Wilkinson Statement of Privacy
(last updated: February 2003)

Wilkinson Industries, Inc. is committed to protecting your privacy. This Wilkinson Statement of Privacy applies to Wilkinson's family of Web sites and governs data collection and usage at all Wilkinson sites and services; it does not apply to other online or offline Wilkinson sites, products or services. Please read the Wilkinson Statement of Privacy below and also any supplementary information at the end of this statement for additional details about particular Wilkinson sites and services that you may use.

Wilkinson is a general audience web site, intended for users of all ages. Personal information of all users is collected, used and disclosed as described in this Statement of Privacy.

Other Wilkinson services linked to from this Web site, Wilkmfg.com and Wilkmfg.net, have their own statements of privacy which can be viewed by clicking on the links.

Collection of your Personal Information

At some sites, Wilkinson collects personal information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Wilkinson may also collect demographic information, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites. Information collected by Wilkinson may be combined with information obtained from other Wilkinson services and other companies.

Wilkinson also collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Wilkinson for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of Wilkinson.

Wilkinson keeps track of the pages our customers visit within Wilkinson, in order to determine what Wilkinson sites and services are the most popular. This data is also used by Wilkinson to deliver customized content and advertising to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personal information through Wilkinson Chats, Wilkinson Groups, or other public online forums, this information may be collected and used by others.

Wilkinson encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Wilkinson so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Wilkinson is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Wilkinson family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Wilkinson and its operational service partners collect and use your personal information to operate Wilkinson and deliver the services you have requested. Wilkinson also uses your personal information to inform you of other products or services available from Wilkinson and its affiliates. Wilkinson may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new products that may be offered.

Wilkinson does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Wilkinson may, from time to time, contact you regarding a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your personal information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

We occasionally hire other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of mailings, providing customer support, processing transactions, or performing statistical analysis of our services. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose.

Wilkinson does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Wilkinson may access and/or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Wilkinson or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Wilkinson, including its Wilkinson family of Web sites; or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Wilkinson, its web sites, or the public.

Personal information collected on this site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Wilkinson or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Wilkinson abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control your Personal Information

There are some Wilkinson services, including Wilkinson Internet Access and Customer Access, that send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service issues, product surveys, new feature announcements and news about Wilkinson products and services. You will not be able to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered a part of the service you have chosen.

Security of your Personal Information

Wilkinson is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer systems with limited access, that are located in controlled facilities. When we transmit highly confidential information (such as a credit card number) over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Use of Cookies

Wilkinson uses "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize Wilkinson's pages, or register with Wilkinson sites or services, a cookie helps Wilkinson to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to Wilkinson, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Wilkinson features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Wilkinson services or Web sites you visit.

Use of Web Beacons

Wilkinson Web pages may contain electronic images known as Web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow Wilkinson to count users who have visited those pages and to deliver co-branded services. Wilkinson may include web beacons in promotional e-mail messages or Wilkinson Newsletters in order to count how many messages have been opened and acted upon. Web beacons are not used to access your personal information on the Wilkinson network of sites and services; they are a technique we use to compile aggregated statistics about Wilkinson Web site usage.

Web beacons collect only a limited set of information including a cookie number, time and date of a page view, and a description of the page on which the Web beacon resides. Wilkinson Web pages may also contain Web beacons placed there by our advertising partners to help determine the effectiveness of our Internet advertising campaigns.

Use of Third Party Ad Networks

The majority of the online banner advertisements you see on Wilkinson Web pages are displayed by Wilkinson.

Changes to this Statement

Wilkinson will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. When Wilkinson posts changes to this Statement, you will see the word "updated" next to the Privacy Statement link on the front page of Wilkinson. If there are material changes to this Statement or in how Wilkinson will use your personal information, Wilkinson will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. Wilkinson encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Wilkinson is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Wilkinson welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Wilkinson has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Wilkinson by telephone, e-mail, or postal mail.

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Wilkinson Internet Access Service

When you register to subscribe to our Wilkinson Internet Access service, Wilkinson requests personal information such as your name, e-mail address, physical address, telephone number, credit card number, and in some instances, your social security number to register your account ("registration information").

Wilkinson Newsletters

When you subscribe to a Wilkinson Newsletter, Wilkinson requests your e-mail address. Wilkinson uses your e-mail address to send you the newsletter(s) you have requested.