PRIVACY POLICY
(Revised 09/26/2019)
INTRODUCTION
This is a web site of Andax Industries LLC.
Purpose
We respect your privacy, and we are committed to protecting it through compliance with this policy. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to describe how Andax,
Andax Industries, LLC. ("Andax," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information about you through our
www.policeequipmentdealer.com
and certain other Andax owned websites identified below (collectively referred to herein as the "Site"). The Site and products offered for sale on and through
the Site are intended only for residents of the United States and Canada.
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect:
- on our Site;
- in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and our Site; and
It does not apply to information collected by:
- us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by Andax or any third-party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries); or
- any third-party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible
from the Site.
Click here to change your consent choices for personal information usage.
Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. If you do not understand any aspects of our Privacy Policy, please feel free to
Contact Us Online
or as described at the end of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, you should not use our Site. By accessing or using this Site, you agree
to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy may change from time to time (see
Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Site after we make changes to
this Privacy Policy is deemed to be your acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
Our Privacy Policy Explains
Scope; Third-Party Websites
This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect at and through the Site, and certain Andax affiliated websites accessible through or that may redirect you to our Site
such as www.andax.com.
Some of our affiliated websites owned by Andax such as
www.andax.com, www.casedealer.com, www.flashlightdealer.com, and www.flashlightdistributor.com, are governed
by their own separate privacy policies.
Our Site may also contain links to third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by Andax. For example, consumers in certain countries and jurisdictions may be directed
to websites owned and operated by independent Andax dealers.
Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of sites not owned or operated by Andax.
Please review the privacy policy available on each site you visit for the privacy practices with respect to that website.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
Generally
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Site ("Personal Data"), specifically information:
- by which you may be personally identified, such as contact and login information, name, postal and work address, e-mail address, telephone number, payment information
(e.g., bank account information, credit/debit card information, billing/shipping information), purchase information regarding products and services offered on our Site,
opt-in selections for receiving additional information from Andax, or other Personal Data you provide in connection with your use of the Site;
- that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as traffic data, logs, referring/exit pages, date and time of your visit to our Site, error information,
clickstream data, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Site; and,
- about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Site and usage details.
By submitting a telephone number to us you agree that a representative of Andax can contact you at the number you provide. Your consent is not an obligation to receive
any of our products and/or services.
We collect this information:
- directly from you when you provide it to us, for example when you submit orders or ask us questions;
- automatically as you navigate through the Site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies,
web beacons, and other tracking technologies; and,
- From third parties, for example, Google Analytics, advertisers, service providers, ISPs and other business partners that allow us to better understand the use of our Site
and how we can improve it.
Information You Provide To Us
You can provide information to us on our Site by filling in forms on our Site, such as when you create an account to use our Site, buy and order products from us,
fill out our
Contact Us form or create an account for support. We also may keep records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses) if you contact us.
You may provide information to us through surveys, quizzes, and contests we administer. We also will collect information that you provide to us when you enter search queries.
The information we collect includes Personal Data, such as your name, address, email address and telephone number. The Personal Data we collect from you is required to enter into
a contract with Andax, for Andax to perform under the contract, and to provide you with our Site's products and services. If you refuse to provide such Personal Data or
withdraw your consent to our processing of Personal Data, then in some cases we may not be able to enter into the contract or fulfill our obligations to you under it.
You also may provide information to be published or displayed (hereinafter, "posted") on public areas of the Site or transmitted to other users of the Site or third parties
(collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk. Although we limit access to certain pages, please be aware
that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable. Additionally, we cannot control the actions of other users of the Site with whom you may choose to share your User Contributions.
Therefore, we cannot and do not guarantee that your User Contributions will not be viewed by unauthorized persons.
No Information From Children Under Age 18
If you are under the age of 18, please do not attempt to register with us at this Site, purchase products or provide any Personal Data about yourself to us. If we learn
that we have collected Personal Data from a user under the age of 18, we will promptly delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from a user
under the age of 18, please
Contact Us Online or call us at
(888) 909-8760. We are not liable for any damages that may result from a user's misrepresentation of age.
Information We Collect Automatically
We may collect certain information automatically as you use our Site, such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Computer or device type
- Unique device identifiers
- Operating system version
- The website from where you navigated to your Site
- Time and date of using our Site
- The name of your Internet service provider (ISP)
- The pages and products on our Site that you view and products selected
- Location data
The information we collect automatically may include Personal Data, and we may maintain such automatically collected information or associate such automatically collected
information with Personal Data we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. Such automatically collected information helps us to improve our Site and to deliver
a better and more personalized service by enabling us to:
- estimate our audience size and usage patterns;
- store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Site according to your individual interests;
- speed up your searches; and
- recognize you when you return to our Site.
