Privacy Policy

EFFECTIVE DATE: 01/23/2019

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PURPOSE OF POLICY. Pentel of America, Ltd. (“us,” “we,” or “Company”) is committed to respecting the privacy rights of its customers, visitors, and other users of the Pentel Challenges Campaign Website (the “Site”). We created this Website Privacy Policy (this “Policy”) to give you confidence as you visit and use the Site, and to demonstrate our commitment to fair information practices and the protection of privacy. This Policy is only applicable to the Site, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Site, each of which may have data collection and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Policy.

1.2. NOTICE CONCERNING CHILDREN
PLEASE NOTE: We are a general audience site, and do not direct any of our content specifically at children under 13 years of age. We understand and are committed to respecting the sensitive nature of children’s privacy online. If we learn or have reason to suspect that a Site user is under age 13, we will promptly delete any personal information in that user’s account.

2. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES

2.1. WHAT BASIC INFORMATION DOES THE COMPANY COLLECT?
In operating the Site, Company may include registration, online surveys, and other online forms that ask users to provide their names, e-mail addresses, and other contact information. If you complete online forms, surveys, or contest entries, any information provided in such communication, including links to creative submissions, may be collected as personal information.

2.2. WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DOES COMPANY COLLECT? Our servers automatically recognize visitors’ domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. The Site may also gather anonymous “traffic data” that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the services we offer.

3. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION

3.1. HOW DOES COMPANY USE THE COLLECTED INFORMATION?
(a) PERSONAL INFORMATION. We will not share your personal information with any third parties without your consent, except as necessary to provide you with the services offered by us or to comply with the law. We may use your personal information to verify your identity, to check your qualifications, respond to questions or requests, or to follow up with transactions initiated on the Site. We may also use your contact information to inform you of any changes to the Site, or to send you additional information about Company. If you give your permission, we may subscribe you to our newsletter. We do not share your contact information with business partners or other companies. We keep your information as long as it is necessary or relevant for our business.
(b) ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous information to analyze our Site traffic, but we do not examine this information for individually identifying information. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, to administer our site, or to display the content according to your preferences. Traffic and transaction information may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis.
(c) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Company or its parent company, subsidiaries or affiliates, (2) protect and defend the rights or property of Company or the users of the Site, (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or users of the Site, or (4) enforce our Terms of Use.
(e) SALE OF INFORMATION. In order to accommodate changes in our business, we may sell or buy portions of our company or other companies or assets, including the information collected through this Web site. If Company or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will be one of the assets transferred to the acquirer.
(f) ACCESS TO INFORMATION. Unfortunately, we do not maintain any procedures for you to review or request changes to the information that we collect about you, except that you may request that we remove all information about you from our database by contacting us in accordance with Section 6.1 below.

4. SECURITY
The Site has security measures in place to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, but we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration. . We will keep your personal information private and will not share it with third parties, except as otherwise provided in this Policy. Your personal information is stored on secure servers that are not accessible by third parties. We provide you with the capability to transmit your personal information via secured and encrypted channels if you use a similarly equipped web browser. If you live outside of the United States, you understand and agree that we may transfer your information to the United States. This Site is subject to United States laws, which may not afford the same level of protection of those in your country.

5. WEBSITE AREAS BEYOND COMPANY’S CONTROL. The Site may contain links to other websites that we do not control. If you choose to visit other websites, we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those other websites, and it is your responsibility to carefully review the privacy policies at those websites to confirm that you understand and agree with their policies.

6. CONTACT INFORMATION AND POLICY UPDATES

6.1. CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about this Policy, our practices related to this Site, other privacy concerns, or if you would like to have us remove your information from our database please feel contact us at the following: social@pentel.com.

6.2. UPDATES AND CHANGES
We reserve the right, at any time, to add to, change, update, or modify this Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on the Site. We will notify you of any material changes to this policy as may be required by law. Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on the Site. It is your responsibility to review this Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.
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