Welcome to the Internet Site of West Star Industries, Inc. ("West Star"). West Star respects the privacy of visitors to its web site. West Star is committed to the protection of their personal information. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the West Star site (the "Site").

Binding Nature/Consent:

By accessing and using the Site, you agree and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as outlined in this Privacy Statement.

DESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION WEST STAR MAY COLLECT:

Personally Identifiable Information.

When you visit this site, West Star only recognizes your Internet Protocol Address (See below). If you fill out a form or send us email, West Star has the ability to, and may collect, personally identifiable information (i.e. information from which you can be identified, such as name, address, telephone number or e-mail address), but that occurs only when it is asked for and/or you voluntarily submit it to us on this Site. We may use the information to respond to your requests, improve our level of service and the content of our web site. WE may provide you with tips, helpful information, product news and updates. We may use the personally identifiable information to notify you of new West Star products and services. West Star may use this personally identifiable information to seek your views on our products and services; and for our own internal purposes. This Site is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information via this Site from visitors in that age group without the explicit consent of a parent or guardian.

Use of IP Addresses.

An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a set of numbers that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you log on to your Internet service provider or through your organization's local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN). Web servers automatically identify your computer by the IP address assigned to it during your session online.
West Star, and possibly in some cases, agents or vendors of West Star may collect IP addresses for the purposes of systems administration. The IP information may also use the IP information to audit the use of our site. We would not ordinarily link a user's IP address to personally identifiable information of that user, which means each user's session will be logged, but the user will remain anonymous to us. In certain circumstances though West Star may use IP addresses to identify users of our site. An example of this use would be in a situation where we feel it is necessary to use the information to enforce compliance with the site's terms of use, or to protect our service, site or other users.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information.

West Star also collects non-personally identifiable information in aggregate form to track data such as the total number of visits to our web sites, the number of visitors to each page of our web sites, and the domain names of our visitors' Internet service providers. We use this information, which remains in aggregate form, to understand how our visitors use our web sites so that we may improve them and the services we offer. NO PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION IS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROCESS.

Cookies

This Site uses a technology called "cookies". A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies help provide additional functionality to the Site or help us analyze usage of the Site more accurately. For instance, our server may set a cookie that keeps you from having to enter a password more than once during a visit to the Site. In all cases in which cookies are used, we will not collect personally identifiable information without your explicit permission. The only personally identifiable information West Star collects is the information you voluntarily provide.
You have the ability to decline cookies. Most Web Browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies. Please refer to your Internet Browser's instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this Site.
West Star cannot guarantee that loss, misuse or alteration to data will not occur. West Star DOES MAKE reasonable efforts to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.

Sharing Personally Identifiable Information with Third Parties

West Star will not sell or rent personally identifiable information to any third party for any purpose. Sometimes selected third parties are however used to provide West Star with support services in connection with its web sites and such parties may, from time to time, have access to your information to enable them to provide those services to West Star. All companies providing such support services are required by West Star to meet the same standards of data protection as West Star and are prohibited from using the information for their own marketing purposes.
In certain special cases, we may disclose your personally identifiable information in the following circumstances:

• When we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to you, or otherwise injuring or interfering with West Star's rights, property or operations, other users of this site, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities; or

• When we believe the law requires it, or in response to any demand by law enforcement authorities in connection with a criminal investigation, or civil or administrative authorities in connection with a pending civil case or administrative investigation.

Links to Other Web Sites

This Site may provide links to other West Star and third party web sites as a service to our users. The privacy statement described here does not apply to those sites. Please ensure you check the legal and privacy statement posted on each site you link to.

Changes

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the Site constitutes your agreement to the privacy statement and any updates.