectory Websites with whom you may choose to share your contributions. Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that unauthorized persons will not view your contributions. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the CoatingsDirectory Websites. You understand and acknowledge that, even after removal, copies of your contributions may remain viewable in cached and archived pages or might have been copied or stored by other websites. Proper access and use of information provided on the CoatingsDirectory Websites, including your contributions, is governed by the CoatingsDirectory Website Terms and Conditions and known or suspected violations should be reported to our Privacy Officer via email at bobby@coatingsdirectory.com. We recommend that you do not share personal information in your contributions.

International Transfer of Data

CoatingsDirectory may store and process any information collected in connection with the CoatingsDirectory Services in any country where we have facilities or in which we engage service providers. A list of CoatingsDirectory’ global offices is provided below. By using CoatingsDirectory Services, you consent to the collection, storage, transfer and processing of information outside of your country of residence, including in the United States.

Transfers of Personal Data

With respect to personal information received or transferred, CoatingsDirectory is subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the internationality. Federal Trade Commission.

Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation

CoatingsDirectory limits collection of personal information to the information that is relevant for the purposes of processing, and we will not process such personal information in a way that is incompatible with the purposes for which it has been collected or subsequently authorized by you. To the extent necessary for those purposes, we will also take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is reliable for its intended use, accurate, complete and current.

Security Statement

CoatingsDirectory maintains reasonable and appropriate measures to protect the personal information obtained through the Service from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.

Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information

You may send us an email at bobby@coatingsdirectory.com to request access to, correct or delete any personal information that you have provided to us in connection with the Website. We will make reasonable efforts to respond to such requests but reserve the right to enforce reasonable limits in cases where the legitimate rights of persons other than the individual would be violated or where the burden or cost of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to the individual’s privacy.

Customer End-User Data

Since each Customer is in control of what information, including any personal information, it collects from its users, how that information is used and disclosed, and how that information can be changed, users of the Service must contact the applicable Customer administrator identified within the Customer’s privacy policy with any inquiries about how the Customer uses and discloses personal information and how to access or correct personal information contained in Customer data.

Communication Preferences and Choices

We provide certain choices regarding the information website visitors provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information when using the CoatingsDirectory Services. If you no longer wish to have your email address used for promotional purposes by CoatingsDirectory, you may withdraw consent at any time by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located in the emails sent by CoatingsDirectory or by contacting us at: bobby@coatingsdirectory.com., or via your user preference settings.

Third Party Websites and Applications

CoatingsDirectory Websites may link to websites that are not owned or controlled by CoatingsDirectory. As such, this Privacy Statement does not apply to information collected on any third-party site or by any third-party application that may link to or be accessible from CoatingsDirectory Websites. In addition, Customers and other third parties, including our business partners and consultants, may develop applications or provide services to you or other third parties using our Service. This Privacy Statement does not apply to information collected by Customers, our business partners and other third parties or third-party applications or services, even if this information is collected using CoatingsDirectory Services.

Changes to Our Privacy Statement

CoatingsDirectory reserves the right to update or change this Privacy Statement from time to time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Statement, we will notify you through an appropriate online notice (and obtain your consent where required by applicable law). Your continued use of the Website or Service is deemed to be acceptance of any updates or changes we make to this Privacy Statement and as such, we ask that you review the Privacy Statement periodically for any updates or changes that we may have made.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this Privacy Statement and our privacy practices or if you need to update, change or remove your information, contact us at: bobby@coatingsdirectory.com., or

CoatingsDirectory Chenxin co.,Ltd
Attn: Bobby
No. 6, North Avenue, Xinwei Town, Qingyuan District, Ji’an City