Privacy Policy
Effective/Updated as of January 2, 2024
Introduction:
The Boldt Company (“Company”) is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information we collect when you access www.boldt.com (the “Site”).
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes our policies and practices for collecting, using and disclosing information that you submit, or we obtain when you use our Site. If you do not agree with our policies or practices, your choice is not to use our Site. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION AS SET FORTH IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Please read this Policy carefully before using the Site or submitting personal information to us.
This Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Use.
Changes to this Policy:
We reserve the right to make changes to this Policy at any time. In the event we make material changes to the Policy, we will provide notice through the Site. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting to the Site and will apply to your use of the Site after the “effective date” listed above.
You understand and agree that your continued use of the Site after the effective date means that the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information is subject to the updated Policy.
Except to the extent we receive your authorization or as permitted or required by applicable law, we will handle your data in accordance with the terms of the Policy in effect at the time of the collection
Information We Collect:
We collect several types of information from and about users of the Site, including information:
- By which you may be personally identified, such as name postal address, email address, telephone number, or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“personal information”).
- About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access the Site, and usage details (see “Statistical Data”).
We may collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us (See Information You Provide).
- Automatically or passively as you navigate through the Site (See Statistical Data).
Information You Provide:
Information we collect through our Site may include:
- Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Site. This includes information provided when you contact us or sign up to receive marketing emails from us, you may submit your name, company name, email address, phone number, zip code and message.
- Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
- Information that you provide if you apply for a position with us. This includes personal information such as your name, phone number, address, email address, resume, educational information, employment information and other information included in your cover letter or requested for our application.
- Your search queries on the Site.
- To pre-qualify as a trade partner, you may submit your email address to create an account. Boldt partners with a third-party application for its trade partner prequalification process. For more information view their privacy statement.
You do not have to provide the above information to access or use the other sections of the Site
Statistical Data:
To monitor utilization of the Site and continuously improve its quality, we may collect and compile statistical information concerning the utilization of the Site using analytics services, such as those provided by Google Analytics. Examples of this information would include: the number of visitors to the Site, or to sections or pages within the Site, patterns of traffic flowing through the Site, length of time spent on the Site, sites that refer visitors to the Site, pages of the Site visitors use as entry and exit points, browser, operating systems and versions used by visitors to the Site, methods used to browse away from the Site and location information. The analytics services may transfer this information to third parties in case of a legal obligation or if a third-party processes data on behalf of that service.
To compile this statistical information, we may collect and store:
- Your IP address
- Your operating system and platform
- Your browser type and version
- Time zone setting
- Browser plug-in types and versions
- The pages you visit with the Site
- Date provider
- The length of time you spend on pages within the Site
- The site from which you linked to ours
- Search terms you used in search engines that resulted in linking to the Site, etc.
While all of this information can be associated with the IP address your computer had while you visited the Site, it will not be associated with you as an individual or associated with any other information you may submit through the Site, or that we may store about you for any other purposes. We may use this information to generate aggregate statistics about visitors to our Site.
Please check your web browser if you want to learn what information your browser sends or how to change your settings. For information on Google’s privacy practice or to opt out of cookies set to facilitate analytics, please visit Google – Privacy and Google – Opt Out.
Technologies we use for this automatic data collection may include:
- Cookies and Similar Web Technologies: A cookie is a small file consisting of letters and numbers that automatically collects certain information from you. This file uniquely identifies and recognizes your browser or device and transmits information back to the server. Depending on the cookie type, it may perform functions such as identifying your device, remembering your user preferences, improving the quality of your visit, recording the website pages you view, remembering the name or address you entered during a visit, or delivering ads that are targeted to your interests and browsing activity.
We use essential cookies on our website to make the Site function and analytics cookies to understand how you use the Site, improve its functionality and for other related purposes. - Third Party Use of Cookies: We also use advertising/marketing cookies on the Site to help us with marketing activities. Some of these cookies may follow you when travel to other websites so we can serve targeted and relevant ads to you. We may place some of these cookies on your computer or devices. Third parties such as our advertising partners or service providers (e.g., Facebook) may also place web technologies on your device when you visit our Site to collect or receive information from the Site or elsewhere on the Internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used
- Controlling Cookies: You may control cookies, including preventing or stopping the installation and storage of cookies, through your browser settings and other tools. For more information, see the Help section of your browser. Most browsers will allow you to block or refuse cookies; however, you may need to manually adjust your preferences each time you visit a site. If you block certain cookies, some of the services and functionalities of our Site may not work.