Cookies
Andax and our service providers use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with our Site through
your computer or mobile device. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store unique identifiers, user preferences
and other information. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some website features or services may not function
properly without cookies. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service, including for storing user preferences, tracking user trends and providing relevant advertising
to you (See Advertising, below).
We may also use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google") to gather and store aggregate information about visitors. Please use
the following link to understand how Google Analytics collects and processes data:
https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.
Google Analytics uses cookies (see the link for how) to help the website analyze how users use the Site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website
(which may include your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google. We and the third parties we partner with currently do not process or comply with any
web browser's "do not track" signal or other similar mechanism that indicates a request to disable online tracking of individual users who visit our websites or use our
services. Some of our third-party service providers may collect personal information on users of our Site over time and across different websites when users are visiting our Site.
We use three types of cookies: Session, First-Party/Persistent, and Third-Party.
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Session Cookies - these are deleted once you leave the site. They:
- Enable you to use the site as an anonymous user
- Enable shopping cart functionality
- Keep track of items in your shopping cart
- Allow device tracking based on geographical location
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First-Party - these are cookies set by the Site, and remain on your device for an extended period of time. They:
- Remember any preferences that you set - for example saving your username/password or remembering your specified layout.
- Some of the First-Party cookies come from services that we use: They are:
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Third-Party - these are cookies set by third-party services that we use for advertising, site metrics, reviews, and support purposes. They are:
HOW WE USE AND SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
To Provide Products, Services, and Information
As described above, we collect information from you so that we can offer, sell and ship products to you and to provide you with information and support that you request from us.
We use your information to register and service your online account, process orders for products, process payments, and fulfill your orders. We use your Personal Data
to contact you about your orders and requests. We may send you information about our products and services, and new offerings. We may use your information to send newsletters,
advertisements, or other promotional communications about our Site, products, and services. We may also administer surveys, sweepstakes, promotions, and contests using
your information. We may provide information to third-party service providers that help us maintain, fulfill, and deliver our Site and our products and services. We may
use your information to notify you about changes to our Site or any products or services we offer or provide though them. In addition, we may use your information in any other way
we may describe when you provide the information, for any purpose in which you provide it, and for any other purpose with your consent.
We may use third parties to help host our Site or provide marketing and advertising services for us. These third-party service providers will have access to your Personal Data
in order to provide these services, but when this occurs we implement reasonable contractual and technical protections to limit their use of that information to helping us provide
the service. We use demographic information to better understand our customers, and improve our products and services.
Advertising
We use ad networks and marketing companies that may use your browsing history across participating websites to show you interest-based advertisements on those websites.
Specifically, we use:
- Google Ads
- Google Analytics
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Google Analytics Advertising Features, specifically the following:
- Remarketing with Google Analytics
- Google Display Network Impression Reporting
- Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting
- Integrated services that require Google Analytics to collect data for advertising purposes, including the collection of data via advertising cookies and identifiers
Interest-based ads are ads presented to you based on your browsing behavior in order to provide you with ads more tailored to your interests (referred to as "Retargeting").
These interest-based ads may be presented to you while you are browsing third-party sites not owned by Andax.
Google is one vendor whose services we use to show you these ads.
We may use information we collect from you (through our Site or through third-party service providers) about how you browse and shop in order to show you ads for
Our products and services. We may use cookies and other information to provide relevant interest-based advertising to you. Your continued use of the Site constitutes
your consent to this.
We do not control third parties' collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with ways to choose
not to have your information collected or used in this way.
Our Privacy Consent footer controls your consent for Rakuten's use of your personal information.
Click here to change your preferences (it will appear at the bottom of the window). Each consent type checkbox is described below:
| Consent Category |
Description |
| Information storage and access | The storage of information, or access to information that is already stored, on your device such as advertising identifiers, device identifiers, cookies, and similar technologies. |
| Personalization | The collection and processing of information about your use of this service to subsequently personalize advertising and/or content for you in other contexts, such as on other websites or apps, over time. Typically, the content of the site or app is used to make inferences about your interests, which inform future selection of advertising and/or content. |
| Ad selection, delivery, reporting | The collection of information, and combination with previously collected information, to select and deliver advertisements for you, and to measure the delivery and effectiveness of such advertisements. This includes using previously collected information about your interests to select ads, processing data about what advertisements were shown, how often they were shown, when and where they were shown, and whether you took any action related to the advertisement, including for example clicking an ad or making a purchase. This does not include personalization, which is the collection and processing of information about your use of this service to subsequently personalize advertising and/or content for you in other contexts, such as websites or apps, over time. |
| Content selection, delivery, reporting | The collection of information, and combination with previously collected information, to select and deliver content for you, and to measure the delivery and effectiveness of such content. This includes using previously collected information about your interests to select content, processing data about what content was shown, how often or how long it was shown, when and where it was shown, and whether the you took any action related to the content, including for example clicking on content. This does not include personalization, which is the collection and processing of information about your use of this service to subsequently personalize content and/or advertising for you in other contexts, such as websites or apps, over time. |
| Measurement | The collection of information about your use of the content, and combination with previously collected information, used to measure, understand, and report on your usage of the service. This does not include personalization, the collection of information about your use of this service to subsequently personalize content and/or advertising for you in other contexts, i.e. on other service, such as websites or apps, over time. |
For more information on how Google uses the data collected, see
How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps.
