Online Privacy Statement
Our Commitment to Privacy
WTC-Trade Mart L.P., commonly known as Market Center Management Company (MCMC), is committed to protecting your privacy online. Any personal information that you provide us is safeguarded, and we make every reasonable effort to use this information only as you choose.
The goal of this Privacy Notice is (i) to advise you of the online privacy practices of MCMC relative to our Web sites, including but not limited to globaltex.com, and (ii) to describe the way information collected on this site is used.
This Privacy Notice applies to user profiles and to information collected about users on MCMC's Web sites. By using our Web site, you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Information
We collect information you choose to submit during your registration.
We sometimes obtain additional information about you such as your demographic and system information from other sources.
Uses
We use the information you submit to provide you with services you request.
We use information about you to provide offers and information regarding MCMC products and services.
We do not share your information with, or sell it to, other marketers without your permission. We may share your information with affiliates as well as vendors we've hired to assist in providing products and services.
Your Personal Information
MCMC's primary goals in collecting personal information about you are, first, to give you a meaningful, enjoyable and personalized Web site experience and, second, to facilitate the development of new products and services relevant to consumers like you. Personal information also allows us to provide better service to you by tailoring our communications to match your interests -- deliver more of what you want and less of what you don't want. Below are the types of information we gather:
Information You Explicitly Provide: Your name, mailing address, e-mail address and phone number. You can choose not to provide this information, but then you might not be able to participate in some of our services or offerings.
Information We Automatically Collect: We use common internet technologies such as javascript and sessions to ensure the integrity of our site and to customize portions of the site for you.
Sessions: To keep track of temporary information. For example, sessions allow us to keep track of the terms you search for.
Javascript: To collect and record information about what you viewed on our Web site and what you viewed in our e-mail. To collect non-personal data on the usage of our site, including but not limited to the date and time of the visit, the pages visited, the referring Web page, the type of browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox), the type of operating system (e.g., Windows, Linux, or Mac) and the domain name of the visitor’s Internet service provider (e.g., AOL). This information is collected about thousands of site visits and analyzed as a whole. This information is useful in, for example, tracking the performance of our online advertising such as online banner ads and to determine where to place future advertising on other Web sites.
Disabling Javascript : If you are uncomfortable with the collection of such information through the use of javascript, we recommend disabling this feature through your browser preferences, though please understand this will limit the performance and functionality of MCMC's Web site. Your browser documentation should provide specific procedures for disabling javascript support.
Information from Other Sources: We sometimes obtain additional information about you, such as demographic and system information, from other sources and merge it with information we have collected on this site, as well as information you may have provided offline. We use this information as stated below.
Using your Information
Market Center Management Company only uses your personal information to conduct business with you. Some examples include:
- Registering you in programs
- Creating and maintaining accounts
- Processing, fulfilling and following up on orders
- Answering your e-mail
- Communicating with you
- Sending surveys
We also use this personal information to better understand your needs and interests, to improve our service and to personalize communications.
Your personally identifiable information will not be rented or sold to any third party. Market Center Management Company may share your personal information as follows:
- Companies who work on our behalf: We contract with other companies to perform business support functions on our behalf, which may involve limited access to your personal information. We require these companies to use the information only to provide the contracted services; they are prohibited from transferring the information to another party except as needed to provide those services. Some examples of these business support functions include order fulfillment, coupon fulfillment, award and rebate fulfillments, customer survey execution and information systems management. We also may make aggregate, non-personal information available to select service providers such as.
- MCMC's affiliates, subsidiaries and joint ventures: If MCMC shares your information with an affiliate, subsidiary or joint venture partner, MCMC will require that they not transfer your information to another party for marketing purposes or use your information contrary to your expressed choices. If you have indicated that you do not want to receive any marketing information from MCMC, we will not share your information with an affiliate, subsidiary or joint venture partner for their marketing purposes.
- Business Transfers: MCMC reserves the right to transfer your personal information in connection with the sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets. If the business is sold or transferred, MCMC will give you an opportunity to tell us not to transfer your personal information. In some cases, this may mean that the new organization will not be able to continue providing to you the services or products that MCMC provided.
- Law Enforcement: MCMC may disclose personal information to third parties without your consent for any of the following reasons: to comply with any law, regulation or court order, to cooperate with government investigations, to help prevent fraud or to enforce or protect the rights of MCMC, its affiliates, subsidiaries or joint venture partners.
- With Your Consent: In all other cases, MCMC will obtain your express consent before sharing your information with third parties. For example, MCMC may conduct a joint offer or contest with a third party, and you will be asked whether your personal information should be shared with that third party.
Your Choices about Receiving E-mail
MCMC may send you e-mail about your orders or your account and in response to your questions. MCMC, its affiliates and/or subsidiaries may also send you e-mail with information and/or special offers about products and services that may be of interest to you, unless you indicate you do not want to receive them.
We will give you an opportunity to let us know your preference regarding the receiving of promotional e-mail when you register for a service, when you provide us with your personal information, or when we send you e-mail. If you choose not to accept this promotional e-mail, you may not receive special offers that may be of value to you. This option applies to promotional e-mail only, as we may find it necessary to send you e-mail relating to your account or order.
Promotional e-mail that you receive from MCMC will tell you how to decline receiving future promotional e-mail.
Protecting Your Information
MCMC implements a variety of administrative, managerial and technical security measures to help protect your personal information. MCMC has internal control standards which relate specifically to the handling of personal information. These include certain controls to help safeguard the information we collect online. MCMC employees are trained to understand and comply with these controls, and we communicate our Privacy Notice, practices and guidelines to our employees. However, while we strive to protect your personal information, you must also take steps to protect it. We urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal and professional information while you are on the Internet.
Children's Privacy
Protecting the online privacy of children is especially important, and those under the age of 13 are protected by federal law. For that reason, MCMC does not knowingly permit children under the age of 13 to become registered users of our site. If we ever include children under the age of 13 as part of our intended site audience, those specific Web pages will, in accordance with the provisions of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), be clearly identified and provide an explicit privacy notice; and we will provide processes to obtain parental approval, provide access to information and allow parents to request removal of their children's personal information.
Outside Links
Some MCMC Web pages contain links to and from other Web sites, and MCMC is not responsible for the privacy practices of those Web sites. MCMC encourages you to ascertain the privacy practices of those Web sites.
Keeping Your Information Accurate
If you are a registered user of globaltex.com, you can review and update your member profile using your user name and password. You also have the option of sending an e-mail to websupport@globaltex.com to request a change to your information. We will make every reasonable effort to make sure your requests are met. To protect your privacy, proof of identity is required.
Changes to this Privacy Notice
MCMC reserves the right to modify this Privacy Notice from time to time, by posting a prominent announcement on this page or, in the event of a material change, by notifying all customers through e-mail whose personal information we have retained.
