1. General Information
- This Website is dedicated to disseminating knowledge about engineering and offers articles, tools, and interactive calculators for performing engineering-related calculations. By accessing and using this Website, you agree to comply with these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with any of the terms, please refrain from using the Website.
- From this point forward, the term INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL will be used in uppercase throughout this document to refer to 'instrumentationandcontrol.net'.
- The Website is operated by Iñaki Eseberri. For inquiries, please visit our contact page.
- From this point forward, the term OWNER will be used in uppercase throughout this document to refer to 'Iñaki Eseberri'.
2. Scope
- INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL considers the privacy and security of personal data a very important issue.
- INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL treats personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection laws. "Personal data" means any information that identifies or could reasonably be used to identify you. The policy describes the type of personal data collected by INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL when you use the INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL Website and/or the services that the INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL Websites provide as well as how and for which purposes INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL collects and may further process, use, share, and disclose that personal data. Furthermore, it sets out the rights you have in relation to such personal data.
- This policy is not necessarily a comprehensive description of the INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL data processing. Other data protection statements or similar documents may apply to specific circumstances.
- By using the INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL Website, you acknowledge that your personal data may be processed as set forth herein and you consent to the use of cookies and other means of identification and local storage in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with this policy, do not proceed further to use the INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL Website. If you do not agree to our use of Cookies, please set your browser settings accordingly or do not use the INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL Website.
3. What We Collect
We may collect the following information:
- Name.
- Contact information including email address.
- Other information relevant to customer applications, surveys, and offers.
4. What We Do With the Information We Gather
We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping for purposes of accounts management and compliance with applicable company and tax laws in the country of operation.
- Your name and company address may be included on printable order-related documentation such as quotations, order acknowledgments, invoices, and delivery notes. This information may also be passed to a freight company responsible for delivering your order.
- We may use the information to improve our products and services.
- After we have received a separate explicit consent from yourself, we may also use your contact information to contact you for marketing purposes.
- We or a partner company responsible for handling sales of a particular product at your location may contact you by email, phone, fax, or mail in connection with an inquiry or order that you have sent us.
- We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.
5. Controlling Your Personal Information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
- If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by advising us by post, email, or using one of the website contact forms.
- We will not sell, distribute, or lease your personal information to third parties, other than what is necessary to pass on to partner companies to handle your inquiries and orders, or is required by law.
- You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. If you would like a copy of the information held on you, please contact us.
- If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
6. Data Protection Officer
- Any inquiry for detailed information, comment, claim, or concern related to this policy and data privacy may be addressed to the Data Protection Officer of INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL using the following contact email:
dpo@instrumentationandcontrol.net.
7. Personal Data Security
- INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL has taken appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorized alteration, and unlawful destruction or accidental loss. In particular, INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL has implemented appropriate internal information security policies, training, IT and network security solutions, access controls and restrictions, encryption of data carriers and transmissions, pseudonymization, inspections. All employees, processors, and other third parties that have access to personal data are obliged to keep the personal data confidential and safe.
8. Data Transfers
- The Services are hosted in the United States and are intended for visitors located within the United States. If you choose to use the Services from other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the United States for storage and processing. Also, we may transfer your data from the U.S. to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating the Services. You acknowledge that the governments, courts, or law enforcement or regulatory agencies in the U.S. or those jurisdictions may be able to obtain disclosure of the personal information through the laws of the applicable jurisdiction. By providing any information, including personal information, on or to the Services, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.
9. Retention Periods
- INSTRUMENTATIONANDCONTROL processes and retains the personal data as long as required for the performance of the purposes for which they are collected or for compliance with the legal obligations or other purposes pursued with the processing, as well as beyond this duration in accordance with legal retention and documentation obligations.
- As soon as personal data are no longer required for the abovementioned purposes, they will be deleted or anonymized to the extent possible. If personal data need to be retained for legal reasons, they will be blocked and will no longer be available for further processing.
10. Contact
- If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us via the contact form available on the Website.
11. Changes to this Policy
- This Privacy Policy is subject to change from time to time without notice.
- Change Log:
- 2024 December - First release.