Bfgoodrich MENA FZE. ("Bfgoodrich"), respects the private lives of the visitors and users of its Internet sites.This document describes the practices adopted by Bfgoodrich concerning personal data, including the circumstances in which it may be collected, the purposes for which it may be used, and the people for which it is intended.Each Bfgoodrich Internet site has a particular aim and has characteristics which are unique to it. If additional personal data acquisitions are necessary for a Bfgoodrich Internet site in particular, you will be so informed on the site.
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Personal Data
Collection of Personal Data
Use of Personal Data
Bfgoodrich uses your personal data within the strict limits of the goals for which it was collected. As an example, Bfgoodrich may use your personal data to:
Provide you with information on its products and services;
Carry out and follow your transactions;
Allow you to take part in the interactive aspects of its sites;
Fulfil a site user request (brochure fulfilment, send marketing or promotional materials including e-mails or other information)
Respond to your comments or requests for information
Make the user experience more customer-friendly
Compile user data that is stored in our corporate database and may be used for marketing and other purposes
Match personal data collected here with data about you that we collect offline
Comply with legal requirements
Bfgoodrich is committed to not using your personal data without your prior consent.
Recipients of your personal data
Shelf Life
Right of access, Modification, or Opposition
Data Security
Cookies
A "cookie" is a small text file that helps us in many ways to make your visit to our website more enjoyable and meaningful to you. For example, cookies avoid you having to log in every time you come back to one of our websites. They also allow us to tailor a website or advertisement to better match your interests and preferences. There are a couple different types of cookies.
A "session" cookie is stored only in your computer's working memory (RAM) and only lasts for your browsing session. When you close all your browser's windows, or when you shut down your computer, the session cookie disappears forever.
A "persistent" cookie is stored on your computer's hard drive until a specified date, which could be tomorrow, next week, or few years from now. Persistent cookies stay on your computer until either a) they expire,) they are overwritten with newer cookies, c) you manually remove them. Most browsers can be configured not to accept cookies, however, this may prevent you from having access to some site functions or features.
Bfgoodrich collects data relating to how you use our Internet sites to improve our service to visitors and users of these sites through the use of cookies, which are files that your Internet navigator places on your hard disk when you visit a site. The cookies do not make it possible to identify you personally. The recorded data can be information such as which pages you consulted, the date and time of such consultation, and other tracking information. You can parameterize your navigator so that it informs you of the presence of cookies and provides you with the option of accepting the cookies. You can also parameterize your navigator to decontaminate the cookies.
Bfgoodrich may allow other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to display advertisements the website. To do this, ad networks place a persistent cookie on your computer. This allows the ad network to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad networks may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. Bfgoodrich does not have access to or control of the cookies that may be placed by the third-party ad servers or ad networks.
The website may use spotlight tags, web beacons, GIF and pixel tags, banner ads and links which are site instrumentation tools that help us to determine, for instance, whether a page has been viewed or not and, if so, how many times. When you ask us to send you information on a promotion or a newsletter, we may use web beacons to establish how many of the emails are actually opened. In general, any electronic image viewed as part of a web page, including an ad banner, can act as a web beacon. We may use web beacons to collect information that will enable us to improve our site.
When you visit the website the server housing the pages automatically generates a "session log." We use session logs to help us determine how people travel through our site. In this way, we can structure our pages so that the information most frequently visited is easier to find. By tracking page visits, we can also determine if the information we're providing is being used. The only data gathered is the Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you came (which contains no personal information), the web site that referred you, the pages you visited and the date and time of those visits.
Users may be directed to the website via banner ads or site links. Ads or site links that are placed by the website use cookies or web beacons to deliver metrics on the effectiveness of the ads or links. They do not collect personal information from the user.
International Transfers of Personal Data
Bfgoodrich is an international company that has databases in the various countries where it operates. Bfgoodrich can transfer your personal data within the company or to its external partners located outside of your home country. Because the level of data protection is not homogeneous on a world level, we do not transmit your personal data to third party companies outside of the European Union unless these companies offer contractually the same or similar level of protection of your personal data that Bfgoodrich offers. For the transfers within Bfgoodrich, the company has adopted Binding Corporate Rules (“BCRs”) to govern the transfers of personal data coming from the European Union. If you click on “BCRs,” you will find a copy of the rules.
Bfgoodrich may share collected personal information about you with other companies within the Bfgoodrich family of companies or subsidiaries. Our "family of companies" is the group of companies related to us by common control or ownership. We share information within this "family" as a normal part of conducting business and offering products and services to our customers.
Personal information that you provide to Bfgoodrich, may be shared with our authorized Bfgoodrich dealers, TIRE PLUS or EUROMASTER’s franchisee. This is necessary in order to provide a dealer with information for purposes of contacting you in their regular course of business. The dealer or the Franchisee is not restricted by Bfgoodrich in their use of your data.
Interactive Services
Children's Privacy
Bfgoodrich Internet sites are generally not intended for minors (less than eighteen (18) years of age). If you are a minor, we encourage you not to transmit personal information without the authorization of your parents.
Bfgoodrich does not knowingly intend to collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.
If a parent is interested in accessing the personal data on their children that is collected on the website, you can access this information by contacting the webmaster. Bfgoodrich will use reasonable efforts to supply you with the information you have requested.