For additional information on cookies used on this Site and how to control their use, including opting out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting, please visit:
- Microsoft 365 – Microsoft – Cookies
- Facebook – Facebook – Privacy and Facebook – Cookies
- Linkedin – LinkedIn – Cookies and LinkedIn – Personal Advertising
- Google Analytics – Google – Partner Sites
- Hubspot – Hubspot – Terms of Service and Hubspot – Privacy Policy
- Embedded Content and Social Media Widgets: The Site contains embedded content (e.g., videos, maps). Embedded content may place third party cookies on your device that track your online activity to enhance your experience or assess the success of their application.
The Site also uses Social Media Widgets (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram). These Widgets allow us to integrate social media functions into the Site. These widgets may place third party cookies on your device for tracking and advertising purposes. We have no direct control over the information these cookies collect, and you should refer to their website privacy policy for additional information.
IMPORTANT: By using the Site, you consent to the processing of any personal information for the analytics purposes and functions described above.
Do Not Track:
“Do Not Track” is a privacy preference that you can set in your Internet search browser that sends a signal to a website that you do not want the website operator to track certain browsing information about you. Our Site is not configured to detect Do Not Track signals from a user’s computer. As a result, we are unable to respond to Do Not Track requests.
We track Site users over time and across third party websites.
How We Use Your Personal Information:
In general, we will use the personal information we collect only for the purpose it was collected, for compatible purposes, as permitted or required by law, as necessary to carry out our contractual duties and obligations, and as otherwise provided in this Policy. For example, we may use your personal information in the following ways:
- To enable your use of the Site and its various functions.
- To provide you with information or services that you request.
- To communicate with you, including sending messages about the availability of our Site, security, or other service-related issues. (You may change your communication preferences at any time. Please be aware that you cannot opt-out of receiving service messages from us, including security and legal notices.)
- For other everyday business purposes such as contract management, fraud prevention, corporate governance, reporting and legal compliance.
- To engage in marketing and advertising activities.
- To communicate with you in social media concerning our services.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights including billing, payment, and collections arising from any contracts entered into with you.
- For IT and website administration and security. To review, improve, and monitor our website, applications, online services, and overall client experience, including providing customization to meet the specific needs, ensure a consistent experience, and to assess trends, interests, and client demands.
- To provide customer service and engage in quality control activities concerning our services.
- For testing, research, analytics and product and service development.
- To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, governmental regulations, or other lawful processes; for public safety purposes.
- To process applications for employment, as well as to evaluate and improve our recruiting efforts.
- To process your requests to become a subcontractor or prequalify as a trade partner.
- As necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, security, and safety of us, our employees, our consumers, our information systems, and the public.
- To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred.
We do not share your personal data with any third-party advertisers for their advertising.
Disclosure of Information:
In general, we will not disclose your personal information except with your consent and as described in this Policy. We may disclose your data for the same reasons that we may use it as described in this Policy, which includes disclosing it to our affiliates and non-affiliated third parties, as we deem necessary to carry out those purposes
- Third Party Vendors. We may need to use or disclose this information with a member of our group partners or third-party vendors as follows:
- With your consent or as you direct;
- To manage, improve and optimize our Site;
- For IT services and or cloud storage;
- For the performance of obligations arising from any contract we enter into with you;
- To provide you with services, offers, promotions, news, etc.;
- To engage in marketing activities, such as sharing personal information with our partners to deliver advertisements to our shared customers;
- To enhance our services by, among other methods, obtaining assistance with providing more personalized services to you through analytics and other technologies (including, but not limited to, data storage, maintenance services, database management, web analytics and payment processing);
- To process your application for employment;
- To process your request to become a sub-contractor or pre-qualify as a trade partner;
- To protect our interests and legal rights, such as through responding to subpoenas and defending litigation; and
- To protect against and prevent fraud, illegal activity (such as identifying and responding to incidents of hacking or misuse of our websites and mobile applications) and claims and other liabilities.
We endeavor to choose affiliates and non-affiliates with similar standards to ours regarding the protection of data.
