Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 27, 2025

VZ Direct wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information. This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information that we collect online and offline:

  • through our website (“Website”);
  • through social media properties (“Our Social Media”) from which you are accessing this Privacy Policy;
  • through HTML-formatted email messages that we send to you that link to this Privacy Policy (“Emails”);
  • through services we provide (“Services”); 
  • through any other offline business interactions you may have with us (“Offline Interactions); and
  • through our surveys or assessments (“Assessments”).

Collectively, we refer to the Website, Our Social Media, Emails, Services, Offline Interactions, and Assessments as the “Services.”

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

“Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual or relates to an identifiable individual, such as:

  • Name
  • Postal address (including personal, business, billing and shipping addresses)
  • Telephone number
  • Email address (personal and business)
  • Job title and employer

We and our service providers collect Personal Information in a variety of ways, including:

  • Through the Services
    • We collect Personal Information through the Services, for example, when you sign up for a user account, use Services that can be accessed only by authenticated users who have logged in provide information in conjunction with our Services, participate in surveys or assessments, or when you interact with us at an event, call our office or otherwise interact with us.
  • From Other Sources
  • We may receive your Personal Information from other sources, for example:
    • publicly available databases;
    • social media platforms.

We need to collect Personal Information in order to provide any requested Services to you. If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide the Services. If you disclose any Personal Information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the Services, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We and our service providers use Personal Information only for legitimate business purposes, including:

  • Providing the functionality of the Services and fulfilling your requests.
    • To provide the Services’ functionality to you, such as arranging access to your account, and providing you with related Services.
    • To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, when you contact us via one of our online contact forms or otherwise (e.g., when you send us questions, suggestions, compliments, or complaints, or when you request other information about our Services).
    • To send administrative information to you, such as information regarding the Services and changes to our terms, conditions and policies.
    • To allow you to send or otherwise provide Services-related content to another person through the Services if you choose to do so.
    • To perform Assessments or surveys and share the results with you.

We will engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you and/or to comply with a legal obligation.

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We disclose Personal Information:

  • To our third-party service providers, to facilitate services they provide to us.
    • These can include providers of services such as website hosting, Services-related consulting and monitoring, data analysis, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, email delivery, auditing, and other services related to meeting our users’ needs.

• By using the Services, you may elect to disclose Personal Information

    • On message boards, chat, profile pages, blogs and other services to which you are able to post information and content (including, without limitation, our Social Media), or through which you are able to send messages through the Services.  Please note that any information you post or disclose through these services will become public and may be available to other users and the general public.

We also use and disclose your Personal Information as necessary or appropriate, especially when we have a legal obligation or legitimate interest to do so:

  • To comply with applicable law and regulations.
    • This can include laws outside your country of residence.
  • To cooperate with public and government authorities.
    • For example, when we respond to a request or provide information we believe is important.
    • These can include authorities outside your country of residence.
  • To cooperate with law enforcement.
    • For example, when we respond to law enforcement requests and orders or provide information we believe is important.
  • For other legal reasons.
    • To enforce our Terms of Service; and
    • To protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others.

OTHER INFORMATION

“Other Information” is any information that does not reveal your specific identity or does not directly relate to an identifiable individual

  • Browser and device information;
  • Information collected through cookies and other technologies;
  • Demographic information and other information provided by you that does not reveal your specific identity;
  • Employment industry, education level and salary range; and
  • Information that has been aggregated in a manner such that it no longer reveals your specific identity.
  • If we are required to treat Other Information as Personal Information under applicable law, then we may use and disclose it for the purposes for which we use and disclose Personal Information as detailed in this Policy.

We and our service providers may collect Other Information in a variety of ways, including: 

  • Through your browser or device:
    • Certain information is collected by most browsers or automatically through your device, such as your Media Access Control (MAC) address, computer type (Windows or Mac), screen resolution, operating system name and version, device manufacturer and model, language, Internet browser type and version and the name and version of the Services (such as the App) you are using. We use this information to ensure that the Services function properly.\
  • Using cookies
    • Cookies are pieces of information stored directly on the computer that you are using.  Cookies allow us to collect information such as browser type, time spent on the Services, pages visited,  language preferences and other traffic data.  For further information about cookies visit allaboutcookies.org. We do not currently respond to browser do-not-track signals. However, some third-party websites do keep track of your browsing activities. If you are visiting such websites, you can set your preferences in your web browser to inform websites you do not want to be tracked. You can enable Do Not Track by visiting the preferences or setting page of your web browser.
  • Analytics.
    • We use Google Analytics, which uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the Services and report on activities and trends.  This service may also collect information regarding the use of other websites, apps and online resources. You can learn about Google’s and YouTube’s practices by going to google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. To view Google’s and YouTube’s privacy policy, please click here.
    • To opt out of being tracked by cookies across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
  • IP Address
    • Your IP address is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider.  An IP address may be identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever a user accesses the Services, along with the time of the visit and the page(s) that were visited.  Collecting IP addresses is standard practice and is done automatically by many websites, applications and other services.  We use IP addresses for purposes such as calculating usage levels, diagnosing server problems and administering the Services.  We may also derive your approximate location from your IP address.

