Privacy Policy Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., located at 199 Winze Drive, Stormill Ext 9, Roodepoort, 1709, South Africa, is responsible for the use and protection of your personal information, and therefore we provide you the following information: Scope. This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected online, used, processed and/or disclosed by Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. and its affiliates including, but not limited to, Stanley, Stanley FatMax, Black+Decker, DEWALT, Porter-Cable, Bostitch, Proto, Emglo, Powers, Elco, Lista and Vidmar (collectively referred to as “Stanley Black & Decker”) in connection with Stanley Black & Decker’s websites, microsites, mobile sites and mobile apps that expressly adopt, display or link to this Privacy Policy (collectively referred to as our “Sites”). This Privacy Policy also applies to personal information we directly collect, use, process andor disclose on Stanley Black & Decker pages on social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus or others (collectively referred to as our “Social Media Pages”). NOTE: Stanley Black & Decker licenses the use of its trademarks to unrelated third parties which operate websites independently from Stanley Black & Decker. This Privacy Policy does not cover the websites of these third parties. These third parties have separate and independent privacy policies which we recommend you read carefully. This Privacy Policy answers the following questions:
We may collect information about you from a variety of sources, including when:
See the sections below for more information. Information You Provide We may ask you to provide the following information about yourself directly to our Sites:
We may allow you to use your personal social media account, on social media sites (“Personal Social Media Account”), to provide information to us when you participate in certain features or promotions on our Sites, but we will ask your permission prior to doing so. This information may include the following information you have shared on your Personal Social Media Accounts:
It is also possible that we will be able to continue collecting this information from your Personal Social Media Accounts should the information be revised by you later. You may choose not to provide us with certain requested information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of some of the features on our Sites. You can elect to provide us with access to your information on such Personal Social Media Accounts and you will have the opportunity to disable such access. Information Observed or Collected Through Technology
If you do not consent to have your browser provide location information or you disable location-based services on your mobile device, we may ask you to manually select the region where you are located, or to enter your zip code; if you chose not to provide this information some features of the Sites may not be available. See the “What choices do you have over how Stanley Black & Decker uses your information?” section below for the choices you have regarding collection of location information.
The information we and our third party service providers collect through cookies, pixel tags and similar technology includes the following:
For additional information on the use of cookies for advertising, see Section 3“How is technology used to serve our advertisements on other Sites that you visit and what choices do you have?”. Information Obtained from Third parties We may combine information about you from other sources with the information we have collected about you on our Sites or Social Media Pages. For example, in connection with searching and applying for jobs with us, we use a third party to collect and process the applicant profiles and preferences, monitor website activity, maintain the database based in the U.S and provide plug-ins (such as LinkedIn) at your request. We require that the information you provide on pages hosted by these third parties be maintained by them in confidence. Information you voluntarily supply will be stored in a database, which will be accessed by authorized personnel of Stanley Black & Decker to address your inquiry or consider you for employment purposes with any of our affiliates. We may also keep the information for future consideration. Information Collected on Stanley Black & Decker’s Social Media Pages Personal information may be collected directly by us through our Social Media Pages. The type of information we collect may include the one types described above under “Information You Provide.” Personal information may also be collected by the social media site hosting our Social Media Pages. Our Privacy Policy does not cover the privacy and security practices of the social media sites on which Stanley Black & Decker has its Social Media Pages.
The information we learn from you helps us personalize your experience with us and our communications to you, and helps us continually improve your experience on our Websites. We use the information you provide, information collected through your Personal Social Media Accounts and information collected on our Social Media Pages for the following:
Non Service-Related purposes:
You will have the opportunity to verify whether information is correct, to update any information and to request a deletion of any such information. We use navigational information gathered through technology for determining the following: Non service-related purposes:
We use information collected through cookies and other technology to determine many of the same things listed for navigational information above. In addition, cookies and other technology are used for the following: Non Service-related purposes:
Similar to the navigational information described above, the social media sites where we have our Social Media Pages may provide aggregate information and analysis to us about visitors to our Social Media Pages. This allows us to better understand and analyze our user growth, general demographic information about the users of, and interaction with content on, our Social Media Pages. By clicking on the box below, I hereby consent to Stanley Black & Decker processing my personal information for purposes related to this website as well as for any other purpose whatsoever: [insert box to check]
We contract with third party advertising companies to tailor online advertising to be directed to you on other websites. These third party advertising companies place, use, or rely on technology, such as cookies and pixel tags, to obtain information about your interactions with our Sites as well as with other websites. This information helps us select advertising to serve to you and where to serve it based on your experience on our Sites and other sites that you visit. For information about opt out programs that these third party advertising companies participate in, and the effect of opting out, click the following: DAA Opt Out click here. By clicking this website, you will then leave our Site for another online site where you may specify your preferences under that opt-out program. You can also click the preference icon that may appear on some of our advertising served through these technologies. You should also note that our systems may not recognize “Do Not Track” headers from some or all browsers.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to unrelated third parties. We may share your personal information with the following:
If Stanley Black & Decker were ever merged with or acquired by another company, or if we acquire another business entity or are involved in a corporate reorganization or other change of control, or if we sell substantially all the assets of a division, affiliate or subsidiary, some or all of the personal information collected about you could be shared with the acquiring or acquired company. We may also share aggregate data about our sales, customers, traffic patterns, and other related Site information with third parties, but none of this data is connected to an individual’s personal information.