- Sale Representatives
- Legal Process, Security, Defense, Protection. It is possible that we may need to disclose information about you if required by law, subpoena, or other legal process.
- Additional disclosures. We may disclose information about you if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
- demonstrate our relationship with you;
- investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist law enforcement agencies;
- protect the security or integrity of the Site;
- protect against or investigate fraud;
- investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party allegations or claims; or
- protect the rights and safety of others.
- Change in Control or Sale. We can share, sell, assign, or license your personal data in connection with certain business transactions, such as a sale, acquisitions, merger, or change in control, or in preparation for any of these events. In such cases, we will take appropriate steps under the circumstances and to the extent possible to ensure that the recipient agrees to provide privacy protections substantially similar to those established by this Policy. Any entity that acquires all or substantially all of the Company’s assets will have the right to continue using your data consistent with this Policy or as otherwise agreed to by you.
In no case will we sell or license your data to third parties, except as set forth above or as required or permitted by law.
Safeguarding of Information:
We employ reasonable and appropriate administrative, physical and technical measures designed to protect the security of personal information we collect from you. However, no system for safeguarding personal or other information is 100% secure and although we have taken steps to protect your personal information from being intercepted, accessed, used or disclosed by unauthorized persons, we cannot fully eliminate security risks associated with personal information.
Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information:
You can always limit the information you provide to us, but if you choose not to provide certain requested information, you may be unable to access some of the services, offers, and content on the Site.
You may unsubscribe from any of our newsletters or other communications for which you have registered by following the instructions in the email to opt-out or clicking on the unsubscribe link within any email communication that you receive.
Your State Privacy Rights:
State consumer privacy laws may provide their residents with additional rights regarding our use of their personal information. California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia provide (now or in the future) their state residents with rights to:
- Confirm whether we process their personal information.
- Access and delete certain personal information.
- Correct inaccuracies in their personal information, taking into account the information’s nature processing purpose (excluding Iowa and Utah).
- Data portability.
- Opt-out of personal data processing for:
- Targeted advertising (excluding Iowa);
- Sales; or
- Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (excluding Iowa and Utah);
- Either limit (opt-out of) or require consent to process sensitive personal data.
The exact scope of these rights may vary by state. To exercise any of these rights contact [email protected].
Links to Third Parties’ Sites and Third-Party Integrations:
We may provide links to websites or resources outside of our Site for your informational purposes only. We may also provide links to third party integrations. Third party integrations are websites or platforms that synchronize with our Site to provide you with additional functionality, tools, or services such as maps, sending requested information, etc.
You acknowledge and agree we are not responsible for the availability of third-party sites, resources, or integrations and do not endorse and are not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, goods, services or other materials on, available through, or provided by such sites, resources, or integrations. We are not responsible for the privacy or other practices of such sites and cannot guarantee the security of personal information that you provide, or is collected by, such sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms and conditions on those linked sites.
Information on Children:
The Site is not directed to children as the products and services on this Site are intended for persons 13 years of age and older. We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose any personal information from children. If we learn that personal information of persons less than 13 years-of-age has been collected through our Site, we will take the appropriate steps to delete this information.
Applicable Law:
This Policy is governed by the internal substantive laws of Wisconsin without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under or out of this Privacy Policy shall lie exclusively with the state and federal courts within Wisconsin. If any provision of this Policy is found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect.
INFORMATION FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
“Shine the Light Law”
If you are a California resident, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits you to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information by certain members of the Company to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. Requests may be made one time per calendar year. If applicable, this information would include the categories of customer information and the names and addresses of those businesses with which we shared customer information for the immediately prior calendar year (e.g., requests made in 2018 will receive information regarding 2017 sharing activities). You may submit your request using the contact information at the end of this Policy.
California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA’”)
The following California Privacy Policy section (“CA Section”) applies solely to individuals who are residents of the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). This CA Section describes our policies and practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information we collect about you, including personal information we obtain when you access or use the Site, or through other channels including but not limited to visiting one of our locations, phone and email conversations, social media interactions on our websites and other third party websites such as social media sites, viewing our emails, or through our authorized services providers.
This CA Section supplements and amends the information contained in the Site Policy with respect to California residents. The other provisions of the Site Policy continue to apply except as modified in this CA Section.
