Privacy Policy

Information We Collect About You

We want to be transparent about the data we and our partners collect and how we use it, so you can best exercise control over your personal data. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Information Our Partners Collect

We use the following partners to better improve your overall web browsing experience. They use cookies and other mechanisms to connect you with your social networks and tailor advertising to better match your interests. You can elect to opt-out of this information collection by unticking the boxes below.

Analytics Provider

Google Analytics

Ad Network

Google

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to consumer information, including personal information, collected and used by TSE Brakes.

Thank you for visiting the TSE Brakes website. This site is operated by TSE Brakes, a US company with its registered offices at 2310 Industrial Drive SW, Cullman, AL, 35055 (“us”, “we”)

Trust is a cornerstone of our corporate mission.

TSE Brakes is committed to maintaining your trust by protecting personal information that we collect and use. This Global Consumer Privacy Policy (Privacy Policy) describes the information that TSE Brakes and its affiliated companies and subsidiaries (“TSE Brakes”) collects about you, how we use and protect this information, the choices you can make about how we use this information, and how you can correct or update your information.

TSE Brakes privacy practices are consistent with:

• The European Union Data Protection Directive.
• The European Model Clauses regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information from European Union member countries and Switzerland.
• Applicable country and local data protection laws.

Nothing in this policy shall apply to the extent that it is incompatible with applicable data protection laws.

Information Covered by This Policy

The definition of personal information varies according to local law, but generally is information that could be used to identify you on an individual basis, either on its own or in combination with other information.

At this point, TSE Brakes gathers information through cookies as defined herewith below, but does not store any personal information for marketing purposes and further contacts. Should this become the case, this Privacy Policy will apply to consumer information, including personal information, collected and used by us.

By using TSE Brakes websites and mobile applications or otherwise providing your personal information to TSE Brakes, you agree to the collection, use and sharing of your information under this Policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and contact us if you have any questions.

Information TSE Brakes Collects

We may collect information about you from a variety of sources. This includes information we collect directly from you; information we collect when you visit our sites, view our online content or use our mobile applications or other services; and information we collect about you from other sources.

Information we collect directly from you

We collect information directly from you when you choose to participate in our offers and programs, create an account on our websites or in our mobile applications, call or email us, or otherwise provide information directly to us. The following are examples of information we may collect directly from you:

• Name.
• Email address.
• Postal address.
• Username and password.
• Telephone and/or fax number.
• Date of birth.
• Other household information about you and your family, such as gender or product use preferences and/or behaviors.
• Health information, such as health information related to product usage and medical history.
• Biometrics collected during volunteer consumer research studies (such as facial expression recognition, heart rate, and skin condition).
• Demographic information.
• Payment information (such as a credit card).
• Future communication preferences.
• Contact information for friends you may wish us to contact.
• Telephone number and recordings when you call our consumer line.

Currently you cannot register on our website, but we use cookies and other technologies to collect information when you visit our sites, view our online advertisements or promotions, or use our mobile applications or other services. The following are examples of information we may collect with these technologies:

• Information about your device browser and operating system
• IP address.
• Web pages you view.
• Links you click.
• TSE Brakes emails you open.

Not all of this information will be personal information, and the extent to which any of this information is personal information may depend on applicable data protection laws. You may read more about cookies in our cookie policy

Information collected through Mobile Applications

When you download our mobile applications if any such available to your mobile device we may also collect information that you provide. We also automatically collect information through our applications.

The following are examples of the types of information we may automatically collect through our applications:

• Advertising ID or similar identifier.
• Information about your device’s operating system.
• Information about the way you use the application.

Your Choices about information collection through Mobile Applications

You can opt out of continued information collection by our mobile application by deleting the application from your device.

Precise Location Data

Our mobile applications may collect precise location information from your device, if you consent to the collection of this information. We may use third-party service providers to provide location services using the location data you provide. You may opt out at any time to the continued collection of this information by adjusting the settings on your device.