SECURITY

We seek to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect Personal Information within our organization. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.  If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below.

CHOICES AND ACCESS

You have choices regarding marketing-related communications. If you no longer want to receive marketing-related emails from us on a going-forward basis, you may opt-out by following the unsubscribe instructions in any such message or by contacting us by email at sales@vanderzielmachinery.com. We will try to comply with your request(s) as soon as reasonably practicable.  Please note that if you opt-out of receiving marketing-related emails from us, we may still send you important administrative messages,from which you cannot opt-out.

If you would like to request to review, correct, update, suppress/delete, or object to or restrict processing of Personal Information that you have previously provided to us, or if you would like to request to receive an electronic copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another company, please feel free to contact us in accordance with “Contacting Us” section below. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.

In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed, whether you would like to have your Personal Information suppressed from our database or otherwise let us know what limitations you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information.  For your protection, we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request.  We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. 

RETENTION PERIOD

We retain Personal Information for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which it was obtained and consistent with applicable law.  

THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

This Privacy Policy does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information or other practices of any third parties.

This includes any third-party operating any website or service to which the Services link.  The inclusion of a link on the Services does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by our affiliates.

In addition, we are not responsible for the information collection, use, disclosure or security policies or practices of other organizations, such as Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, RIM or any other app developer, app provider, social media platform provider, operating system provider, wireless service provider or device manufacturer, including with respect to any Personal Information you disclose to other organizations through or in connection with the Apps or our Social Media.

USE OF SERVICES BY MINORS

The Services are not directed to individuals under the age of eighteen (18), and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from individuals under 18.

COPPA

The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) was passed to give parents increased control over what information is collected from their children online and how such information is used. The law applies to websites and services directed to, and which knowingly collect information from, children under the age of 13. VZ Direct’s Services are not directed to children under the age of 13, nor is information knowingly collected from them. 

CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT

To the extent that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is applicable to either party: (i) such party agrees to comply with all of its obligation under the CCPA; and (ii) in relation to any communication of “personal information” (as defined by the CCPA) from one party to the other party pursuant to this privacy policy, the parties agree that no monetary or other valuable consideration is being provided for such personal information and therefore neither party is “selling” (as defined by the CCPA) personal information to the other party. 

GDPR COMPLIANCE

The European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) imposes specific obligations on a Covered Entity with regard to its relationships with individuals or entities engaged in Processing of Personal Data, as those terms are defined in Article 4 of the GDPR. For purposes of this section, the term GDPR includes Regulation (EU) 2016/679, together with any additional implementing legislation, rules or regulations that are issued by applicable supervisory authorities. Words and phrases in this section shall have the meanings given to them in Article 4 of the GDPR. b. While the parties do not intend and do not anticipate exchanging data in scope of GDPR, in the event that the Business Associate is or becomes engaged in the Processing of Personal Data, the Business Associate shall be deemed a Processor and shall comply with all requirements under the GDPR which are applicable to Processors of Personal Data.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Services or otherwise to us.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Our Services may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.

ADVERTISING

We may use your personal data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions in any email we send or by Contacting Us.

PAYMENTS

VZ Direct does not directly collect or store payment information. We may use Stripe (“STRIPE”) as our third-party service provider for payment services (e.g. card acceptance and related services). By using the Services, you agree to be bound by Stripe’s Privacy Policy and hereby consent and authorize VZ Direct to share any information and payment instructions you provide with one or more third party service provider(s) to the minimum extent required to complete your transactions. 

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

The “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised.  Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services.  Your use of the Services following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.

CONTACTING US

VanderZiel Machinery Sales, Inc. is the company responsible for collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information under this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at sales@vanderzielmachinery.com. Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include any sensitive information in your emails to us.