Any terms defined within the CCPA have the same meaning when utilized within this CA Section. Except as otherwise noted, any capitalized terms not defined in the CA Section have the meaning set forth in the Policy and Terms of Use.
This CA Section does not apply to personal information we collect about you as a job applicant to, an employee of, owner of, director of, officer of, or contractor of the Company.
This CA Section also does not apply to personal information we collect about you as an employee, owner, director, officer, or contractor of a company, partnership, sole proprietorship, non-profit, or government agency when your communications or transactions with the Company occur solely within the context of the Company conducting due diligence regarding, or providing or receiving a product or service to or from, such company, partnership, sole proprietorship, non-profit, or government agency.
Please read this CA Section carefully before using the Site or submitting information to us. By accessing or visiting the Site, you indicate your understanding that the collection, use, and sharing of your information is subject to the terms of this CA Section and our Terms of Use [insert link].
IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THE COLLECTION, USE, AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION AS DESCRIBED IN THIS CA SECTION, PLEASE DO NOT PROVIDE US WITH SUCH INFORMATION.
A. Personal Information We Collect
As described below, we may collect or have collected in the preceding 12 months the following categories of personal information (“PI” or “personal information”). We may add to the categories of PI we collect and the purpose we use PI. In that case, we will inform you by posting an updated version of this CA Section on the Site.
- Identifiers. Examples include real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, social security number, driver’s license number, or other similar identifiers.
- Other elements. Examples include name, signature, characteristics or description, address, telephone number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number
- Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law. Examples include race, religion, and age.
- Commercial information. This includes services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
- Education information. This includes information that is not publicly available personally identifiable information as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. section 1232g, Sec. 1232g; 34 C.F.R. Part 99).
- Internet or other electronic network activity. Examples include browsing history, search history, a consumer’s interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement.
- Geolocation data. This might include location information while browsing or using our Site.
- Professional or employment-related information.
- Consumer profile. This includes inferences drawn from any of the information identified above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preferences, characteristics, and behaviors.
PI does not include:
- Publicly available information from government records.
- Deidentified or aggregated consumer information.
- Information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, such as certain health or medical information and other categories of information protected by different laws.
B. Purposes for Which We Collect Your Personal Information
We have collected your PI for the following business or commercial purposes. We may change or add to the purposes we collect PI. In that case, we will inform you and obtain your consent when required by law.
- To provide you with information or services that you request from us.
- To fulfill or meet the reason for which the information is provided.
- To contact you and/or provide you with email alerts and other notices concerning our services, events or news, that may be of interest to you.
- To engage in marketing activities, including to help design products and services appropriate for our clients.
- To communicate with you in social media concerning our products and services.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights including billing, payment, and collections arising from any contracts entered into with you.
- To review, improve, and monitor our website, applications, online services, and overall client experience, including to provide customization to meet the specific needs, ensure a consistent experience, and to assess trends, interests, and the demands of clients.
- To provide customer service and engage in quality control activities concerning our products and services.
- For testing, research, analysis and product and service development.
- To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, governmental regulations, or other lawful processes.
- As described to you when collecting your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
- To process applications for employment, as well as to evaluate and improve our recruiting efforts.
- To process your requests to become a sub-contractor or prequalify as a trader partner.
- As necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, security, and safety of us, our employees, our consumers, our information systems, and the public.
- To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us is among the assets transferred.
C. Sources of Personal Information
- You. We may collect personal information from you when you contact us, create an account, apply or inquire about employment; or through web technologies such as browser cookies, flash cookies, and web beacons set when you visit the Site.
- Third Parties. We may collect information about you from third parties such as from your employer, through your social media services consistent with your settings on such services, or from other third-party sources that are lawfully entitled to share your data with us.