Information TSE Brakes collects from other sources

We may obtain information from other sources, including commercially available sources. Examples of information we may collect from other sources are:

• Name
• Postal address.
• Email address.
• Date of birth.
• Income level.
• Household information.
• Your interests such as hobbies and pets.
• Consumer and market research data.
• Purchase behavior.
• Publicly observed data or activities, such as blogs, videos, internet postings, and user generated content.

All of the information we collect about you may be combined to help us improve our communications with you and to develop world-class products and services.

How TSE Brakes Uses This Information

TSE Brakes Business Purposes.

We use the information we collect to provide you products, offers and services, to deliver to you advertisements, offers or other content tailored to your interests, and to conduct other TSE Brakes business operations.

The following are examples of how we may use the information we collect:

• Answer your questions or respond to your requests.
• Send samples, premiums, products and information.
• Develop new products and services.
• Enroll you in contests, programs, or offers that you request.
• Create and manage your account.
• Process payment for purchases or other services.
• Protect against or identify possible fraudulent transactions.
• Send you email and/or postal messages with information about TSE Brakes products and other content we think may be of interest to you, including brand and service information from carefully selected business partners.
• Develop and provide advertising tailored to your interests, including interest-based advertising.
• Personalize your experience on our websites by presenting products and information tailored to you.
• Allow you to participate in social sharing on our websites.
• Analyze the use of our products, services and advertising.
• Enforce our Terms and Conditions and otherwise manage our business.

Information Sharing

The success of our business depends on your trust, and we do not sell your personal information to marketers outside of TSE Brakes. If we were to collect your information and you agreed to such collection, we would only share your personal information within TSE Brakes and as described in this Policy.  We do not share personal information with marketers outside of TSE Brakes, unless you consent to such sharing, or as described within this Policy.

Co-promotions with Carefully Selected Business Partners

If TSE Brakes implements any such co-promotions, TSE Brakes may collect personal and other information for a co-promotion or joint program with a business partner and share your information with that business partner. For these programs, we will make clear at the point of collection that the information will be shared with TSE Brakes and the participating business partner and ask for your consent as required by applicable laws.

Third-party service providers

We may rely on third-party service providers to perform a variety of business operations on our behalf. In so doing, we may need to share your personal information with them. We will then provide our service providers with only the personal information they need to perform the services we request. These services are carried out for the business purposes described in paragraph 4 of this policy.  We enter into written contracts with our service providers, and we require that they protect this information and not use it for any other purpose.

For example, we may rely on a service provider to:

• Fulfill your product and service requests and answer your questions.
• Host our sites and deliver our email or other communications.
• Mail product samples, contact contest winners, manage payments or take other actions on our behalf.
• Analyze our data, sometimes combined with data from other sources, to send you communications.
• Conduct research and analyze data to improve our products, services and sites.
• Where permitted by law, combine personal information about you that TSE Brakes has collected with personal information about you that a business partner has collected, so we can jointly send tailored promotional communications to you. In such instances, our business partner will not be permitted to use TSE Brakes data or the combined data for its own, independent marketing purposes. Our service provider will only be allowed to use the combined set of information to send you joint communications that we hope will be of interest to you. If you prefer not to receive these joint communications, you can always opt out by following the instructions provided in any such communication or through this Privacy Policy as indicated above.
• Perform other services that we request.

Other situations

We may disclose your personal information:

• To protect and defend the rights and property of TSE Brakes (including enforcing our Terms and Conditions).
• When required by law and/or government authorities.

Personal Information Retention Period

We will retain Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Aggregated and non-personal information

We share aggregated and/or anonymous information that does not identify you for TSE Brakes business purposes. For example, we may disclose the number of visitors to TSE Brakes sites or services. We may also share aggregated and/or anonymous information with our business partners for their own business purposes.

Your Choices & Access to Your Information

We give you choices about how we communicate with you.

Email Communications

If the possibility to register on the website exists and if required by applicable laws, we will only send you email marketing messages if you have provided prior consent to receiving these.

In such case you would be able to stop receiving promotional email messages from TSE Brakes by following the opt-out instructions provided in any such message you receive.

You can stop receiving promotional email messages from TSE Brakes by following the opt-out instructions provided in any such message you receive.