We give you choices about the information we collect and how we communicate with you.
If you are using one of our Sites with an online store, we designed our online store to accept orders only from Web browsers that permit communication through Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, which encrypts your information while it is being transmitted to us. Browsers that do not meet this requirement will be prevented from navigating the online store section of our Sites. We also use firewalls and have implemented other reasonable technical, administrative and physical measures designed to protect the personal information in our custody or control from unauthorized access, use, modification and disclosure. While we implement the above security measures on our Websites, you should be aware that 100% security is not always possible.
We may make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make a material change to our information collection, use or disclosure practices specified in this Privacy Policy, it will be applied only to information collected on a going forward basis. We will update the effective date of the Privacy Policy at the time a change is made. Any change to our Privacy Policy will be notified through our official website.
If you have questions or concerns with respect to our Privacy Policy, please contact the Privacy Policy Manager by sending an email to: and include your question.
You may exercise your rights to access, rectify, cancel or object to the use of your personal information by filing a corresponding application through the following link: . If you wish to know more about the procedure to do so, please contact us through the following phone and email: Email: /Telephone: +27 (0)11 472 0454 This Privacy Policy is effective: 6/14/2017 Terms of Use and Notice of Copyright Infringement These Terms of Use (“Terms”) apply to our websites, microsites, mobile versions of these websites and mobile applications (“Sites”) that expressly adopt and display or link to these Terms and that are owned, operated or controlled by Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. or any of its Affiliates (collectively, “Stanley Black & Decker”). We provide these Sites to you subject to these Terms. By visiting, registering with, or shopping at a Site or downloading a mobile app with a link to these Terms, you agree to accept and be bound by these Terms, which can be modified from time to time, and our privacy policy at http://www.dewalt.com/legal/privacy-policy. Regarding our privacy policy, Stanley Black & Decker, located at 199 Winze Drive, Stormill Ext 9, Roodepoort, 1709, South Africa, is responsible for the use and protection of your personal information, which we will use to personalize your experience with us and our communications with you, and helps us to continually improve your experience on our Sites. For more information regarding the use and protection of your personal information, please read our privacy policy carefully. TERMS SPECIFIC TO USERS OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS In addition to all the remaining Terms herein, if you are downloading a mobile application provided by us, you understand and agree that we have no obligation to maintain, support, upgrade or update any mobile applications that we provide. It is also possible that as you download a mobile application, you may be asked to agree to terms in addition to these Terms regarding collection of information, including location information or warranties. If there is a conflict between these Terms and the terms you agree to at the time of downloading, the agreed to downloading terms will control. In downloading such mobile applications there will be notification settings which you must agree to in order to receive further notifications from the mobile application. These notifications can be deactivated at any time. You understand and acknowledge that the terms of agreement with your respective mobile network provider (“Mobile Provider”) will continue to apply when using the downloaded mobile application. As a result, you may be charged by the Mobile Provider for access to network connection services for the duration of the connection while accessing the mobile application and you accept responsibility for any such charges. You acknowledge that if you are downloading a mobile application through Apple iTunes or Google Play, neither Apple nor Google has an obligation to provide any support or maintenance services in relation to our mobile applications. If you have maintenance or support questions in relation to one of our mobile applications, contact us at COPYRIGHT All content included on this Site, such as HTML code, scripts, text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, video, or software created to provide mobile applications and audio (collectively, “Materials”), is our property or the property of our content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is our property or the property of our service provider or its suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. TRADEMARKS Stanley Black & Decker retains all rights regarding its trademarks, trade names, brand names, logos and trade dress. These marks, names or trade dress, and all associated logos or images, are registered and/or common law trademarks, and are protected by U.S. and international laws and treaties. No license to the use of such marks, names or trade dress is granted to you under these terms and conditions or by your use of this Site. Your misuse of the trademarks, trade names, brand names, or trade dress displayed on this Site is strictly prohibited. LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS We grant you a limited license to access and make personal use of this Site. No right, title or interest in our Materials is conveyed to you. You may not download (other than page caching) or modify this Site, or any portion of it, except with our prior express written consent. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this Site or its Materials; allowing any unauthorized access to the Site by any third party, any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this Site or its Materials; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. This Site or any portion of this Site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, published, displayed, placed on any server or cloud based service, decompiled reverse engineered, disassembled or decoded or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without our express written consent. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by Stanley Black & Decker. Special Notice: We have a no-tolerance policy regarding the use of our trademarks or names in metatags and/or hidden text. Specifically, the use of our trademarks or names in metatag keywords is trademark infringement, and the use of trademarks or names in page text, metatags, and/or hidden text for purposes of gaining higher rankings from search engines is unfair competition. You may not, without our prior express written consent, do any of the following: (a) link to any web page on this Site; (b) use any meta tags or any other "hidden text" utilizing our name or trademarks; or (c) frame, inline link or utilize other techniques to associate or juxtapose any of our trademarks, logos, or other Materials with advertisements and/or other information not originating from our Site. Any unauthorized use terminates your limited license, and we may revoke this limited license at any time for any or no reason. In the event of a violation of these Terms, Stanley Black & Decker reserves the right to seek all remedies available by law and in equity. Stanley Black & Decker retains the right at our sole discretion to deny access to anyone to this Site, at any time and for any or no reason, including, but not limited to, for violation of these Terms. You are also advised that Stanley Black & Decker will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of civil remedies and criminal prosecution. COMMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER CONTENT This Site may permit visitors to submit reviews, suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, photographs, images, videos, or other information (“User Submissions”). You understand that such User Submissions may be accessed and viewed by others, including by the general public, and, whether or not such User Submissions are published, Stanley Black & Decker does not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any User Submissions. You are solely responsible for your own User Submissions and the consequences of publishing them on this Site. We have the right, but not the obligation, to monitor or remove any User Submission. We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any User Submissions posted by you or any third party. By posting or submitting User Submissions, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant us an unrestricted, nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sub-licensable right, but not obligation, to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, display, perform, exhibit, broadcast, or otherwise exploit the User Submissions, in whole or in part, throughout the world in any media or technology now known or hereafter developed for any purpose whatsoever without any payment to or further authorization by you. You grant us and our sub-licensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they so choose. In connection with User Submissions, you affirm, represent and warrant that: (i) the content of your User Submission(s) is original (no lifts from previously published material, including music); (ii) you own all right, title and interest to your User Submission(s) and have the sole and exclusive right (including all intellectual property and other proprietary rights embodied by the User Submissions or represented by such User Submissions) to license all of the rights therein to Stanley Black & Decker as set forth in the license granted above; (iii) the content of the User Submission(s) is accurate; (iv) use of your User Submission on this Site or otherwise by Stanley Black & Decker, in whole or in part, will not infringe upon the rights of any third party including, without limitation, any intellectual property or privacy rights; (v) you have obtained written permission from any other person named, photographed or otherwise depicted or whose voice is used in your User Submission(s) which will allow Stanley Black & Decker to utilize the User Submission(s) without compensation or objection; and (vi) you will indemnify us for all claims resulting from your User Submission(s) and (vii) the User Submissions and their content will not contravene any laws. PROHIBITED USES OF THIS SITE You shall not post, transmit, redistribute, upload, or promote any communications, content or materials that (a) are illegal, obscene, vulgar, profane, indecent, sexually explicit, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, racially or ethnically derogatory, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable; (b) consist of or contain software viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software files, the intent of which is to damage or alter the operation of another’s computer; (c) contain political campaigning, unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, or other forms of solicitation to other users, individuals or entities; (d) contain chain letters, pyramid schemes, mass mailings, or any form of "spam"; (e) use a false email address, impersonates another person or entity, including our company and our employees or agents, or is otherwise misleading as to the origin of the content; (f) encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense; (g) give rise to civil liability; (h) otherwise violate any law; or (i) in doing so, amounts to any conduct that, in the judgment of Stanley Black & Decker, restricts, impairs, interferes or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying this Site and/or our related services and products or which discourages any person, firm or enterprise from using all or any portion, feature or function of the Materials or which adversely or negatively reflects on Stanley Black & Decker, its brand, goodwill, employees, name or reputation. NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Stanley Black & Decker does not permit copyright infringing activities on this Site and may remove any content of any kind, for example, if properly informed that the content infringes upon another's copyright rights. Stanley Black & Decker may terminate the ability to submit content if, under appropriate circumstances, a person submitting content to this Site is determined to be a repeat infringer. If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any content on this Site infringes upon your copyrights, you may notify Stanley Black & Decker by providing the following information in writing:
Our agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows: Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Attn: Victoria Yazji, Esquire 9850 Premier Parkway, Miramar, Florida 33025 Phone: (954) 624-1100 Fax: (954) 704-3797 Email: You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the requirements above, your notice may not be valid. Furthermore, you agree to indemnify and hold Stanley Black & Decker harmless against any costs and damages suffered or incurred by Stanley Black & Decker if you lodge a copyright infringement notification that is inaccurate or malicious. OUR PRODUCTS We attempt to be as accurate as possible regarding product descriptions, pricing and availability. HOWEVER, UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED OTHERWISE IN WRITING ON THIS SITE, AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS OR OTHER CONTENT OF THIS SITE ARE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, RELIABLE, CURRENT, OR ERROR-FREE. From time to time there may be information on this Site that contains typographical errors, inaccuracies, or omissions that may relate to product descriptions, pricing, and availability. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES IN INFORMATION ABOUT PRICE, DESCRIPTION, OR AVAILABILITY WITHOUT NOTICE. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, TO LIMIT THE ORDER QUANTITY ON ANY PRODUCT AND/OR REFUSE SERVICE TO ANY CUSTOMER. Unless stated, the pricing indicated on the Site is not inclusive of any taxes or other fees or costs. We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colors of our products that appear on this Site; however, the actual color you will see will depend on many factors, including your computer, and we cannot guarantee that your computer will accurately display our colors. Please contact us in the event that you wish to verify or confirm whether products on the Site are available for purchase or to confirm the description of the products prior to purchasing the products. The inclusion of any products on this Site does not imply or warrant that these products will be available over the internet at any particular time. LINKING Links may be established from this Site to one or more external websites or resources operated by third parties (the "Third Party Sites"). In addition, certain Third Party Sites also may provide links to this Site. None of such links should be deemed to imply that Stanley Black & Decker endorses the Third Party Sites or any content therein. Unless the link is to another Stanley Black & Decker website, Stanley Black & Decker does not control, examine, sponsor or endorse such Third Party Sites and is not responsible or liable for any Third Party Sites or any content, advertising, products, or other materials on or available from such Third Party Sites. ACCESS TO ANY THIRD PARTY SITES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Stanley Black & Decker will have no liability arising out of or related to such websites and/or their content or for any damages or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with any purchase, use of or reliance on any such content, goods, or services available on or through any such Third Party Site. We advise that in using or accessing such Third Party Sites, that you make yourself aware of any privacy statements, notices and terms of use applicable to such Third Party Sites. APPLICABLE LAW By visiting this Site, you agree that the laws of the Republic of South Africa, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms and any dispute of any sort that might arise between us. DISPUTES Any dispute between you and Stanley Black & Decker concerning this Site or the Materials located on this Site shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration as the sole and exclusive remedy for such controversy or dispute, provided, however that Stanley Black & Decker may commence action against you in a court of law for infringement of Stanley Black & Decker’s intellectual property rights. BY AGREEING TO ARBITRATE, EACH PARTY IS GIVING UP ITS RIGHT TO GO TO COURT AND HAVE ANY DISPUTE HEARD BY A JUDGE OR JURY. Any claim required to be submitted to arbitration shall be made by filing a demand for arbitration within one (1) year following the occurrence first giving rise to the claim. The right and duty of the parties to resolve disputes by arbitration shall be administered exclusively by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures then in effect. The decision and award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding and the award so rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be held and the award shall be deemed to be made in the City of Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America. Each party shall bear all of its own costs of arbitration, except that the fees of the arbitrator shall be divided equally between the parties. The arbitrator shall have no authority to amend or modify these Terms or to award punitive or exemplary damages, and the award may be enforced by judgment in a United States Court of Law. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY WEBSITE: THIS SITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, THEIR SERVERS, OR EMAIL SENT FROM US ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. PRODUCTS: WITH RESPECT TO PRODUCTS SOLD ON THIS SITE, OUR EXPRESS WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO THOSE SPECIFIED WITH EACH PRODUCT. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL WE BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND ARISING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR FROM ANY INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUES, COSTS OF REPLACEMENT, BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS, LOSS OF DATA OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM USE OF OR RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION PRESENT, EVEN IF STANLEY BLACK & DECKER IS EXPRESSLY ADVISED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. CERTAIN APPLICABLELAWS DO NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS. OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS, SITE MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY We may offer the opportunity to participate in sweepstakes, contests or other promotions through this Site. In addition to these Terms, the sweepstakes, contests or other promotions will be governed by terms and conditions specific to those sweepstakes, contests or promotions. If there is a conflict between these Terms and the terms and conditions for the sweepstakes, contests or other promotions, the terms and conditions for the sweepstakes, contests or other promotions will control. Any change to these Terms will be notified to you through our official website. Your use of the Site after you have been notified that changes have been made to the Terms, will be deemed and interpreted as your agreement and acceptance to such changes. If any provision in these Terms shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions Last Updated: 6/14/2017 |