D. Sharing or Disclosing Personal Information
Of the categories of PI noted above, during the past 12 months, we shared the following:
Categories of Personal Information Disclosed | Categories of Third Parties to Whom Disclosed |
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Identifiers Other elements Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law. Commercial information Education information. Internet or other electronic network activity. Geolocation data. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. Biometric Information Professional or employment-related information Consumer profile. | Third parties as directed by you. We will share your PI with those third parties to whom you direct. Our business partners. For example, we might share your PI with one of our business partners for purposes of collaborating on providing services to you, or to invite you to an event we are organizing. These business partners should also have their own privacy statements that set out the manner in which they will collect, use, and disclose PI. Where applicable, we encourage you to review each such business partner’s privacy statement before signing on with them. Third parties who perform services on our behalf. For example, we share information with certain service providers, including marketing companies, professional service providers, debt collectors, information technology providers, and data storage companies. We might also authorize our service providers to collect PI on our behalf. Governmental entities, legal service providers. We may share your PI in order to comply with the law and in the course of providing our products and services. We may also disclose information if a government agency or investigatory body submits a request. Successors to all or portions of our business. If all or part of our business is sold, we may disclose PI in preparation for or as part of that transaction. |
We do not sell your PI as that term is defined in the CCPA.
We do not have actual knowledge that we have sold personal information of minors under age 16.
E. Consumer Rights
The CCPA provides California consumers with the following rights, subject to certain exceptions:
- Right to Request Deletion
You have the right to request that the Company delete your PI from the it’s records, subject to certain exceptions.
Upon receipt of a verifiable consumer request (see below), and as required by the CCPA, we will delete and direct any service providers to delete your PI from its records.
The Company is not required to comply with your request to delete your PI if it is necessary for the Company (or its service provider) to maintain your PI in order to:- Complete the transaction for which the PI was collected, provide a good or service requested by you, or reasonably anticipated within the context of the Company’s ongoing business relationship with you, or otherwise perform a contract between the Company and you.
- Detect security incidents, protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity; or prosecute those responsible for that activity.
- Debug to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
- Exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right of free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law.
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act pursuant to Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1546) of Title 12 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.
- To enable solely internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with the Company.
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Right to Know
You have the right to request that the Company discloses the following to you as it relates to the 12-month period preceding the Company’s receipt of your verifiable consumer request (see below):- The categories of PI we have collected about you.
- The categories of sources from which the PI was collected.
- The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling PI.
- The categories of PI we disclosed or sold for a business purpose.
- The categories of third parties we disclosed or sold PI to, by the category of PI.
- The specific pieces of PI we collected about you.
- Nondiscrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. For example, we generally will not provide you a different level or quality of goods or services if you exercise your rights under the CCPA
F. Submitting Consumer Rights Requests
To submit a California Consumer Rights request as outlined in this CA Section, please contact us at 1-800-992-6538 or https://www.boldt.com/contact/.
G. Verifiable Requests
We reserve the right to only respond to verifiable consumer requests. A verifiable consumer request is one made by any individual who is:
- the consumer who is the subject of the request,
- a consumer on behalf of the consumer’s minor child, or
- by a natural person or person registered with the Secretary of State authorized to act on behalf of a consumer.
If we request, you must provide us with sufficient information to verify your identity and/or authority to act on behalf of a Consumer. In general, we may ask you to provide identifying information that we already maintain about you or we may use a third-party verification service. In either event, we will try to avoid asking you for sensitive PI to verify your identity. We may not be able to respond to your request or provide you with PI if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the PI relates to you. However, making a verifiable consumer request does not require you to create an account with us.
Additionally, you will need to describe your request with sufficient detail to allow us to review, understand, assess, and respond. We will not use the PI we collect from an individual to determine a verifiable request for any other purpose, except as required by law.
We reserve the right to charge a fee to process or respond to your request if it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that a request warrants a fee, we will attempt to notify you as to why we made that decision and provide a cost estimate before completing your request. We will attempt to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of receipt, but we may require up to ninety (90) days to respond, under which circumstances we will notify you of the need for an extension.
If you have an account with us, we will deliver our written response to that account. If you do not have an account with us, we will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option. Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the receipt of your verifiable consumer request. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. To the extent permitted by the CCPA, we will respond to no more than two requests during any 12-month period.
H. Authorized Agents
You may authorize a natural person, or a business registered with the California Secretary of State to act on your behalf with respect to the right under this CA Section. When you submit a Request to Know or a Request to Delete, unless you have provided the authorized agent with a qualifying power of attorney, you must provide your authorized agent written permission (signed by you) to act on your behalf and verify the authorized agent’s identity with us. We reserve the right to deny requests from persons or businesses claiming to be authorized agents that do not submit sufficient proof of their authorization.
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BOLDT
2121 East Capitol Drive.
Appleton, WI 54911
920.225.6225