Postal Mail

You can stop receiving promotional postal mail from TSE Brakes by following the opt-out instructions that may be included within those communications.

You can also stop receiving promotional email or postal communication through this Privacy Policy. Please click here to select your country and learn how to unsubscribe.

Mobile Text Messages

We only send you promotional mobile text messages if you explicitly ask to receive these (you opt in). You can stop receiving promotional text messages by following the instructions to opt out provided within that text messaging program.

PLEASE NOTE: We will honor your request to stop receiving promotional email, text and postal messages from TSE Brakes. However, we may continue to send you service-related communications such as emails confirming purchases through our websites. And we may keep information for record-keeping, such as to ensure we fulfill consumer requests not to send particular types of messages.

Access

We take steps to keep your personal information accurate. Many TSE Brakes l programs provide access to view or update personal information you provided when you registered online. Check where you registered to learn if you can view or update your information there.

If information access and update are not available where you registered, contact us to learn how to access and/or update the personal information you provide to TSE Brakes. TSE Brakes does not charge for this service and responds to reasonable requests in an appropriate timeframe.

Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have some or all of the following rights in respect of your personal data:

• to obtain a copy of your personal data together with information about how and on what basis that personal data is processed;
• to rectify inaccurate personal data (including the right to have incomplete personal data completed);
• to erase your personal data (in limited circumstances, where it is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected or processed);
  to prevent us from sending you direct marketing;
• to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal data (where that processing is based on your consent);
• to object to decisions which are based solely on automated processing.
• In addition to the above, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

If you have any of these rights under applicable law, and if you wish to investigate exercising those rights, please contact us using the details set out below.

Cookies and Other Technologies

TSE Brakes and our third-party service providers use a variety of technologies to assess how our sites or mobile applications are used, to personalize your experience and to deliver you advertising, including online content, tailored to your interests. Some technologies we may use include the following:

Cookies

A cookie is a small file placed on your device when you visit a site that can be understood by the site that issued the cookie. We use the information collected by cookies to remember who you are to log you in and your preferences, to provide to you advertisements, offers or other content tailored to your interests and to assess how our sites are used. Some cookies, so called session cookies, are destroyed after closing your web browser. Other cookies, the so called permanent or tracking cookies, stay with your permission on your computer. Via these cookies, we recognize you at your next visit and this makes it possible to offer you personalized advertisements. You can set your browser to not accept but block cookies. This may lead to a reduction of available functions in our web shop making it impossible to place an order. To learn more, please look at the cookie settings available in your specific web browser(s).

Other Technologies

We use other technologies, including web beacons and JavaScript, that sometimes work together with cookies and other means within our mobile applications to uniquely identify your device. These other technologies help enable features on our websites and within our mobile applications.

Interest-Based Advertising

You may receive interest-based advertisements, offers or other content as you interact with websites or mobile applications. Interest-based advertising is online advertising from TSE Brakes and/or from our carefully selected business partners that is tailored to your interests and sent to your device using a cookie or other identifier assigned to your device. These cookies or other identifiers are placed in general interest categories that we infer from information such as:

• The web pages you view and links you click on TSE Brakes websites and other websites you visit.
• Mobile applications you use.
• The TSE Brakes emails you view and links you click in the email.
• Demographic data.
• Offline and online purchase data.

We have designed our interest-based advertising systems to deliver such ads to you based only on data that does not personally identify you.

We respect your privacy.

You can limit your receipt of interest-based ads on websites or in mobile applications by different means.

Your choices regarding receipt of interest-based advertising on websites: You can prevent your receipt of interest-based ads from TSE Brakes on websites by deleting and declining cookies in your browser(s). You can opt out from receiving interest-based advertising on websites from companies participating in the Network Advertising Initiative by visiting [http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices]

In the United States, Canada, Latin America and European Union, you can visit the Ad Choices link here or on TSE Brakes websites in those countries, where you can choose to opt out from receiving interest-based ads on websites. In European Union countries you can visit the [Cookie Notice]links at the bottom of TSE Brakes websites in those countries, where you can choose to opt out from receiving interest-based ads on websites. TSE Brakes will honor that choice.

