Privacy Policy
DCOMPONENTS depends upon the collection and use of identifiable Personal Information including, but not limited to, any computer-generated identification number (including IP Addresses), and any other information relating to your identity (the "Personal Information") in order to provide the services offered on its Website (the “Site”). DCOMPONENTS will only collect and use your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and only as is necessary to provide you with the services that you have requested unless you indicate otherwise. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, do not use the Site. (Please note that this Privacy Policy shall not apply to any Personal Information submitted in connection with applications for employment at DCOMPONENTS, even if submitted through the Site.)
B. Information Collected
(i) Personal Information DCOMPONENTS may collect voluntarily submitted Personal Information including your name, e-mail address, postal address, telephone number, facsimile number, credit card information, and demographic information (such as, city, state or province and country, or any other demographic information that you may submit) in order to provide you with the requested services available on the Site. This Personal Information is collected and stored only as necessary to fulfill your request.
(ii) IP Address
DCOMPONENTS may collect an IP address from all users of the Site. An IP address is a number that is assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. DCOMPONENTS does not link the IP address with personally identifiable information.
(iii) Applets and Cookies
DCOMPONENTS may use applets and cookies on the Site. Applets are pieces of self-executing computer code that may be downloaded to your computer, and are deleted when you leave the Site. Cookies are pieces of information that some websites transfer to the computer that is browsing that website and are used for record-keeping purposes at many websites. Most standard internet browsers are set to automatically accept applets and cookies. However, you can adjust your browser settings to refuse all applets and cookies or to inform you when one is being placed on your hard drive. If you choose to have your browser refuse applets and cookies, it is possible that some areas of the Site will not function properly or will be outdated when you view them.
(iv) Other Information
Certain non-personal information about visitors to the Site is recorded by the standard operation of our computer servers. For example, DCOMPONENTS automatically gathers statistical information about the Site and its visitors, such as browsers, pages viewed, and number of visitors.
C. Use of Information Collected
(i) Personal Information
All Personal Information you provide to us is used to provide you with the requested services, such as processing your on-line orders, improving the services offered by DCOMPONENTS, and enhancing your on-line experience. In addition, your Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties, as necessary, in order to service, process or administer your on-line request or order. In addition, your Personal Information may be used in connection with surveys, polls and/or contests conducted by DCOMPONENTS on the Site. However, in such instances, this Personal Information will only be used if voluntarily submitted by you and only in accordance with reasonable, identified purposes. For example, if you choose to participate in the surveys, polls and/or contests offered through the Site, DCOMPONENTS will ask you to submit Personal Information, such as your name, e-mail address, postal address, fax number and demographic information (such as, city, state or province and country, or any other demographic information that you may submit). Unless you affirmatively consent to enter such Personal Information, none will be used. Any Personal Information collected in polls or surveys may be displayed to other Site users in aggregate form to notify users of the poll or survey results. However, data collected through polls and/or surveys are not tied to Personal Information. Information collected through the contests will be used to administer the contest and notify the contest winners, unless otherwise stated at the time of entry.
In addition to the foregoing, DCOMPONENTS may use Personal Information for internal marketing purposes in connection with DCOMPONENTS's services and may disclose Personal Information to third parties in connection with such purposes. As a result, you may receive communications from such third parties. You will always be given the opportunity to opt out of receiving such communications at the time that your Personal Information is being submitted to DCOMPONENTS. If you do not wish to receive such communications, you can "opt-out" in accordance with Section VIII below.
(ii) IP Address
DCOMPONENTS uses IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the Site, track users' movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to Personal Information. DCOMPONENTS may disclose this information to third parties in connection with its marketing purposes.
(iv) Other Information
Certain non-personal statistical information about visitors to the Site, such as browsers, pages viewed, number of visitors, etc., may be used to optimize each particular user's experience on the Site. We also track the domains from which the Site was visited and use that data, together with the other non-personal information, to analyze trends and statistics before we discard it.