BUEHLER PRIVACY POLICY
Last Revised: September 19th, 2017

Buehler, a division of Illinois Tool Works Inc. (“Buehler,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respects your personalprivacy and is committed to adhering to the applicable privacy and data protection laws and industry
guidelines. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how we handle (1) the personal informationthat you provide to us on Buehler.com and other online resources that link to this Privacy Policy(collectively, the “Website”), (2) information collected through your use of the Website, and (3)information obtained from our approved partners and other reliable sources. This Privacy Policy also
explains the use of cookies and similar technologies on the Website (see PASSIVE INFORMATIONCOLLECTION below).
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Buehler.com website and other online resources that link to thisPrivacy Policy – not to any third-party sites that may be accessible from here.
After reading this Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into and is a part of this Website’s Terms andConditions of Use, you will know:
1. What information Buehler collects from you and how we use it
2. What choices you have about how Buehler treats your information
3. How Buehler protects your information
4. What Buehler does about children visiting this Website
5. How you can contact Buehler
6. Changes in the Privacy Policy
1.

Information Buehler Collects From You and How We Use ItYOUR CONSENT
By using, visiting or interacting with the Website or providing personal information to us through your useof the Website, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information
described in this Privacy Policy.
If you do not consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as described inthis Privacy Policy, do not use the Buehler Website or contact Buehler pursuant to Section 5 below.
ACTIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION
Like many other web sites, we actively collect information from our visitors both by asking specificquestions on this Website and by permitting you to communicate directly with us via e-mail, “Contact Us”
forms, “Service Request” forms, purchase order forms, blog comments, registration forms or othermethods made available to you on our Website. Some of the information that you submit may be personal
information (that is, information that can be uniquely identified with you, such as your name, address, email address, phone number, etc.). Buehler uses this information for the purposes for which you provide
it and for any other purpose described at the time information is submitted by you, and as otherwise set
forth in this Privacy Policy or as permitted or required by applicable law. For example, if you provide yourname and contact information to us to request a quote, such information will be used to provide you witha quote or obtain more information from you regarding your request if necessary.
We generally collect and use personal information provided to us on the Website for the following
purposes:•

to establish, develop and preserve our business relationship respectively with our customers andother individuals with whom we deal;•

to create, establish and administer your account and to respond to your inquiries;•

to provide the products and services that we offer and ensure that all related transactions areexecuted;•to allow individuals to apply for employment with Buehler, notify others about Buehler job
postings and obtain information about future Buehler job postings, and to allow us to consider
individuals for employment with Buehler and to contact individuals about employment
opportunities;•to authenticate the identity and preserve the privacy of customers or potential customers
contacting Buehler by telephone, electronic means or otherwise;•to allow customers and Website visitors to register for and attend training sessions and classes;•for quality assurance purposes;•as necessary, to establish or verify the credit of persons who use, or intend to use, one or moreof the products offered by Buehler;•to manage our business and ensure the efficiency, reliability and security of our systems;•

to meet legal and regulatory requirements and to allow Buehler to meet contractual requirements
relating to the products and services we offer;•to ensure our records are accurate and to protect customers and Buehler from error and fraud;•

to understand and assess the interests, wants and changing needs of our customers and Website
visitors with a view to improving our products and services and developing new ones;•

to provide our customers and Website visitors with personalized products and services as well as
product recommendations; and•to notify our customers and Website visitors about changes to the Website or upcoming products
and services offered or provided by us, our affiliates or our business partners that may be ofinterest to our customers and Website visitors.