You may opt-out of specific Google Analytics Advertising Features by configuring your Google Ads settings. See
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662856 and
https://support.google.com/ads/answer/1660762 for information on how to do this.
You may also opt-out of Google Analytics using your data entirely by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, located here:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
Our Site does not respond to "do not track" signals or similar mechanisms to indicate you do not wish us to collect information about your online activity or receive interest-based ads.
To learn more about interest-based advertisements and your opt-out rights and options, visit the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative websites
(
http://www.aboutads.info/ and
https://www.networkadvertising.org/).
Your Consent
In addition to sharing for reasons as described elsewhere in this Policy, we will share Personal Data with companies, organizations or individuals outside of the Andax
when we have your consent to do so.
Legal Requests or Requirements and to Prevent Harm
We will share Personal Data with third-party companies, organizations or individuals outside of Andax if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation
or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:
- Meet any applicable law, regulation, subpoena, legal process or enforceable governmental request.
- Detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
- Protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Andax, our users, customers or the public as required or permitted by law.
Transfer in the Event of Sale or Change of Control
If the ownership of all or substantially all of our business changes or we otherwise transfer assets relating to our business or the Site to a third-party, such as by merger,
acquisition, bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise, we may transfer or sell your Personal Data to the new owner. In such a case, unless permitted otherwise by applicable law,
your information would remain subject to the promises made in the applicable privacy policy unless you agree differently.
CHOICES ABOUT HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
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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.
To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that
some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
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Promotional Offers from Andax.
If you order something from the Site, you may receive occasional promotional emails afterwards. If you wish to stop receiving these emails, you may send us an email
stating your request to customerservice@policeequipmentdealer.com. If we have sent you
a promotional email, you may send us a return email asking to be omitted from future email distributions. This opt out does not apply to information provided to
the Andax as a result of a product purchase, warranty registration, product service experience, or other transactions.
SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
In order to help protect your Personal Data, access to your data on our Site is password-protected, and sensitive data is protected by encryption when it is exchanged
between your web browser and our Site. To protect any data you store on our servers, we also regularly audit our system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks, and we use
a tier-one secured-access data center. However, since the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot guarantee, ensure, or warrant the security of any information
you transmit to us. There is no guarantee that information may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial
safeguards. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that e-mails and other communications you send to us through our Site
are not encrypted, and we strongly advise you not to communicate any confidential information through these means.
CONSENT TO PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA IN THE UNITED STATES
This Site and products offered for sale are intended for residents of the United States and Canada, and are not intended for and are not directed to residents
located outside of the United States or Canada. By using and accessing our Site, users who reside or are located in countries outside of the United States or Canada
agree and consent to the transfer to and processing of Personal Data on servers located outside of the country where they reside, and that the protection of such information
may be different than required under the laws of their residence or location. The data protection and other laws of the United States and Canada might not be
as comprehensive as those in your country, but please be assured that we take steps to protect your privacy. By using our Site, you understand that your information
may be transferred to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.
DATA RETENTION PERIOD
Andax will retain your Personal Data for the entire time that you keep your account open. After you close your account, we may retain your Personal Data:
- for as long as necessary to comply with any legal requirement;
- on our backup and disaster recovery systems in accordance with our backup and disaster recovery policies and procedures;
- for as long as necessary to protect our legal interests or otherwise pursue our legal rights and remedies; and,
- for data that has been aggregated or otherwise rendered anonymous in such a manner that you are no longer identifiable, indefinitely.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your consent in accordance with applicable law. We will post
any Privacy Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are material, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification
of Privacy Policy changes). We will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review. The date this Privacy Policy was last revised is identified
at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting our Site and this
Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
COMPLAINTS, QUESTIONS, AND HOW TO CONTACT US
If you have any questions, concerns, complaints or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy or otherwise need to contact us, please
Contact Us
or call us at
(888) 909-8760. You may also contact us by mail at the following address:
Andax Industries, LLC.
613 West Palmer St
Saint Marys, KS 66536
(888) 909-8760
If you are a resident of Canada, and you have a complaint about this Privacy Policy or our practices, you may make a complaint to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
For more information, visit
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/report-a-concern/.