Dixon Schwabl respects the privacy of your information and provides the following explanation of how we treat the information we collect about you and about your use of the Dixon Schwabl Website, DIXONSCHWABL.COM (the “Website”), products and services (collectively, the “Services”). The Website contains links to other websites that have their own separate terms and conditions and privacy policies. The terms and conditions and privacy policies of such websites, in addition to other written agreements you have with Dixon Schwabl, govern your use of the services offered on those websites.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal Information is information about you that is personally identifiable and not otherwise publicly available, such as your name, address, phone number and/or email address (“Personal Information”). We collect Personal Information when you contact Dixon Schwabl by filling out a form with your Personal Information and submitting it through the Website. For example:
- When you contact Dixon Schwabl through the Website, Dixon Schwabl may collect and store certain Personal Information, including, but not limited to, your name, address, email address, ZIP code, phone number, occupation and personal interests. Once you contact Dixon Schwabl, you are not anonymous to Dixon Schwabl.
- Dixon Schwabl automatically gathers general statistical information from your browser, including your IP address and the pages you request. Dixon Schwabl may use this data to determine how much users use parts of Dixon Schwabl’s Website so that Dixon Schwabl can improve its Website, to statistically analyze Website use, to improve its content and product offerings, and to customize the Website content, layout and Services.
- Dixon Schwabl does not collect Personal Information on many of the webpages on the Website. You can browse and view the content on many of these webpages anonymously. Providing Personal Information to Dixon Schwabl is voluntary; however, Dixon Schwabl may need Personal Information from you to provide you with certain Services.
THE WAY DIXON SCHWABL USES COLLECTED INFORMATION
Dixon Schwabl uses your Personal Information to process and administer your requests for information, to improve its marketing and promotional efforts, to statistically analyze Website use, to improve its content and product offerings, and to customize Website content, layout and Services. Dixon Schwabl may communicate with you through your email address in response to your submission of an inquiry submitted through the Website. We may use any feedback you provide to us for any purpose, but we will not include your Personal Information with such feedback without your prior consent.
Dixon Schwabl may use Personal Information to resolve disputes, investigate problems or enforce the Terms of Use. At times, we may review the status or activity of multiple users to do so. We may disclose or access information whenever we believe in good faith that the law so requires or if we otherwise consider it necessary to do so to maintain and improve the Services.
THE WAY DIXON SCHWABL SHARES COLLECTED INFORMATION
Dixon Schwabl does not sell or rent Personal Information collected during your use of the Website without your permission. We may from time to time employ third parties to perform functions on our behalf. Dixon Schwabl may share Personal Information with third parties in order for them to provide content, complete a requested transaction or otherwise perform Services. We may also share your Personal Information with our affiliates, but we will not share it with unaffiliated third parties for direct marketing purposes.
We may also share your Personal Information as follows:
- To third parties if we are involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of any or all of our business and/or our assets to a third party.
- If we have a good-faith belief that disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal process (such as a subpoena) or lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
- To enforce applicable Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations of such Terms, or to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
- To protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Dixon Schwabl, our employees, our website visitors or the public as required or permitted by law.
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Dixon Schwabl uses Google Analytics to collect information about your use of the Website. Google Analytics collects information, such as how often you visit the Website, what pages you visit and what other websites you use prior to visiting the Website. We use the information we receive from Google Analytics to improve the Website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with Personal Information. Although Google Analytics stores a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit the Website, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use available at GOOGLE.COM/ANALYTICS/TOS.HTML and the Google Privacy Policy available at GOOGLE.COM/INTL/EN/ANALYTICS/PRIVACYOVERVIEW.HTML. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser.
SECURITY
Dixon Schwabl employs reasonable and current security methods to prevent loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction of information. Whenever you voluntarily disclose Personal Information online—for example, in public areas or through email—that information can be collected and used by others. No data transmission over the internet or any wireless network can be guaranteed to be perfectly secured. As a result, while we try to protect your Personal Information, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY RIGHTS
California law allows California residents to ask companies with whom they have an established business relationship to provide certain information about the companies’ sharing of personal information with third parties for direct marketing purposes. Dixon Schwabl does not share any California consumer Personal Information with third parties for marketing purposes without consent. California customers who wish to request further information about our compliance with this law or who have questions or concerns about our privacy practices may contact us using the contact information set forth below.
If you are a California resident, please see our California Resident Privacy Notice, below.
CHILDREN UNDER 13
You must be 13 years or older to register to use the Website. As a result, we do not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that Dixon Schwabl has collected information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. We recommend that minors between the ages of 13 and 18 ask for and receive their parents’ permission before using the Website or sending information about themselves or anyone else over the internet.
THIRD-PARTY PRACTICES
The privacy policy of any link to another website appearing on the Website may differ from our Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read that policy before responding to any advertising or promotional offer.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy was last updated February 26, 2023. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. The revised version will be available here.
YOUR RIGHTS
You may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to delete your personal information. If you’d like to request deletion of your personal information, please send an email to datarightsrequest@dixonschwabl.com with “Deletion Request” in the subject line.
CONTACTING US
Questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy should be submitted to Dixon Schwabl at info@dixonschwabl.com. You may also send any questions to the following address and contact person:
Dixon Schwabl Inc.
1595 Moseley Road
Victor, NY 14564
Attention: David Lyttle
Via email to: info@dixonschwabl.com.