Importance of Your Privacy. At MachineTools, your privacy is of great importance to us. We understand that you entrust us with your private information to provide various services described at the web site located at www.machinetools.com (the “Web site”). In exchange for your trust, you expect and deserve our commitment to treat your information with respect and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Rest assured that we protect your privacy. Under no circumstances will MachineTools sell or share any personal information about you to or with any person or organization except (i) as authorized by you, (ii) with licensors, (iii) as may be required by law or court order, or (iv) as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy. The Privacy Policy below describes the standards we adhere to in handling information about you and any personal information you submit through the Web site.

A Special Note About Children. Children are not eligible to use our service and we ask that minors (under the age of 13) do not submit any personal information to us or use the service. MachineTools does not collect or maintain information from those actually known to be under the age of 13, and no part of the Web site is structured to attract anyone under the age of 13.

Important Categories of Information for you to Know:

1. Who we are
2. Information we may collect at the Web site
3. How your information is used
4. Altering the information you submit through the Web site

1. Who We Are. MachineTools owns and operates the Web site, the purpose of which is to serve as a directory and listing resource for the machine tool and metalworking industry. Depending on the products or services selected by you, we may make information submitted by you at the Web site available to (i) licensors to the extent the service you have selected involves use of intellectual property owned by such licensors, and (ii) third party vendors to the extent you have purchased any services or products from such vendors through the Web site.

2. Information We Collect. There are several areas on the Web site where you may be asked to enter both personal and non-personal information. We DO NOT sell or share any personal information about you to or with any person or organization except (i) as authorized by you, (ii) as set forth herein, or (iii) as may be required by law or court order.

3. How your information is used. We use the information you provide us to provide services to you as described throughout the Web site. MachineTools may also share certain aggregated data with third parties for general marketing and demographic purposes; however, this data does not include any of your personal identifying information. Some of our services may be offered in conjunction with partner companies, affiliates or other companies or web sites with which we work. In order for us to provide these services to you, it may be necessary for us to share your personal information with one of such entities. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services. If you do not want your data to be shared, you can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular service.

In addition, MachineTools may disclose account or other personal information when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with MachineTools’ rights or property, other Web site users or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.

4. Altering Information You Submit Through a MachineTools Web Site. You may be able to review and change personal information you have submitted to MachineTools at the Web site. If you are unable to complete this online, you may contact our customer care department at info@machinetools.com.

MachineTools uses extensive and sophisticated secure technology to protect your data and transmissions between you and MachineTools. Transmission between browsers and our web server is implemented using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. This technology requires an SSL-capable browser. Our database is physically separated from our web server and is protected by a physical firewall. Although MachineTools has taken these reasonable and appropriate measures to ensure that your personal information is delivered and disclosed only in accordance with your instructions, MachineTools cannot and does not guarantee that the personal information you provide will not be intercepted by others and decrypted.

If we make a change to our Privacy Policy in the future that will affect how we treat your information, we will notify you by e-mail of the change to the extent such change is material. Otherwise, we will post such change at the Web site, and such change will be deemed to be effective 10 days from the date of such posting. In that case, your ability to opt out of the new policy will be determined by applicable laws.