This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) sets out how PCS COMPANY (“PCS”) handles the personal information that PCS Company collects through its websites, software, and related applications and PCS’s practices for collecting, using, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to personal information PCS collects:
PCS Company is committed to treating Personal Information in compliance with this Policy and applicable law.
Before submitting your personal information to PCS please read this Policy carefully to learn about PCS’s privacy practices. By using the Website or otherwise sharing your Personal Information with PCS, you are accepting the practices and terms set forth in this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, your only option is not to use the Website. In handling your personal information, PCS will take reasonable and appropriate security measures.
PCS may update or revise this Policy from time to time. The effective date of the updated Policy is as set forth in Section 10. Continued use of the Website after changes have been made to this Policy is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.
PCS may collect your Personal Information in order to (a) allow you to properly view the Website; (b) provide information, products, or services to you; (c) to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it; and (d) to notify you about changes to PCS’s Website, products, or services.
PCS collects several types of Personal Information from and about users of the Website, including information:
By which you may be personally identified, such as name, postal address, e-mail address, telephone number or any other identifier by which you may be contacted online or offline (“Identifiable Information”);
PCS collects Personal Information:
The information PCS collects on or through its Website may include:
As you navigate through and interact with the Website, PCS may use automatic data collection technologies such as cookies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, such as: details of your visits to the Website, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Website, and information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
Cookies are a small program file created in your computer hard drive. Creating this file makes your future access to the Website easier by reading the information used in the previous session. PCS does not store Identifiable Information in these cookies. You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. However, turning off cookies may make certain parts of the Website unreachable.
Information collected as you navigate and interact with the Website helps PCS to improve the Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service by: estimating PCS’s audience size and browsing patterns, customizing the Website according to your individual interests, and recognizing you when you return to the Website.
Personal information collected by PCS may be used for the following purposes:
Generally, PCS will not provide personal information to any third party without your approval.
PCS reserves the right to disclose such information to:
To opt out of receiving marketing information from PCS, please contact PCS using the contact information in Section 10 or use the “Opt Out” option in the marketing e-mail. You cannot opt out of receiving order status e-mails.
To update the Personal Information in your Website profile, please either update the information when signed in, or contact PCS using the contact information in Section 11.
This Website and the services on this Website are targeted for users in the United States of America. Please access our affiliated websites in the European Union at: https://us.misumi-ec.com/worldwide/.
By using this Website or the services, you consent to the transfer of such Personal Information to the United States of America which may not offer an equivalent level of protection to that required in the European Union and to the processing of that information by PCS on its servers located in the United States of America as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Notice for California Residents supplements the information contained in PCS’s privacy policy above and applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California (“consumers” or “you”). PCS adopts this notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and any terms defined in the CCPA have the same meaning when used in this notice.
Information PCS Collects
PCS collects information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer (“California Personal Information”). In particular, PCS has collected the following categories of California Personal Information from consumers within the last twelve (12) months:
Category |
Examples |
Collected |
A. Identifiers. |
A real name, Internet Protocol address, email address, or other similar identifiers. |
YES |
B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). |
A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories. |
YES |
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. |
Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information). |
NO |
D. Commercial information. |
Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies. |
YES |
E. Biometric information. |
Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data. |
NO |
F. Internet or other similar network activity. |
Browsing history, search history, information on a consumer's interaction with a website, application, or advertisement. |
YES |
G. Geolocation data. |
Physical location or movements. |
NO |
H. Sensory data. |
Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information. |
NO |
I. Professional or employment-related information. |
Current or past job history or performance evaluations. |
NO |
J. Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)). |
Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records. |
NO |
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information. |
Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. |
YES |
California Personal Information does not include:
Health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) or clinical trial data;
Personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994.
PCS obtains the categories of California Personal Information listed above from the following categories of sources:
Use of Personal Information
PCS may use or disclose the personal information PCS collects for one or more of the following business purposes:
PCS will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information PCS collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.