Your choices regarding receipt of interest-based advertising in mobile applications.

Some newer mobile device operating systems allow you to limit the use of information to deliver interest-based advertising in mobile applications. You can check the settings on your device for such options in your device’s operating system.

Third-Party Advertising on TSE Brakes Sites

We may allow third parties, including business partners and ad networks, to display advertising on sites. Some of these companies may recognize your device through cookies or other technologies each time they send you an online advertisement. This enables them to understand where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisement and to deliver ads that they believe are of interest to you.

Links to Third Party Sites and Social Media

TSE Brakes sites may include links to third-party sites. TSE Brakes does not control these third-party sites, and we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every site you visit.

Social Networks and Third-Party Plug-ins

Our websites may include plug-ins from social networks or other third parties. An example of a plug-in is the Facebook “Like” button. Where legally permitted, these plug-ins may communicate with and send information to the party that provided the plug-in, even if you do not click on the plug-in. This information may include your IP address, information about your browser and device, and the address of the web page you are visiting on our site. Loading, using or clicking the plug-ins may also place, read and transmit cookies. These cookies may contain a unique identifier the social network or third-party assigns to you. The loading, functionality and your use of the plug-ins are governed by the privacy policy and terms of the party that provided the plug-in.

Social Network and Third-Party Login

Our websites may allow you to log in using a social network or other third-party account. An example of a third-party login is “Log in with Facebook.” Logging into one of our sites with your social network or other third-party account may allow us to gather information that you give us permission to access from that social network or third party. The login feature may also transfer information to the social network or third party, such as your username and password, to authenticate you. The social network or third party may also automatically collect information such as your IP address, information about your browser and device, and the address of the web page you are visiting on our site. The login feature may also place and read cookies from that third party that may contain a unique identifier the social network or other third party assigns to you. The functionality of and your use of the login is governed by the privacy policy and terms of the party that provided the login functionality.

User-Generated Content

Some TSE Brakes sites and applications may enable users to submit their own content for contests, blogs, videos, and other functions. Please remember that any information you submit or post as user-generated content to TSE Brakes sites become public information. You should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal, financial or other information in such submissions or posts. TSE Brakes cannot prevent others from using such information in a manner that may violate this Privacy Policy, the law, or your personal privacy and safety. TSE Brakes is not responsible for the results of such postings.

Information Security

TSE Brakes is committed to keeping personal information secure. We have implemented technical, administrative and physical procedures designed to protect personal information from loss, misuse or alteration.

We limit access to personal information to those who have a business need. We keep personal information only for so long as deemed reasonably necessary.

Information Transfer

TSE Brakes l may transfer your personal information within TSE Brakes and/or to other third parties, such as our third-party service providers. Your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in a country other than the one in which it was collected. This may include the United States. When we do so, we transfer the information in compliance with applicable data protection laws. However, you should note that privacy laws in other countries may not be equivalent to those in your country of residence.

We have implemented procedures and controls to help ensure that personal information is protected no matter what country it is stored in or transferred to.
Children’s Online Privacy

We do not intend to collect personal information online from children under 16 or as defined by local legal requirements, except on sites specifically directed to children. On those sites we follow applicable data protection laws.

Contact TSE Brakes

If you have questions or concerns regarding your privacy, please contact TSE Brakes directly. e-mail address to use.

You can also write to us at:

TSE Brakes
2310 Industrial Drive SW
Cullman, AL, 35055

TSE Brakes participates in the U.S. Council of Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) Accredited Business Program. Further information about this program and the BBB dispute resolution process is available at [http://www.bbb.org/online/consumer/default.aspx]

Privacy Complaints by European Union Citizens

TSE Brakes transfers any personal data in accordance with the Applicable Data protection legislation, such as the European Standard Contractual Clauses.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We will post changes to this Privacy Policy and indicate the effective date when this Privacy Policy is updated. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by sending an e-mail to the e-mail address you most recently provided us or by posting notice of the changes on this site.