PASSIVE INFORMATION COLLECTION
Some of the information we collect depends on the settings on your web browser. Please check your web
browser if you want to learn what information your browser sends or how to change your settings. Inaddition to the information sent by your web browser, as you navigate through a web site, certain
information can be passively collected (that is, gathered without you actively providing the information)using various technologies and means, such as navigational data collection.
Like most web site operators, we and our approved partners use cookies and similar technologies, local
shared objects (or any other successor tracker technology), and pixel tags that automatically receive andtrack certain data about how you and other visitors interact with our Website, preferences expressed andsettings chosen. For example, we may collect information about the technology you use (such as browser,
type of computer, operating systems, mobile device and network used, and Internet service providers)and server log data (such as access dates and times, online features or pages viewed, system activity, andthe third-party site or service you were using before interacting with our Website). These technologies
are described in more detail below.
“Cookies” are small text files that are stored on your browser or device by websites, mobile apps, online
media and advertisements. There are different types of cookies. Cookies served by the entity that
operates the website you are visiting or using are called “first party cookies” (so cookies served by Buehler
while you are using our Website are first party cookies). Cookies served by companies that are notoperating the website you are visiting or using are called “third party cookies” (so, we may a website
analytics provider to set a cookie on your computer via our Website while you visit our Website, and thatwould be a third party cookie). Cookies may also endure for different periods of time. “Session Cookies”
last only as long as your browser is open. These are deleted automatically once you close your browser orapp. Other cookies are “persistent cookies” meaning that they survive after your browser is closed (forexample, they may recognize your computer when you re-open our online services).
“Pixel tags” (also called beacons or pixels) are small blocks of code installed on (or called by) a web page,or advertisement which can retrieve certain information about your device and browser, including device
type, operating system, browser type and version, web site visited, time of visit, referring web site, IPaddress, and other similar information (including the small text file (the cookie) that uniquely identifies
the device). Pixels provide the means by which third parties can set and read browser cookies from adomain that they do not themselves operate and collect information about visitors to that domain,
typically with the permission of the domain owner.
In this Privacy Policy, these and similar technologies are collectively referred to as “cookies andtechnologies.” The following table sets out the different categories of cookies and technologies that ourWebsite, electronic communications, and advertisements may use and why we use them:
Cookie Types

PurposeAuthentication

These cookies and technologies tell us when you’re using our Website so wecan show you the appropriate features and content such as your accountinformation, purchase history and to edit your account settings.

Security and Website
Integrity

These cookies and technologies support or enable security features to help
keep our Website safe and secure. For example, they enable us to remember
when you are logged into a secure area of our Website and help protect youraccount from being accessed by anyone other than you.

Online Service FeaturesThese cookies and technologies provide functionality that help us deliverproducts and services. For example, cookies help you log in by pre-fillingfields. We may also use these cookies and similar technologies to help us
provide you and others with social plugins (for example, Facebook, YouTube,LinkedIn) and other customized content and experiences.

Analytics and Research

These cookies and technologies are used to understand, improve andresearch our Website, and better understand the interests of people whointeract with our Website. For example, we and our approved partners may
use these cookies and technologies to understand how you are using
Website features, and segmenting audiences for feature testing. We and ourpartners may use these technologies and the information we receive toimprove and understand how you use and interact with our Website,communications and advertisements.
For example, our Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service
provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies toanalyze use patterns and may collect information about your use of ourWebsite. More information on Google Analytics can be found here:
www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. If you would like to opt-out of
having your data used by these cookies, please use the Google Analytics optout available here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM OTHER SOURCES
We may also receive information from other sources and combine it with information we collect throughour Website. For example, we may obtain information about you from commercially available sources
such as data aggregators and public databases (for example, job applicant information received from
LinkedIn in connection with our hiring decisions). This information may include your name, demographic
information, interests and publicly-observed data (such as from social media and shopping behavior).
RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Buehler retains the personal information collected on the Website as long as necessary to provide theservices, products and information you request and to fulfill the other legitimate businesses purposes
described above, or as permitted by applicable law.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Buehler will not sell or otherwise disclose personal information collected from the Website to any thirdperson, except as permitted by this Privacy Policy, as permitted or provided by applicable law or with yourconsent.
We may disclose personal information you provide to us via this Website or that we collect through youruse of the Website as follows:•to affiliates, business partners, service providers and contractors who support our business, inwhich case we will limit the amount of information disclosed to that which is necessary in orderfor them to provide the services or products we have engaged them to provide. We will strive toprotect personal information rendered accessible to affiliates, business partners, service
providers and contractors by contractual agreements requiring them to adhere to confidentiality

and security practices that provide for maintaining such information confidential and inaccessible
to others;•our "Subscribe to Buehler E-News" page is maintained by our service provider, Constant Contact.
When you subscribe to our newsletter via the "Subscribe to Buehler E-News" page or otherwise
visit the page, Constant Contact may use the information you submit on the page for its own
purposes, as described in their privacy policy (available here);•to respond to law enforcement requests, where required by applicable laws, court order orgovernmental regulations;•in the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization, assignment or othertransfer of our business to which the information relates, in which case we will require any suchbuyer to agree to treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and use it for the same purposes
as we are entitled to do so under this Privacy Policy; and•to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we, in good faith, believe to be unlawful,and in situations involving threats of physical safety of any person or when we believe that
disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our rights and property.

