Privacy Policy:
5 Star HVAC Contractors, LLC (“5 Star HVAC Contractors“)
operates 5StarHVACContractors.com and may operate other websites. It
is 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect
while operating our websites.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, 5 Star HVAC Contractors collects non-personally-identifying information of the
sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference,
referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ purpose in
collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand
how 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ visitors use its website. From time to
time, 5 Star HVAC Contractors may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by
publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
5 Star HVAC Contractors also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol
(IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on 5StarHVACContractors.com blogs/sites. 5 Star HVAC Contractors only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same
circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that
commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site
where the comment was left.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ websites choose to interact
with 5 Star HVAC Contractors in ways that require 5 Star HVAC Contractors to gather
personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that 5 Star HVAC Contractors gathers
depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at 5StarHVACContractors.com to provide a
username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with 5 Star HVAC Contractors are asked to
provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to
process those transactions. In each case, 5 Star HVAC Contractors collects such information only insofar as
is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with
5 Star HVAC Contractors. 5 Star HVAC Contractors does not disclose personally-identifying information
other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with
the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Aggregated Statistics
5 Star HVAC Contractors may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its
websites. 5 Star HVAC Contractors may display this information publicly or provide it to others.
However, 5 Star HVAC Contractors does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as
described below.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
5 Star HVAC Contractors discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information
only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information
in order to process it on 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ behalf or to provide services available
at 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some
of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by
using 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to
them. 5 Star HVAC Contractors will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and
personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated
organizations, as described above, 5 Star HVAC Contractors discloses potentially personally-identifying and
personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or
when 5 Star HVAC Contractors believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the
property or rights of 5 Star HVAC Contractors, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered
user of an 5 Star HVAC Contractors website and have supplied your email address, 5 Star HVAC Contractors may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to
date with what’s going on with 5 Star HVAC Contractors and our products. If you send us a request (for
example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us
clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. 5 Star HVAC Contractors takes all
measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of
potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Cookies
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser
provides to the website each time the visitor returns. 5 Star HVAC Contractors uses cookies to
help 5 Star HVAC Contractors identify and track visitors, their usage of 5 Star HVAC Contractors website, and their website access preferences. 5 Star HVAC Contractors visitors who do not wish to have
cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before
using 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ websites, with the drawback that certain features
of 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
Business Transfers
If 5 Star HVAC Contractors, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event
that 5 Star HVAC Contractors goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the
assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that
any acquirer of 5 Star HVAC Contractors may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this
policy.
Ads
Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies.
These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to
compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among
other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy
Policy covers the use of cookies by 5 Star HVAC Contractors and does not cover the use of cookies by any
advertisers.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, 5 Star HVAC Contractors may change
its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in 5 Star HVAC Contractors’ sole
discretion. 5 Star HVAC Contractors encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to
its Privacy Policy. If you have a 5StarHVACContractors.com account, you might also
receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in
this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.