Sharing Personal Information
PCS may disclose your California Personal Information to a trusted third party, but only to the extent necessary to perform necessary business purposes or provide services to PCS. PCS requires these third parties to maintain the privacy and security of the California Personal Information they process on PCS’s behalf.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, PCS has disclosed the following categories of California Personal Information for a business purpose:
Category A: |
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Category B: |
California Customer Records personal information categories. |
Category C: |
Commercial information |
Category D: |
Internet or other similar network activity. |
PCS discloses your personal information for a business purpose to the following categories of third parties:
Sales of Personal Information
In the preceding twelve (12) months, PCS has not sold any personal information.
Your Rights and Choices
The CCPA provides consumers (California residents) with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.
Access to Specific Information and Data Portability Rights
You have the right to request that PCS discloses certain information to you about PCS’s collection and use of your California Personal Information over the past 12 months. Once PCS receives and confirms your verifiable consumer request, PCS will disclose to you:
Deletion Request Rights
You have the right to request that PCS delete any of your California Personal Information that PCS has collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once PCS receives and confirms your Verifiable Consumer Request (as defined below), PCS will delete (and direct any service providers to delete) your California Personal Information from its records, unless an exception applies.
PCS may deny your deletion request if retaining the California Personal Information is necessary for us (or the service providers) to:
Exercising Access, Data Portability, and Deletion Rights
To exercise the access, data portability, and deletion rights described above, please submit a “Verifiable Consumer Request” to PCS by sending an e-mail to inquire@misumiusa.com or calling 800-681-7475.
Only you or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a Verifiable Consumer request related to your California Personal Information. You may also make a Verifiable Consumer Request on behalf of your minor child.
You may only make a Verifiable Consumer Request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. The Verifiable Consumer Request must:
Making a Verifiable Consumer Request does not require you to make an account with PCS.
PCS cannot respond to your request or provide you with California Personal Information if PCS cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. PCS will only use California Personal Information provided in a Verifiable Consumer Request to verify the requestor's identity or authority to make the Verifiable Consumer Request.
Response Timing and Format
PCS endeavors to respond to Verifiable Consumer Requests within 45 days of their receipt. If PCS requires more time (up to 90 days), PCS will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.
PCS will deliver the written response by mail or electronically, at your option. Any disclosures provided by PCS will only cover the 12-month period preceding the Verifiable Consumer Request's receipt. The provided response will also explain any reasons PCS cannot fully comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, PCS will select a format to provide your personal information that is readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another entity without hindrance.
PCS does not charge a fee to process or respond to your Verifiable Consumer Request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If PCS determines that the Verifiable Consumer Request warrants a fee, PCS will tell you why it made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
Non-Discrimination
PCS will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. Unless permitted by the CCPA, PCS will not:
However, PCS may offer certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels. Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive PCS offers will reasonably relate to your personal information’s value and contain written terms that describe such program’s material aspects. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt in consent, which you may revoke at any time.
California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send us an e-mail to inquire@misumiusa.com or write us at our address listed on our webpage.
Changes to PCS’s Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to amend this privacy notice at our discretion and at any time. When we make changes to this privacy notice, we will post the updated notice on the Website and update the notice’s effective date. Your continued use of our Website following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this notice, the Policy, the ways in which PCS collects and uses your personal information, your choices and rights regarding such use, or if you wish to exercise your rights under California law, please do not hesitate to contact us at the contact information below.
The Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. If you are under age 16, do not use PCS’s Website or provide any Personal Information to PCS. PCS does not knowingly collect Personal information from children under 16. If PCS learns that it has collected the Personal Information of a child under 16, it will take necessary steps to delete that information. If you believe that PCS has collected the Personal Information of a child under 16, please contact PCS at the contact information in Section 11.
PCS’s Websites may contain links to other websites, applications, or software. PCS is not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites, applications, or software.
This Policy was last reviewed in December 2019.
Phone: 800-521-0546
E-mail: sales@pcs-company.com
MISUMI USA, Inc./ PCS Company
C/O Legal Department
1717 Penny Lane
Schaumburg, IL 60173
E-mail: inquire@misumiusa.com