We will have no liability for disclosure of information obtained due to errors in transmission or theunauthorized intervention of third parties.
We may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, online traffic patterns, and related
information to reputable third parties, but these statistics will not include any personally identifying
information.
We may allow others to provide audience measurement and analytics services for us, to serve
advertisements on our behalf on our Website and across the Internet, and to track and report on theperformance of those advertisements. These entities may use cookies, pixel tags, and other technologies
to identify your computer when you use our Website and interact with our electronic communications
and ads, as well as when you visit other web sites and services. When third-party ad providers collect dataon our Website for their own purposes (not solely on behalf of Buehler), any such data collected andmaintained by such third-party ad providers will be subject to the terms of use and privacy policies of
those providers.
This Website may use social media plugins (for example, the Facebook “Share” button, “Share to Twitter”‘
button) to enable you to easily share information with others. When you visit our Website, the operatorof the social plugin can place a cookie on your computer, enabling that operator to recognize individuals
who have previously visited our Website. If you are logged into the social media website (for example,Facebook, Twitter, Google+) while browsing on our Website, the social plugins allow that social media
website to receive information that you have visited our Website. The social plugins also allow the social
media website to share information about your activities on our Website with other users of their socialmedia website. For example, Facebook social plugin allows Facebook to show your comments on ourpages to your Facebook friends. Buehler does not control any of the content from the social media plugins.
For more information about social plugins from other social media websites you should refer to thosesites’ privacy and data sharing statements.

We may transfer the information described in this Privacy Policy to, and process and store it in, the UnitedStates and other countries, some of which may have less protective data protection laws than the regionin which you reside. Where this is the case, we will take appropriate measures to protect your informationin accordance with this Privacy Policy. Nonetheless, your personal information may be subject to foreignlaws and may be accessible by foreign government authorities, courts, law enforcement and regulatory
agencies.
2.

Choices You Have About How Buehler Uses Your Information

We strive to provide you with as many choices and as much control as possible regarding the personal
information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control
over your information:
You may also send us an e-mail message at CustServ@Buehler.com to request access to, correct or delete
any personal information that you have provided to us. To protect your privacy, we will only respond toe-mail messages sent from the e-mail account you used to set up your account. Should you elect to haveyour information deleted, we will also delete your user account.
If you do not wish us to collect cookies, you may set your browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you whencookies are being sent. If you do so, please note that some parts of this Website may then be inaccessible
or not function properly.
This Website may provide forums and other areas where you can communicate with others and publicly
post information. You have no privacy rights in public postings. All information you post will be accessible
to anyone with internet access, and any personal information you include in your posting may be read,collected and used by others. Please use caution when posting any personal information.
You can also generally opt-out of receiving personalized ads from third party advertisers and ad networks
that honor such requests by visiting: www.aboutads.info/choices (if you are in the United States),
http://youradchoices.ca/choices/ (if you are in Canada), or http://youronlinechoices.eu/ (if you are inEurope).
DO NOT TRACK: Some web browsers may transmit “do-not-track” signals to web sites with which thebrowser communicates. Our Website does not currently respond to these “do-not-track” signals.
3.

How Buehler Protects Your Information

We work hard to protect your personal information. All information collected through the Website isstored within a secured database that is not accessible to the outside world. Resumes are stored on filesystems that are not publicly accessible. All Buehler servers are protected behind both hardware andsoftware firewalls. Low-level access to all information is restricted to authorized support personnel only.
The safety and security of your information also depend on you. Never share your password with anyone
else, notify us promptly if you believe your password security has been breached, and remember to log
off of this Website before you leave your computer.
This Website contains links to other web sites operated by third parties that may be of interest to you.
We cannot control these third-party sites, which may collect personal information from you. When youfollow a link and leave this Website, you do so at your own risk. We encourage you to read that party’s
privacy policy or contact them directly regarding their privacy practices.
4.

What Buehler Does About Children Visiting This Website

This Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We will not knowingly collect informationfrom Website visitors in this age group. We encourage parents to talk to their children about their use of
the Internet and the information they disclose online. If your child has submitted personal informationand you would like to request that such information be deleted from our records, you may do so by using
the feedback mechanisms provided at the Buehler Website, by clicking on the feedback link or by writing
us at the address set forth in Section 5 below.
5.

How You Can Contact Buehler

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the information practices ofBuehler, this Website or of our service providers, contractors and business partners, please contact us at
the information below and address your request to:
Buehler
Attn: Customer Service
41 Waukegan Rd
Lake Bluff, IL USA
Toll-Free (USA): 1-800-283-4537
Outside USA: +1-847-295-6500
CustServ@Buehler.com
6.

Changes In The Privacy Policy

Buehler reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy, at any time and without prior notice,by posting the revised version of this Privacy Policy on this Buehler Website. If we modify this Privacy
Policy, the modifications will only apply to personal information we collect after we have posted therevised Privacy Policy on this Website.